The Asian nation aims to launch commercial 5G services in 2020
TOKYO--Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has recently started a trial of a 5G system in Japan, Yukihiko Okumura, the leader of the 5G Mobile Communications Promotion Forum Japan’s 5G Trial Promotion...
The vendor said that it expects 5G compatible handsets to be commercially available in two years
TOKYO--Chinese vendor ZTE expects to see revenues from the sale of standardized 5G equipment in 2019, the company’s managing director for 5G solutions, Alex Wang, told reporters during a...
Verizon's mobile "5G" demo at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway must be every driver tester's dream come true -- until they blacked out the windshield.
The video is worth checking out. Of course the speeds achieved (by the network, not the car, people: more than 6...
As pre-standard 5G technology testing and field trials continue ahead of expected early commercialization in the 2020 timeframe, Intel is seeing continued adoption of its 5G Mobile Trial Platform product by major network infrastructure vendors including Ericsson and Nokia.
Intel's trial platform can support multi-gigabit...
Fiber networks require a public-private partnership approach to be economically viable
ORLANDO--Smart buildings turning urban cores into smart cities filled with autonomous cars and drones, and ubiquitous, high seed, low latency networks supporting the needs of consumers, enterprises and the seemingly endless growth of the...
5G Americas says next generation network technology will also support 22 million jobs globally by 2036
TOKYO--5G technology will enable $12.3 trillion in global economic output by 2035, Chris Pearson, head of industry trade group 5G Americas, said during a keynote presentation at the Global 5G...
The government said that 5G subscribers will probably account for 5% of total base by 2020
South Korea aims to complete the deployment of a commercial 5G mobile network in the second half of 2019, Heo Won-seok, director of ICT and Broadcasting Technology Policy at...
New business models and lower costs per gigabit are goals for wireless carriers as the industry charges toward the next generation of wireless technology. But the carriers don't all see 5G the same way, and they don't all have the same priorities.
As...
The FCC gave Apple permission to test 5G transmission between Northern California facilities
Wireless operators, network infrastructure vendors and cable companies are all testing various forms of as-yet unstandardized 5G technologies. And, now, technology giant Apple, based on a recent filing with the U.S. Federal...
The vendor is currently testing 5G technology mostly in the city of Guangzhou
Chinese vendor ZTE has already started to work in the second phase of the Chinese government’s 5G program, ZTE’s managing director for 5G solutions, Alex Wang said during a press conference in...
T-Mobile’s recent announcement that it is targeting 2020 for a nationwide 5G network is by far the most aggressive 5G announcement to date, and it could be a game changer – not in the sense that the event itself will change the mobile infrastructure...
ORLANDO--On the sidelines of the annual Wireless Infrastructure Show, ExteNet Systems CTO Tormod Larsen sat down with RCR Wireless News for a wide-ranging chat that touched on everything from the need for densification of the fiber plant, scaling small cell deployments, fixed wireless and...
The pre-standard 5G demo involves Verizon, Ericsson and Intel
In the run-up to the Indianapolis 500 race this weekend, a trio of tech heavy-hitters are demonstration pre-standardized 5G technologies in the context of a connected, smart home. Verizon, Ericsson and Intel are taking the opportunity...
Despite the deluge of news and marketing around 5G and the ongoing lab and field trials being conducted worldwide, the fact is there's still no agreed-upon standard for 5G New Radio. However, 3GPP, the international body that oversees the standardization process, has made such...
Another week, another round of the industry grappling with exactly what 5G is, how they're going to make it work and what they're going to do with it -- oh yes, and how they're going to make it profitable.
I heard slightly less of the...
Nokia CEO calls the deal "historic"
Although Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, which manufactures switching, transmission and other telecom network infrastructure, have been operating jointly since January 2016, the integration is targeted for an official close in July.
The new joint venture, called Nokia Shanghai Bell,...
As the industry gears up for "5G", the expectations continue to be high that the next generation of wireless technology will be able to solve any problem that the industry faces: much more capacity, higher speeds, much less latency, the ability to handle billions...
AUSTIN, Tex.—LTE is likely to be a crucial support to “5G” systems for many years to come, according to industry experts at 5G North America.
Chris Pearson, president of 5G Americas, told attendees that about the time that LTE is expected to hit 4.7 billion subscriptions...
Samsung joins the GSA executive board in pushing global spectrum harmonization
As 3GPP works to establish a 5G New Radio specification, vendors and operators around the world are, in addition to helping inform the standards process, earnestly conducting lab and field trials for 5G and...
Both low-band and high-band spectrum expected to fuel gigabit LTE antennas' development
AUSTIN, Tex.—Cost, complexity and physical footprint are three of the main challenges for antenna development to support gigabit LTE and future “5G” systems, according to participants in antenna-focused sessions at 5G North America.
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Greatest access to gigabit networks is in the United States, Singapore and South Korea
A new report tracking the progress and availability of gigabit broadband deployments shows there was a 72% increase in global deployments since August 2016. The report, called the Gigabit Monitor, was...
Building on research published in January, IHS Markit Chief Economist Nariman Behravesh, writing in a op-ed piece published May 13 by The Hill, shares his view that 5G "will be a technology platform for innovation in virtually every industrial sector, from automotive to healthcare. As...
Charter Communications, which operates an MVNO based on Verizon's network, appears poised to test 5G systems based on a recent filing with the Federal Communications Commission.
While Charter didn't respond to a request for details, FCC documentation indicates the company will be working with Ericsson...
KDDI and Nokia pushed 1 Gbps throughput in Tokyo MDU using 28 GHz band
Building on a 5G partnership, Nokia and Japanese operator KDDI this week shared details of a recent trial designed to test next generation mobile services in the context of an ultra-dense,...
