5G

The vision is for smart manufacturing applications to be supported by a dedicated 5G network slice 5G is about a lot more than simply higher mobile data rates. The ultra …

Spectrum sharing looks beyond exclusive-license models for spectrum use Spectrum is a finite resource, and regulators and the wireless industry are always looking for ways to open up additional bands …

Only operators with a solid wireless and fixed position will be in a position to launch 5G, Telenor chief says The deployment of 5G networks by mobile operators will be …

Finnish mobile operator Elisa is upgrading its network infrastructure in the city of Tampere to be 5G ready with an eye of leveraging its network to support smart city projects. …

5G fixed wireless access growth as a wireless alternative to last mile fiber 5G fixed wireless access is poised to be the first phase of commercial 5G deployments with major …

Government providing funds to operators to install new fiber optic infrastructure nationwide The Japanese government is already working to develop better fiber optic and other technologies to meet the future …

The telco said it will cooperate with a number of partners from various industries in the 5G space China Telecom said it expects to trial 5G networks in six cities …

It’s anticipated that 5G networks and services will begin to be operational by approximately 2020, but the preparations and investments in the foundational technologies are still being tackled. Virtualization and …

Nokia’s transformation under Chairman Risto Siilasmaa is one of the most significant corporate turnarounds in recent years I first met Risto Siilasmaa five years ago for lunch in Helsinki, Finland. …

Nokia’s transformation under Chairman Risto Siilasmaa is one of the most significant corporate turnarounds in recent history Nokia’s transformation from industry laggard to technology leader over the past 5 years …

Dense small cell networks seen as key to 5G While small cell technologies are being used to add capacity and coverage for LTE networks, scalable deployments have proven problematic given …

Engineering challenges abound in 5G testing and trials AT&T has been testing a variety of technologies as it moves toward gigabit Long Term Evolution and 5G. In June, the carrier …

Gigabit LTE trial completed in Antigua and Barbuda Network infrastructure vendor Ericsson and operator C&W Communications (C&W) announced the completion of a gigabit LTE trial on the Caribbean islands of …

5G’s ecosystem of high-performance applications will operate over the ultimate consolidation of voice, data and video. For many RF engineers, this is uncharted territory: mastering millimeter-wave, characterizing air interfaces, measuring …

Nokia-led 5G-MoNArch focused on 5G for vertical markets including automotive, healthcare and media Network slicing, seen as a key 5G enabler, partitions a single physical layer into multiple virtual networks. …

Stock transfer to Tencent, Baidu and Alibaba, among others, will raise money for 5G development China Unicom has announced plans to issue and transfer stock to Chinese private investors and …

New mobile bearer solution to allow operators to build end-to-end 5G networks including any type of backhaul connection Huawei said its new X-Haul product supports flexible backhaul access to the …

Researchers at CATT and NYU Wireless have built the world’s first wireless emulator suitable for 5G systems that feature massive bandwidths and hundreds of antenna elements. In this unique patented …

Continuing efforts to gain a better understanding of RF transmission in high-band frequencies, both Verizon and AT&T–who are already testing a fixed wireless access application of 5G using 28 GHz …

InterDigital Flips platform uses NFV and SDN ‘fabric’ InterDigital, a mobile technology research and development company, announced its mobile edge computing (MEC) 5G network architecture trial in Bristol, U.K., was …

The telco expects to carry out 5G field trials in China over the next two years China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile telephony operator in terms of subscribers, will wait …

U.K. telco BT and French operator Orange are also part of the 5G PaaS initiative Nokia Bell Labs announced it will lead a consortium of industry vendors, operators, IT companies, …

How to ascertain leadership in 3GPP; quality vs. quantity of technical contributions Established in 1998, the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) united seven organizational partners into one group that works …

The new 5G solution is being tested in Seoul, SK Telecom says Korean  operator SK Telecom has developed a 5G repeater and applied it to its 5G trial network deployed …

T-Mobile US emphasizes IoT as key 5G use case T-Mobile US made a splash earlier this year announcing it would deploy a mobile “nationwide 5G” network–as opposed to 5G fixed …