BROWSING: 5G

AT&T and Verizon leaders talk 5G use cases, timeline

5G Symposium digs into RAN requirements and millimeter waves AUSTIN, Texas — With four years to go until a target timeframe for commercialization, "5G" technology faces several key challenges ranging from highly flexible radio access networks to millimeter wave propagation, according to leaders from AT&T,...

Internet of Things use cases that will require 5G

For now, while "5G" technology continues to take shape ahead of standardization, the Internet of Things is developing without the benefit of ultra-fast, incredibly low latency network access. But, to understand the potential set to exist in the near future, let's take a look at...

5G network architecture: Key points to the future mobile networks

Nokia details flexibility, scale 5G network architecture will enable Next-generation networks will not be server-centric, as they will put the focus on data and content requirements. The 5G network architecture will support easy scalability, have security and privacy built-in, enable energy efficient operation and will...

Nokia, MTS to collaborate on IoT and 5G in Russia

Using Nokia equipment, MTS plans 5G trial in 2018 Nokia and Russian telecom operator MTS Group signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of "5G" technologies. Under terms of the agreement, the two companies will implement a 5G test network in a Russian football...

Report: the top 5 smart cities in the world

Smart cities need good examples: a new report ranked Singapore as the top smart city in the world. But, four other cities in Europe and the U.S. are also doing a great job at deploying smart infrastructure. Juniper Research’s 2016 global ranking of smart cities ranked Singapore...

5G network slicing and its key role in future networks

Virtual networks optimized by use case is goal of 5G network slicing The mobile industry consensus is there will be a new "5G" radio access standard by 2020. However, 5G networks will be much more than just radio access as these future networks are expected...

Nokia gets another 5G partner in KDDI

KDDI already partnered with Ericsson on 5G Japanese telecoms operator KDDI and Finnish vendor Nokia plan to sign an agreement to jointly develop experimental 5G technologies, Japanese press reported. According to the reports, both KDDI and Nokia still need to define the final details of the...

Ericsson, China Unicom partner on 5G, IoT and cloud

Ericsson and China Unicom signed an agreement to collaborate on next-generation network technology, including focus on "5G," the "Internet of Things" and cloud. The companies claim the agreement will help accelerate the development of next-generation network standardization and mature network infrastructure in an effort to...

Looking to 5G, Nokia launches software-only management system

NICE, France – Continuing its commercialization of "5G"-oriented products, Nokia released its NetAct Cloud management system, which it said can be deployed in variable data center configurations to help cut cost and speed deployment time. Peter Patomella, VP of network management and self organizing networks for...

Vodafone wants progress today for ‘gigabit society’ tomorrow

LONDON – In previous years, a speaker on the stage at Small Cells World Summit who claimed: "The 5G network looks a lot like a small cell network,” would almost certainly have been an equipment vendor. The vendors in this market, and industry body Small...

Ericsson: The ‘new reality’ is software, IoT and 5G

As BSS/OSS blend, 'mass personalization' is key, Ericsson says NICE, France--Customer experience is a function of rapid, personalized service offerings, Ove Anebygd, VP of OSS/BSS for Ericsson told members of the media during a session at TM Forum Live. Digital transformation, he said, is a popular...

Dish to FCC: XO acquisition will give Verizon 5G advantage

Verizon 5G plans could be bolstered by 39 GHz spectrum The pending Verizon Communications acquisition of XO Communications has drawn the ire of satellite-TV provider Dish Network, which in a Federal Communications Commission filing claims the deal will give Verizon an unfair advantage as "5G"...

CEO details Sprint 5G plans, upcoming trial

Sprint 5G efforts supported by Nokia and Ericsson As carriers and vendors around the world race to trial "5G" technologies ahead of standardization, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure, during a call this week with investors, detailed the carrier's 5G trial. Sprint has extensive spectrum holdings in the...

Analyst Angle: 5G is not really about faster data

Mobile Experts sees the move to 5G as a change in business models, not just a move for higher speeds Each generation of technology adds something new to the picture: 1G gave us a phone in the car; 2G put the phone in your pocket;...

Intel CEO talks IoT, 5G and the cloud

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, in a post to the company's web site, laid out an internal transformation from a PC company to a cloud company poised to support the Internet of Things (IoT) and ultimate commercialization of 5G. Krzanich laid out five "core beliefs that...

5G: A triumph of hype over expectation?

A primer on 5G, when it will be deployed and what difference it is likely to make The 5G future is closer than you think. That’s the headline on a recent article by Charla Rath, Verizon’s vice president of wireless policy development. Verizon isn’t the only...

5G standards work enables global scale

Industry leaders discuss the importance of involvement in 5G standards process There’s a lot of industry excitement around 5G and associated use cases, but, as it stands, there’s still a lot of work to be done in locking down the definitions and features of an...

What needs to be done to build IoT in the enterprise?

Enterprise and businesses are at the cusp of a major transformation, a new wave of industrialization based on IoT IoT will involve the intersection of powerful supply and demand factors that will cause a tremendous amount of change and value creation. Beyond the economic benefits of business use-cases...

AT&T preps for NFV/SDN, 5G at Austin Spectrum Lab

Look inside AT&T's Austin Spectrum Lab with RCRtv AUSTIN, Texas – In an unassuming building in Austin, Texas, AT&T engineers can recreate virtually any network condition in the high-tech Austin Spectrum Lab, which will also serve as ground zero for the carrier’s upcoming trials of "5G." RCR...

5G empowering vertical industries

Standards work on "5G" technology began in late 2015, and the first commercial networks probably won’t launch until 2020 at the earliest. But it’s not too early to begin pondering what 5G could mean for verticals such as health care, manufacturing, smart cities and...

What is IMT-2020 and what does it mean for 5G?

Advanced '5G' use cases will require global interoperability and scalability; International Telecommunication Union is working away on ultimate standard The tactile Internet, autonomous vehicles and smart cities; all these things are expected to hit new levels of penetration and utility once "5G" mobile networks move...

The network of the future: At the end of the 5G rainbow (sponsored content)

About 90% of mobile service providers globally have already moved to 4G LTE, to support the exploding mobile data demands of today. But each month, consumer mobile broadband traffic continues to grow unbounded and the Internet of Things (IoT) means there will be more...

Predictions for 2016: LTE-A, LTE-U, 5G and IoT

As RCR Wireless News prepared for its 2016 Analyst Predictions Day, the editorial team met with analyst Roger Entner of Recon Analytics and Chris Pearson of 4G Americas to hear their forecasts for the year ahead. The conversation was part of RCR Wireless News'...

IEEE Globecom takes on IoT, 5G and more

SAN DIEGO – As Internet connections expand from people to objects with the "Internet of Things," and next-generation "5G" mobile network technology takes shape, the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers this week drew together industry and academia at its annual Globecom event. Event chairman...