On July 14, the FCC allocated significant new radio spectrum to help usher in the next generation of wireless technology — known as 5G — in the United States. This move opens up several bands (a total of nearly 11 gigahertz) above 24 GHz...
Telefonica said that it will initially use the 5G technology to offer IoT services
MADRID – Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica expects to launch commercial trials of 5G technology in 2019 or 2020, the company’s global CTO, Enrique Blanco, told reporters.
The executive said massive deployments of 5G...
Nokia says 4.5G Pro solutions support five-channel carrier aggregation; future 4.9G meant to complement 5G services
Nokia on Thursday continued to push toward 5G with new and future platforms designed to help operators maximize LTE investments as the research, development and standardization of 5G progresses.
"4G...
Ericsson claims new equipment platform integrates support for expected "5G" technologies like NR and MIMO, with legacy support for LTE
Ericsson is preparing for the roll out of “5G” technologies beginning as soon as next year, releasing equipment tapping into plans for the so-called “new...
Network infrastructure partner ZTE said business with Telefonica generated revenue of $446 million in 2015
MADRID – Chinese telecommunications services provider ZTE Corporation expects 5G technical trial with Spanish telecommunications operator Telefonica to start within the next few months, ZTE General Director for the Telefonica Global...
As part of China’s official 5G testing, ZTE has completed tests of a number of key 5G wireless technologies.
While a 5G standard has yet to be fully specified, a number of key 5G wireless technologies have already been identified and tests are multiplying as...
Ericsson and Huawei partnering with Vodafone on 5G testing
Australian mobile telephony operator Vodafone announced plans to carry out lab trials of 5G technologies on its network by the end of the year, local press reported.
Acting Chief Technology Officer Kevin Millroy said that the telco...
Despite likely fragmentation on the road to 5G, the number of 5G connections is expected to reach 690 million by 2025, says Strategy Analytics.
The number of 5G connections will reach 690 million by 2025, according to a new forecast by Strategy Analytics. This means 5G...
Aruba's sole supplier of electricity turns to RPMA
N.V. Elmar (or, in Dutch, Naamloze Vennootschap Electriciteit-Maatschappij Aruba), the sole provider of electricity to Aruba, turned to Ingenu to help deploy an RPMA-based network capable of creating a smart grid across the entire island.
The grid was built...
Smart cities is a quickly evolving area in the U.S., following in the footsteps of global leaders like Barcelona, Amsterdam and Beijing. I had the chance to talk with Beverly Rider, Vice President of Enterprise IoT & Smart Cities with Ericsson, at a Digi.City Connects...
A fight against the living room
Stadiums are in trouble. In a 1998 ESPN poll, 54% of sports fans said they'd rather watch a game at the stadium than at home. By 2011, only 29% of respondents to the same poll said they preferred being...
The need for better connectivity
In a 2012 Cisco study, 44% of fans said connectivity is very important to their experience at a sports stadium. That number likely will continue to grow given the increasing demand for mobile phones, a market which currently has more than...
Deutsche Telekom and SK Telecom are expanding their 5G alliance to include more operators and vendors around the globe.
Deutsche Telekom (DT) and SK Telecom announced they are expanding their 5G alliance to include more operators and vendors from USA, Asia and Europe. The goal...
LoRaWAN is a Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) specification created for wireless, battery-operated devices. LoRa is already deployed in millions of sensors, according to the LoRa-Alliance. Some of the main components that serve as the foundation for the specification are bi-directional communication, mobility and localization services.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y0bMX3TVi0
The...
Nokia is already testing 5G radio equipment at BT Labs in Suffolk
U.K. telecommunications company BT and Finnish vendor Nokia have signed a research collaboration agreement on 5G technologies.
Under the terms of the agreement, the two firms will work together on potential customer use cases for...
Volvo and Uber have entered a partnership to co-develop the next generation of self-driving cars, marking the start of a longer term industrial partnership.
While most automakers expect to have self-driving cars on the road by 2021, car-hailing service provider Uber is actually planning to let customers...
Both companies will develop cooperative 5G and IIoT projects and carry out research activities
Chinese vendor ZTE Corporation and compatriot mobile operator China Unicom have inked a strategic cooperation agreement on joint 5G and industrial internet of things (IIoT) innovation.
Under the terms of the strategic...
AT&T teams with industry leaders for 5G
AT&T announced it will be working with a number of technology companies and operators to expedite the deployment of "5G" technology.
The telecom company says preliminary discussions on the project are underway with China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Huawei, Intel,...
American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network Moonshot Roundtable: Overcoming barriers to progress in cancer research
The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network Moonshot Roundtable met in Austin yesterday to speak about overcoming barriers to progress in cancer research. Panel member Nadia Morris, head of innovation...
Straight to mmWave? Not so fast
It is becoming increasingly accepted that mmWave (extremely high frequency), the frequencies in the spectrum between 30 Ghz and 300 Ghz, will define 5G networks. But there are still problems to be solved with mmWave before it is ready...
Wireless Infrastructure Association president discussed the role of infra in keynote at Wireless Connect conference
Jonathan Adelstein, president of the Wireless Infrastructure Association, discussed the role of infrastructure in delivering 5G and internet of things during a keynote speech at the Wireless Connect conference in...
"Extremely high frequency" means extremely fast 5G speeds
Millimeter wave (mmWave), also known as extremely high frequency (EHF), is the band of spectrum between 30 gigahertz (GHz) and 300 GHz. Wedged between microwave and infrared waves, this spectrum can be used for high-speed wireless communications as...
Drone flys using 5G connection
Ericsson and China Mobile announced the successful trial for the first ever 5G-enabled drone prototype.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KTdMypaopo
The trial was held in Wuxi in China’s Jiangsu province, where a drone was flown using the operator’s cellular network with 5G-enabled technologies and handovers across multiple sites...
Verizon and SK Telecom announced they will collaborate on co-developing 5G specifications, thereby strengthening their existing 5G collaboration.
South Korean operator SK Telecom and U.S. operator Verizon have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at SK Telecom’s headquarters in Seoul to co-develop 5G specifications and conduct...
