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Congress is wrong to question Huawei’s academic partnerships (Reality Check)

The fruits of the research we fund are a public good not a threat to America Recently my company Huawei was strongly criticised by several members of the U.S. Congress. They asked the U.S. secretary of education to investigate whether our co-operation with U.S. universities...

ZTE revises down Q1 results after considering U.S. ban

ZTE lost $790 million in Q1 due to the impact of the ban Chinese network infrastructure vendor ZTE has issued a revised earnings report for the first quarter of the year that puts quarterly losses at more than CNY 5.4 billion ($790 million) after taking...

Finding the right mix of spectrum for 5G

Globally 3.5 GHz is a 5G band, but not in the U.S. To deliver multi-gigabit-per-second throughputs associated with 5G, operators around the world are working with regulatory authorities to test and commercially deploy in an increasingly variable mix of spectrum. The key driver shaping spectral...

Three smart city projects in APAC

The Asia Pacific (APAC) region has several smart cities under development, mainly grouped in countries such as China, Japan, South Korea and Singapore. Here we describe three of the region’s most developed smart city initiatives. Singapore In 2014, the government of Singapore launched its Smart Nation...

India, South Korea aim to set up joint 5G labs

  Initiative is part of Indian government's plan to speed up the commercial 5G launches India’s telecommunications ministry is in talks with South Korean authorities to set up joint 5G test laboratories in India, the Economic Times reports. According to the report, the initiative was launched during...

South Korea sets reserve price for 5G frequencies at $3.1 billion

The government confirmed three operators will bid for 28 blocks of spectrum in the 3.5Ghz band and 24 blocks in the 28Ghz band   The government of South Korea set the reserve price of the auction for 5G frequencies at 3.3 trillion won ($3.1 billion), according...

Huawei CEO reportedly downplays importance of 5G

Analyst: 5G is one part of network transformation At an event for analysts in Shenzhen, China, Huawei CEO Eric Xu reportedly downplayed the transformation value fo 5G, running contrary to industry-wide talking points about the next-generation fo wireless, according to Mobile World Live. "We do have...

APAC accounts for 58.6% of global non-residential small cell deployments in 2017

Enterprises in the Asia-Pacific region are forecast to deploy 1.67 million of small cell units this year The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region accounted for 58.6% of all non-residential small cells deployments last year, according to the latest report by the Small Cell Forum. Last year, a...

Regulatory concern over ZTE spreads to U.K.

ZTE singled out as a national security concern in U.K. Chinese telecom infrastructure, smartphone and technology companies Huawei and ZTE are currently the focus of significant federal-level interest in the United States. There are bills in the US House and Senate that, if passed, would...

Telstra to deploy 1,000 small cells across Australia over three years

The Australian operator has recently deployed 50 4G small cells in the Melbourne area Australian telecommunications operator Telstra announced plans to rollout small cells across the country in a move to boost capacity and speed in some of the country’s busiest locations, said Channa Seneviratne,...

KDDI partners with VC fund to invest in 5G

KDDI planning to spend $186 million over five years Japanese telecommunications company KDDI has inked a partnership with compatriot venture capital firm Global Brain Corp to establish KDDI Open Innovation Fund 3 (KOIF3), a fund that will invest in venture firms that could generate synergies...

Telstra launches 5G Wi-Fi hot spots and connected cars

The telco recently opened a 5G innovation center in the Gold Coast Australian telecom operator Telstra is set to launch what it claims to be the world's first 5G supported Wi-Fi hotspots and roll out a 5G-connected car on the country’s Gold Coast. While there are...

What is the outlook for 5G capex in China?

According to the GSMA, the number of 5G capex in China will support 428 million connections by 2025 Chinese telecommunications firms could invest around  $280 billion on the deployment of 5G between 2020 and 2030, according to recent Chinese press reports. An additional forecast by research...

KT to launch commercial 5G services in March 2019

KT will use 28 GHz spectrum for urban hot spots and 3.5 GHz band for urban and rural areas. South Korean telecom operator KT Corp. has confirmed plans to launch its commercial 5G network by March 2019, Korean press reported. Oh Seong-mok, president of KT’s network...

Spark kicks off 5G era in New Zealand with live trial

The telco urged the government to accelerate plans to allocate 5G spectrum New Zealand telecom operator Spark announced what it claims to be the country’s first live 5G mobile test site in Wellington. The 5G trial used equipment and technical support from Chinese vendor Huawei. It...

Huawei expands 5G millimeter wave trial with NTT DoCoMo

5G trial part of NTT DoCoMo’s efforts to research technical conditions of the 28 GHz band Huawei has announced a collaboration with Japanese telco NTT DoCoMo and Tobu Railway to trial a  5G millimeter wave system at Tokyo Skytree Town as part of a broader...

Huawei, Bharti Airtel complete first 5G trial in India

Indian government wants commercial 5G by 2020 Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel and vendor Huawei have conducted what the companies claim to be India’s first 5G network trial achieving a data speed of more than 3 Gbps. The trial was conducted at Airtel’s network experience center...

China Mobile to kick off large 5G trials in five cities this year

China Mobile plans to deploy more than 10,000 5G base stations by 2020 China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile telephony operator, announced plans to build what it claims to be the world’s largest 5G trial network, according to local press. The operator said it will start...

SK Telecom says 5G will be key for autonomous cars development

The Korean telco announced it is investing in quantum cryptography to secure communications channels for autonomous cars BARCELONA- Korean telecommunications operator SK Telecom said 5G technologies will be essential for the future development of autonomous driving capabilities, the telco’s SVP for software and R&D, Kang-Won...

ZTE unveils new-generation 5G base stations

The vendor said the new 5G base stations have passed trials in China and other countries BARCELONA--ZTE has unveiled its series of new-generation 5G base stations at Mobile World Congress 2018, which takes place in Barcelona, Spain, this week. The Chinese vendor highlighted that the new...

Using the IoT to create a ‘digital city’

New Nokia offering combines IoT, secure analytics, public safety A combination of IoT sensors feeding data into analytics engines, along with other connected assets, can unlock actionable insight that leads to better municipal operations and improved quality of life for urban residents--that's the vision of...

SK Telecom driving 5G development in South Korea

SK Telecom developed "hologram AI" and autonomous driving solutions for consumers, and fronthaul and relay tech for the network With a high rate of mobile penetration, competitive carrier landscape, governmental support and a tech-savvy user population, South Korea is seen as an early debut market...

SK Telecom targets deal with Nokia, Cisco for expansion of 5G-PON

SK Telecom teasing a 5G-PON deal announcement next week South Korean telecommunications firm SK Telecom announced plans to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nokia and Cisco aimed at expanding 5G-Passive Optical Network (5G-PON) technology globally. The operator said the new agreement will be signed...

Who is standalone 5G NR really for?

Standalone 5G New Radio specification tracking for June release Operators in the U.S. including Verizon and AT&T are promising commercial services based on the non-standalone 5G New Radio (NR) specification, adopted in December 2017 by 3GPP, later this year. These services will use the LTE...