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Five core network design considerations from 5G to 6G

The evolution from 5G to 6G core networks includes new requirements for AI, interoperability, positioning, sensing, sustainability and more The current emphasis on bringing cloud-native technology and operating principles into 5G—with the move to a Standalone 5G architecture and cloud-native 5G core the next major...

Docomo, NTT add partners for 6G collaboration scheme

SK Telecom and Rohde & Schwarz are now part of this global 6G collaboration Japanese companies NTT Docomo and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) have added two new partners to their collaborative 6G trials with global vendors and carriers. The two Japanese companies said that...

Japan’s NTT completes successful demo towards 6G

In future 6G wireless communications systems, ultra-high-speed wireless communications are expected to be achieved by utilizing the 300 GHz band, NTT said Japanese company NTT and researchers with the Tokyo Institute of Technology announced the successful demonstration of a phased-array transmitter module to enable instantaneous...

Docomo launches mmWave managed private 5G in Hong Kong

Docomo said that the new service is offered using mmWave technology running on 26 GHz to 28 GHz spectrum Docomo Business, the enterprise business brand of Japan’s NTT Group, has launched an end-to-end, fully managed private 5G service in Hong Kong with a vendor-agnostic approach. In...

KT, Docomo, Fujitsu and partners complete virtualized O-RAN test

The partners said they had also participated in the O-RAN Alliance's global plugfest for spring 2023 Asian companies KT, NTT Docomo and Fujitsu, together with SOLiD, Keysight Technologies and Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), said they have successfully conducted an interoperability test using virtualized...

Vodafone claims first urban deployment of O-RAN in Europe

Vodafone said that the O-RAN trial was carried out in Torquay and Exmouth, in the U.K. U.K. telecommunications group Vodafone claimed it achieved the first commercial urban deployment of Open RAN (O-RAN) in Europe, trialing the technology in two U.K. towns to provide mobile subscribers...

NTT DoCoMo, SK Telecom ink 6G, metaverse partnership

NTT DoCoMo and SKT will align their concepts and timelines for the early deployment of 6G Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo announced an agreement with Korean telecommunications operator SK Telecom (SKT) to collaborate on the enhancement of their respective "smart-life businesses" and as well as communications...

NTT Docomo unveils ‘Drop-n-Prop’ antenna

Japanese telco NTT Docomo announced that it has developed an antenna system capable of creating a high-frequency mobile communication cell when a small piece of plastic is placed on top of a dielectric waveguide. In a release, the carrier said that the solid plastic cube...

Japan to carry out 5G O-RAN tests in 2022: Report

Japan is expected set up a wide-area experimental network as early as 2022 to experiment with 5G O-RAN networks, Japanese newspaper Nikkei reported. According to the report, the initiative will be led by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Japan's leading communication companies....

Intel announces commercial 5G modem

After launching its 5G modem chip early this year, Intel has announced plans to commercialize the technology in 2019. The company said its XMMTM 8060 modem is already making 5G calls using spectrum in the 28 GHz band. The XMMTM 8060 will support both sub-6GHz...

NTT DoCoMo confirms plans to launch 5G trials in Tokyo in May

Telecom giant NTT DoCoMo said it's looking to launch commercial 5G services in 2020. BARCELONA, Spain – NTT DoCoMo confirmed plans to launch a “5G” trial in May covering two districts in Tokyo. During a presentation at the Huawei Digital Transformation Forum at...

Analyst Angle: Technology enablers for densification

A conversation about densification with Ozgun Y. Bursalioglu, senior researcher at DOCOMO Innovations The below is only a summary. Download a transcript of the complete interview and the full report “Massively densified networks. Why we need them and how we can build them.” Densification changes the intercell site dynamics. We...

Report: NFV and SDN standards remain challenge for operator deployments

TBR notes early adopter operators are pushing NFV and SDN deployments despite standards and interoperability concerns A recent Technology Business Research report found some early adopter telecom operators were moving forward with limited commercial launches of network functions virtualization and software-defined networking technologies despite continuing...

#TBT: Sprint strong but cautious; job market on the rocks … this week in 2001

Sprint posted strong Q1 results, but said it remains cautious on future growth, while job cuts across telecom space cause concern … 15 years ago this week Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the...