“Productivity isn’t everything, but, in the long run, it’s almost everything.” This oft-quoted aphorism from economist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman has new life in the shadow of Covid-19. Despite its hefty toll on the global economy, the pandemic presents an opportunity to refocus...
Self-driving cars, autonomous manufacturing and immersive mobile XR are all on the 5G horizon
5G networks are commercially available in dozens of countries around the globe and consumer adoption of compatible handsets is set to spike in 2020 as coverage scales and services like cloud...
As 5G begins its rollout, carriers are preparing to rally their subscribers and get them excited about all 5G has to offer. Great new network, great new devices – it could be as heady a combination as peanut butter and chocolate, if done correctly.
But...
Ken Hu of Huawei says 5G creating safety, efficiency in Chinese mines; driving new consumer experiences in South Korea
ZURICH--Successful 5G deployments is about more than consumers and enterprises; it requires buy-in and accommodation from governments and regulators as well, Huawei Deputy Chairman Ken Hu...
5G is opening-up a whole new world of business, not just for communication services providers (CSPs) but also for enterprises and the opportunities for growth are unprecedented. Nokia’s recent 5G maturity index (5GMi) study shows that more than 80% of the leading operators are...
Operators will take 5G to verticals they’re already familiar with, analyst says
LONDON--Right now, the focus on 5G monetization is all about delivering enhanced mobile broadband experiences to consumers. For meaningful entry into the enterprise and industrial segments, there’s still standardization and technological advancements needed,...
ZTE and Nokia have announced deals with Malaysian telecommunications companies to carry out 5G trials in the country during 2019.
ZTE inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with telecom operator Digi Telecommunications to carry out a 5G trial this year.
Under the terms of the deal,...
Next-generation 5G technology will only appear in the internet-of-things (IoT) market in late 2020, and struggle to find its mark in the space for years afterwards, according to a new report from analyst firm Berg Insight. As late as 2023, just three per cent...
Note, this article is continued from a previous post, entitled “Orange on LPWA: ‘If there’s no improvement in the radio, we’ll keep the same system’.” Click here to go to the previous article.
The storm of digital change that 5G connectivity will unleash is...
“The potential for 5G is awesome,” Verizon chief tech officer Kyle Malady wrote in an open letter this week, in protest at the early marketing of rather middle-of-the-road ‘5G’ services being pushed by the telecoms industry at large.
“The potential to over-hype and under-deliver is...
As a new generation of mobile communication standards, 5G becomes a hotspot in the industry. The 5G network provides eMBB (enhanced Mobile Broadband), uRLLC (ultra Reliable & Low Latency Communication) and mMTC (massive Machine Type of Communication) services, and has new requirements of transport...
Swedish vendor Ericsson is looking at ways to employ artificial intelligence to enable advanced “fingerprinting” of mobile radio networks to enhance the positioning resolution of LTE-M and NB-IoT devices.
The initiative will have implications for both the consumer and enterprise space, it said. However, the...
Throughout the ‘ask-the-experts’ session at URLLC 2018 in London earlier this month, serialised here across a number of posts, the conversation circled back time and again to 5G use cases. What are the sync requirements? How many slices? Where is the edge? Every time,...
There is plenty of enthusiasm and quite a bit of hype in various quarters about upcoming 5G; but will it be worthwhile for everyone?
The outlook for 5G is promising because growing mobile broadband data demand will saturate LTE capacity from around 2020. Only 5G...
Network slicing, allowing for multiple network layers on top of a single shared infrastructure, is arguably the most significant capability of incoming 5G technologies. It brings brand new business opportunities to operators to serve enterprises and industries, each with conflicting requirements.
One of the panel...
The telecoms industry is at odds with the enterprise sector it is seeking to serve with ultra-reliable, low-latency (URLLC) 5G communications. Industrialists want both the control of private networks and the convenience of managed network services, and network operators want to bunch digital enterprises...
Spectrum is an operators’ money pit, and its cash cow, and 5G is unlikely to change that any time soon. But in the era of 5G, the focus will change from “how much” spectrum to “what kind”. The path to 5G commercial rollouts is...
The most important decision operators need to make in 2018 is how aggressive and in what direction they should take 5G over the next 2-3 years. The challenge is that spend needs to be aligned with value as best as possible. One way to...
ZTE wants its Unified Air Interface technology integrated into 5G new radio, promotes a pre-5G approach
LONDON – The 3GPP announced earlier this week the first formal specifications for "5G" technology, which will define new radio technology and is expected to be ready in June 2018....
