The latest release of the 5G New Radio (NR) standard has, at last, fixed a problem for cellular-based sensor comms with the emergence of a cut-down version of 5G for massive-scale IoT deployments. On paper, anyway; in reality, the news only confirms a waypoint...
'Operators must prioritize the construction of more efficient and agile ICT infrastructure': Huawei exec
Huawei last week presented its newest telco cloud vision at its Carrier Cloud Transformation Summit, part of the company’s Win-Win Huawei Innovation Week, an online and in-person event that took place...
JD.com, the other mega China-based online retailer, has been running at least 100 “self-developed” automated guided (or “ground”) vehicles (AGVs) over a private 5G network, apparently from local vendors Huawei and ZTE, to automate certain pick-and-pack supply chain operations at its busiest warehouse complex...
The ban originally stipulated that telecoms operators in the UK had until January 28, 2023 to remove all Huawei equipment from the most sensitive core networks
U.K. carrier BT has requested an extension to the U.K. government’s deadline for removing Huawei equipment from its core...
The number of international patent applications filed by Huawei increased to 6,952 in 2021 from 5,464 in 2020
The protection and sharing of intellectual property rights is critical for the development of the global tech ecosystem, according to Chinese vendor Huawei.
"Protecting intellectual property is key...
The Government of Canada said that local telcos will have time until June 2024 to remove 5G gear from these two vendors
Canada has decided to ban the use of equipment by Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE due to security concerns.
“The Government of Canada is...
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Sprint to launch...
Ethio Telecom CEO says to expect 150 cell sites over the next year
Ethiopia’s Ethio Telecom launched a pre-commercial 5G network across six mobile stations in the capital city of Addis Ababa this week. The launch, said the company, is an important milestone in its...
Huawei is diversifying its portfolio as well as increasing R&D spending and focusing on operational efficiency, given the growing challenges faced by the vendor this year, which are even higher compared to 2021, rotating chairman Ken Hu said in his keynote presentation at the...
As well as a new private 5G deployment in Hamburg for IT service provider Dataport, covered Wednesday (March 30), O2 Telefónica has confirmed a private 5G setup at the Helios Park-Klinikum, a private psychiatric and orthopedics hospital, in Leipzig. O2 Telefónica led the installation,...
Dutch semiconductor manufacturer Nowi, a specialist in energy-harvesting IoT chips, has introduced a new chipset with extended energy harvesting and power management capabilities. The new product, called Diatom (pictured), is designed to extract power from a range of ‘energy harvesters’ to charge batteries and...
Huawei CFO: "We are more capable of dealing with uncertainty"
As U.S. trade sanctions designed to cut off Huawei, and other Chinese firms, from accessing some technologies continue to take a toll, the Chinese technology giant today reported a year-over-year decrease in revenue. But...
TIM said that the 5G Standalone network will be activated once the 3.5 GHz spectrum becomes available for local carriers
Brazilian carrier TIM said it has completed the implementation of its 5G Core Standalone (SA) network in the country.
The South American operator noted that its...
The total number of private LTE and 5G networks will increase to 13,500 installations globally by 2026, according to analyst group Berg Insight; this is a 10-fold increase, roughly, from a figure today of “more than” 1,000 private LTE deployments and 200–300 private 5G...
It took the industry 30 years to consolidate mobile communications developments into a single 4G standard with the introduction of LTE and the demise of WiMAX. That attainment—also in 5G—should be cherished; but it is imperiled by geopolitical developments.
While the international response to Russia’s...
The Indian government expects to award 5G spectrum in August or September
The government of India may lower the base price for 5G frequencies in the upcoming spectrum auction, Bloomberg reported, citing a person with knowledge of the matter.
The decision to lower the price of...
The '5G City' project involves implementing wide 5G coverage for the city of Curitiba, the capital of Parana state
TIM Brasil and Huawei have signed a collaboration agreement to develop a "5G City" initiative in the country, the Chinese vendor said in a release.
The initiative,...
MFA, formerly the MulteFire Alliance, has released a set of ‘technology blueprints’ for industrial 5G networks and devices to help enterprise users, device makers, and application developers select key 3GPP features for their specific 5G private network deployments and solutions. The new work was...
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Ericsson launches DSS
Ericsson...
India expects to conclude its 5G spectrum auction by August and for services to be rolled out subsequently, CNBC reported, citing the country’s Telecommunications and Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
The ministry said that the country’s telecoms regulator TRAI is in the final stages of its...
The GSM Association (GSMA) and the 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA) are to collaborate more deeply on industrial 5G for smart manufacturing. The pair have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly “promote and advance a shared understanding” of industrial...
Korean operator LG Uplus ended the fourth quarter of 2021 with 4.62 million 5G subscribers, up 67.9% year-on-year, according to the company’s latest earnings statement.
The telco added a total of 1.87 million 5G subscribers during last year, while total net additions in the fourth...
On a watt/bit basis, 5G is more power efficient than 4G
When the conversation turns to 5G’s potential to be a “greener” technology than previous generations, the subject of power usage is one of the first that comes up. Most often, it is framed...
Chinese government-backed institute Purple Mountain Laboratories said that a research team had achieved a 6G-level wireless transmission up to a speed of 206.25 gigabits per second for the first time in a lab environment, South China Morning Post reported.
According to the report, the test...
