Editors note: This week we’ll take a look back at the 50 stories that drew the highest level of engagement from our RCR Wireless News community.
Hans Vestberg on transition to Verizon and the next five years
After serving for six years as the CEO of...
Speeds up to 1.2 Gbps available to Ooredoo customers with compatible smartphones
Carriers around the world are pushing the 1 Gbps data throughput barrier with increasingly advanced LTE network deployments, which also serve to lay the groundwork for quick commercialization of 5G. In the latest,...
DEL MAR, Calif.--5G will be supported by four "pillars" as the industry seeks to transition to the next generation of wireless technology, according to Andreas Roessler, technology manager at test company Rohde & Schwarz.
Roessler, speaking at the 5G Innovation Summit, said that those four...
The vendor believes Europe will see the initial commercial deployments of 5G in 2018 or 2019
Ericsson expects to see the initial commercial deployment of 5G technology in Europe in 2018 or 2019, international press reported, citing Arun Bansal, the vendor’s head of Market Area...
Verizon expanding from 4x4 MIMO with new project in Irvine, California
Multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) is seen as a key technology in the continued evolution of LTE networks as well as future 5G networks. In the dozens of gigabit LTE deployments around the world, 4x4 MIMO,...
CSpire, Nextech, Ericsson discuss network capacity issues and options
FORT WORTH, Tex.--Think only national carriers deal with network capacity crunches? Think again.
In a morning panel at the Competitive Carriers Association conference, tackling the increasing demand for wireless data was the topic of discussion, and...
The Dutch telco said massive MIMO delivered 600% capacity increase
Dutch operator T-Mobile Netherlands has activated massive MIMO technology, a key path to delivering increased bandwidth and setting the stage for 5G, in the city of Amsterdam. The first antenna was installed at Leidseplein Square,...
Massive MIMO trial was carried out on a commercial network in Nagasaki
Chinese vendor ZTE Corporation, together with Japanese telco SoftBank and Wireless City Planning, successfully verified the 24-stream space division multiplexing technology by using pre-standard 5G TDD massive MIMO technology on a commercial network...
New 5G research committee has initial budget of $76 million for research
The government of India has announced plans to establish a dedicated 5G committee to develop a roadmap for the rollout of the technology by 2020, according to Indian press reports.
The group, dubbed...
Gigabit LTE coming alive with carrier aggregation, massive MIMO and NFV
With major global operators competing to offer end users affordable, unlimited access to mobile data, more than two dozen carriers, including all four major U.S. MNOs, are in the process of deploying gigabit-class LTE...
T-Mobile US will test FDD with Ericsson 5G equipment
The network infrastructure community remains laser-focused on facilitating the customer transition from LTE to 5G with pre-standard equipment that can be upgraded to the next-generation standards once it's agreed to by 3GPP. Ahead of Mobile World...
In partnership with Qualcomm, ZTE and China Mobile hit 700 Mbps downlink in gigabit LTE testing
While 5G promises to ultimately deliver multi-gigabit-per-second mobile throughput speeds, carriers around the world are focused on providing gigabit-LTE speeds to users well before a 5G standard is defined...
New solution provides customers with integrated 5G infrastructure aligned with industry standards, ZTE says
SHANGHAI- Chinese vendor ZTE has announced the availability of its new 5G integrated solution, which is a suite of solutions for wireless access, core network and bearer network to help operators...
Massive MIMO is seen as a key technology to delivering mobile 5G
Massive multiple-input, multiple-output, or massive MIMO, is an extension of MIMO, which essentially groups together antennas at the transmitter and receiver to provide better throughput and better spectrum efficiency. This method’s ability to multiply...
As Ericsson goes through a period of change, looking to divest parts of its business under the direction of a new CEO, the Swedish network infrastructure vendor scored a major win with Vodafone. According to the companies, the network investment covers LTE and 5G...
Chinese ICT vendor Huawei, in tests with various global service providers, is working to validate technologies seen as core to future 5G networks. Trials have focused on massive multiple input, multiple out, deployment in high band millimeter wave (mm wave) spectrum and end-to-end network...
SoftBank 5G tests ongoing in 4 GHz and 4.5 GHz bands
Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank recently acquired a license to expand tests of 5G communications in the 28 GHz band. The company already has already begun testing 5G in the 4 GHz and 4.5 GHz...
Sprint said it is the first U.S. carrier to deploy "gigabit class" LTE on a commercial network. The carrier showcased the technology at New Orleans' Smoothie King stadium using a forthcoming Motorola handset powered by Qualcomm's 835 mobile platform with an integrated Snapdragon X16...
Playing it even more conservative than rival Verizon, Sprint CFO Tarek Robbiati said the carrier sees mobile 5G within the next 5 years.
Similar to plans by larger rivals, Sprint sees initial “5G” deployments centered on fixed wireless internet access – also...
NTT DoCoMo and NEC said a recent MIMO test used spectrum between the 3 GHz and 6 GHz bands and showed eight-times gain in spectral efficiency.
Work continues on what is termed “massive” multiple-input/multiple-output antenna technology, with NTT DoCoMo and NEC announcing a recent trial...
AT&T and Shenandoah Telecommunications are both testing FDD massive multiple input-multiple output systems from Blue Danube Systems.
Blue Danube CEO Mark Pinto said that the tests represent the first commercial trials of FDD massive MIMO and that the two sites supported more than 10 terabytes of data over...
Huawei and China Unicom said they completed field verification of FDD-based massive multiple-input/multiple-output antenna technology.
The technology is said to help operators enhance wireless network capacity and user experience by maximizing existing sites and spectrum resources. The joint field test used 20 megahertz of spectrum...
ZTE technology to be commercially available this year.
ZTE released what it claims to be the world’s first FDD-LTE massive multiple-input/multiple-output antenna solution, following successful field tests in the Quanzhou Innovation Centre of China Unicom Fujian Branch.
Company reps said the field tests...
The trial completed the first phase of a 5G MoU between the two firms covering 5G components like massive MIMO and UCNC.
ZTE and Telefónica said they completed a pre-"5G" massive multiple-input/multiple-output antenna test in Madrid. ZTE said it was Telefónica's first...
