Ronan Dunne discusses Verizon 5G coverage and capacity plans
Verizon's ongoing mobile 5G network deployment, slated to hit parts of 30 cities by the end of the year, taps the operator's millimeter wave spectrum holdings and has delivered downlink speeds in excess of 2 Gbps....
CEO says dynamic spectrum sharing coming in 2020
The current focus in the U.S. is on deploying 5G in millimeter wave frequencies, but the longer-term strategy is to use a mix of low-, mid- and high-band to balance coverage and capacity. In the past, this...
Using Qualcomm tech, AT&T completed first sub-6 GHz 5G data transfer
AT&T is currently offering up a commercial 5G service based on its millimeter wave spectrum holdings but the carrier is working to extend its 5G offering into sub-6 GHz frequencies. That effort hit a...
St. Paul is the latest of 30 Verizon 5G markets slated to launch this year
Verizon continues to expand its millimeter wave-based mobile 5G network, announcing this week that commercial service is now available in St. Paul. Verizon previously launched in Minneapolis as well as...
All four Tier 1 U.S. carriers are offering a mobile 5G service in parts of select markets. Of those four, AT&T, T-Mobile US and Verizon are all using high-frequency millimeter wave spectrum; Sprint is using its 2.5 GHz portfolio, which covers more than 100...
AT&T 5G+ is now available in 20 markets
AT&T's millimeter wave-based 5G service, dubbed 5G+, went live on June 27 in part of Las Vegas, the operator's 20th market. Other markets where the service is available include Austin, Los Angeles, Nashville, Orlando, San Diego, San...
Providence getting millimeter wave 5G on July 1
Continuing to work toward its goal of mobile 5G in more than 30 cities by the end of the year, Verizon today announced commercial 5G is live in Denver and coming to Providence beginning July 1. The...
5G Home customers roughly even split of existing and new subscribers
Verizon Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Kyle Malady, speaking June 20 at the 2019 Wells Fargo 5G Forum, said he's pleased with company's fixed wireless 5G Home residential broadband service and added...
Antenna company Airgain has unveiled a new testing laboratory focused on 5G millimeter wave. The company said that the bands being used for 5G mmWave networks "create a new set of challenges for development and testing, with much higher levels of atmospheric loss, very...
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has been bullish on millimeter wave spectrum for 5G, recently wrapping up auctions for 24 GHz and 28 GHz airwaves with plans to auction licenses for parts of the 37 GHz, 39 GHz and 47 GHz bands beginning in...
Verizon fixed and mobile 5G services currently focused on millimeter wave spectrum
Verizon went to market with a millimeter wave-based fixed wireless access 5G service then expanded to mobile, also based on high-band frequencies. AT&T also used its millimeter wave to launch 5G. Sprint is...
Chipset makers, network infrastructure companies, device OEMs and test and measurement companies have been heavily involved in the research and development process and the standards work for 5G for years at this point, and that work is coming to fruition as 5G devices begin...
The Federal Communications Commission has officially wrapped up its first two millimeter wave spectrum auctions of the year, raising more than $2.7 billion in gross bids for more than 5,800 spectrum licenses from a total of 55 bidders. The agency is already looking ahead...
In-building 5G use cases, including millimeter wave, NR-U and 60 GHz, include venues, industrial facilities and enterprises
In the U.S., Verizon and AT&T are both rolling out commercial 5G service using millimeter wave spectrum to provide consumers with an enhanced mobile broadband experience with early...
Chipset production for 5G has been ramping quickly over the past six months and is expected to continue through the rest of this year, according to David Hall, head of semiconductor marketing at National Instruments.
NI used its annual NI Week event to highlight its...
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T-Mo, Tappy and...
With 5G NR now a reality and preliminary estimates indicating that 5G NR comprises a tangible portion of the overall RAN market, some reflection to better assess how the vision and projections have changed as the 5G narrative has evolved is now in order....
It’s been a busy time for 5G launches. It started with Verizon and AT&T towards the end of 2018 followed by a flurry of recent announcements from Korea, China and more in the US. So, are we there yet? Is the long car ride...
Verizon started selling Samsung Galaxy S10 5G this week
Verizon is offering mobile 5G services in Chicago and Minneapolis with plans to expand to 20 more cities this year. This week the operator began selling the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G smartphone and independent field testing...
FirstNet passes 600,000 subscribers
In a wide-ranging interview this week at the MoffettNathanson's 6th Annual Media & Communications Summit in New York City, AT&T Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer John Stephens discussed how the carrier's deployment of FirstNet lays the foundation for...
5G Home fixed wireless service relaunching in second-half of 2019
After commercializing its 5G fixed wireless access in four markets in October, Verizon will "relaunch" the 5G Home service in the second-half of this year, according to SVP for Technology Strategy and Planning Adam Koeppe....
If 5G is a race the US needs to win, why not run faster?
In the U.S., Verizon and AT&T have deployed 5G in parts of some cities. T-Mobile says it can offer nationwide service in the 2020 timeframe but that largely hinges on...
Given the pervasive challenges associated with network densification, particularly backhaul and site acquisition, and the emergence of 5G at millimeter wave frequencies, what can operators do to deliver the service their customers expect? Ericsson’s Martin Ljunberg, strategic product manager, small cell solutions, said...
The Federal Communications Commission's auction of 24 GHz spectrum has garnered more than $1.409 billion in bids after eight business days and 23 rounds. That's double the $704 million that the 28 GHz auction raised in its entirety.
Three rounds of bidding are being held each...
