millimeter wave

Ahead of MWC, Nokia updates ‘anyhaul’ portfolio Over time, delivering on 5G use cases–enhanced mobile broadband, massive IoT and ultra reliable low latency communications, will require massive levels of network …

Airspan building in support for massive MIMO, vRAN Radio access network infrastructure vendor Airspan, perhaps best known for its work with Sprint on the Magic Box small cell, has tapped …

We are only days away from the biggest telecom show, Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019. The industry announcements are slowly trickling in and will soon turn into a flood! I …

While marketing departments for mobile operators around the world extol the seemingly endless benefits that 5G network rollouts enable, the fact is that operators face a glut of new complications …

What is beamforming? Massive MIMO antennas, which increase data throughput and spectrum efficiency by adding transmit and receive elements to antennas, and high-frequency, high-capacity millimeter wave spectrum are both synonymous …

Auction 102 will put nearly 3,000 24 GHz licenses up for grabs On the heels of the conclusion of its first millimeter wave spectrum auction that raised $702 million, the …

The Federal Communications Commission’s auction of millimeter wave spectrum at 28 GHz has concluded after 176 rounds, having raised nearly $702.6 million in provisionally winning bids. According to the FCC, …

Snowy weather in the Washington, D.C. area has led the Federal Communications Commission to suspend today’s scheduled bidding in its millimeter wave auction. The auction, which has been proceeding despite …

5G branding gets a chilly reception from some AT&T activated a limited, standards-based mobile 5G service in parts of 12 markets last month; the launch device is a mobile hot …

The Federal Communications Commission’s auction of millimeter wave frequencies has raised nearly $690 million. The auction is slated to continue through this week, although bidding has slowed considerably. Four bidding …

Bidding in the Federal Communications Commission’s current auction of millimeter wave spectrum hit a lull yesterday, although it bounced back this morning with a round garnering $21 million in bids. Auction …

Nicki Palmer stresses first mover advantage Verizon has on 5G Wailea, HAWAII–Verizon in October launched its 5G Home service, a fixed wireless residential broadband offering that uses the carrier’s millimeter …

AT&T highlights plans to offer Samsung 5G handsets, plural, in 2019 Wailea, MAUI–AT&T will launch mobile, standards-based 5G in a dozen markets by the end of 2018. That was the …

New research explores frequencies up to 150 GHz Even as the mobile industry steps into a 5G world where it is making use of millimeter wave frequencies for commercial cellular …

Millimeter wave devices Back in July, Qualcomm successfully miniaturized its QTM052 millimeter wave antenna module to a point where multiple modules can fit into a smartphone form factor. In October …

Expect non-standalone 5G NR networks in 2019, standalone potentially in 2020 The latest Ericsson Mobility Report projects 5G will achieve global scale more quickly than previous generations of cellular, reaching …

The Federal Communications Commission’s auction of millimeter wave spectrum for 5G service has raised more than $145 million in bids. Fourteen rounds of bidding have been completed over five days, …

Early movement on millimeter wave a component of 5G wins Samsung is confirmed as a primary vendor for AT&T, Verizon and Sprint’s 5G deployment plans, and the Korean vendor also …

Key 5G spectrum decisions need to be made ahead of WRC-19 Operators and regulators need to work more closely through the process of allocating 5G spectrum, otherwise some countries could …

Power consumption key concern for millimeter wave Going into 2019, there’s significant momentum around 5G at millimeter wave frequencies. In the U.S. Verizon and AT&T are launching initial 5G services …

FCC has already allocated 12.55 gigahertz of millimeter wave spectrum Millimeter wave spectrum is key to delivering on the ultra-high throughput speeds associated with 5G. In the U.S., the Federal …

Qualcomm talks planning 5G coverage in 3.5 GHz and millimeter wave bands HONG KONG–While each operator has a different approach based on their particular spectrum portfolio, there’s consensus that delivering …

Small cells will be key to enterprise, industrial 5G applications HONG KONG–During its annual 4G/5G Summit, Qualcomm executives repeatedly called out the role 5G could play in opening up new …

Sprint apparently sitting out millimeter wave auctions Three of the big four U.S. mobile operators—AT&T, T-Mobile US and Verizon Wireless—will take part in the U.S. Federal Communication Commission’s upcoming millimeter …

If you are, think again! In the cellular value chain, the most conservative and last holdouts in making any kind of public announcements are usually operators. Vendors could make all …