AIS said that the use of spectrum will allow the telco to offers network slicing capabilities as well as low latency
BANGKOK, THAILAND- Thailand’s largest mobile operator, Advanced Info Service (AIS), is planning deployment of millimeter wave spectrum in the country next year, once compatible...
Huawei noted that all spectrum bands can be used for the future provision of '5.5G' services
BANGKOK, THAILAND- Operators currently lack enough spectrum resources in order to be in a position to launch future ‘5.5G’ networks, Yang Chaobin, Huawei’s president of ICT products and solutions...
Huawei said that a total of 230 carriers around the world have already launched commercial 5G services
BANGKOK, THAILAND- Huawei rotating chairman Ken Hu called for a cross-industry effort with the aim of pushing so-called "5.5G" technology, which will enable advanced services and applications for...
Rakuten Mobile has 400 MHz of mmWave spectrum, which it plans to use for fixed wireless access
Movandi is providing Japan’s Rakuten Mobile with 5G millimeter wave (mmWave) smart repeaters and BeamXR Open-RAN technology to help the operator expand its outdoor and indoor coverage...
Cellnex plans to turn La Defense esplanade into an experimental area for companies wishing to test 5G use cases
Paris La Defense has selected Cellnex France as partner to run a 5G mmWave trial at 26 GHz in the French business district.
In a release, Cellnex...
Verizon sees 5G fixed wireless access starting with market education and awareness
Speaking last week at the Bank of America Securities Conference, Verizon EVP and Consumer Group CEO Manon Brouillette discussed how changing consumer and economic dynamics are shifting the traditional logic of subscriber acquisition...
Adani Data Networks had secured 400 megahertz of spectrum in the 26 GHz band
Finnish vendor Nokia is in talks with Indian company Adani Data Networks to deploy private 5G using the millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency band, Indian newspaper The Economic Times reported, citing a...
Paris La Défense, the major metropolitan business district in Paris, has called for applicants to run 5G neutral-host and use-case trials in 26 GHz mmWave spectrum at its site in the French capital. The two trial streams will be open, respectively, to public mobile...
mmWave 5G was the subject of some industry skepticism in its earlier days, particularly around the ability to support mobility use cases and the sheer economics of densification required to provide a workable degree of coverage. mmWave has since been the subject of significant...
While there are clear challenges associated with the propagation characteristics and cost of densely deploying 5G using millimeter wave frequencies, the high-band spectrum offers unique advantageous. In addition to providing multi-Gbps user experiences, 5G mmWave allows operators to add huge amounts of capacity in...
Singtel had announced the launch of its 5G SA network in the country in May of 2021
Singaporean carrier Singtel's 5G Standalone network currently covers over 95% of the country’s territory, the telco said in a release.
Singtel noted that the milestone comes more than three...
Japanese operators have deployed a significant amount of 5G millimeter wave coverage in Toyko with unobtrusive sites and are using carrier aggregation (2 x 100 megahertz) in the uplink to achieve speeds in the hundreds of megabits per second, according to a new Signals...
The test was conducted using SoftBank base stations located in Tokyo
Japanese operator SoftBank and compatriot company Kyocera conducted a backhaul system verification test utilizing the millimeter-wave band allocated to SoftBank for 5G services.
In a release, the telco said that the test was conducted using...
mmWave is poised to deliver the true promise of 5G – cost-efficient extreme capacity and new user experiences. With 110+ operators licensed to deploy ultra-high band spectrum above 24 GHz in over 27 countries, and a robust mmWave device ecosystem, strong 5G mmWave growth...
The U.S. moved comparatively early on making mmWave spectrum available for 5G services with Verizon launching a pre-standard fixed wireless access service in the second half of 2018. Since then, in addition to the completion of the initial 5G New Radio standard by the...
The police vehicle leverages the carrier's mmWave and C-Band network
At Wednesday’s 2022 National Sheriffs’ Association annual conference, Verizon Frontline unveiled a “reimagined,” connected police cruiser. The prototype, called the Mobile Utility Technology Transport (MUTT), leverages the carrier’s mmWave and C-Band 5G network and several...
While there are clear challenges associated with the propagation characteristics and cost of densely deploying 5G using millimeter wave frequencies, the high-band spectrum offers unique advantageous. In addition to providing multi-Gbps user experiences, 5G mmWave allows operators to add huge amounts of capacity in...
The government of Canada aims to award mmWave frequencies in 2024
The government of Canada has announced the launch of a consultation process to award millimeter Wave (mmWave) spectrum bands with the aim of promoting competition in the local mobile market.
The government said that the...
The deployment of mmWave 5G networks has been a slow roll. First, there was skepticism that mmWave was viable in a mobility use case which has been proved out in the field. Now there’s scrutiny on the business case, which through selective deployment in...
More the 325,000 fans attended the Indy 500 race
Over the weekend, Marcus Ericsson won the 106th Running of the Indianapolis 500, or the Indy 500, a major racing event that takes place annually at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. According to Verizon,...
This report will examine the benefits, challenges, and emerging solutions for efficient and effective over-the-air testing.
Cell phones were once recognizable by a prominent antenna protruding towards the sky—or rather, to the nearest cell tower. A similar story can be told for vehicles, televisions, and...
5G is picking up acceleration. The total installed 5G global cell sites are expected to expand from 986,000 cell sites in 2021 to 6.6 million cell sites in 2027 at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 44.9%. It is not just infrastructure. 5G...
Neville Ray, T-Mobile US president of technology, looks back and looks ahead
AUSTIN--T-Mobile US is inarguably in a strong position based on a rich spectrum portfolio, an astonishingly fast field deployment operation, and disciplined, clear-eyed network leadership from President of Technology Neville Ray. After a...
Ericsson said that the 26GHz mmWave tests took place in the Norwegian cities of Oslo, Trondheim and Lillestrøm
Telia Norway and Ericsson have carried out 5G tests using mmWave spectrum, achieving download speeds of close to 4 Gbps, the vendor said in a release.
The 26...
