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Nokia, TPG Telecom reach record speed using 5G mmWave

Nokia said this record speed was achieved during a live demonstration at the Nokia 5G Futures Lab in Sydney Nokia and Australian operator TPG Telecom announced they have hit a 5G uplink speed of 2 Gbps using the latter’s mmWave spectrum. The European vendor noted that...

Nokia to lead 6G initiative in Germany

Nokia will work with a consortium that includes partners from industry, subject matter experts, start-ups, research institutes and universities Nokia announced that it will lead the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research’s KOMSENS-6G project. In a release, the Finnish vendor said that the project aims...

India expects locally produced 5G gear to be available next year

Two operators in India have already launched 5G services in the country The Indian government believes that locally designed and developed 5G gear, including core and radio network components, could be commercially available by March 2023. "The processes will take an extra three to four months....

Wesco uses Corning, Nokia solutions to support rural broadband

The passive optical components in the Corning solution complements the active components in the Nokia solution, said the companies Wesco International, which provides business-to-business distribution, logistics services and supply chain solutions, says that it will be the first to launch a new fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) kit featuring components provided...

Samsung claims record data rates using mmWave spectrum

Samsung said it used eight component carriers (8CC) to aggregate 800 megahertz of mmWave spectrum Samsung Electronics announced it recently used mmWave spectrum to achieve record data rates over a distance of 10 kilometers in trials with Australian operator nbn. The Korean vendor noted that this...

Why educational institutions need standardized wireless broadband solutions (Reader Forum)

Digitalization is rapidly transforming education at all levels. In K-12 schools, colleges and universities, the evolution of data-driven technologies has opened the door to a host of compelling online learning and campus operations applications. To take advantage of these applications, educational institutions need networks...

Bharti Airtel tests 5G SA tech for enterprise use cases: Report

Bharti Airtel will cover all towns in urban regions as well as key rural areas in India by March 2024 Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel is currently testing 5G Standalone (SA) technology with the aim of using it to cover certain uses cases for enterprises,...

Fujitsu tests private 5G for equipment inspection, remote recovery at data centres

Japanese IT firm Fujitsu is to start testing private 5G for equipment inspection at its major data centre in Yokohama, in the Kanagawa prefecture, as a springboard to drive “operational resilience and process automation” in the broader data centre market. The Fujitsu project, to...

New private 5G use-case shock! Paper manufacturer Holmen Iggesund gets smart

Okay, so not a new use case, as such; it is just another connectivity-in-manufacturing case. But still, it is process manufacturing… at a giant paper mill! Swedish pulp and paperboard company Holmen Iggesund has commissioned local system integrator Combitech to deploy a private 5G...

OneLayer opens private 5G network security lab – to stay “ahead of the bad guys”

Israeli private cellular security startup OneLayer has opened a network security lab in Tel Aviv for telecoms and security companies to test threats to private LTE and 5G networks, currently rolling out in enterprises across the globe. The firm has invited solution providers to...

Japan to create $450 million fund for 6G research: Report

The 6G fund will aim to provide financial support for 6G research and development for a number of years The government of Japan is setting up a fund to foster research activities into future 6G communications systems, according to Nikkei Asia. The Ministry of Internal Affairs...

From a standing start in Texas – the story of Dow Chemical’s multi-site private LTE push

US system integrator Kyndryl has published a nice-looking blog post, complete with videos, on its headline work, announced at the start of the year, to deploy private LTE for Michigan-headquartered Dow Chemical Company, manufacturer of plastics, chemicals, and agricultural products. The post puts focus...

Vodafone Germany expands 5G network, trials O-RAN

Vodafone said that its 5G Standalone network is currently available to nearly 20 million people across Germany Vodafone Germany said its 5G network is already providing coverage to 60 million people across the country. In a release, the telco said it has already deployed a total...

Nokia and Nedaa partner on 5G smart city services in Dubai

Nedaa’s network already utilizes Nokia's infrastructure and can support many of the requirements for mission-critical networks   Finnish vendor Nokia announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nedaa, the security network provider of the Dubai government. In a release, Nokia said that the...

Bharti Airtel selects Aviat Networks for 5G radios

Bharti Airtel will deploy Aviat's all outdoor WTM 4800 E-Band and Multi-Band solutions Indian carrier Bharti Airtel has inked a commercial contract with Austin-based company Aviat Networks under which the latter will supply its wireless multiband radios. As part of the contract, Airtel will deploy...

BMW tests 5G positioning with Vodafone and Nokia at Leipzig factory

Vodafone Germany has been busy with private networks for Industry 4.0. A new announcement, with Nokia, says the pair are testing high-accuracy indoor positioning (HAIP) services over a 5G ‘campus network’ (‘campus-netz’) at BMW’s factory in Leipzig, the car maker’s premier site for testing...

Embracing innovation and openness in the 5G core

The 5G core presents Communication Service Providers (CSPs) with a ready platform for innovation. Changes in software design, cloud-native architecture, and scalability for 5G core services can help CSPs achieve hyperscaler-like agility and capabilities. Simultaneously achieving improved network performance and better reliability seems like a...

How a holistic Wi-Fi software strategy helps FWA succeed

Fixed Wireless Access broadband to the home presents a real, substantial new revenue stream for Communications Service Providers. But delivering a reliable and high-performance FWA link to the home is only half the challenge: Ultimately, it is the in-home Wi-Fi experience that will make...

Reliance Jio activates 5G in two new cities, launches 5G Wi-Fi

Last month, Reliance Jio Infocomm had selected Ericsson and Nokia to deploy 5G in India Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm has launched its 5G service in two new cities in the country, according to local press reports. The telco said that 5G has been already activated...

TIP chair/Vodafone exec says Nokia has ‘fully embraced’ Open RAN

Supplier diversification is a primary goal of the Open RAN ecosystem and the Telecom Infra Project MADRID—Vodafone has been a driving force in cultivating the Open RAN ecosystem as it works towards the goal of using disaggregated radio systems in 30% of its European networks...

Nokia expects large market scale to offset lower margins in India

Nokia has already secured 5G contracts with Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio Infocomm in India Finnish vendor Nokia believes that the low margins it is seeing in the Indian telecom infrastructure market will be offset by a larger scale compared to other markets, the company’s...

Private networks in numbers – surge or stasis? (Down a rabbit hole with a calculator)

We need to talk about private networks (some more). Because earlier this month, Enterprise IoT Insights opened the European edition of Private Networks Forum with a salutary address about the market, going so far as to suggest business is “flying” in most major industrial...

New Zealand to enable direct allocation of 5G spectrum

Access to current short-term 3.5 GHz rights expires at the end of October 2022 The government of New Zealand has reached an agreement with the country’s major telecommunications network operators to accelerate the deployment of 5G services across New Zealand and improve rural connectivity, the...

Mavenir negotiates potential 5G deals with Indian carriers: Report

Mavenir aims to start supplying its locally made O-RAN radios in the coming months U.S.-based O-RAN provider Mavenir said it is in talks to provide 5G gear to Indian carriers including Vodafone Idea, local newspaper ETTelecom reported. The U.S. firm was expecting to start supplying its...