Mavenir and Terrestar said the achievement sets the stage for broader adoption of NTN-based NB-IoT solutions
Mavenir and Canadian mobile satellite operator Terrestar Solutions Inc. (TSI) have successfully completed a Voice over NB-IoT (Narrowband Internet of Things) call Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTNs) mode over a 3GPP-standardized...
The research hub is scheduled to open by summer 2025, said Vodafone
Vodafone has announced plans for a research hub dedicated to the enablement of seamless switching between low earth orbit space-based and land mobile broadband services. The project is supported by an initial grant...
Vodafone engineer Rowan Chesmer video called the company's Chief Executive Margherita Della Valle from the remote mountains in mid-Wales
Forty years after claiming the U.K.’s first mobile phone call, Vodafone said it has achieved another landmark milestone: The world’s first non-terrestrial video call using a...
3GPP has established two basic 5G NTN architecture approaches: Transparent and Regenerative
According to Rohde & Schwarz’s Wireless unit Technology Manager Reiner Stuhlfauth, the integration of non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) and terrestrial 5G networks is an architectural "paradigm shift." In a blog post, he explained further...
3GPP Release 18, or 5G-Advanced, includes critical NTN updates
Capabilities around the integration of 5G and non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) were first enabled with 3GPP Release 17; but it’s really Release 18, or 5G-Advanced (5G-A), that includes the serious stuff — we’re talking critical updates,...
5G Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTNs), are essentially satellite base stations or ‘cell towers in space’ and are being designed to overcome some of the limitations of terrestrial networks.
Download this white paper to learn about the evolution of NTNs, some of the supported use cases, standardization...
