India is to say ‘no’ to direct spectrum allocations to enterprises for private 5G and Industry 4.0, as provisioned in most other major industrial markets, according to reports. Instead, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has recommended that leases for enterprise-owned private 5G...
Samsung Electronics had published a white paper introducing its 6G vision in July 2020
Samsung Electronics released a white paper that lays out the company’s vision for securing global frequency bands for future 6G technology.
The paper, titled “6G Spectrum: Expanding the Frontier,” discusses ways to...
With the growth of mobile data traffic catalyzed by the world’s increasing dependency on cellular connections in every area of life, cellular networks are pushing capacity. However, spectrum is the scarcest resource in wireless technology and, with data usage skyrocketing, limited airwave access can...
When it comes to 5G and spectrum, there are a lot of complicating factors at work. While previous generations of cellular technologies typically brought new spectrum into play, 5G is making use of familiar sub-6 GHz frequencies that have been foundational to cellular networks,...
Signal repeaters can offset the need for new 5G base stations, adding network density without additional infrastructure
Increasing network capacity is critical for achieving the coverage and speeds promised by 5G; but obstacles like cost, time and community objection make building out the necessary number...
Nokia said that 5G carrier aggregation allows compatible 5G smartphones to receive multiple 5G frequency bands in parallel
Nokia, Optus and Samsung Electronics Australia announced that they have achieved a data session using three-component-carrier (3CC) Carrier Aggregation (CA) technology over a 5G Standalone (SA) network...
Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility have been behind the eight-ball with regards to their C-band deployments, especially compared to T-Mobile US. After a painful delay in a competitive sense, both Verizon and AT&T have now turned on their 5G C-band networks and they are...
Note, this article is continued from a previous entry, under the title, The big 5G problem – not networks, not spectrum, but devices (Talking 5G Blues). Asimakis Kokkos, chair of the technical specification working group at MFA, interviewed below, appears on a new webinar...
On January 19th 2022, Verizon and AT&T activated their C-band networks, and in doing so, finally shook up the 5G dynamic in the U.S.
At the end of last year, an Ookla report positioned the U.S. as the world leader for 5G availability, but when...
The Federal Communications Commission has formally begun a proceeding to gather information about wireless receiver performance, and how it might encourage better performance in wireless receivers—an effort that has bipartisan support on the commission, and which could represent a turning point for the design...
Note, for more on this topic, join the Enterprise IoT Insights webinar on Industrial 5G (From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard) on April 28, featuring speakers from ABI Research, MFA (MulteFire Alliance)/Nokia, Schneider Electric and Vodafone; check back here, also, for the editorial report...
Some say the pandemic hindered 5G progress; some say it accelerated its rollout. More than two years into COVID-19 where does 5G stand globally? This webinar explores how different regulations, spectrum availability and customer demands impact the deployment and adoption of next-generation cellular services around...
Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) can open doors to a more flexible densification strategy, allowing operators to quickly add new base stations using wireless backhaul
5G New Radio (NR) is a global standard that enhances the 5G wireless air interface. NR will provide a much...
Australian carriers Telstra and TPG Telecom announced a ten-year regional Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN) commercial agreement.
Under the terms of the deal, TPG Telecom will secure access to around 3,700 of Telstra’s mobile network assets, increasing TPG Telecom’s current 4G coverage from around 96% to...
Australian operator Telstra’s 5G network reached 77.5% of the country’s population as of the end of last year, the carrier’s CEO Andrew Penn said in the company’s earnings release.
Penn said that Telstra’s 5G network was now more than twice the size of Telstra’s next...
Many would reflect on 2021 with mixed feelings. On the positive side, there were significant developments in the telecoms industry such as wider scale deployments of 5G by CSPs and the increased availability of enterprise licensed spectrum, opening the door for campus deployment of...
This webinar aims to address one of the biggest questions around 5G: How do you monetize it? Thanks to technological advancements, spectrum access liberalization and changing user habits and demand, there are emerging opportunities — and challenges — for operators to transform their business...
Singapore operator Singtel and Ericsson have reached download speeds of 5.4 Gbps in 5G Standalone (SA) New Radio-Dual Connectivity (NR-DC), by aggregating Singtel's spectrum holdings across mid-band spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band and 28 GHz mmWave frequencies.
In a press release, Ericsson said that...
Indian operators Reliance Jio Infocomm, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have received a six-month extension from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to conduct 5G trials, according to local press reports.
With this extension, the carriers will be able to carry out 5G trials until May...
The Federal Communications Commission is taking a fresh look at a proceeding that asks the agency to set aside a spectrum allocation for the operation of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, in the 5 GHz range.
The agency is revisiting a 2018 petition...
Korean tech company LG Electronics said it has successfully demonstrated the transmission and reception of wireless "6G" terahertz (THz) data over 100 meters in an outdoor setting.
6G systems do not technically exist because they have not yet been standardized, but terahertz frequencies -- beyond...
Verizon added an average of 161 MHz of C Band spectrum nationwide to its portfolio, more than doubling its existing mid-band spectrum
Using its recently acquired C Band spectrum, Verizon teamed up with Samsung Electronics on an end-to-end fully virtualized 5G data session in a...
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The German federal network agency Bundesnetzagentur has already awarded 123 spectrum licenses for private 5G campus networks.
The Federal Network Agency provides the spectrum in the range 3.7-3.8 GHz for local networks. The frequencies are used in particular for Industry 4.0 applications in the fields...
