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SRG on Super Bowl capacity: 5G is the go-to carrier and 3.45 GHz is in play

The bulk of the three national carriers' capacity for Super Bowl 57 is on their 5G networks The Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs aren't the only ones who have been preparing for this weekend's Super Bowl LVII—operators have been building out additional capacity...

Test and Measurement: SRG finds ‘stellar’ uplink performance in Tokyo’s mmWave

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...

Test and Measurement: ‘Opportunities for improvement’ in Rakuten Mobile’s 5G Open RAN, SRG finds

Rakuten Mobile's Open RAN 5G network leaves something to be desired in terms of both spectral efficiency and performance, according to new testing from Signals Research Group. SRG conducted the tests over three days in late April, looking at both Rakuten's 5G and LTE networks....

Qualcomm Webinar Series Part 2: mmWave: New use cases and insights from real-world deployments

During this presentation, you will hear about new use cases and features involving 5G mmWave, based on field testing that Signals Research Group has done in commercial networks in the United States. Topics explored include mmWave in the enterprise, 4K multi-screen content, fixed wireless access,...

SRG on T-Mo’s SA 5G: ‘Meaningful improvement’, but not necessarily for urban users

Upgrading to T-Mo's 5G SA: Big bucks for T-Mobile US made a splash with the announcement earlier this month that it had turned up Standalone 5G in an area encompassing 1.3 million square miles of its network. Signals Research Group wasted no time in getting...

Wondering whether all of those 5G performance claims are true–Now we have conclusive proof!

If you are an operator, 5G deployment is, for sure, one of your highest priorities. Considering the huge investments involved, you always wonder whether all the outlandish claims of 5G are true. The rapid expansion of 5G with more than 30 commercial networks and...

Test and Measurement: LiveU tests 5G for live broadcasting

Live video production company LiveU is working with a number of mobile network operators around the world to test the use of 5G for live sports and entertainment video streaming. The company announced this week a new hardware unit for global newsgathering and live...

Putting Verizon’s mobile 5G through its paces

SRG gives a glimpse into the Verizon 5G network and performance in Minneapolis With the launch of Verizon's mobile 5G network in two cities and one smartphone that can access the network, the first rounds of testing -- both user tests and more formal testing...

First look at Verizon’s 5G TF network: Air interface is ‘very phenomenal’

Verizon's official launch of its 5G fixed wireless access service is only two days old, but Mike Thelander and Emil Olbrich of Signals Research Group are already on the ground in Houston, Texas, field-testing the live network's capabilities. Houston is one of four initial launch...

3GPP set to approve early 5G spec, accept work under 5G label

Signals Research Group’s Michael Thelander reports significant 5G standards, label work from ongoing 3GPP Plenary in Croatia. Technical and specifications work on what is to be “5G” network technology continues this week as the Third Generation Partnership Project is holding a plenary...

4×4 MIMO tests on T-Mobile network finds significant performance boost

Signals Research Group conducted 4x4 MIMO testing that showed a 55% speed boost on a live T-Mobile network using Samsung devices. Claimed performance advantages of complex multiple-input/multiple-output antenna technologies appear to have been validated by recent network performance testing conducted by Signals...