Standalone 5G

5G is revolutionary in the sense that it provides Gigabit speeds and sophisticated features such as industrial massive IoT and ultra-reliable low latency services, enabled by slicing and edge computing, …

With the exception of China, indecisiveness on the move to standalone 5G is slowing mobile core network market growth In a research report published today, the Dell’Oro Group found that …

Nokia providing 5G standalone core for A1 Telekom Group operations in Serbia and Slovenia A1 Telekom Group has been working with Nokia on 5G deployment in its home market of …

Rohde & Schwarz: Voice over New Radio (VoNR) should be ‘considered a prerequisite for successful 5G deployment in Standalone operation’ In cloud-native 5G Standalone (SA) networks, operators can deliver high-quality …

Ericsson: ‘5G Core is a fundamental piece of the 5G network’ Ericsson has been selected by Vodafone Spain to support the deployment of the country’s first pre-commercial network with a …

Orange will begin deployment of the 5G standalone network in the town of Lannion, with expansion expected in 2022 Orange is launching a test Standalone (SA) 5G network in France …

  French telecommunications group Orange aims to launch standalone 5G networks for enterprise customers next year, local news site 01Net reported, citing Michaël Trabbia, the technology and innovation manager of …

Ericsson and Taiwanese operator Far EasTone (FET) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand their 5G partnership, Ericsson said in a release.     As part of the agreement, Ericsson …

Hong Kong operator HKT says it has built a 5G Standalone (SA) network architecture capable of network slicing which supports industrial grade applications. In a release, HKT noted that its …

The 5G Standalone network will use the 3.5 GHz spectrum band The joint venture between Singapore’s M1 and Starhub, Antina, has selected Nokia to support the establishment of a 5G …

Vodafone has deployed what is being considered Ireland’s first private standalone (SA) 5G network at Irish Manufacturing Research’s (IMR) facility in Mullingar. IMR, an independent not-for-profit manufacturing and industrial energy …

Taiwanese operator Far EasTone Telecom (FET) has selected Ericsson as its vendor for 5G Standalone (SA) and Non-standalone (NSA) dual-mode 5G Core and Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services, the latter …

A new white paper (pdf) from the Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance urges the industry to more fully develop multiple paths for operators to move from NonStandalone to Standalone 5G …

Singapore carrier StarHub started to deploy a 5G Standalone network in the last quarter of 2020 and it will be commercially available later this year, Chong Siew Loong, CTO at …

5G SA is the next phase of next-gen network rollouts Samsung and Deutsche Telekom completed the Czech Republic’s first 5G Standalone (SA) trial in Pilsen. During the trial, the two …

Tele2 has offered 5G services since June 2020 Tele2 announced that Nokia will be its core partner for standalone 5G networks. More specifically, Nokia said it will deploy standalone 5G …

South Korea reached nearly 11 million 5G subscribers as of end-November, local news agency Yonhap reported. The Asian nation had 10.9 million 5G users last month, accounting for 15.5% of …

Ericsson and Singtel have announced they are deploying 5G New Radio (NR) Standalone and dual-mode 5G core network products and services. The 5G network will operate on Singtel’s 3.5 GHz …

Canadian operator Rogers Communications announced that it is starting to roll out what it claims to be the country’s first 5G Standalone core network. The new network, with solutions from …

Swisscom, in partnership with Ericsson and handset maker OPPO, has successfully carried out 5G voice and data calls over a commercial 5G standalone network, the vendor said in a release. …

Mona Shukla, head of Packet Core & Communications Services at Ericsson North America, says it’s every telecom operator’s goal to eventually move to 5G standalone. On this episode, she delves into the strategies behind the transition to 5G SA, and some of the benefits it will bring to consumers, enterprises and operators.

Qualcomm Technologies, LG Uplus and LG Electronics have deployed what they claim is South Korea’s first 5G mmWave network using a commercial 5G smartphone at the Kumoh National Institute of …

The Samsung 5G common core supports 5G SA, 5G NSA and 4G simultaneously Samsung Electronics and KT Corporation (KT) said that they have deployed Korea’s first 5G standalone (SA) and …

Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo has selected compatriot company NEC Corporation to supply a 5G mobile core network (5GC) compatible with standalone (SA) 5G. NTT DoCoMo aims to launch 5G services …

  Dutch communications service provider KPN has selected Ericsson as its mobile core network vendor, the latter said in a release. Under the five-year agreement, Ericsson will deploy dual-mode 5G …