Wide-area 5G enhancements coming as signal processing and full-duplex technologies evolve
More than 100 operators on six continents have deployed 5G networks, according to data compiled by Ookla. And, with 5G here now and already making an impact on consumers and businesses, the next step...
Nokia has reduced lead times for base station prototypes at factories in Finland and India by 50 per cent with the use of augmented reality (AR) for training on its product assembly lines, it has said. The company is using industrial AR – as...
IHG piloting XR Event Planner for sales enablement, remote collaboration
We've all attended corporate events hosted in hotel meeting rooms but perhaps we overlook the hotel staff, event planners and third-party vendors that worked for months on selecting lighting, tablecloths, room layouts and so forth....
After leading the early automation revolution at the beginning of the 20th century, manufacturers are once again seeking a technological edge. A whopping 72% of manufacturing companies plan to significantly increase investment into digitization efforts in 2020. These manufacturers’ combined financial commitment is expected...
With Niantic on its side, Qualcomm might have a real chance at bringing mixed reality AR to consumers
Qualcomm and Niantic Labs, the creator of popular mobile augmented reality games Pokemon Go and Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, are partnering to develop mixed reality AR glasses....
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A doctor in Rome has performed “major surgery” on a patient in an operating theatre in the city of Terni, 100 kilometres away, using virtual reality glasses and a 5G connection. The operation was live-streamed to 30,000 specialists and surgeons across the world.
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Innovations in mobile communications have transformed how people and enterprises buy, sell and deliver goods, as well as interact with one another. As a result, more than $3.9 trillion of the world’s gross domestic product in 2018 was attributed to the mobile industry.
In spite...
Skimming the headlines, you might be led to believe that 5G is coming any day now. Some carriers talk about it like it's here and we're already starting to see television commercials hyping 5G-enabled phones. But the truth is only a few mobile operators have launched 5G,...
The gig economy is defined as a labor market characterized by a prevalence of short-term contract and free lance work as opposed to permanent jobs.
Of course, there has been a gig economy for as long as people have decided to trade skills for salt!...
ASUS taps Snapdragon 855+ for updated gaming phone
Qualcomm's premium-tier Snapdragon 855 mobile platform, equipped with the company's X50 5G modem, just got an upgrade to better support mobile gaming, extended reality, artificial intelligence and other 5G experiences, according to the company. Announced July 15,...
In the 5G era, mobile communication experiences man-to-man communication, man-to-thing communication, and machine-to-machine. AR/VR, IoT, industry automation, unmanned driving etc services are introduced widely. Thus come lots of network requirements, i.e. high bandwidth, low delay and massive connections, which are three 5G scenarios defined...
Big opportunity for 5G home broadband services
According to a new report from Ericsson Consumer & IndustryLab, 5G, despite some industry skepticism, will provide numerous benefits to consumer users. That's not to say the next-generation of cellular won't be hugely important to enterprises and industries,...
Korean carrier SK Telecom has officially launched commercial 5G services across the country, the telco said in a statement.
SK Telecom said that nationwide coverage is being offered through a total of 34,000 5G base stations in 85 cities.
The company has rolled out its 5G...
AUSTIN, Texas, March 25, 2019 — Digital transformation of the supply chain will be bookended by two key technologies: the internet-of-things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI). Everything else is held in place by these twin digital capabilities.
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Mobile World Congress (MWC) is an operator show, run by the GSMA operator group, that has always looked and sounded like a handsets show, dominated by device makers. On Sunday night at MWC 2019, as Samsung and Huawei gathered the blogger world in cavernous...
VITAS also aims to use AT&T's 5G technology and Magic Leap headsets to help provide comfort for hospice patients
AT&T and end-of-life care provider VITAS Healthcare have jointly launched a study that intends to explore whether the use of 5G-based virtual reality and augmented reality...
A new smart cities incubator has been launched in the Dallas Fort Worth region. It will focus on smart cities related technologies. Big-name collaborators on the project include AT&T, Cisco, and Microsoft, as well as local academic institutions.
The new Innov8te incubator, led by the...
5G-based Smart Water-control and Monitoring
Problems such as flood and soil erosion, water pollution have led to global water resources crisis. Traditional means of water quality monitoring and control lacked automation, and were characterized by few monitoring points, and slow sampling rates. This results in...
The carrier launched a bus service in which customers can experience virtual reality and augmented reality via 5G
Korean carrier KT is showcasing the capabilities of 5G technology through a special bus service in central Seoul, Korean press reported.
The bus allows passengers to experience next-generation...
The term “logging off” may soon cease to exist thanks to the much-anticipated arrival of 5G. The newest mobile network is set to roll out next year, with promises of flexible, reliable and secure wireless network access from just about anywhere.
And we mean anywhere....
5G has been billed as the magic bullet for many of today’s wireless network challenges. It’s expected to bring greater bandwidth, coverage and capacity for mobile computing. While enterprise users can expect to see performance improvement for real-time apps and during peak usage times...
Focus 5G use cases include AR/VR and robotics
An international consortium of interests from the European Union and Taiwan are working to explore end-to-end 5G use cases and recently completed a trial in Taiwan that examined network services that rely on both cloud compute and...
Telecoms vendor Nokia and engineering firm Altran have announced a predictive maintenance solution to streamline the upkeep of trains from all manufacturers.
Nokia said it will make trains up to 30 per cent more reliable in terms of their availability, and 20 per cent more...
