BROWSING: 5G

With 5G upgrades continuing to accelerate, communication service providers (CSPs) around the world are facing increased energy consumption driven by accelerating capacity demand due to the increase in traffic, especially in 5G networks. 5G is 90% more energy efficient than LTE, but this gain...

There is a level of excitement and optimism brewing in the telecom space, especially around 5G and the massive potential it offers. We expect to see tremendous growth in the number of 5G networks installed and more widespread adoption of 5G applications. This will...

Vodafone has formalised a partnership with health-tech platform provider Proximie to supply sundry 5G networking, IoT sensing, and edge computing componentry for its surgical software, which is being deployed in hospital operating theatres and diagnostic rooms to help with training and operations. Proximie says...

The GSM Association (GSMA) and the 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA) are to collaborate more deeply on industrial 5G for smart manufacturing. The pair have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly “promote and advance a shared understanding” of industrial...

Telstra has deployed a private 5G network for industrial tech organisation AgriFood Connect in Australia. It has worked with Ericsson on the deployment; it is the Swedish vendor’s first private-5G install in Australia. AgriFood Connect is a not-for-profit seeking to drive tech adoption in...

  German telco Deutsche Telekom has extended its campus network portfolio with the new offering of location-specific 5G mobile networks for companies based on 5G Standalone Technology (5G SA). In a release, the telco said that the new campus network offering is based on a local...

Chinese vendor ZTE reported that its net profit attributable to holders of ordinary shares of the listed company reached CNY6.5-7.2 billion ($1.02-$1.13 billion), an increase of 52.6% to 69% year-on-year. “During the year, the company, confronted with complex external environment, continued to solidify its position...

The trial combined three component carriers across 5G FDD spectrum (30MHz of 700MHz/n28) and 5G TDD spectrum (100+60MHz of 2.6GHz/n41) China Mobile, with partners Nokia and MediaTek, has claimed verification of the world's first 3 Components (3CC) Carrier Aggregation (CA) technology in a test...

Korean operator LG Uplus ended the fourth quarter of 2021 with 4.62 million 5G subscribers, up 67.9% year-on-year, according to the company’s latest earnings statement. The telco added a total of 1.87 million 5G subscribers during last year, while total net additions in the fourth...

'C-Band could change who’s going to be fastest in the U.S.,' benchmarking company says The turn-up of C-Band spectrum by AT&T and Verizon is already having an impact on 5G download speeds, according to new data from Ookla, and could upend the relative market positions...

Fixed Wireless Access, Mobile Broadband are driving sales The market for equipment running in the 3.5 GHz Citizens Band Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum is growing, but at a slower rate than previously reported. Telco market research firm Dell’Oro Group has revised its forecast for CBRS...

Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom ended 2021 with over 12,000 5G stations across Taiwan, the company’s CEO, Harrison Kuo, said during a conference call with investors. “In the fourth quarter, the mobile market in Taiwan remained steady as operators focused on 5G migration and development. By...

China ended 2021 with a total of 1.43 million 5G base stations across the country, Chinese press reported citing data from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). The ministry said that Chinese operators have deployed a total of 654,000 base stations nationwide during...

Chinese vendor Huawei’s green 5G strategy aims to help carriers to build networks with high performance and energy saving at the same time, Daisy Zhu, VP of wireless marketing for Huawei, told RCR Wireless News. “Green is the latest buzz word to make it into...

We have begun a new year, but a common challenge still persists: How can operators differentiate their 5G services, especially with more cloud-based and digital native players joining the market? And, crucially, how can operators monetize 5G — and do so efficiently, with low...

Dish has previously claimed that its private enterprise 5G capabilities are “unique” compared to other Tier 1 providers Amidst its greenfield 5G network buildout in the United States, Dish Network has also emphasized the importance of serving the enterprise space, focusing particularly on providing network...

Verizon will implement the Atos Computer Vision platform in its private 5G multi-access edge computing solution Verizon Business has teamed up with Atos to deliver intelligent IoT solutions with private 5G multi-access edge computing to businesses, government and communities. The joint solution is an end-to-end architecture —...

Deutsche Telekom said it has built up 5G capacities at 958 sites nationwide over the past six weeks, the telco said in a statement. In addition, Deutsche Telekom has created additional LTE capacities at 745 locations, while 352 new LTE sites were built across Germany. More...

5G connectivity will play a significant role in enabling the U.S. to meet the Biden administration’s climate change goals, with 5G-enabled use cases projected to make up to a 20% contribution toward the country’s carbon emission reduction targets by 2025, according to a new...

Crown Castle secured commitments for over 50,000 new small cell nodes during the last twelve months, which equates to approximately 70% of the total small cells the booked in its history prior to 2021, the company’s CEO Jay Brown said in a release. “As a...

As the evolution to 5G technology advances worldwide, network operators are increasingly interested in exploring open radio access network (Open RAN) technology. Open RAN is promoted as offering a host of business benefits for both incumbent and new mobile operators, including greater agility and...

Rogers Business, the enterprise division of Canadian operator Rogers, has installed a private 5G network at Detour Lake, an open pit mine in northern Ontario belonging to gold producer Kirkland Lake Gold. The private 5G setup uses Rogers’ “full range of spectrum frequency bands”...

The Korean Ministry of Science and ICT announced that it is working on next-generation network development strategies together with local carriers and tech firms SK Telecom, KT, LG Uplus, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, Business Korea reported. The government and the companies aim to carry...

5G will have a seismic impact on the network. At the end of 2021, there will be 507 million 5G subscriptions, showing a growth rate of 92% Year on Year (YoY). By the end of 2025, ABI Research forecasts that 5G subscriptions will surpass...