BROWSING: 5G

Just what are you up to, Mr Hyperscaler? Unpacking AWS’s private 5G thunderbolt

That headline; is it a thunderbolt, really, this private 5G package from Amazon Web Services (AWS)? No, because nothing in it is a surprise. We know AWS is serious about 5G, even if it views it as another application, albeit a functional one, for...

Tupl CEO: ‘The role of automation is paramount’

Using artificial intelligence and big data, Tupl is helping CSPs strengthen their core business For communications service providers (CSPs), 5G simultaneously presents an extraordinary opportunity and an extraordinary challenge. The opportunity is to enable the digitalization of industry at a scope never seen before. The...

Qualcomm is on a mmWave mission; ‘This is how you get the full potential of 5G,’ CEO says

Fourth-generation Qualcomm X65 Modem-RF System features mmWave/sub-6 GHz aggregation, supports 3.5 Gbps uplink speed Editor's note: Qualcomm provided travel, lodging and other accommodations associated with the Snapdragon Tech Summit. KONA, HAWAII--Qualcomm was an early proponent of millimeter wave (mmWave), doing the engineering work that has...

Dish chief network officer sees big opportunity in enterprise

Speaking at AWS re:Invent, Dish network chief Marc Rouanne says Dish is building a 5G "network of networks" for businesses and enterprise.

South Korea ends October with 19.4 million 5G subscribers

South Korea ended October with a total of 19.38 million subscribers in the 5G segment, local news agency Yonhap reported, citing data from the Ministry of Science and ICT. 5G subscribers at the end of September had reached 18.41 million, according to the report. 5G subscribers...

2degrees tests 5G in New Zealand ahead of Q1 2022 commercial launch

New Zealand mobile operator 2degrees said its 5G network has been switched on in central Auckland and Wellington for testing and optimization. In a release, the telco said that this initial trial will pave the way for the commercial launch scheduled for the first quarter...

Planning to Play in 5G? You’ll Need a Bigger Sandbox

At an early age, we learn the importance of playing well together with everyone in the sandbox. Then as we grow older, the number of people we invite into our sandbox grows smaller even as our world grows larger. This new sandbox is familiar,...

More on AWS Private 5G – branded to begin, partners to join, carriers included (sort of)

So AWS responded about some of the finer details in its new private 5G offer, announced yesterday. What have we learned? Not much, at least in terms of the identity of the networking partners it is using for the project. But there was some...

Editorial Report: Conversations with Industry about IoT in… CRE

In a new Q&A report series, Enterprise IoT Insights talks with select industry leaders about how digital systems – including 5G, AI, IoT, and edge, plus other key technologies – are transforming industry. This report maps the vision, signs the obstacles, and charts a course...

AWS rolls network, compute, devices into one-stop managed private 5G service

Big news in the excitable private 5G universe; Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced its own private 5G service, AWS Private 5G, incorporating small cell radio access network (RAN) units, core and RAN software, and subscriber identity modules (SIM cards), plus sundry edge servers...

5G will be ‘mainstream’ in 2027: Ericsson Mobility Report

Ericsson estimates that 5G will account for 49% of all mobile subscriptions globally and 90% of those in North America by 2027 According to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report, 2027 will be the year that 5G’s growth is truly evident across the globe, and 5G...

Telefónica to begin deployment of 5G SA next year

Spanish telecommunications operator Telefónica expects to begin the deployment of 5G Standalone (SA) services next year, the telco said in a release. The three initial use cases developed by Telefónica Tech and to be sold by the telco’s enterprise division Telefónica Empresas from January are:...

Australian telco Optus launches 5G Standalone trial

Australian operator Optus announced the launch of a 5G Standalone (SA) trial prior to the commercial launch of this technology, expected for 2022, the telco said in a release. Optus said it will be using multiple bands to conduct limited trials for retail customers using...

India expects initial 5G launches to occur in August 2022: Report

The government of India expects local operators to launch 5G service in some parts of the country by mid-August 2022, local newspaper Business Standard reported. According to the report, a source with knowledge of the matter said that a limited 5G launch is possible by...

5G infrastructure upgrade underway… Is your 4G infrastructure optimized? (Analyst Angle)

LTE will still play a fundamental role in the future of the mobile network. Mobile operators in developed markets face the challenge of unlocking new revenue streams to remain competitive while mobile operators in emerging markets continue relying on LTE for coverage and capacity...

Ericsson Report: Breaking the Energy Curve: An innovative approach to reducing mobile network energy use

Ericsson’s Breaking the energy curve report highlights the savings that can be achieved by preparing the network with latest technology solutions, activating energy-saving software, building 5G with precision, and operating site infrastructure intelligently. The 12-page report also shares real customer cases, that are currently...

A hidden challenge of C-Band deployment: Legacy concealment infrastructure

Mobile network operators are already planning and deploying new C-Band radios, ahead of the first wave of spectrum that will be cleared and available in December of this year. This new spectrum will play a critical role in filling the spectrum gap between millimeter...

Nextivity provides company update at MWC LA

Nextivity’s Sr. Director of Marketing Dean Richmond caught up with RCR Wireless News at Mobile World Congress Los Angeles (MWC LA) 2021 to discuss the company’s win as telecommunication company of the year in the 2021 mobile breakthrough awards and share some product updates...

Electronics manufacturer Compal installs private 5G smart-factory network from Enel

Compal Electronics has deployed a private 5G network with a core network from Stockholm-based telecoms software and cybersecurity outfit Enea. The Taiwanese firm, one of the world’s largest original design manufacturers (ODMs), said it will use the 5G setup for manufacturing a range of...

Public MEC vs. private MEC or both?: Verizon taking two-pronged approach

Verizon has partnered with AWS and Microsoft on delivering MEC services Verizon is all in on both public and private MEC and has a range of partnerships in place with the likes of AWS and Microsoft Azure as well as companies focused on applications. But...

How to monetize MEC: ‘There is no easy button’

Turning MEC investments into business outcomes is an exercise in ecosystem development and solution integration  There’s an animating tension as it relates to service provider monetization of mobile edge computing (MEC) for enterprises. Businesses want to buy solutions that are easy to use, where the...

What’s the role of mobile edge computing in smart manufacturing?

5G throughput and latency can deliver smart manufacturing use cases like machine vision and automated guided vehicles 5G is a powerful technology that is closely tied to conversations about the digital transformation of industrial verticals. For smart manufacturing, 5G opens up all sorts of time-...

Private 5G revenues are ‘negligible’ but improving: Dell’Oro

Private 5G network revenues are still a tiny fraction of the overall revenues in the telecom network market, but activity is on the rise and companies around the world are reporting hundreds of engagements with companies to deploy such networks, according to new analysis. In...

5G tech to enable new applications in the CRE sector: Boingo CTO

  The implementation of 5G technologies in the commercial real estate (CRE) sector will enable building owners and operators to deploy a wide range of new applications that will improve the experience of workers returning to the office, Derek Peterson, Boingo CTO, told In-Building Tech. ?As...