BROWSING: 5G

Powering the Future of Wireless Connectivity Podcast: (Ep. 1) Connectivity for Immersive Mobile Experiences

RCR Wireless News · Powering the Future of Wireless Connectivity Podcast: Connectivity for Immersive Mobile Experiences While 5G dominates the headlines, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth continue to rapidly advance, setting the stage for increasingly immersive connected mobile and compute experiences that serve to complement the latest...

VoltDB Webinar: What to look for (and avoid) in data solutions for latency-dependent applications

As it is widely recognized at this point, 5G is meant for enterprises more than consumers. Ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) opens up many new use cases. But, to truly monetize these 5G investments, today and in the future, it is absolutely necessary to have data...

South Korea targets 2028 for first ‘6G’ network: Report

South Korea aims to deploy the world’s first commercial "6G" network in 2028, and announced a program to develop the core standards and technologies within the next five years, local newspaper Aju Business Daily reported. The Korean government unveiled a five-year plan to spend some...

Ericsson leverages Intel compute power to extend 5G Cloud RAN offering

The new Ericsson Cloud RAN offering includes support for 5G mid-band and Massive MIMO deployments With help from Intel, Ericsson has extended its Cloud RAN (Radio Access Network) offering to include support for 5G mid-band and massive MIMO deployments. Ericsson’s expanded portfolio will leverage Intel’s...

UK industrial 5G testbed recruits Accedian to run quality checks on slicing and splicing

Canada based performance analytics software company Accedian has joined the UK government’s 5G-ENCODE project, billed as the UK’s largest trial of industrial 5G. Accedian will introduce performance monitoring and assurance to the project’s private LTE / 5G setup at the National Composites Centre (NCC)...

Fujitsu mainlines supercomputing for smart cities and Industry 4.0 in Japan

The industrial city of Kawasaki, in the greater Tokyo area, has signed with Japanese IT conglomerate Fujitsu to develop a new ‘smart city’ fabric using the latest connectivity, compute, and analytics solutions. Specifically, the city has commissioned the firm to install “next-generation” 5G, AI,...

An existential moment for telcos: Become platforms or face competing with them (Reader Forum)

The pandemic gave us a glimpse at how cloud platforms and connectivity can come together to deliver ingenuity in how we connect — and we’re all eager to see how 5G and Edge computing will supercharge this opportunity. Imagine going from telehealth visits to...

AT&T teams up with Texas A&M on private 5G testbed

AT&T's 5G will provide the foundation for new private 5G network testing at Texas AT&T University's RELLIS research campus, for exploration and development of commercial and defense use cases. The private 5G network testbeds will open this fall. The RELLIS campus covers more than 2,000...

Ufispace & IP Infusion Webinar: Unlocking the Benefits of 5G Networks with Disaggregated xHaul Solutions

To prepare for the explosive increase of bandwidth demand in 5G mobile access, service providers begin deployment of their disaggregated xHaul solutions to reap the benefits of faster innovation and flexibility. In this webinar we explore why the xHaul would be an ideal place...

Orange to launch SA 5G networks for enterprise customers in 2022: Report

  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 the Orange Group. The deployment of standalone 5G has so far been limited to pilots, which...

China Mobile adds 16.65 million 5G subscribers in May

China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added 16.65 million 5G subscribers in May, according to the carrier’s latest available figures. The carrier said it ended last month with 221.95 million 5G subscribers, compared to 55.60 million 5G customers in May 2020. China...

IBM taps telcos for hybrid-cloud push, defers decision on private 5G management

IBM has said it is undecided, as yet, about whether to offer 5G network management services to enterprises, despite commentators repeatedly suggesting the New York firm might yet shape up as a prime candidate to handle the ‘run’ phase of new private cellular deployments. The...

Well, technically… there’s a LOT of data in agriculture: John Deere’s Deanna Kovar (Ep. 43)

According to John Deere's Vice President of Production & Precision Ag Production Systems Deanna Kovar, farming is just like manufacturing, except, of course, that it's outside. This means it's subject to the whims of nature, making advanced technologies like spatial intelligence and real-time data processing crucial. Further, the pressure is on for farmers as higher yields will be necessary to feed and clothe the increasing population.

Bharti Airtel to trial Tata Group’s O-RAN solutions in India

Airtel is a board member of the O-RAN Alliance and has begun 5G trials in major Indian cities Indian communications provider Bharti Airtel and Tata Group have announced a strategic partnership to implement a 5G network in India. Per the agreement, Airtel will pilot Tata...

China Tower deploys over 100 5G base stations for Beijing 2022

China telecommunications infrastructure firm China Tower has deployed over 100 5G base stations in 17 competition venues for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing as well as along the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway and the Beijing-Chongli expressway, Chinese press reported. According to the report, China Tower...

Nokia wins 5G RAN deal in Denmark

Nokia confirmed it will be the sole 5G RAN supplier for a Telia and Telenor joint network in Denmark. The Finnish vendor said in a release that it has expanded a partnership with the duo to cover 5G. Nokia said that the availability of spectrum...

Dish, Nokia put ‘innovation first’ with 5G SA core network deployment on the public cloud

Dish and Nokia will deploy a 5G SA core on AWS public cloud A 5G standalone (SA) deal between Nokia and Dish Network marks the first deployment of 5G on the public cloud. The vendor intends to deploy its 5G SA Core for Dish on Amazon Web Services...

Lufthansa Technik boosts Nokia network, pulls Voda version – lockdown legacy for private 5G

Germany-based aircraft services provider Lufthansa Technik has said its private 5G standalone (SA) trial network from Nokia, deployed at its facility in Hamburg, has been made into a permanent fixture. The local 5G setup – in trial mode for more than a year, and...

Kagan: Rural wireless next focus of Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile US

Wireless carriers like Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile have seen growth in urban areas and cities for many years. Rural America has not been the primary focus, but that is starting to change. Going forward it looks like all three carriers are starting...

For 5G to enable IoT ecosystems, solution co-creation is key

In addition to vendors working more closely with vertical industries, complex tasks will continue to require AI and human dexterity interaction 5G is ushering in a new era of consumer and business use cases from augmented reality and cloud gaming to simply replacing wired broadband...

Broadband IoT to overtake legacy 2G and 3G based IoT this year, says Ericsson

IoT traffic on latest-generation mobile ‘broadband’ 4G and 5G infrastructure will outrun IoT traffic on old-generation ‘broadband’ 3G and old-school 2G networks in 2021, reckons Ericsson. The terminology gets confusing, but the message from the Swedish vendor’s latest ‘mobility report’ is IoT momentum is...

Dish selects Dell for 5G network infrastructure

Dell Technologies and Dish have formed a strategic infrastructure agreement to support the latter’s Open RAN-based 5G network in the U.S. Under this partnership, Dell Technologies will provide Dish with network and edge-compute infrastructure. “By collaborating with Dell Technologies, we will have the hardware and software...

India to reach 330 million 5G subscribers in 2026: Ericsson

5G subscriptions in India are forecast to reach 330 million in 2026, according to Ericsson’s latest Mobility Report. This technology will account 26% of total mobile subscriptions in the Asian country by that year, the Swedish vendor said. Meanwhile, 4G subscriptions in India are forecast to...

The Rise of Telecom SaaS

Services of all kinds are today largely digital — customers expect it, and businesses have benefited from it, saving time and money and agilely expanding services. “As a service” is the new watchword for IT, security and web services, and telecom needs to adopt...