BROWSING: 5G

Viavi launches RedCap device emulation

Viavi claims industry first for RedCap performance validation Viavi Solutions has debuted what it says is the industry's first 5G Reduced Capability (RedCap) device emulation for 5G network testing. The solution leverages Viavi's TM500 network testing platform, which the company says is already used by...

Ericsson lays off 750, shuts down self-provided U.S. field services

Ericsson will shut down its self-provided U.S. field services operations as of October 1, and it's laying off more than 750 people from its North American workforce. The company cited costs and a downturn in market demand as the reason for its exit from...

Singtel gets involved in 5G aviation testbed in Singapore

Singytel said that this testbed enables companies to use 5G to trial and adopt new solutions Singaporean telco Singtel, together with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) have launched a 5G aviation testbed at Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3’s airside. The partners said that this...

Rakuten Mobile, NEDO test 5G SA equipment using virtualization

Rakuten Mobile said it plans to introduce this technology for commercial 5G SA mobile networks in the future Rakuten Mobile and Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) have completed a research and development project aimed at the commercial deployment of fully virtualized...

Wind River builds automated edge for Elisa, autonomous drive system with Horizon Robotics

California-based compute software vendor Wind River has announced a couple of notable deals; it has deployed a fully-automated edge data centre for Finnish telco Elisa, and also struck a deal with China-based Horizon Robotics to collaborate on edge systems for advanced driver assist systems...

MWC Shanghai—Three key perspectives (Analyst Angle)

As a long-time independent technology analyst, I cover a lot ground and follow a lot of companies. Communications technology is my main focus, and the wireless world has increasingly become part of that, especially 5G. Along those lines, my travels recently took me to...

MTN delivers Uganda’s first 5G network

MTN received 700 MHz, 2.3 GHz, 2.6 GHz and E-band spectrum for the 5G network On Friday, MTN Uganda became the first operator to launch a 5G network in East Africa, with coverage in Uganda's Kampala districts of Lugogo and Bugoloobi. MTN received 700 MHz, 2.3...

Who connects the dots between 5G applications and the cloud? (Reader Forum)

In our role helping Communication Service Providers (CSPs) transition to cloud-native 5G networks, there’s a problem we run into time and again. Here’s how it goes: A customer will deploy, say, a new network card for their servers. We’ll measure the performance and confirm that...

Gogo delays launch of 5G service due to chip issues

The company said it aims to deliver Gogo 5G in approximately mid-year 2024 Gogo Business Aviation recently announced another delay in the launch of its Gogo 5G system, due to a design error in a non-5G component of its chip, which it says was designed...

Sateliot, Telefónica claim first 5G roaming connection in space

Sateliot noted that this achievement paves the way for massive access to connectivity everywhere in the planet Satellite-based 5G narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) wholesaler Sateliot, which operates a Low-Earth orbit (LEO) 5G IoT satellite constellation, and Spanish operator Telefónica said they have successfully extended the reach...

Vodafone Idea, Adani Data Networks seek more time to deploy 5G

Vodafone Idea is currently testing its 5G services across cities such as Delhi and Pune Indian operators Vodafone Idea and Adani Data Networks have approached the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to request an extension for meeting the minimum obligation to launch 5G services in the...

UK launches £40m 5G-IoT fund for local authorities to drive economy, services

The UK government has launched a £40 million fund for local authorities to deliver 5G-based IoT solutions to help in the fields of manufacturing, transport, agriculture, and healthcare, as well as with their own smart-city services. The money will go to create broad ‘5G...

Kagan: 5G Advanced is next step for Qualcomm, Huawei, Ericsson, Nokia

Just like the move from 2G to 2.5G meant a faster wireless connection before 3G came, so does the move from 5G to 5G-Advanced or as Huawei calls it, 5.5G. The move from 4G to 5G was supposed to increase speeds and decrease latency,...

Qualcomm White Paper: Growing 5G+Wi-Fi RF Complexity Demands Innovative, Advanced & Tightly Integrated RFFE Solutions

The rising adoption of advanced multimode cellular (5G, 4G) and wireless (Wi-Fi 6/6E/7) delivers powerful benefits while also driving significant RF complexity in smart connected devices. 5G and Wi-Fi 7 integration has multiple challenges that need cutting-edge RF design, components and end-to-end optimization. There...

How zero-touch partner onboarding can help telecom increase enterprise 5G revenues (Reader Forum)

The era of 5G is now upon us. While 5G penetration will depend largely on regional rollouts, the global average is set to grow from 13% in 2022 to more than 60% in 2030. It presents telecommunications companies with an unprecedented opportunity for growth...

Vodafone and AWS extend European 5G-MEC into Spain

Vodafone has extended its multi-access edge (MEC) arrangement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) into Spain. The UK-headquartered operator said its tie-up with AWS in Spain, to embed the cloud firm’s Wavelength compute platform into its 4G-LTE and 5G network edge, makes it the only...

Jio to offer 5G FWA services via dedicated slice

Jio aims to reach 100 million connected premises in India with its FWA offering Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm has created a dedicated 5G network slice for the provision of its 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) solution, dubbed Jio AirFiber, local newspaper The Economic Times...

American Tower sees strong outlook in international markets: CEO

American Tower ended the second quarter of 2023 with a portfolio of approximately 226,000 communications sites American Tower Corporation (ATC) is seeing a positive outlook for its international operations given the expected increase in capital expenditures and mobile data consumption in these markets, the company’s...

Top hurdles to spectrum harmonization for private 5G

Ira Keltz, deputy chief of the Office of Engineering and Technology at the FCC, noted that spectrum still represents the key ingredient for wireless systems Countries around the world are releasing more spectrum bands, but the lack of harmonization and availability is posing problems. Devices...

Singaporean carriers to shut down 3G networks next year

IMDA said that 3G subscriber base makes up approximately 1% of the total mobile subscriptions in the country Singaporean mobile operators Singtel, StarHub and M1 plans to shut down their 3G services by the end of July 2024, local telecom regulator IMDA said in a...

O2 Telefonica’s 5G network reaches 90% of German population

O2 Telefonica aims to achieve nationwide coverage with 5G by the end of 2025 German telecom operator O2 Telefonica, controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, said its 5G network currently reaches 90% of Germany’s population. In its earnings statement, the telco said that it is on course...

Airtel reaches over 20 million connected devices via IoT in India

Airtel provides IoT services for enterprises across different industries such as automobile, energy, utilities, logistics, financial services and manufacturing Indian operator Bharti Airtel announced that its B2B division Airtel Business, has already connected over 20 million devices through its IoT solutions across India. The company said...

T-Mobile US boosts 5G speeds with four-carrier aggregation

T-Mobile US said it has reached speeds of 3.3 Gbps in recent tests of four-carrier aggregation T-Mobile US said it has begun rolling out four-carrier aggregation for customers, adding that this technology will boost speeds on its 5G Standalone (SA) network. The telco said it has...

5G deployments, 6G R&D and more: A Q&A with Rohde & Schwarz

Test and measurement companies have a unique perspective on the deployment and development of the latest network technologies and features. Andreas Roessler, technology manager with Rohde & Schwarz, provides some insights on terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks — what is happening now, and what is...