BROWSING: 5G

Telecom vendors ready to start 5G deployments in India by October: Report

The government of India expects to kick off a much-awaited 5G spectrum auction next month Telecom equipment vendors have said that they will be ready to roll out the first phase of 5G in India by October. According to a report in Indian newspaper Business Standard,...

Kagan: 5G fixed wireless access growth potential

Fixed wireless access (FWA) is a very important, yet not very well-known, slice of the wireless landscape. It has significant growth potential for the companies that can find a solution to this problem. There are many companies in the wireless space who are focused...

Nokia integrates Wi-Fi 6/6E and private 5G – plus switching mechanic to go between

Nokia has added Wi-Fi 6 and 6E to its seminal Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) private LTE and 5G networking product, available from the fourth quarter of 2022. DAC support for Wi-Fi is included for non-critical industrial applications, it said; the Finnish outfit maintains cellular...

BT trials a new quantum radio to boost next-generation 5G, IoT networks

BT highlighted that this new type of receiver may reduce mobile network energy consumption U.K. carrier BT announced a trial of a new hyper-sensitive quantum antenna technology using "excited atomic states", which could boost the capability of next-generation 5G and IoT networks. The operator noted that...

Rakuten Mobile aims to launch FWA services in Japan by end-2022: CEO

Rakuten Mobile’s FWA will run on both Sub-6 GHz and mmWave spectrum Japanese mobile operator Rakuten Mobile expects to launch fixed wireless access (FWA) services in Japan in December, the telco’s CEO Tareq Amin said during a call with journalists. “I’m just waiting for our CPE...

T-Mobile US accelerator focuses on 5G AR experiences for smart glasses

T-Mobile Accelerator participants will use Lenovo ThinkReality A3 augmented reality smart glasses   T-Mobile US' Accelerator program, in which it works with startups, developers and entrepreneurs, is now focusing on how to enable immersive experiences for augmented reality smart glasses using T-Mobile 5G and the Snapdragon...

Ericsson creates private 5G division to go straight to enterprises – plus new AI-5G unit

Ericsson has restructured its business and management to reflect its new growth strategy, which hinges on private 5G and cloud services, and has set a group target of 15-18 percent EBITA margin “within two-to-three years”. The Swedish vendor said its strategy is to be...

T-Mobile US in 2022: It’s time to ‘finish what we started’

Neville Ray, T-Mobile US president of technology, looks back and looks ahead  AUSTIN--T-Mobile US is inarguably in a strong position based on a rich spectrum portfolio, an astonishingly fast field deployment operation, and disciplined, clear-eyed network leadership from President of Technology Neville Ray. After a...

NTT rolls out 5G IoT service in the U.S. via its Transatel subsidiary

NTT started to offer both private and public 5G connectivity in the U.S. market on May 12   Transatel, a subsidiary of NTT, announces the worldwide deployment of a new 5G IoT solution for the industrial, IT and automotive sectors. The firm said that its offerings are...

NTT rolls out 5G IoT service in the U.S. via its Transetel subsidiary

NTT started to offer both private and public 5G connectivity in the U.S. market on May 12   Transatel, a subsidiary of NTT, announces the worldwide deployment of a new 5G IoT solution for the industrial, IT and automotive sectors. The firm said that its offerings are...

Finns and Aussies combine in a high-tech Industry 4.0 pact to… make beer

Finns and Aussies have combined in a high-tech Industry 4.0 pact to… brew the perfect pint of beer (naturally). As part of its long running partnership with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), extended last year in a five-year research partnership and formalised with...

India expects first 6G networks by the end of the decade: Report

India's Prime Minister said that a 6G task force has already started work to achieve this goal The Indian government is expecting the initial rollouts of 6G networks by the end of the decade, local newspaper Business Standard reported, citing Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to...

The future of urban networks: The relationship between edge-cloud and 5G (Reader Forum)

According to a recent PwC report, the roll out of 5G will bring value in many industries, and not just by being faster than 4G or having a wider reach than Wi-Fi 6, but because it will provide “bandwidth by at least a factor...

Chinese telcos have deployed 1.6 million 5G base stations: Report

The Chinese government previousy said that the country had reached a 5G penetration of 24.3% Chinese telcos have already deployed nearly 1.6 million 5G base stations nationwide, local press reported, citing Zhang Yunming, deputy head of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). "Fixed broadband...

Green Cubes Technology Webinar: Lithium Batteries Powering 5G Telecom and EDGE Applications

Lithium batteries are being deployed in more stationary UPS and backup power applications and displacing lead acid batteries.  But why are Lithium batteries growing in 5G Telecom and EDGE deployments now? Advances in battery electronics, cell chemistry, and regulatory guidelines have evolved so Lithium...

India says ‘no’ to direct private 5G licences “for now” – but ‘maybe later’

India is to say ‘no’ to direct spectrum allocations to enterprises for private 5G and Industry 4.0, as provisioned in most other major industrial markets, according to reports. Instead, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has recommended that leases for enterprise-owned private 5G...

Rohde & Schwarz continues to drive early 6G and sub-THz research

To support pioneering mmWave and sub-THz research, Rohde & Schwarz continues to roll out advanced RF test and measurement solutions. Three additional products tailored to W and D band applications will be showcased at the EuMW 2023 in Berlin: The new R&S SFI100A wideband...

5G surpasses public Wi-Fi for mobile experiences: Opensignal

Opensignal users that connected with 5G scored 74.5 on a 100-point scale when gaming, compared to public Wi-Fi’s score of 72 According to Opensignal, mid-band 5G is making cellular much more competitive with Wi-Fi for mobile experiences like gaming and surfing the web. “Opensignal’s latest analysis...

Ericsson, Telia carry out 5G tests in Norway using mmWave spectrum

Ericsson said that the 26GHz mmWave tests took place in the Norwegian cities of Oslo, Trondheim and Lillestrøm Telia Norway and Ericsson have carried out 5G tests using mmWave spectrum, achieving download speeds of close to 4 Gbps, the vendor said in a release. The 26...

Mobilitie acquires Signal Point to boost 5G on US military bases

Mobilitie enables multi-carrier 5G connectivity for mobile network operators, large enterprises, and municipal and government customers U.S. wireless infrastructure provider Mobilitie has reached an agreement to acquire Signal Point Systems, a telecommunications infrastructure provider focused on U.S. military bases, the former said in a release. The...

NTT to pilot private LTE/5G network for global chemicals company

NTT is deploying a pilot private LTE/5G and Wi-Fi network for specialty chemicals company Albemarle Corporation at the company’s lithium mine in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Global communication is a priority for Albemarle, as it operates mining and manufacturing facilities across three continents, particularly when...

Telstra Wholesale launches new IoT, 5G offerings in Australia

Telstra 5G is currently available in over 350 towns and cities across Australia   Australian operator Telstra Wholesale announced a range of new mobile solutions – including a new 5G service and a series of IoT products – at its annual customer event, Business Connect. The Telstra...

The diversity of private network use cases demands multi-vendor solutions

Qualcomm on how to hide technical complexity and deliver private network use cases to enterprise Delivering a private network to carpeted enterprises and heavy industries is a multi-billion dollar, long-term opportunity. But the very notion of serving the needs of a college campus and an...

Rohde & Schwarz, Greenerwave collaborate to verify RIS modules

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) can revolutionize wireless communication performance for 5G and future 6G applications.