BROWSING: 5G
Rohde & Schwarz White Paper: 5G NTN takes flight: Technical Overview of 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks
G non-terrestrial networks (NTN) is a technology to enable 5G user terminals on, or close to the earth’s surface, to connect to non-terrestrial base stations located on satellites. There are two major market ecosystems driving and innovating both the technology and business use cases...
Ericsson sees gains in India, moderation from early 5G rollout pace
Ericsson results beat expectations
Ericsson reported sales up 14% year-over-year, beating expectations and seeing particularly strong growth in the Indian market, while navigating a slight drop in network sales overall as the pace of early 5G deployments dropped off and carriers re-assess their equipment inventories...
Deutsche Telekom works with AWS for 5G campus network offering
Deutsche Telekom currently operates more than thirty of these local mobile networks based on 5G or LTE across Germany and Austria
German operator Deutsche Telekom announced its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) under a new program which connects AWS services with Deutsche Telekom’s private...
Vodafone Germany already operates 37,000 antennas with 5G
Vodafone has installed 119 new LTE stations and 26 5G stations across the country since the beginning of the year
Vodafone Germany has already equipped 37,000 antennas with 5G technology, the German carrier said in a release.
These include 3,400 5G Standalone (SA) stations with around...
Viavi report shows that 5G is now a ‘global phenomenon’
There are 2,497 cities with commercial 5G networks, across 92 countries
Viavi Solutions’ latest report looking at the global state of 5G revealed that 47 of the world’s 70 largest economies by GDP now have active 5G networks. Further, the company found that 5G Standalone...
Deutsche Telekom operates 8,600 3.6 GHz antennas for 5G
Deutsche Telekom noted that its 5G network already reaches 95% of the country’s population
German carrier Deutsche Telekom (DT) said that a total of 8,600 antennas are already providing 5G services via the 3.6 GHz band.
In a release, the European carrier noted that its 5G...
Commercial 5G services active in 94 markets at end-2022: Report
S&P Global Market Intelligence noted it expected 5G launches in the coming months to come from developing markets in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe and Latin America
A total of 238 mobile operators serving 94 markets worldwide have launched 5G services as of the end of...
Verizon sees major gains from virtualization, automation investments
With the Verizon Cloud Platform and virtualization learnings, the operator sees “a distinct competitive advantage”
Verizon has virtualized more than 10,000 cell sites so far, and is working toward a goal of bringing vRAN to more than 20,000 sites by the end of 2025. In...
The most expensive 5G spectrum is … low-band?
Spectrum allocations peaked in 2021, with $140.1 billion in spectrum either auctioned or assigned
The United States C-Band continues to hold the record for the most expensive spectrum in the overall landscape, according to a new spectrum pricing report from the Global mobile Suppliers Association....
Vodafone Idea to start deploying 5G in India ‘soon’: Report
Vodafone Idea has been experiencing a decline in its subscriber base due to the delays to launch 5G technology
Indian operator Vodafone Idea will start the deployment of 5G infrastructure in the near future, local press reported, citing Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of the Aditya...
Movistar Spain accelerates deployment of 5G in the 3.5 GHz band
Movistar ended the first quarter of 2023 with 1,982 5G base stations operating in the 3.5 GHz spectrum band
Spanish operator Movistar, owned by local telecom group Telefonica, has been accelerating the deployment of 5G base stations in the 3.5 GHz band during the first...
Airtel in talks with 50 firms to co-develop 5G use cases: Report
Bharti Airtel expects that the 5G technology would generate more revenue in the B2B segment compared to the B2C segment in the coming year
Indian carrier Bharti Airtel is engaged in talks with nearly 50 companies to co-develop enterprise use cases in the 5G field,...
UK expects 5G SA coverage to reach all populated areas by 2030
The U.K. government also announced a £40 million 5G innovation fund to promote investment and adoption of 5G by businesses and public services
The U.K. government set a target of 5G Standalone (SA) availability in all populated areas of the country by 2030 as part...
Malaysia’s 5G network ends Q3 with 55% population coverage
DNB is currently deploying 5G network infrastructure using equipment from Swedish vendor Ericsson
Malaysia’s state-backed 5G wholesale provider Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) reached 5G coverage of 55% of the country’s populated areas as of the end of March, local press reported, citing the country’s Digital...
EXFO Webinar: Navigating the 5G frontier: Overcoming challenges to successfully deploy next-generation wireless networks
Mobile network operators are taking initiatives to deploy 5G faster and make it accessible to more and more users. However this comes with a host of new challenges such as ensuring adequate coverage, capacity and throughput, managing network complexity and interoperability, and balancing costs...
The Human Side of Digital with Robert Hessel of Source 1 Solutions
In today's digital age, technology can often overshadow the human element in business. But what if the key to success lies in putting people first? Join Carrie Charles and Robert Hessel, CEO of Source 1 Solutions, for a thought-provoking and engaging conversation on the...
Vodafone Idea inability to raise funds could lead to 5G duopoly: GlobalData
Vodafone Idea’s CEO Akshaya Moondra previously said that the telco was in advanced talks with telecom equipment vendors for its 5G rollout strategy
Indian carrier Vodafone Idea’s inability to raise the necessary funds to deploy 5G infrastructure could potentially lead to a duopoly between local...
US-based DeepSig inks private 5G deal with Taiwan’s HTC Group
HTC’s newest private 5G commercial product, REIGN CORE S2, is a compact private 5G solution that could cover an area of 10,000 square meters with a high-speed 5G network
U.S. artificial intelligence company DeepSig has put together a collaboration with HTC's G REIGNS, which focuses...
AIS, Qualcomm top 3 Gbps speed on live 26 GHz mmWave network
AIS previously indiated that it is planning deployment of millimeter wave spectrum in 2023
Thailand’s largest mobile operator, Advanced Info Service (AIS), said it has reached a 5G speed of 3 Gbps on its live millimeter-wave network in the 26 GHz frequency band in partnership...
NTT DoCoMo grants standard essential patent license to Samsung
As part of the agreement, Samsung is to pay licensing fees to NTT Docomo
Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo announced that it has reached an agreement to grant a patent license covering DoCoMo's standard essential patents, including 5G, to Korean company Samsung Electronics.
As part of the...
FCC to launch Space Bureau
FCC's International Bureau will split into a Space Bureau and Office of International Affairs
The Federal Communications Commission will officially launch its Space Bureau tomorrow, reflecting the agency's reorganization to deal with increased interest in satellite-based communications.
Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel proposed the reorganization late last year...
‘More than just connectivity’ – AWS rises above the private 5G hubbub
Amazon Web Services (AWS) will, at some point, replicate its managed private 5G service offering in global markets, it says. The product, currently limited to CBRS installations in the US, has underpinned 200-odd private cellular deployments so far – mostly LTE-based, mostly using componentry...
DT launches campus network solution with industrial 5G spectrum
The new campus network solution will allow companies to use their own 5G industrial frequencies in the 3.7 to 3.8 GHz range exclusively
German carrier Deutsche Telekom announced a new campus network solution for business customers, the company said in a release. With the new...
Capgemini to coordinate next-gen IoT project in Europe
Partners in this IoT project include ABB, Atos, Bosch, Ericsson, Sorbonne University, Aalto University and RWTH University
French IT services firm Capgemini said it has been selected to coordinate the Next Generation IoT project in Europe as part of the European Commission’s Next Generation Internet...