BROWSING: 5G

New research from Ericsson claims 5G is pushing metaverse interaction for early adopters A new report from Ericsson analyzes the impact that 5G has had on early adopters since its launch, and looks at the perspective of non-5G subscribers interested in adopting the technology. Among...

Beyond RF challenges, US midband spectrum has limitations built into service rules As demand for various wireless services has grown, however, it has gotten harder and harder for federal regulators to come up with bands that can be (relatively) easily repurposed—either the cost or the...

Cellnex plans to turn La Defense esplanade into an experimental area for companies wishing to test 5G use cases Paris La Defense has selected Cellnex France as partner to run a 5G mmWave trial at 26 GHz in the French business district. In a release, Cellnex...

Data scientists from Ericsson's Global AI Accelerator in Montreal will support the three-year research project in close collaboration with professors and researchers from ÉTS, Concordia and Polytechnique Ericsson Canada has partnered with a group of Montreal-based universities to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) can help...

Cradlepoint noted that its 5G Wireless WAN solutions enable IoT firms to immediately deploy solutions with the security and remote management capabilities needed to support IoT deployments at scale   Cradlepoint announced a collaboration with T-Mobile U.S. and the Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners to enable...

The government confirmed that Huawei technology must be removed from the U.K.’s 5G public networks by the end of 2027 The U.K. government extended the deadline for local carriers to remove Huawei’s equipment and services in core network functions to December 31, 2023, from the...

C-Band deployment delays over interference concerns. Shared CBRS spectrum. Significant coordination zones for 3.45-3.55 GHz. Spectrum is a finite resource, and while regulators continue to make additional airwaves available, it's often not free and clear. What does this mean for the cost and utility...

The new 6G research project will be based at the Samsung R&D Institute U.K. based in Staines-upon-Thames Samsung Electronics announced it will establish a new research group in the U.K., which will focus on developing technologies for 6G networks and devices. The Korean vendor said that...

VMware said that the Next G-AI Research and Innovation Center is part of the TETRA initiative VMware announced the opening of the VMware Next G-AI Research and Innovation Center in Montreal, Canada. In a release, the company noted that the new facility will bring together VMware's...

Earlier this month, Bharti Airtel launched 5G services in eight Indian cities Indian telco Bharti Airtel has selected Israeli wireless solutions firm Ceragon Networks for the provision of wireless multiband radio solutions, the latter said in a release. Ceragon said that its IP-50E and multi-band vendor...

A helpful snapshot of the developing IoT market, from a presentation at The Things Conference in Amsterdam a couple of weeks back; Paul Pinault, vice president of platform and market strategy at France-based Braincube, took to the stage to draw interesting, possibly important, distinction...

5G coverage in Malaysia has already reached over 30% of populated areas and is on track to achieve the 80% target set by the government by 2024 Malaysia’s six major telecom operators have signed access agreements with state-run wholesale 5G network operator Digital Nasional Berhad...

In France, mobile carriers are currently providing 5G services through frequencies in the 700 MHz, 2.1 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands France had a total of 36,295 authorized 5G sites as of October 1, of which 26,589 were declared technically operational by the local mobile...

Masmovil said that it had reached 505 new towns and cities in its latest 5G expansion Spanish telecom operator Masmovil is currently offering 5G service in almost 1,400 towns and cities in 51 provinces across Spain for the customers of its Yoigo brand, the carrier...

'There are not a lot of easy bands left' says NTIA senior advisor With both mmWave and midband 5G auctions concluded and development and/or deployment underway for existing spectrum releases, one of the biggest spectrum question now is: What’s next? Conversations on spectrum policy are shifting...

In a world with 5G connectivity, network slicing is one of the prominent technologies that is here to stay, delivering tailored services and connectivity for users. Network slicing provides communication service providers (CSPs) the ability to flexibly separate services in their 5G network and...

Reliance Jio confirmed that its 5G service will be offered through 5G StandAlone architecture Indian telco Reliance Jio Infocomm announced the launch of the beta trial of its 5G services in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Varanasi. “The Beta trial service for other cities will be announced...

South Korea ended July with 25.1 million subscribers in the 5G segment Nearly half of 5G base stations in South Korea are concentrated in the greater Seoul area, while other regions in the country are lagging behind in terms of the deployment of base stations,...

The GSMA report predicts that by 2025, the average adoption of 5G across Europe will reach 44% A slower rollout of 5G technology in Europe compared to competitor markets is threatening the continent’s goals in terms of digital implementation, according to a new report by...

The CAT-1 LTE modem was initially defined in 2008 as a low-cost, low-power alternative to connect IoT devices that needed to transfer limited amounts of data. However, vendors and network providers at that time focused on higher throughput. The actual device introduction started about...

Network Data Analytics Function is first out of the gate Oracle this week announced Network Analytics Suite, a new portfolio of cloud-native network analytics solutions created to help Communication Service Providers (CSPs) gain insights around the performance and stability of their 5G network core. The first...

Cisco had installed its first manufacturing unit in India in 2016 U.S. networking company Cisco Systems will set up a facility in India to manufacture hardware products, local newspaper The Economic Times reported, citing a source with knowledge of the matter. "Cisco is setting up a...

NTT doubled the number of network access points across the city What better place to announce the expansion of a private LTE and 5G project in Las Vegas, Nevada than in Sin City itself. That’s exactly what NTT did last week at Mobile World Congress,...