BROWSING: 5G

NTT DoCoMo taps Nokia for RF planning

Nokia said that the AI RF capacity planning solution is part of Nokia’s AVA software offering Nokia announced that it has deployed its artificial intelligence (AI) radio frequency (RF) capacity planning software for Japanese telco NTT DoCoMo with the aim of improving the efficiency of...

‘Start of an IoT mega-cycle’ – Silicon Labs talks Matter, Amazon Sidewalk, Wi-SUN

As US IoT chipmaker Silicon Labs opens the (virtual) doors to its third Works With event (September 12-14), and readies a rush of new product releases (coverage incoming), Enterprise IoT Insights caught up with Ross Sabolcik, the firm’s general manager for industrial and commercial,...

Nokia looks ahead: Metaverse, digital-first and deglobalization will impact tech development

NEW YORK—We have yet to achieve a fully-5G world, but research and development for the next generation of technology constantly moves forward. During an event at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, Nishant Batra, Nokia's chief strategy and technology officer, gave some insights...

Verizon, Newlab reveal results of 2022 5G Studio testbed

The 5G Studio was launched by Verizon and Newlab in 2020 Verizon and Newlab have announced the results of the fourth cohort of startups in the 5G Studio. The 5G Studio was launched by Verizon’s new business incubation team and Newlab in 2020. The studio supports...

5G shakes up RAN architecture and demands more from technicians

5G calls for fundamental changes in network architecture and technician knowledge, as well as the deployment of fiber deeper into the network. To make sure those changes are successful and 5G transformations are done right the first time, operators and contractors need to revamp...

Canadian telcos ink deal to guarantee network reliability

The government also announced additional steps to improve the reliability of telecommunications networks in Canada Canadian mobile operators have reached a formal agreement to ensure and guarantee emergency roaming and other mutual assistance in the case of a major outage, the government said in a...

Singtel, Intel to establish 5G MEC incubator to boost 5G adoption

The Asian telco noted that the new 5G incubator will be powered by Intel’s 4th Gen Xeon Scalable processors   Singaporean operator Singtel announced its collaboration with Intel to establish a 5G Multi-access Edge Compute (MEC) incubator to boost the adoption of 5G in the enterprise...

Nokia, Telia launch 5G SA network with network slicing for FWA

Nokia said it will upgrade Telia’s entire 5G radio access network infrastructure to enable 5G slicing Finnish vendor Nokia and Telia Finland have launched what it claims to be the world’s first commercial 5G standalone (SA) network with network slicing for Fixed Wireless Access (FWA)...

Hyundai Motor, KT boost partnership on future mobility tech

Hyundai Motor and KT plan to form and operate a committee to promote future new projects and advanced research Korean car maker Hyundai Motor Group said it will expand its strategic partnership with compatriot telecom operator KT Corporation (KT) to further collaborate in the future...

Bharti Airtel to cover key Indian cities with 5G by the end of this year

Bharti Airtel aims to reach all urban regions in India with 5G coverage by the end of 2023 Indian operator Bharti Airtel expects to cover large Indian cities with its 5G network by the end of the year, the telco’s CEO Gopal Vittal said in...

Spark New Zealand and Samsung extend 5G reach in Auckland

Samsung is also suppling 4G solutions to the operator's existing network in select locations to help enhance its network services Samsung Electronics and Spark New Zealand first turned on 5G in select parts of Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand in March 2021. The pair have...

France ends September with 35,797 authorized 5G sites

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 35,797 authorized 5G sites as of September 1, of which 26,455 were declared technically operational by the local mobile...

EE expands 5G coverage in 14 UK cities

In May, EE said that its 5G network had already surpassed 50% population coverage in the U.K. U.K. telco EE says it has turned up 2.1 GHz frequencies on its network across 14 towns and cities to support the latest 5G smartphones. EE said in a...

Driving manual is not an option with 5G (Reader Forum)

5G networks are setting a generation of improvements in motion for both consumers and businesses with a wide range of new use cases from gaming and the metaverse, to driverless cars, robotics and Industry 4.0. Customers are demanding a lot: ultra-low latency, dynamic bandwidth, intelligent...

Huawei moves Russian staff to central Asia: Report

Russian press reports indicated that some managers were relocated to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Chinese vendor Huawei decided to relocate part of its staff from Russia to central Asia amid fears of potential sanctions from the United States, according to Russian press reports. Huawei began relocating Chinese...

Five key takeaways from the 2.5 GHz auction

The Federal Communications Commission's auction of 2.5 GHz overlay licenses wrapped up last week after about a month of bidding. Winning bidders have been announced, and as expected, T-Mobile US used the auction as a way to bolster its 2.5 GHz holdings at a...

Chunghwa Telecom to deploy private 5G in Taiwan to run the rule over open RAN

Taiwan-based mobile operator Chunghwa Telecom is to deploy an outdoor 5G-based open RAN private network in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, according to a report on local news site DigiTimes. Chunghwa Telecom said the new private 5G network will operate in the 4.4-5 GHz frequency band....

Satellite operator OQ Tech secures €13m in Series A round to expand 5G IoT fleet

Luxembourg-based 5G IoT satellite operator OQ Technology has secured €13 million ($12.9 million) of new investment in a Series A funding round to develop its own tech solutions, acquire more spectrum, and expand its satellite constellation, the company has said. The funding round was...

Minimizing 5G core implementation risks using the public cloud

Communication Service Providers (CSPs) face common evolutionary challenges on the path from LTE to 5G and long after, like how to implement widespread coverage while managing unpredictable demand, and how to monetize the considerable investment they’ve already made and will continue to make in...

Vodafone to test GNSS ‘corrections’ service for centimetre-level IoT and V2X accuracy

Vodafone is looking to offer enhanced satellite positioning to locate IoT devices and autonomous vehicles within centimetres, rather than with standard metre-range accuracy, as with straight GNSS services. It is working with US-based GNSS system developer Topcon Positioning Group to test the new service...

“Start small, start smart” – the Industry 4.0 road to scalability, sustainability with Bosch

Some time back – actually months back, ahead of Hannover Messe 2022 – Enterprise IoT Insights caught up with Sven Hamann, chief executive at Bosch Connected Industry to discuss the interplay between 5G connectivity, IoT sensing, and AI analytics as a developing Industry 4.0...

Vodacom deploys Tanzania’s first 5G network

The city of Dar es Salaam will receive the first 5G sites, with coverage expanding to 230 locations across the country later this year Vodacom Tanzania, part of Vodafone Group, has launched the first 5G mobile network in Tanzania. The city of Dar es Salaam...

Telstra, Ericsson announce 5G SA services for enterprises

Telstra has also deployed the Ericsson Local Packet Gateway in Telstra’s commercial 5G network Australian telco Telstra and Ericsson have deployed an automated standards-based network slicing service orchestration capability in Telstra’s commercial network using Ericsson Orchestration and Ericsson Inventory solutions. In a release, the Swedish vendor...

Ericsson launches energy-efficient, triple-band 5G radio

Ericsson says Radio 6646 is capable of doing the job of nine radios, while cutting energy consumption by 40% Ericsson has launched the Radio 6646, a new triple-band, tri-sector radio that the company claimed is capable of doing the job of nine radios, all while...