BROWSING: 5G

Ignion taps AWS to power new digital-twin design platform for ‘virtual’ IoT antennas

Barcelona based IoT antenna company Ignion is promising to reduce IoT antenna design “from days or weeks to minutes”, following the release of its new design and simulation platform on AWS. The platform, it said, will allow developers to integrate its so-called ‘virtual antenna’...

Carrier Partnerships are Key to Nextivity

Nextivity is committed to supporting important partnerships with carriers and has successfully completed the rigorous approval process for its Cel-Fi line of in-building cellular coverage solutions by more than 200 carriers around the world.   Since the launch of the Cel-Fi QUATRA 4000 multi-carrier active...

TIM Brazil, Huawei ink ‘5G City’ initiative

The '5G City' project involves implementing wide 5G coverage for the city of Curitiba, the capital of Parana state TIM Brasil and Huawei have signed a collaboration agreement to develop a "5G City" initiative in the country, the Chinese vendor said in a release. The initiative,...

The 3G end is near: Why IoT users must upgrade today (Reader Forum)

Upgrade or disconnect? This is the stark choice facing 3G connected device users. The once-revolutionary mobile network is currently being rolled back across the world to make way for new and improved iterations. In doing so, however, millions of older devices face permanent disconnection. This...

La Marina de València trials blockchain-based IoT solution from Telefónica

Telefónica is working with La Marina de València, the maritime district in the southeastern port city of Valencia in Spain, to ‘digitise’ electricity and water supply for boats, including with various IoT, 5G, cloud computing, analytics and blockchain solutions, it has said. The firm’s...

Cloud Packet Core: Where flexibility enables profitability

Communication Service Providers (CSPs) must monetize their investments in 5G infrastructure while simultaneously managing the increasing demands of their customers. Designing a webscale-class cloud packet core network that meets the needs of CSPs today and in the future, starts with a 100% cloud-native architecture....

NetScout White Paper: Optimizing the RAN to Get the Best 5G User Experience

Are subscribers getting the user experience that 5G promises? Plenty of reports tell us how impressive the speed and latency of the 5G RAN can be. But the subscriber experience can be less than stellar – or at least less uniform. Subscriber experience is...

UK and Japan ink deal to diversify tech used in telecoms networks

The two countries committed to share information on their respective policy approaches seeking to build a more competitive global market for telecoms equipment The governments of Japan and the U.K. have agreed several joint initiatives to support efforts to reduce the global overreliance on a...

Verizon hones its edge for the metaverse

Verizon said that it's working with Meta to make its mobile edge computing (MEC) infrastructure support metaverse applications.

Sympathy for the devil – a private 5G story (thoughts on MWC)

This might seem like a cop-out, but the irresistible narrative from MWC over the week, that the grand-standing on the show floor masked (and revealed) a battle between three industries for the soul of 5G, is not quite right. The idea that the traditional...

With C-Band expansion, Verizon looks to capture ‘disruptive share’ of broadband market

C-Band to cover 175 PoPs by year-end, significant expanding reach of 5G fixed wireless access service Verizon was first to market with a 5G-backed service in 2018 with the launch of its then-pre-standard mmWave 5G Home fixed wireless broadband service. Now, as it rapidly deploys...

Forge Ahead to Build the Foundation of Digital Economy

The global digital economy is witnessing rapid growth with the development of the next-generation information technology. In 2020, the added value of the digital economy totaled USD 32.6 trillion in 47 countries, including China, the United States, and Germany, accounting for 43.7% of the...

5G broadband goes to the stratosphere

Stratospheric Systems demonstrated its 5G High Altitude Platform (HAP), yielding 90 Mbps download speeds from 45,000 feet.

Rakuten Symphony to trial Open RAN in three countries with MTN

Open RAN trial also includes Accenture and Tech Mahindra Rakuten Symphony kept the playing the hits today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, announcing a three-country Open RAN trial with operator MTN. Throughout the week, Rakuten Symphony has discussed its Symworld and Symware portfolios, announced...

Managing the next phase of 5G FWA

5G has changed the calculus for how broadband is delivered, and now the speed and quality of wireless broadband is competing successfully against traditional fixed services. Tier 1 operators are adding tens of thousands of new FWA customers each month, and operators of all...

Transatel intros LTE and 5G roaming between public and private networks

NTT-owned IoT MVNO-enabler Transatel has introduced a private LTE/5G extension for its IoT roaming SIM to enable connected devices to switch between public and private cellular networks. It described the new feature as “critical given the massive adoptions of private 5G in factories and...

Operators set clear autonomous network goals, progress in exploration and practice

5G-data-AI synergies spark intelligence to ease O&M challenges, spur digital transformation The emergence of 5G – one of key technologies in the Fourth Industrial Revolution – has spawned networks with digital, cloud-based and micro-service features. These networks foster a wide array of new services and...

Nokia announces Adaptive Cloud Networking

Nokia's Adaptive Cloud Networking solution comprises technology to seamlessly provide 5G services from the data center to the edge.

Deutsche Telekom enables automated valet parking for BMW over 5G

Deutsche Telekom said that the results of the proof of concept are convincing as cars are controlled by the system, with "absolute" stability and security   Deutsche Telekom performed a proof-of-concept with BMW Group and Valeo in the domain of automated valet parking. The European carrier said...

Fastweb, Qualcomm collaborate on 5G SA mmWave FWA in Italy

Qualcomm said the platform will feature Snapdragon X65 and X62 5G Modem-RF Systems for Fixed Wireless Access Italian telco Fastweb and Qualcomm Technologies announced plans to commercialize 5G Standalone (SA) millimeter wave (mmWave) on Qualcomm's 5G Fixed Wireless Access Platform Gen 2. In a statement,...

ZTE builds efficient way to 5G-Advanced and 6G with RIS solution

02 March  2022, Shenzhen, China - ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile internet, today has launched its RIS (Reconfigurable Intelligent metaSurface) solution at MWC 2022. The company takes the lead in applying...

Bell Canada deploys core network on Google Distributed Cloud Edge

Bell Canada has deployed core network functions on Google Distributed Cloud Edge – a world first, the companies claim.

5G to represent 25% of global mobile connections by end-2025: GSMA

A new GSMA report forecasts that the number of 5G subscribers is expected to reach 1 billion this year. 5G is expected to account for around a quarter of total mobile connections by the end of 2025, and more than two in five people worldwide...

Microsoft introduces new Azure for Operators services

Azure Operator Distributed Services is "the next-generation hybrid cloud platform for operators," according to Microsoft.