BROWSING: 5G

Korea’s LG Uplus aims to boost revenues from smart factory solutions

    Korean telecommunications operator LG Uplus said it aims to increase sales from its smart factory solutions business by sevenfold within the next five years, Korean news agency Yonhap reported. LG Uplus has been developing industrial solutions that use its 4G and 5G networks to automate...

Beijing reaches 45,700 5G base stations, 12 million 5G users: report

Chinese mobile operators have already deployed a total of 45,700 5G base stations in China’s capital Beijing, local news agency Xinhua reported. According to data released by the Beijing Communications Administration, the city currently has 12 million 5G users. The report also indicated that every...

Telstra announces strategic plan to boost 5G coverage

Australian telecommunications operator Telstra has unveiled a strategy it is calling T25, with the main aim of extending 5G coverage across Australia, as well as enhancing its customer service. Telstra said that the T25 strategy is likely to come into effect by July 2022. The...

Nokia, Indosat Ooredoo activates 5G services in Indonesia

Nokia and Indosat Ooredoo announced the launch of commercial 5G services in Surabaya city, Indonesia, the Finnish vendor said in a release. Under the terms of the deal, Indosat Ooredoo’s customers will be able to experience new enterprise and industrial use cases enabled by the...

Editorial Webinar: Monetizing MEC: What’s the value in the edge?

With some operators projecting MEC-related service revenues in the 2022 timeframe, what's the current state of play? Beyond operators building out new compute infrastructure, how can existing public cloud infrastructure and on-prem enterprise equipment be leveraged to more quickly deliver on latency-sensitive use cases...

Editorial Webinar: The challenges and opportunities of small cell network densification

As digital services evolve and users continue to demand faster speeds and higher availability, network densification is proving to be a key driver for enabling successful 5G networks. Small cells, in particular, are seen by operators as a method of increasing cellular network capacity,...

Vivo, Nokia launch 5G tests in Rio de Janeiro

Brazilian carrier Vivo has announced the start of 5G tests in the 26 GHz band in partnership with Finnish vendor Nokia, local news site Teletime reported. The trials will take place in Rio de Janeiro, in Vivo's laboratory in Barra da Tijuca and two sites...

5G manufacturing use case spotlight: Supply chain optimization

Verizon said 5G could help improve visibility in supply chains and prevent inventory shrink as well as provide more accurate product location

Rohde & Schwarz White Paper: The single score for network quality of experience (QoE)

Download this white paper to learn how the NPS integrates voice and data KPIs to calculate an overall network score and deliver improvement recommendations. The white paper also describes how Rohde & Schwarz (MNT) products implement the network performance score versions 1.1 and 1.2. In...

Quectel Masterclass No3 NA: Optimizing Antenna and RF Performance for 5G Connected Devices

5G is challenging the way we communicate. The next generation of mobile networks, 5G, introduces a paradigm shift requiring low latency, high throughput, and excellent coverage. This places even more emphasis on antenna technology and the whole RF front end design layout. Learn how Quectel's...

Nokia signs MoU with ATU to drive Industry 4.0 in Africa

Nokia has signed a deal with the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) to leverage industrial 5G, and other technologies, to drive the Industry 4.0 movement on the continent, as well as connectivity in general. The pair have a stated objective to “shape policy, develop talent,...

MEC and private wireless – CSPs enabling enterprise transformation

As 5G quickly rolls out and expands towards the enterprise market, a more open telecom business model will spark a wave of customer-centric innovation among communications service providers (CSPs). 5G’s low latency and high throughput will pave the way for new Internet of Things (IoT)...

Vodafone urges UK to bundle 5G and IoT targets and incentives into net zero strategy

Vodafone has urged the UK government to write targets and incentives for 5G and IoT adoption into its forthcoming net-zero strategy blueprints, due to be published later this year. The UK-headquartered operator said the UK government should create a regulatory and policy framework that...

Dish seeks permit to test 5G using 600MHz spectrum in Denver and Vegas

Dish Network is asking the Federal Communications Commission for a special temporary authorization to use 600 MHz band spectrum currently licensed to Bluewater Wireless for a three month period with the aim of carrying out 5G tests in Denver and Las Vegas using carrier...

Reconsidering PON: A shared platform for mobile backhaul (Sponsored)

The value of fiber for mobile network transport is undisputed: The enormous capacity and speed that fiber can enable is unmatched. But as operators bend ever more of their financial and operational resources toward deploying 5G networks, they may be overlooking an existing fiber...

Do industrial IoT manufacturing implementations need 5G?

According to tech research firm ARC Advisory Group, 5G will play a key role in enabling the full potential of IIoT in the manufacturing field

5G manufacturing use case spotlight: AR remote assistance

AR remote assistance is used in many industries and offers opportunities for different actors to collaborate in real-time for solving problems

Spain to award 26 GHz band at the beginning of 2022 at the latest: report

The Spanish government aims to award spectrum in the 26 GHz band for the provision of 5G between the end of 2021 and the beginning of next year, Europa Press reported, citing remarks from the Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Intelligent Infrastructures, Roberto...

‘Everything will be connected’ – sales hype hits fever pitch ahead of Brazil’s 5G kick-off

Through the end of last month and the start of last week, an assortment of tech providers, all with something to sell, descended on São Paulo to proclaim the imminent arrival of 5G in Brazil, and paint a picture of glorious digital change stretching...

Microsoft and Nokia bundle ‘space tech’ and 5G to spur Australian industry

Microsoft and Nokia have partnered with the South Australian Government to combine ‘space technology’ and terrestrial 5G in service of local industry, including as the basis for digital change in the Australian agriculture, mining, transport, logistics, and public sector industries. A press statement provided little...

NEC, AWS expand collaboration to include 5G, digital government

Japanese tech giant NEC Corporation has expanded its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in areas that include global 5G and digital government, in support of accelerating digital transformation for customers. In November 2020, NEC and AWS concluded a corporate-level strategic collaboration agreement, and have...

How can 5G enable industrial IoT manufacturing implementations?

5G networks offers manufacturers the possibility to take advantage of technologies such as automation, AI, AR for troubleshooting, and IoT.

Masmovil 5G network reaches 553 towns and cities across Spain

Masmovil is using 3.5 GHz for its 5G offering Spanish telecom operator Masmovil is currently offering 5G service in 553 towns and cities in 39 provinces across Spain for the customers of its Yoigo brand, the company said in a release. The carrier’s 5G service is...

Federated Wireless, Learning Alliance to train 2,000 CBRS network installers

Federated Wireless is working with Learning Alliance Corporation, offering vocational training with businesses and colleges, to issue more than 2,000 certificates to newly qualified private-network installation engineers working with LTE in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) in the US. They said the move is...