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Editorial Report: The move to 5G Standalone and creating a cloud-native telco

As 5G marks its fifth year in commercial availability, network monetization is elusive and it seems the best is (hopefully) still to come. The shift from 5G Non-standalone to Standalone is a pivotal moment, introducing a new cloud-native core, revolutionary service-based architecture and dynamic management for...

SK Telecom develops key tech for 6G evolution with Intel

SK Telecom and Intel developed Inline Service Mesh utilizing Intel Xeon processors with built in AI Korean telco SK Telecom announced that, in collaboration with Intel, it has successfully developed technology to reduce communication delays necessary for the evolution of a 6G core architecture. In a...

Huawei explains 5.5G and how it could transform industries

Huawei has been lately increasing efforts and resources to boost the adoption of 5G technology in a number of verticals such as manufacturing, ports, airport, healthcare and mining, among others. The company is seeing significant opportunities for the telecom industry to start monetizing investments in...

Nokia gets private 5G ticket on Paris Express – four lines, 68 stations, 200km of track

The Société du Grand Paris (SGP), the state owned industrial company responsible for the Grand Paris Express metro project, has appointed Nokia to deploy a private 5G macro network across four new lines and 68 new stations in the French capital, covering 200 kilometres...

Flexibility vs. speed: Networks need both (Reader Forum)

Networks have become key enablers for virtually all the important business processes throughout any organization, and as businesses grow to pursue new markets, networks are a crucial part of their success. Today, the needs of service providers in particular are evolving, and a new...

Electric utility Evergy deploys Ericsson-made private LTE across Kansas, Missouri

Swedish vendor Ericsson has completed the rollout of a private LTE network for regional US electric utility Evergy, covering 20 cell sites in Kansas and Missouri. Locally-headquartered engineering consultancy Burns & McDonnell has been engaged, also, on the new network’s design and build, and...

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...

Samsung headlines five private 5G gigs in South Korea as part of Industry 4.0 ramp-up

South Korean tech firm Samsung has announced a tranche of new private 5G deployments in its home country, including with three public sector agencies and two private sector hospitals. All the deployments utilise the newly-liberated 4.7 GHz and 28 GHz bands in South Korea,...

Athonet makes private 5G club to handle the sell-build-run of CBRS networks in the US

Consortiums, alliances, ecosystems – there are too many to count, and too many to report. But news that Athonet has started its own private 5G club in the US, to combine and recommend suppliers for deploying cellular networks in shared and unshared CBRS spectrum,...

Corporate telco provider Iconec taps Athonet for private 5G push in Germany

German telecoms provider and system integrator Iconec (stylised iconec) is working with private LTE and 5G specialist Athonet to bring the Italian firm’s core network platform to the German enterprise market. Iconec has deployed an Athonet-made core network at its new lab in Nuremberg,...

For 5G and beyond, energy is as important as RAN, core and transport

Hardware, software, and site energy solutions can collectively make 5G more sustainable For communications service providers, the trend lines around demand for mobile and fixed wireless data are clear. The trajectory of adoption for the Internet of Things is equally clear. Layer in the distributed...

‘A sum of many things’ – Edzcom’s 5G mix for industry, and that Athonet-Nokia joint-ticket

Note, for more on this topic, join the Enterprise IoT Insights webinar on Industrial 5G (From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard) on April 28, featuring speakers from ABI Research, MFA (MulteFire Alliance)/Nokia, Schneider Electric and Vodafone; check back here, also, for the editorial report...

Shrunk-down and shrink-wrapped – Cisco’s private 5G service play and channel strategy

Cisco took time out with Enterprise IoT Insights at MWC a couple of weeks back to discuss its late entry into the private 5G market, plus its channel strategy around system design and network support, and partner strategy around radio access network (RAN) components....

Will 5G standalone core deployments make 2022 the inflection point for enterprise 5G applications? (Reader Forum)

No sooner was the first 5G network launched in late 2018 than industry experts started setting the expectation that this “G” was different. While previous generations quickly brought tangible benefits to consumers, along with the much-hyped “killer apps” like Uber and Angry Birds, there...

Athonet tells enterprises to ‘bring your own’ private 5G RAN

Private network specialist Athonet is telling enterprises to ‘bring your own RAN’ with the introduction of a facility in its network management system to select from a combination of radio products according to “the needs of the mix of applications” in their edge environments. The...

Converged 5G core is coming: Are you ready?

Telecommunications operators have a core problem. And, no, it’s not rising data usage and falling revenues, although that’s a part of it. The problem for Communication Service Providers (CSPs) right now is they’re managing too many core networks. They have a core network for...

Druid Software recruited by Proximus and BICS to enable private-public 5G SA roaming

Ireland-based private core network provider Druid Software has been recruited by Proximus to serve enterprise customers running private 4G and 5G installations. It has been working with the Belgian network operator, along with its international roaming business BICS, to test outbound roaming between public...

Vilicom taps Athonet for private LTE/5G core network at Moray East windfarm in UK

Athonet has confirmed it is providing UK-based cellular system integrator Vilicom with the core network for its new private LTE installation at the Moray East windfarm off the coast of Scotland. The Moray East setup is billed as the first off-shore private LTE network....

‘Operators will change shape too’ – Radisys unpicks the private 5G riddle for telcos

Note, this article is taken from a longer editorial report on private 5G enterprise NOCs; to access the report, click here, or on the image below. For the attendant webinar on the same subject, including panellists from ABI Research, Vodafone, and Radisys, go here. US-based Radisys,...

‘The quality is in the radio, not the core’ – Nokia questions new rivals in private LTE/5G

The magic in private cellular networks comes with the radio, and not with the core, says Nokia. And the magic in the radio cannot be so easily copied or imitated; it takes decades of graft, it says, honed through five generations of cellular at...

AT&T ‘joins Microsoft’s ranks,’ moves its 5G network to Azure cloud

As part of the deal, Microsoft will require AT&T’s carrier-grade Network Cloud platform technology AT&T and Microsoft have announced a strategic partnership that will see the carrier’s 5G mobile network moved to the Microsoft cloud and provides a path for its traffic to be managed...

Bharti Airtel to trial Tata Group’s O-RAN solutions in India

Airtel is a board member of the O-RAN Alliance and has begun 5G trials in major Indian cities Indian communications provider Bharti Airtel and Tata Group have announced a strategic partnership to implement a 5G network in India. Per the agreement, Airtel will pilot Tata...

Dish, Nokia put ‘innovation first’ with 5G SA core network deployment on the public cloud

Dish and Nokia will deploy a 5G SA core on AWS public cloud A 5G standalone (SA) deal between Nokia and Dish Network marks the first deployment of 5G on the public cloud. The vendor intends to deploy its 5G SA Core for Dish on Amazon Web Services...

Nokia White Paper: Go beyond cloud-native with Nokia’s converged multi-generational core

Yesterday's networks were built around predictability of demand. Tomorrow's networks must be built for unpredictability. The rise in devices, the need for connectivity, and the thirst for new services & applications mean your business and network must transform. The heart of that transformation is...