5G will hit the IoT market in late 2020 and struggle for years, claims report
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNext-generation 5G technology will only appear in the internet-of-things (IoT) market in late 2020, and struggle to find its mark in the space for years afterwards, according to a new …
Orange on URLLC (and private 5G): “The economics favour public networks”
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNote, this article is continued from a previous post, entitled “Orange on LPWA: ‘If there’s no improvement in the radio, we’ll keep the same system’.” Click here to go to …
Why 5G is a slow-burning enterprise saga – and Verizon’s criticism of 5G marketing doesn’t go far enough
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail“The potential for 5G is awesome,” Verizon chief tech officer Kyle Malady wrote in an open letter this week, in protest at the early marketing of rather middle-of-the-road ‘5G’ services …
Ericsson ‘fingerprints’ radio network to enhance NB-IoT, LTE-M positioning
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailSwedish vendor Ericsson is looking at ways to employ artificial intelligence to enable advanced “fingerprinting” of mobile radio networks to enhance the positioning resolution of LTE-M and NB-IoT devices. The …
The URLLC debate (pt5): Will enterprise 5G use cases scale? (Once more; is 5G just a proving ground for 6G?)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThroughout the ‘ask-the-experts’ session at URLLC 2018 in London earlier this month, serialised here across a number of posts, the conversation circled back time and again to 5G use cases. …
The URLLC debate (pt3): How will 5G slices be provisioned? (Will operators retain control?)
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailNetwork slicing, allowing for multiple network layers on top of a single shared infrastructure, is arguably the most significant capability of incoming 5G technologies. It brings brand new business opportunities …
5G operators struggle to find common ground with the industrial set
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe telecoms industry is at odds with the enterprise sector it is seeking to serve with ultra-reliable, low-latency (URLLC) 5G communications. Industrialists want both the control of private networks and …
ZTE pushes ahead on 5G new radio, promotes pre-5G approach
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailZTE wants its Unified Air Interface technology integrated into 5G new radio, promotes a pre-5G approach LONDON – The 3GPP announced earlier this week the first formal specifications for “5G” technology, …
