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Evolving network support services: great end user experience and network performance in the 5G era

As networks evolve and are updated to support continuously more advanced 5G applications, fast and accurate fault isolation and root-cause analysis are more critical than ever before. The increasing advanced functionality of networks, driven by the push towards a more flexible, cloud-based architecture, means...

Covid-19 pandemic could delay 5G launch in India: Bharti Airtel

The Covid-19 pandemic would potentially delay the launch of 5G technology in India, Gopal Vittal, CEO of Indian telecommunications company Bharti Airtel said during a press conference. India has been struggling for several months with a national wave of COVID-19 infections that has overwhelmed hospitals...

Ericsson intros industrial IoT workforce safety device for mining, manufacturing

Ericsson has combined with industrial design consultancy Sigma Connectivity and industrial IoT firm Mobilaris to produce a cellular IoT tracking device for the mining industry, and other industrial environments. The trio, all based in Sweden, said the wearable NB-IoT / LTE-M device uses “sensors,...

5G user survey: Cloud gaming, AR and indoor coverage are hot; Wi-Fi gets snubbed

5G is already triggering changes in user behavior and indoor coverage is very important to early adopters, according to a new user survey from Ericsson ConsumerLab. 5G users are often more satisfied with their experience than LTE users are, but they find the selection...

Telefonica Deutschland uses carrier aggregation to pave the way for 5G SA

German operator Telefónica Deutschland/O2, which is controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, is bundling frequencies using carrier aggregation (CA) technology to raise speeds for customers on its 5G networks. "We are continuously working on the further development of 5G in order to be able to offer...

Verizon trials 5G mmWave, C-band aggregation, achieves 4.3 Gbps speeds

Verizon plans to cover 46 markets with 5G C-Band spectrum in the first quarter of 2022 Verizon, Ericsson and MediaTek conducted a recent lab trial, in which the group aggregated C-band spectrum with mmWave spectrum, achieving speeds of 4.3 Gbps. The trial follows Verizon’s deals...

Chunghwa Telecom targets 10,000 5G base stations by end-2021

Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom expects to end 2021 with over 10,000 5G stations across Taiwan, the company’s president, Harrison Kuo, said during a conference call with investors. Kuo said that the operator is currently operating a total of 6,300 5G sites across Taiwan. “In the first...

Telus to deploy 5G in 529 new Canadian communities by end-2021

Canadian telecoms operator Telus announced plans to expand its next-generation 5G network to an additional 529 new urban and rural communities across the country by the end of the year. The 5G expansion plan includes deployments in 187 communities in British Columbia, 161 in Quebec,...

India authorizes 5G trials with four vendors

India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has authorized local carriers to carry out trials of 5G technology in the country. In a statement, DoT said that the permits were given to Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio Infocomm, Vodafone Idea and MTNL, which will carry out these 5G...

Ericsson, Swisscom extend 5G partnership to include Standalone architecture

The goal is to transition Swisscom’s live 5G network to 5G SA mode with cloud-native, dual-mode 5G Core Ericsson and Swisscom have been working together to build out cellular networks since 2015, and in 2017, the pair began incorporating 5G into the partnership. Now, Swisscom and...

Elisa’s 5G network reaches over 100 locations in Finland

Finnish operator Elisa said its 5G network already reached over 100 locations across the country, covering half of Finland’s population. During the first months of the year, Elisa's 5G network was expanded in various parts of Finland. Recently, the construction of new mobile technology has...

Ericsson launches dual-band radio for improved 5G frequency capacity

Ericsson said it is launching a three-sector dual-band radio to help communications service providers (CSPs) increase their Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) 5G frequency capacity. In a release, the Swedish vendor said that the launch of Radio 6626 will benefit carriers even as their site towers...

Airbus taps Ericsson for private LTE network at French production plant

European aerospace manufacturer Airbus has announced the deployment of a private LTE network from Swedish telecoms vendor Ericsson at its factory in Toulouse, in France. Ericsson said the deal was an ‘extension’ of an existing partnership between the two firms. The network, described as...

Ericsson: Enterprise focus will mean a ‘bigger and longer’ 5G cycle

The importance of enterprise in the 5G network cycle could mean that the demand for the technology is substantially larger than for previous, consumer-wireless-focused deployments, according to Ericsson. CEO Börje Ekholm said that while Ericsson is focused on growing its core business of networks...

Private LTE for all nuclear power plants in France – EDF sets Thales, Ericsson to work

Électricité de France (EDF) has appointed Thales and Ericsson to design and supply private industrial-grade LTE networks at all of its nuclear energy sites in France. The company has 56 nuclear power reactors in the country, and the stated schedule is to connect “two-to-four”...

‘Not for telcos’ – why Industry 4.0 is a team sport, and why carriers have been benched

This interview is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights report on Industrial 5G SLAs. The full article, including additional sections, along with the rest of the report – with commentary from the likes of Accenture, Appledore Research, EXFO, Nokia, Lufthansa Industry Solutions, Vodafone...

Understanding FDD/TDD carrier aggregation for 5G

In general, FDD is considered better for coverage and TDD better for capacity Mobile operators are looking to carrier aggregation (CA), which allows them to use multiple sub-6 GHz spectrum channels simultaneously, as a method of increasing the bandwidth and speeds of their 5G networks....

Battery maker Hyperbat joins with Ericsson, BT, Qualcomm, NVIDIA on ‘first’ 5G-VR tool

UK-based vehicle battery manufacturer Hyperbat has claimed a “world-first” industrial virtual reality (VR) solution for manufacturing using a private 5G network. It is working with BT and Ericsson on the network setup. Qualcomm is providing its Snapdragon XR2 platform into the VR headset, plus...

#TBT: Nokia, Alcatel Lucent set to merge; CBRS takes shape; Google launches Project Fi … this week in 2015

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Nokia, Alcatel Lucent...

‘Game-changer’ for industry – Grundfos delivers verdict on factory 5G with Ericsson

Danish pump manufacturer Grundfos has given an initial thumbs-up to private factory-based 5G, after six months’ working with Swedish vendor Ericsson and local operator TDC NET on a test network at its production plant in Bjerringbro, north of Aarhus, in Denmark.  “We see 5G as...

Ericsson secures 5G contract in New Zealand

New Zealand operator 2degrees has announced a partnership with Ericsson to launch a 5G network in the country, the telco said in a release. The company said that the initial 5G sites will be located in the cities of Auckland and Wellington with plans to...

In mining, new tech means new risk – ‘everyone wants to be second,’ says Ambra chief

Ericsson using 4G/5G private networks to enable the Miner 4.0; Smart Mining Value Calculator pins TCO to return on five mining use cases In its Connected Mining report, published in December 2020, and an accompanying deep dive webinar hosted earlier this year, Ericsson explored the...

Vodafone activates 5G SA network in Germany

Vodafone Germany launched its 5G standalone (SA) network in partnership with Ericsson, Nokia, Qualcomm and OPPO. Vodafone upgraded 1,000 sites to SA 5G, covering 170 cities and municipalities via 3.5 GHz spectrum. The new network was initially launched in some major cities including Frankfurt, Berlin,...

Epic preps for 5G in Malta, selects Ericsson as RAN provider

Epic, recently rebranded from Vodafone Malta, will use Ericsson equipment and support as it modernizes its existing network, setting the stage to bring 5G to Malta. Ericsson will provide the operator with its 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) products and solution, including Ericsson Spectrum Sharing and...