Tag: 5G

March 9, 2022

The continued evolution of 5G is very much an exercise in rapidly increasing network and service complexity. On the network side, the shift to cloud architecture, cloud-native core, edge clouds and RAN virtualization make emerging networks look quite distinct as […]

March 3, 2022

U.K. telecoms tech developer Stratospheric Platforms announced this week a successful demonstration of 5G broadband connectivity using an airborne antenna. The company said it maintained a 5G signal for five hours from a “stratospheric 5G mast” operating at 45,000 feet […]

March 3, 2022

As discussions among operators turn to monetizing massive investments in 5G networks, Verizon today held an investor event that laid out in detail how it sees its network creating new service revenue in the near term. Key drivers of revenue […]

February 21, 2022

The ongoing global warming and climate change are now exposing humanity to future threats, and their consequences are already impacting many regions of the world and affecting hundreds of millions of human lives as we speak. According to NASA’s Goddard […]

February 18, 2022

Operators have invested billions in designing and deploying 5G networks but, to date, meaningful new service revenues have proved elusive. This is because 5G monetization is much more than a new network; it’s a new approach to collaboratively developing the […]

February 10, 2022

The 5G industry has seen phenomenal growth over the past few years, but it is only just at the beginning of its journey. With the evolution toward 5G Advanced, there is still much to be done to fully unlock the […]

February 7, 2022

In the past year, the growing demand to open America’s airwaves for 5G and next-generation connectivity has only increased, bringing national attention to spectrum’s role in closing the digital divide and solidifying global telecommunications leadership. Yet, as demand has increased, […]

January 14, 2022

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 […]

January 14, 2022

Despite mobile network operators AT&T and Verizon working out a compromise solution with the Federal Aviation Administration to guard against possible C-Band interference in an attempt to avoid air travel impacts, the federal agency has issued more than 1,400 warnings […]

January 12, 2022

As the security of current and future 5G network implementations continues to be a top-of-mind issue for the industry, CTIA is launching a new security testing and validation initiative for commercial 5G networks. The 5G Security Test Bed (STB) was […]

January 10, 2022

50 U.S. airports have been given 5G buffer zones per an agreement between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and AT&T and Verizon. Following some back and forth between the two parties, the list of airports was published on Friday, and […]

January 4, 2022

After putting out a firm statement rejecting requests from the Federal Aviation Administration to further delay activation of C-Band spectrum, AT&T and Verizon have abruptly changed course and agreed to a two-week delay. Reuters reported that the operators have agreed […]

January 4, 2022

The roll out of 5G networks beckons a new era for telecommunications in terms of connectivity delivering low latency speeds and supporting high bandwidth applications in the enterprise. Moreover, 5G positioning provides new capability to collect and transmit location-based data […]

December 17, 2021

Telecom operators have been building cellular networks for more than four decades. During that time, four generations have passed, many technologies have come and gone, numerous innovations and advances have occurred. Cellular smartphones have even fundamentally changed how we live, […]

December 9, 2021

The sixth generation of cellular technology has yet to be formally defined, and the official 3GPP release that is designated as “6G” is probably still several years away. But we already have a sense of what the major features of […]

December 6, 2021

Under the shingle of mobile edge computing (MEC), there are a lot of edges and a lot of ways to describe them. Here we’ll focus on the distinction between the telecom edge operators use to deliver a variety of consumer […]

December 2, 2021

5G connections are forecasted to represent 12% of total mobile connections in Latin America by 2025, according to a recent report by industry body GSMA. The report showed that overall 5G connections in the region are expected to reach 86 […]

December 1, 2021

Qualcomm was an early proponent of millimeter wave (mmWave), doing the engineering work that has brought high-band 5G support to cellular devices. CEO Cristiano Amon remains bullish on mmWave adoption based on comments at the Snapdragon Tech Summit this week. […]

November 30, 2021

The heads of Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom and 11 other European carriers called on U.S. tech giants to help pick up the tab for 5G, fiber and cable network buildouts. The network traffic U.S. services generate requires massive infrastructure investment — […]

November 19, 2021

A new report, published by European carriers Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, TIM and Vodafone, and based on findings from research firm Analysys Mason, called upon policymakers, EU member states, and industry stakeholders to collaborate and urgently prioritize Open Radio Access […]