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No need for industry to wait for 5G

5G continues to climb up the hype side of the inflated expectations curve and extravagant claims are being made about early deployments, says freelance technology writer, Bob Emmerson. (more…)

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June 19, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Cutting a path to next-generation service innovation part two – Orchestrating sliced network services

In Part One, Jon Baldry, director metro marketing at Infinera, explains the advantages of network slicing for 5G providers. In Part 2 he expands on opportunities for orchestrating these offerings. (more…)

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June 12, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Cutting a path to next-generation service innovation part one – Slicing 5G’s massive bandwidth

Jon Baldry, director metro marketing at Infinera, explains how network slicing offers a significant opportunity for mobile operators to serve a variety of business markets while advancing the regional communications infrastructure critical to economic growth (more…)

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June 11, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

KT chairman urges 5G innovation globally

KT CorporationSouth Korea’s telecommunications company, is calling on world to together pioneer the future of next-generation wireless connectivity after the company claimed to launch the world’s first nationwide 5G commercial network. (more…)

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June 6, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Stella Medlicott appointed senior vice president and head of marketing & corporate relations

Stella Medlicott is appointed senior vice president and head of Group Function Marketing & Corporate Relations at Ericsson, and a member of Ericsson’s executive team. Stella Medlicott currently holds the position as vice president, marketing & communications and government & Industry Relations within Ericsson’s Market Area Europe and Latin America. (more…)

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June 4, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

New ITU Focus Group to optimise environmental efficiency with artificial intelligence

ITU has established a new Focus Group to study environmental efficiency in the age of Artificial Intelligence, increasing automation, and smart manufacturing. The group’s work is also expected to support ITU’s ongoing studies of the environmental requirements of IMT-2020 (5G) systems. (more…)

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May 28, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Outdoor MIMO antennas launched to ease urban 5G deployments

HUBER+SUHNER has launched its compact omnidirectional and directional outdoor antennas for use in 4G and 5G deployments. (more…)

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May 21, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Viettel claims to demonstrate the first 5G connection in Vietnam

Viettel and Ericsson claimed to demonstrate the first 5G connection in Vietnam. Speed test result shows Viettel’s 5G connection, which runs on Ericsson products and test devices, runs at 1.5-1.7 Gbps. The connection utilises the 3.7-3.8Ghz (C-Band) and 27.5-28.5 Ghz (mmWave) frequency. (more…)

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May 17, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

China Media, China Mobile, and Huawei jointly completed the verification of UHD live streaming through 5G SA network slices

The China Media Group, China Mobile, and Huawei claimed to complete the first UHD live streaming verification through a real end-to-end 5G network slice. This is claimed to be the industry’s first live streaming slice on the 3GPP-compliant 5G SA network. (more…)

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Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Untethered ‘hearable’ technologies offer new monetisable opportunities, say analysts

A hearable is defined as an intelligent in-ear audio product that uses wireless technology to connect via a smartphone or other device that streams content from the Internet. (more…)

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May 15, 2019

Posted by: Anasia D'mello