At the recent Qualcomm 4G/5G Summit in Hong Kong we spoke to Kirill Dmitriev, Chief Sales and Service Officer at MTS. He gave us an overview of how 5G is progressing in Russia and what he considers to be the main benefits it will offer.
At the recent Qualcomm 4G/5G Summit in Hong Kong we spoke to Dr Abduradak Mudesir, VP of Vendor Strategy and 5G Technologies at Deutsche Telekom. He told us how DT sees 5G enabling the real time economy and the many other innovations it will bring about over and above just mobile phone applications.
At the recent Qualcomm 4G/5G Summit in Hong Kong, Sajith Balraj, Director, Technical Marketing demonstrated some of the features of Boundless XR (Extended Reality), which will use the latest 5G technologies to elevate AR and VR to the next level.
The German government has decided to make the entire 3.4-3.8 GHz band available for 5G use, which is a good idea.
Germany is the latest ‘western’ country rumoured to be thinking of prohibiting Huawei and ZTE from its participating in its 5G infrastructure.
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has got a nice lot of fresh 5G work from Swedish operator group Telenor.
The idea of using balloons floating 20km above the earth to provide connectivity quite frankly sounds bat-sh*t, but Google’s Loon is actually starting to look like a feasible business.
Having apparently exhausted the PR potential of 5G trials EE has moved on to talking up its plans for actual launches.
MTN has announced the acquisition of music streaming platform Simfy at AfricaCom and outlined the future of the telco, which doesn’t look very much like a telco anymore.
It might seem like an unusual statement to make, but if the fortunes of the fourth industrial revolution are going to be realised, telcos need to stop bickering between themselves.
Apple’s decision to go all-in on Intel modems comes with a lot of pressure, so Intel is desperate to convince us it’s up to the task.
With US venture capitalists increasing their total investments, but reducing the number of start-ups being funded, you have to wonder whether the US is priming itself properly for the 5G bonanza of tomorrow.
Network slicing promises to be a panacea, but the biggest hurdles are not technological. The grand ambition of enabling intelligent, adaptive, application-aware networks requires a wholesale operational transformation that will move the carrier from simply selling SIM cards to managing a spectrum of tailored services in an expanding ecosystem as we move to 5G. Cloudstreet founder and CEO Mika Skarp unpacks the challenges an enormous opportunities of this shift.
At the end of the recent Cable Next Gen Europe event Scott from Telecoms.com and Iain from Light Reading discuss some of the subjects that most interested them from the event. Of particular interest were the implications of 5G to the fixed line industry, including how best to optimise wifi performance and the emergence of 5G fixed wireless access.
O2 has announced a partnership with Wireless Infrastructure Group (WIG) to deliver connectivity for driverless vehicle test bed trials in the West Midlands.
Xiaomi launched Mi 8 Pro, the first time it has unveiled new products outside of Greater China, a sign of its ambition to expand in more mature markets.
Many around the world will use Apple as a benchmark of how to successfully engage the digitally native consumer, though it’s the development of the iStore ecosystem which can be used as a model for the telcos.
The UK’s fourth MNO, Three, has given a public update on its investment priorities and plans for 5G.
In a new ‘industry position’ mobile trade association the GSMA warns that clever new 5G tech won’t be much good without the spectrum to carry it.
A letter has reportedly been sent to UK operators warning them about network security but the DCMS has played down any anti-China sentiment that may have been read into it.
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