What are the key trends defining the 5G market in the US?
5G became a reality in the US in 2019, but 2020 will be the year when the technology really makes inroads in the US market.
5G became a reality in the US in 2019, but 2020 will be the year when the technology really makes inroads in the US market.
A report claiming one of Europe’s biggest operator groups has demanded Nokia get its house in order when it comes to 5G has not really been refuted by either of them.
UK operator group BT restricted 5G to customers of its Halo convergent bundle, but just three months later it has reversed that decision.
Jamie’s watching the rugby so Wei is promoted from the bench to join Iain and Scott this week. They start by discussing the coronavirus outbreak and the effect it may have on the imminent MWC trade show. This leads naturally to the threat of the telecoms industry becoming Balkanised as the US and China vie for supremacy and they conclude with a look at a few developments from Vodafone.
US President Donald Trump reportedly gave UK PM Boris Johnson a major ear-bashing over the phone following the UK’s decision to allow Huawei in parts of its 5G networks.
The US telecoms regulator wants satellite companies to hand over 300 MHz of C-band spectrum, but the question of how compensation remains unresolved.
The US government is thinking of subsidising US tech companies to help them get better at 5G software, in the hope that will solve the Huawei problem.
The Vodafone and Liberty joint-venture VodafoneZiggo decided to switch off its 3G network to bring “The Netherlands much faster, safer and stabler mobile internet.”
Vodafone group reported solid Q4 2019 numbers for Europe but says it will have to blow €200 million on swapping Huawei out of many of its network cores.
The World Health Organisation declaring the coronavirus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern raises serious concerns about impact will this have on Mobile World Congress.
It would be fair to say the Supply Chain Review conclusion received a less than enthusiastic response in the US, and now it appears Congress is stacking the deck for an offensive.
The point of DSS is to allow smooth transitioning between 4G and 5G by allowing them to share the same spectrum, dynamically.
With Three’s big bet on Huawei proving to be somewhat of a disaster, two senior technologists are heading towards the exit.
The purpose of Verizon’s ad at this year’s Super Bowl is not entirely clear, but the stick it has taken is very obvious, especially following the California wildfires blunder.
New research from telecoms software vendor Amdocs found 35% of UK plan to buy a 5G phone this year, but that most of them don’t really know why it’s better than 4G.
More devices, more variables, more complexity – it is increasingly difficult to have end-to-end visibility and assess actual network issues in real time.
Jamie and Scott are joined by super-sub Ray in a pod recorded on Brexit day. So they decided to start with a look at the roaming implications of Brexit between the UK and the rest of Europe, before moving on to good old Huawei, with a review of the announcement on its involvement in the UK’s 5G networks and concluding with an examination of ORAN as a potential solution to vendor drama.
In the build up to MWC 2020 Nokia has got one of its announcements in early, in the form of the ‘cloud-native’ Network Operations Master software.
Existing legacy IT systems that support traditional products are not designed for dynamic 5G service.
French operator Orange will not have any Huawei kit in its 5G network, following the announcement of Nokia and Ericsson as its chosen vendors.
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