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Huawei launches “5G Power Solution” for global wireless telcos
Huawei has launched what it says is the industry’s first full-range 5G power solutions for wireless network operators which will address an expected 100% increase in 5G energy consumption when compared to 4G power dissipation. The 5G Power series of products are designed to deliver an end-to-end, scalable energy solution for both newly built and… Read more
WSJ: 5G Race, Airwave Auctions Are the Next Rivalry for Global Telcos
— by Stu Woo and Daphne Zhang with Eric Sylvers contributing to this article. Governments start selling access to spectrum for new mobile networks that would be much faster than those of today. …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. A new battle for cellular airwaves (frequency spectrum) is under way as governments around the world start to auction off spectrum… Read more
Israel Seeks 5G Investment from U.S. Telcos via Incentives/Rebates; Intel’s 5G Role
Israel Ministry of Communications director general Netanel (Nati) Cohen will try to interest overseas telecommunications companies in taking part in fifth generation cellular trials in Israel. Cohen will also try to introduce American investors into the Israeli telecommunications market. Cohen is accompanying Minister of Communications Ayoob Kara, who is part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s… Read more
Huawei, Intel complete stand alone call in China’s 3rd-phase 5G R&D test as per China’s IMT-2020 promotion group
Huawei and Intel announced they have completed a standalone 5G call test based on 3GPP Release 15 spec for the third phase of China’s 5G technology R&D trials. The trial, organized by China’s IMT-2020 promotion group, was conducted at the group’s laboratory using a Huawei 5G base station and core network and Intel’s 3rd generation… Read more
Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers: How 5G will boost Nordic and Baltic Economies
Mr Dagfinn Høybråten, Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers, recently shared his views with ITU News on the importance of the development of 5G systems in the region. Dagfinn Høybråten is the Secretary-General of the Nordic Council of Ministers…. Read more
Cignal AI: Compact Modular Optical Equipment Market to hit $1 Billion in 2018
Cignal AI Raises 200G and 400G Coherent Forecasts in Latest Quarterly Optical Applications Report Editor’s Introduction: Compact Modular Equipment is designed to address the growing interest in optical hardware disaggregation. There’s a desire to build networks from modular components, which are not coupled to a particular vendor’s hardware or software. The ability to run an optical network operating… Read more
Telstra on 5G: “Where Promise Meets Reality” + 3GPP Release 16 status
Fears that 5G use cases do not justify the extensive investments required to roll out the technology are unfounded, and the technology is going to change the world, according to Telstra CEO Andy Penn’s blog post, published to coincide with the 3GPP meeting this week,. More than 600 delegates from the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project)… Read more
IHS Markit: Microwave Network Equipment Market -1%; YoY; 5G to Boost Growth
By Richard Webb, associate director of research and analysis, service provider technology, IHS Markit Highlights: The total worldwide microwave network equipment market declined by 5 percent quarter over quarter – and by 1 percent year over year – in the second quarter of 2018 (Q2 2018), falling to $1.03 billion. Revenue in the second quarter… Read more
IHS Markit: SD-WAN revenue was $221M in 2Q-2018; P&S Intelligence: CAGR of 54.1% during 2018-2023
IHS-Markit Analysis, by Cliff Grossner, PhD, IHS Markit Sr Research Director SD-WAN (appliance + control and management software) revenue reached $221M in 2Q18, up 25% QoQ and 2x over 2Q17. VMware led the SD-WAN market with 18% share of 2Q18 revenue, Aryaka was in second place with 15% revenue share, and Cisco enters the top… Read more
Reliance Jio Blankets India with Inexpensive 4G Service; Where are the Profits?
India has the second largest number of Internet users in the world- second only to China. But only in the last two years has India moved to true broadband wireless service. Mukesh Ambani, head of Reliance Industries, one of India’s largest conglomerates, has shelled out $35 billion of the company’s money to blanket the South Asian… Read more