Search Results for: IMT 2020
Open RAN Policy Coalition: U.S. attempt to exclude Chinese 5G network equipment vendors?
Believe it or not, there is now a third Open RAN consortium, joining the ORAN Alliance and TIP OpenRAN. Even more astonishing is that none of the three consortiums have any liaison or co-operation with ITU-R or ITU-T which are standardizing 5G as IMT 2020 radio and non-radio aspects, respectively. Nor do these consortiums liaise… Read more
Empowering Low-Power Wide-Area Networks to Meet the IoT Challenge
by Swarun Kumar, PhD, Assistant Professor – Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Introduction: The Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly expanding to connect everyday objects in homes, office buildings, retail stores and factories, impacting sectors as diverse as manufacturing, agriculture and public governance. While conversations around “5-G and beyond” traditionally focus on… Read more
Verizon Q1 earnings beat; loses postpaid phone & Fios TV subs, adds Fios internet subs; 5G & fiber build-out on track
Verizon reported higher-than-expected adjusted net income in the first quarter of 2020 – a period where the coronavirus pandemic weighed on the carrier’s wireless business. Verizon was forced to close 70% of its stores because of the stay at home orders. Verizon said its networks performed strongly in the face of increased traffic stemming from… Read more
Verizon Q1 earnings beat; loses postpaid phone & Fios TV subs, adds Fios internet subs; 5G & fiber build-out on track
Verizon reported higher-than-expected adjusted net income in the first quarter of 2020 – a period where the coronavirus pandemic weighed on the carrier’s wireless business. Verizon was forced to close 70% of its stores because of the stay at home orders. Verizon said its networks performed strongly in the face of increased traffic stemming from… Read more
GSA: 95 different “5G” devices commercially available- a 41% increase in 1 month!
The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) today reported that the number of commercially available 5G devices had increased by 41% in the last month. There are now 95 different 5G devices now commercially available out of over 280 announced devices. This demonstrates continued and significant growth since GSA’s last report in March, which recorded 253… Read more
Europe and U.S. to delay 5G deployments; China to accelerate 5G
Up until the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world hard in late February, 5G seemed a priority for most wireless network operators. Now, with across the board cutbacks everywhere, it will be much further down the must do list for 2020. In the absence of any new 5G applications or completion of 3GPP 5G Phase 2… Read more
Nikkei Asian Review: Apple to delay 5G iPhone, but no opportunity lost
Apple will likely delay the launch of its first 5G iPhones, originally scheduled for September, as the coronavirus pandemic threatens global demand and disrupts the company’s product development schedule, sources familiar with the matter have told the Nikkei Asian Review. The company has held internal discussions on the possibility of delaying the launch by months,… Read more
5G Patent Wars: Are Nokia’s 3,000 “5G” Patent Declarations Legit?
A Nokia press release today, Nokia announces over 3,000 5G patent declarations, the company declared more than 3,000 patent families to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) which were said to be “essential for the 5G standard.” We wonder what 5G standard is that as IMT 2020 has not yet been completed? Neither has 3GPP… Read more
Strategy Analytics: Huawei 1st among top 5 contributors to 3GPP 5G specs
Even though there are more than 600 member companies participating in 3GPP, their 5G specification process is actually led by only a few leading telecom companies. New research from Strategy Analytics analyzes the contributions to 3GPP 5G specifications (Release 15 and Release 16) and finds that 13 companies contributed more than 78% 5G related papers… Read more
Telstra’s 5G network expands to 32 Australian cities; CEO Andrew Penn: “mmW to supercharge 5G”
Telstra has rolled out 5G network coverage to selected areas in 32 major and regional cities. It aims to deliver 5G into 35 cities by mid-year. “More than 4 million people pass through our 5G footprint,” said Telstra CEO Andrew Penn. …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Telstra 5G coverage in Australia: We’re busy rolling out 5G, and our coverage… Read more