Search Results for: IMT 2020
Dialog Axiata launches mobile 5G pilot network in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s largest mobile network operator by subscribers, Dialog Axiata has launched what it says is South Asia’s first “fully standards based 5G” pilot service in collaboration with Huawei. Of course, that’s impossible because the IMT 2020 5G recommendations for ITU-R and ITU-T won’t be completed till the end of 2020 or later. The successful… Read more
China IT Minister: 5G Licenses Coming this Year; Deployment timing dependent on technology maturation
by Yang Ge (edited by Alan J Weissberger) China will issue 5G wireless communications licenses by year-end, the nation’s telecoms minister said, as the country pushes aggressively into 5G before the IMT 2020 standard or 3GPP Release 16 spec are completed. “I expect 5G licenses will be issued at some point this year,” Minister of… Read more
China Telecom to accelerate 5G deployment; 100% Fiber network coverage; Gigabit fiber broadband deployment
According to its latest financial report published today, China Telecom has big plans for 5G. The report states in part: New technologies represented by 5G and AI are integrating and evolving, enabling them to support supply-side structural reform, which will lead to a rapid expansion of potential value for digital economy. As the next generation infrastructure, 5G network will become… Read more
Verizon and AT&T want to virtualize the 5G Network Core and use Mobile Edge Computing
Verizon: As we reported earlier this week, Verizon announced the first deployment of it’s mobile 5G network with Chicago and Minneapolis going live on April 11. The nation’s largest mobile network operator says the service will be available in “select areas” in those markets, and it plans to bring an additional 30 markets online later this year…. Read more
Verizon Announces Mobile 5G for April 11, 2019 in Chicago and Minneapolis
Verizon plans to deploy its mobile 5G “ultra wideband” network in Chicago and Minneapolis on April 11th, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. Verizon CTO Kyle Malady said that the company is only starting in Chicago and Minneapolis, with only parts of the cities getting 5G coverage initially. The #1 US carrier plans… Read more
SK Telecom and IT&E to deploy “5G” FWA network in Guam and Saipan
South Korean mobile carrier SK Telecom (SKT) is in discussions with Citadel Holdings (venture capital and private equity firm) and IT&E (Pacific Island telecom carrier) to deploy a 5G network in Guam and Saipan [Guam and Saipan – part of the Marianas are separate commonwealths of the U.S.] . At a meeting held in IT&E’s… Read more
GSA 5G Security Primer vs Cisco 5G Security Challenges
The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), today issued a 5G Security Primer whitepaper, providing the industry with a top-level overview of the security considerations and required approaches necessary for securing next generation networks. 5G is expected to see huge growth in both the number of different types of applications, as well as the volume and diversity… Read more
MWC 2019: 5G smartphones are expensive, power hogs, and not interoperable!
MWC 2019 in Barcelona marked the debut of the first batch of 5G smartphones. Indeed, 5G was all anyone talked about at the mobile trade show. Except for Apple, every major handset maker plans to launch a 5G phone early this year. Here were the 5G smartphones at MWC 2019: –Huawei Mate X –LG V50 ThinQ… Read more
AT&T to shut down 3G network in 2022; Verizon at end of 2019
AT&T will shut down its 3G network in early 2022 as the company shifts its focus to 5G implementation (?) and compatible 4G LTE networks. Research firm Ovum estimates that the number of devices using 3G exceeds 85 million, while AT&T reports that 3G was still the choice for 11% of the company’s postpaid users… Read more
AT&T to shut down 3G network in 2022; Verizon at end of 2019
AT&T will shut down its 3G network in early 2022 as the company shifts its focus to 5G implementation (?) and compatible 4G LTE networks. Research firm Ovum estimates that the number of devices using 3G exceeds 85 million, while AT&T reports that 3G was still the choice for 11% of the company’s postpaid users… Read more