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ZTE Completes Multi-Scenario 5G Test; More to come this year
According to China Knowledge, An insider from ZTE said on social media that the company has completed what it claims was the first 5G call, internet and WeChat connection all in the same test. The company completed the test using the same simulation system at its Shanghai R&D Center that it used to complete a… Read more
Morgan Stanley: Hello Europe, 5G is on the line!
by Emmet Kelly, Head of European Telecoms Research for Morgan Stanley Introduction 5G technology promises to deliver faster download speeds, a far more efficient use of the mobile spectrum and denser networks with fewer white spots. For both industries and consumers, 5G will better enable technology like the Internet of Things to power smart factories, drive connected… Read more
ITU-T SG15: G.mtn Metro Transport Network + Transport Support for IMT2020/5G Networks
ZTE and China Mobile report that standardization work for a multi company January 2018 contribution on Slicing Packet Network (SPN) technology was approved as a future ITU-T recommendation for “Metro Transport Networks” (G.mtn) at the October 8-19, 2018 ITU-T SG15 meeting in Geneva. ITU-T SG15 Q11 focused much of the October meeting on topics related to… Read more
5G interoperability tests using Alef Mobitech’s mobile edge platform
Several major tech companies and an unnamed global mobile carrier have declared their tests of 5G interoperability a success. Alef Mobitech‘s mobile edge platform for the technology can be “reliably deployed into national mobile networks as a seamless, transparent overlay on their existing 4G infrastructure,” Alef says. HP, Cisco, Nokia, Huawei, Dell and Ericsson conducted the… Read more
3GPP Workshop: IMT 2020 Submission to ITU-R WP5D and Timelines for 5G Standards Completion
3GPP RAN for IMT 2020, by Balazs Bertenyi, Chairman of 3GPP RAN (Nokia): The Workshop on 3GPP submission towards IMT-2020 was held in Brussels, Belgium, October 24-25, 2018, hosted by the European Commission. The meeting was intended to inform the Independent Evaluation Groups and the industry in general about the 5G mobile communication system and… Read more
Samsung Partners with NEC and Qualcomm for 5G, Licenses Nokia Patents
Samsung has announced a new 5G partnership agreement with NEC aimed at exploring new business opportunities in the global telecom market. The two electronics/ network equipment companies will combine their 5G technologies and capabilities to provide mobile operators with 5G solutions that are localized for each region, and include customized services and flexible architectures to… Read more
Updated information on China’s IMT-2020 Submission
1 Introduction At its 29th meeting of ITU-R Working Party (WP) 5D, China submitted in Document 5D/838 the initial characteristics template of the candidate technology for the terrestrial components of IMT-2020. The initial characteristics template was based on 3GPP development, and includes the key characteristics description according to the progress in 3GPP at that time…. Read more
SVIEF Kai-Fu Lee Keynote: Era of AI, Rise of China, U.S. vs China, etc & All Star Panel Session (?)
Well respected technologist, entrepreneur, writer and AI researcher Kai-Fu Lee, PhD presented a powerful and very incisive keynote speech on September 29th at the SVIEF conference in Santa Clara, CA. The title of his talk was all encompassing and compelling: “Era of AI, the Rise of China, and the Future of Work.” Author’s Note: I… Read more
“America-first, 5G-first”- U.S. 5G leadership is a national imperative
After a meeting with key telecom executives, the Trump administration said it wants to help the wireless industry deploy “5G” quickly. National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said that 5G support aligns with lower-tax and deregulation policies that encourage private sector growth, adding the U.S. supports an “America-first, 5G-first” approach. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit… Read more
Global Data: APAC telcos to have 477M 5G subs by 2023 vs F &S 5G Landscape in Asia
Asia-Pacific’s mobile operators are expected to have a combined 477 million 5G subscriptions by 2023, according to a new report “Mobile Broadband Trends in Asia-Pacific” by GlobalData. The market research firm said that it expects the first 5G service launches by operators in the region next year. Total mobile users in Asia-Pacific are meanwhile on track to… Read more