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Race to 5G: It’s all about the Internet Of Things (IoT)
by Reinhardt Krause, Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) Note: The content manager and moderator of this website strongly disagrees with the theme of this article. We don’t think IoT is a valid use case for 5G because most IoT devices are low bandwidth and low duty cycle. Also, the 5G standards won’t be finalized till late 2020… Read more
“Real” 5G Is Far in Future; Service Providers Struggling to Find Compelling Use Cases
By Stéphane Téral, senior research director, mobile infrastructure and carrier economics, IHS Markit Bottom Line 5G will come in two waves: first, sub-6GHz in 2017, followed by the “real” 5G at higher spectrum bands—millimeter wave (mmWave)—in 2020 Sub-6GHz spectrum is not new: it’s where existing mobile and wireless communications already coexist Service providers in the… Read more
Worldwide Radio Access Network (RAN) hits $5B; China’s booming RAN & IoT Markets
Outlook and Analysis: Operators worldwide are deploying Centralized (C)-RAN architectures to bring simplicity, agility, flexibility and efficiency to mobile networks. However, this is nowhere more apparent than in Asia Pacific, where China has overtaken Japan in C-RAN deployments. In 2015, China Mobile and China Unicom finally managed to convince their government that C-RAN was the… Read more
Activities of forums/ standards bodies contributing work to ITU-R 5G (IMT-2020)
Introduction: In early 2012, ITU-R embarked on a programme to develop “IMT for 2020 and beyond”, setting the stage for “5G” research activities that are emerging around the world. Here AGAIN is the ITU-R “5G” standardization timeline: More info at: http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/study-groups/rsg5/rwp5d/imt-2020/Pages/default.aspx Forums & Standards Bodies working on 5G: 1. NGMN Triggered by ITU WP 5D… Read more
Mobile Infrastructure Spending in China Jumped 51% in 2014 (Infonetics); Grafting Probe to End 4G Party in China?
Infonetics Research, now part of IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), today reported that mobile infrastructure spending soared in 2014, led by W-CDMA network expansion at China Unicom and robust TD-LTE eNodeB deployments at China Mobile. Based on Infonetics’ 2015 global Mobile Infrastructure Equipment report, the country specific Mobile Infrastructure and Subscribers in China market share, size… Read more
Cutting through the Hype: Will the real 4G (LTE-A) please stand up and tell us what 5G is?
Introduction: While LTE roll-outs continue to increase, especially in developed countries, LTE Advanced (true 4G as defined by ITU-R) has not been deployed on a large scale anywhere that we know of (ABI Research disagrees- see section below). We’re told by Stephane Teral (quoted below), LTE Advanced is just a software upgrade from LTE. If… Read more
Dell’Oro: Telecom equipment revenues to grow 5% through 2020; Huawei increases market share
Dell’Oro analysts say first half global telecom equipment [1.] revenues were up 4% YoY in 1st half of 2020, as 5G infrastructure investments offset declines due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The market research firm forecasts a 5% advance for the entire year. Rollouts of 5G wireless, especially in China, were a primary… Read more
Ookla: Global performance of Apple’s in-house designed C1 modem in iPhone 16e
Apple designed the C1 modem entirely in-house [1.] as part of its Apple Silicon efforts, a significant move to reduce its reliance on external vendors like Qualcomm. The C1 modem is featured in the iPhone 16e and is manufactured by TSMC, which produces the chip on 4nm and 7nm process nodes. The C1 modem supports… Read more
Omdia on resurgence of Huawei: #1 RAN vendor in 3 out of 5 regions; RAN market has bottomed
Market research firm Omdia (owned by Informa) says Huawei remains the number one RAN vendor in three out of five large geographical regions. Far from being fatally weakened by U.S. government sanctions, Huawei today looks as big and strong as ever. Its sales last year were the second highest in its history and only 4%… Read more
ITU-R WP5D IMT 2030 Submission & Evaluation Guidelines vs 6G specs in 3GPP Release 20 & 21
Like previous generations of international mobile telecommunications (IMT) recommendations, ITU-R defines the 6G terrestrial radio access network requirements while 3GPP develops the standardized technology specifications that will be the project’s candidate to the ITU-R process. The target date for “Technology proposals for IMT-2030 RIT/SRITs” has been defined by ITU-R to be early 2029, and resulting… Read more