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Calix touts GigaSpire as smart home solution for ISPs
Calix has introduced its GigaSpire smart-home-as-a-service platform as a way for broadband providers (ISPs) to compete in the sector against larger tech firms and device-makers. The platform’s Wi-Fi gateway is combined with a smart home internet of things (IoT) management system. The premise behind GigaSpire is that service providers should pursue a smart home-as-a-service approach… Read more
WSJ Interview with John Donovan: Inside AT&T’s Plan for 5G Technology
Wireless telcos are counting on 5G’s capabilities to broaden their customer base beyond phones to new machines like driverless cars and factory robots. AT&T executives are so enticed by the promise of mixed-reality goggles, which superimpose images in users’ field of vision, that they invested in visor maker Magic Leap to help develop a market… Read more
Fujitsu, Ericsson form 5G partnership focused on Japanese market
Fujitsu has entered a strategic partnership with Ericsson aimed at delivering joint end-to-end 5G solutions, initially for the Japanese market. The two companies plan to combine their radio access and core network portfolios to deliver 5G mobile network services and solutions across Japan before expanding to other markets worldwide. The companies will also collaborate on R&D activities… 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
ITU-R’s Role in Radio Frequency Spectrum for 5G Networks of the Future
Editor’s Note: This is an edited version of an ITU blog post titled “ITU’s approach to 5G” which can be read here. Many Editor’s Notes have been added for clarification and additional details. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Introduction: When ready for deployment, 5G networks are expected to deliver more speed and capacity to support massive machine-to-machine communications and… Read more
Deutsche Telekom and SK Telecom Sign Strategic Cross-Investment Agreement in MobiledgeX and ID Quantique
Deutsche Telekom and SK Telecom today entered into a cross investment agreement to further strengthen their competitiveness in 5G and deepen their cooperation in the global market. With this agreement, the two market leaders of Korea and Germany continue their strategic partnership announced at Mobile World Congress 2016. Under the agreement, SK Telecom plans to… Read more
IHS Markit: Data Center Interconnect (DCI) is Fastest-growing Application for Optical Networking
A significant driver for innovation in the optical market, data center interconnect (DCI) is the fastest-growing application for optical networking equipment, according to a new study from business information provider IHS Markit. Eighty-six percent of service providers polled for the Optical Network Applications Survey have plans to support DCI applications in their networks. “Data center interconnect is enjoying… Read more
Comcast claim: #1 Gigabit Service Provider in the U.S. but what about “5G” BWA?
Comcast says its Xfinity Gigabit Internet and Comcast Business Gigabit services are now available to nearly all of the 58 million homes and businesses the company’s infrastructure passes in 39 states and the District of Columbia (it’s not available in Santa Clara, CA where top downstream speed is 400M bits/sec). That makes the cable MSO the… 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