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EE, Qualcomm declare European 5G first
Wednesday 20 April, 2022 | 5G Digest | Latest News
UK operator EE claimed to be the first European player to successfully aggregate a 5G signal using seven different spectrum carriers, with speeds topping 2.2Gb/s in laboratory tests. The experiment was performed in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies, and used five 4G ...
5G standalone makes progress in Germany
Monday 11 April, 2022 | 5G Digest | Latest News
Deutsche Telekom is making progress on its 5G standalone (SA) network, with more than 5,000 antennas now compatible with the technology in the 3.6 GHz band, although it has yet to announce when it will commercially launch the advanced service. Vodafone Germany has already ...
GSMA launches new whitepaper: Telco Edge Cloud Value & Achievements
Friday 25 March, 2022 | Latest News | TEC Trials
The GSMA launched the Telco Edge Cloud (TEC) initiative two years ago, with 19 operators committing to design and develop a global edge computing service based on the federation of the edge infrastructure of multiple providers. Working in parallel to the GSMA Operator ...
Vodafone pushes ahead with 5G SA coverage and applications
Monday 21 March, 2022 | 5G Digest | Latest News
Vodafone UK has partnered with Ericsson to complete the first 5G standalone (SA) network slicing trial in the UK, providing the low latency and high bandwidth needed for a VR application. Additionally, in Germany Vodafone has announced plans to achieve nationwide coverage of ...
Mobile Momentum: 5G connections to surpass 1 billion in 2022, says GSMA
Tuesday 15 March, 2022 | Latest News | mmWave
According to the GSMA, 5G connections will surpass 1 billion in 2022 and 2 billion by 2025. By the end of 2025, 5G will account for over a fifth of total mobile connections, and more than two in five people globally will live within reach of a 5G network, according to ...
High Altitude Platform System – A point of view from the mobile operators
Sunday 27 February, 2022 | HAPS | Latest News
The Mobile Industry has as a primary objective to provide services to citizens and positively contribute to global digital inclusion. According to The Mobile Economy 2021 report from the GSMA, 8% of the global population did not have access to mobile services. However, there ...
Qualcomm outlines 5G-Advanced sustainability goals
Tuesday 21 December, 2021 | 5G Digest | Latest News
The inaugural standard release of 3GPP 5G-Advanced specifications will boost network efficiency and effectiveness, as outlined by Qualcomm’s VP of engineering Juan Montojo to Mobile World Live (MWL). Improving sustainability in new and evolving technologies is one of the key ...
GSMA Announces Formation of 5G mmWave Accelerator Initiative as part of Continued 5G Global Support
Friday 17 December, 2021 | Latest News | mmWave
In November, the GSMA announced the formation of a global accelerator initiative to drive awareness of 5G mmWave technology. The operators, China Unicom, NTT DOCOMO, Telstra, TIM and, Verizon, and vendors Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies Inc. will share mmWave ...
Open RAN momentum continues to build in the UK and Japan
Monday 13 December, 2021 | Latest News | Open RAN
The UK Government has announced an update to its plans for accelerating the deployment of open RAN networks in the country. This includes increased funding for open RAN projects and new targets for operators to run 35% of the UK’s mobile network traffic over open RAN by ...
Ericsson acquires Vonage in a deal for 5G enterprise innovation
Friday 3 December, 2021 | 5G Digest | Latest News
Ericsson has announced an agreement to acquire the IP communications business Vonage for $6.2 billion. Pending regulatory review and clearance, the deal is expected to close in H1 2022. Vonage is best known for its roots as a consumer VoIP telephony business before WhatsApp ...
5G powering ahead in China
Friday 3 December, 2021 | 5G Digest | Latest News
The Chinese mobile operators have reported a sharp increase in 5G mobile tariff additions, with the country-wide total reaching 670 million 5G-capable tariffs as of October. While this does not represent the actual number of 5G subscribers – which GSMA Intelligence estimates ...
New AR/VR product launches show the metaverse is not just hype
Monday 15 November, 2021 | AR/VR Digest | Latest News
Recent product announcements highlight how the market for augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) services is quickly maturing. Qualcomm has unveiled Snapdragon Spaces, a developer kit for creating AR applications. Nvidia has unveiled two new core capabilities of its Omniverse ...
European open RAN initiatives move to the next phase
Monday 15 November, 2021 | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News | Open RAN
The German government last week announced the first projects to receive support from a €300 million fund created to develop and test open RAN technology. One of the winning projects is an open RAN test lab run by a consortium of partners including Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone ...
Network vendors announce new solutions at MWC LA
Monday 1 November, 2021 | 5G Digest | Latest News | Open RAN
Several network vendors used MWC LA to showcase their latest products. Samsung and Ciena announced they have entered into an agreement to deliver 5G solutions to the market. The combined offer will comprise an end-to-end solution set, including Samsung’s 5G RAN and core ...
KDDI, Deutsche Telekom, MobiledgeX, Sturfee and Mawari demonstrate next generation AR mobile app experience in alignment with GSMA TEC initiative
Tuesday 26 October, 2021 | 5G Digest | Latest News | TEC Trials
October 26, 2021 – MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS 2021 LOS ANGELES KDDI Corporation (headquartered in Tokyo, Japan; hereinafter “KDDI”), Deutsche Telekom AG, MobiledgeX, Sturfee and Mawari have jointly developed a mobile application proof of concept to demonstrate ...
FCC sets mid-band spectrum auction in motion
Monday 11 October, 2021 | 5G | 5G Digest | Latest News
In the US, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) began Auction 110 on 5 October, allowing operators another chance to acquire mid-band spectrum for 5G. The auction will offer 100 MHz in the 3.45–3.55 GHz band, with spectrum being auctioned in each of the US’s partial ...
Apple’s new iPhone iterates and expands 5G coverage
Monday 20 September, 2021 | 5G | 5G Digest | Latest News
Apple held its annual device launch event in California this week – a gathering that did not release any ‘big bangs’ but rather iterated to bring new functionality and, most important, wider availability. The new iPhone 13 is the successor to the 5G-supported iPhone 12 ...
Network shutdowns accelerate as operators eye the 4G/5G opportunity
Monday 6 September, 2021 | 5G Digest | Latest News
Telefónica Deutschland (O2) has announced it is accelerating the shutdown of its 3G network in various regions of Germany. Though the end of 2021 was its original target, the company will convert the majority of 3G sites as early as September and carry out the last ...
Airtel and Intel team up to accelerate 5G in India
Monday 26 July, 2021 | 5G Digest | Latest News
Bharti Airtel and Intel have announced a collaboration to fast-track the move of Airtel’s customer base to 5G by leveraging vRAN and O-RAN technologies. Flexible, software-defined network architecture will allow the operator to offer targeted services and address customer ...
AT&T to develop first “at scale” 5G smart city
Monday 26 July, 2021 | 5G Digest | Latest News
AT&T and JBG Smith are working together to create the first 5G smart city “at scale” in the US. Using both sub-6 GHz and mmWave 5G spectrum, AT&T will commence infrastructure deployments in the first half of 2022. AT&T and JBG Smith are looking to create a ...