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Nokia and KDDI Trial 5G with AirScale Radio on 28GHz Band

Posted on 14. May, 2017 by Pankaj in News, 5G, KDDI, Nokia, LTE

Nokia and Japanese operator KDDI have conducted a trial simulating future 5G network demands, providing high-speed, one gigabit-per-second connectivity inside an apartment block using Nokia radio technology on the 28GHz band.

AT&T Plans to Bring Faster Speeds to Over 20 Metros by End of Year

Posted on 25. Apr, 2017 by sujitg in News, 5G, AT&T, 4G, LTE

AT&T has announced 5G Evolution plans to pave the way to the next generation of faster speeds for its wireless customers with the latest devices in over 20 major metro areas by the end of this year. Operator plans to continue to lay the foundation for evolution to 5G while the 5G standards are being finalized.

Ericsson Demonstrates 5G New Radio in Indonesia

Posted on 06. Apr, 2017 by Pankaj in News, 5G, 5G New Radio, 5G NR, Ericsson, LTE

Ericsson has completed a demonstration of 5G in Indonesia, including 5G test bed, 5G New Radio (NR) and use cases such as a motion-sensing robotic arm and live 4K video streaming. The demonstration achieved a peak downlink speed of 5.74 Gbps and latency as low as 3 ms, said the company.

ASTRI, HKT, Huawei and Qualcomm to Build a Smart Mobility System for Hong Kong using Cellular-V2X

Posted on 15. Mar, 2017 by sujitg in News, 3GPP, 5G, ASTRI, Cellular-V2X, HKT, Huawei, Qualcomm, LTE

A Smart Mobility Consortium on Cellular-Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) technologies has been formed by the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI), HKT Limited, Huawei and Qualcomm Technologies.

Italtel Launches vTU Application For 5G Era

in press-release, 5G, Italtel

Video upload use case will be demoed at Mobile World Congress to showcase the solution’s suitability for fast caching and sharing of large files at crowded events

Verizon to Start Testing 5G Service in 11 Markets Across U.S. by Mid 2017

Posted on 22. Feb, 2017 by Pankaj in News, 5G, Verizon, LTE

Verizon plans to deliver 5G pre-commercial services to select customers in 11 markets throughout the country on its newly built 5G network.

ZTE to Unveil Gigabit Smartphone at Mobile World Congress 2017

Posted on 18. Feb, 2017 by sujitg in News, 5G, MWC, ZTE, LTE

ZTE plans to unveil a Gigabit smartphone at MWC 2017. Returning to Barcelona for the 13th time, the company will focus on leading 5G evolution, advancing cloudification, creating the Internet of Everything, and developing state of art devices.

Nokia and Three UK to Deploy Next-generation Cloud Core Network

Posted on 11. Feb, 2017 by Pankaj in News, 5G, IMS, Nokia, Three UK, VoLTE, LTE

Nokia and Three UK, part of CK Hutchison, plan to deploy a fully integrated cloud native core network in UK to enable massive scalability, allowing Three to rapidly respond to customers' dynamic service demands while preparing for IoT and 5G.

Telstra Launches Commercial Gigabit LTE Network

Posted on 31. Jan, 2017 by sujitg in News, 5G, Carrier Aggregation, Ericsson, Gigabit LTE, NETGEAR, Qualcomm, Telstra, MIMO, LTE

Telstra, Ericsson, Qualcomm and NETGEAR have announced a commercial launch of Gigabit LTE network and device. Telstra confirmed at the "Gigabit LTE Experience" event in Sydney today that their Gigabit LTE service has launched in select state capital city CBDs, with more to follow.

A&TT Turns Off 2G, to Repurpose Spectrum for LTE

Posted on 19. Jan, 2017 by Pankaj in News, 2G, 5G, AT&T, 3G, LTE

AT&T has discontinued 2G wireless service starting Jan. 1, 2017, company announced in a blog this week. Company had announced plan to shut down the 2G network 4 years ago.

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