Category: Wireless

May 18, 2022

U.K. carrier BT announced a trial of a new hyper-sensitive quantum antenna technology using “excited atomic states”, which could boost the capability of next-generation 5G and IoT networks. The operator noted that the Atomic Radio Frequency (RF) receiver technology represents […]

May 17, 2022

T-Mobile US has received permission from the Federal Communications Commission to test its recently won 3.45-3.55 GHz spectrum, to get a sense of operational characteristics in dense urban areas prior to deployment. According to filings with the FCC, T-Mo will […]

May 17, 2022

Ericsson and Intel announced a new collaboration already underway in Ericsson’s Santa Clara, California facilities called the Ericsson-Intel Tech Hub. It’s there that research and development teams from both organizations are focusing efforts on the energy efficiency and network performance […]

May 17, 2022

According to a recent PwC report, the roll out of 5G will bring value in many industries, and not just by being faster than 4G or having a wider reach than Wi-Fi 6, but because it will provide “bandwidth by […]

May 16, 2022

In many ways, today’s cars are rolling smartphones. When we peel back the layers of this statement, it signifies a shift in the mindset of how we think about vehicles today and sheds a light on a broader industry trend […]

May 16, 2022

Telia Norway and Ericsson have carried out 5G tests using mmWave spectrum, achieving download speeds of close to 4 Gbps, the vendor said in a release. The 26 GHz mmWave tests in the Norwegian cities of Oslo, Trondheim and Lillestrøm […]

May 16, 2022

According to Opensignal, mid-band 5G is making cellular much more competitive with Wi-Fi for mobile experiences like gaming and surfing the web. “Opensignal’s latest analysis demonstrates that smartphone users now have superior average download speeds using 5G than on Wifi […]

May 16, 2022

We’ve all heard about the amazing opportunities 5G will open up for service providers: mass-scale Internet of Things (IoT) installations, ultra-low latencies, and dozens of new enterprise and industrial use cases, all just around the corner. Yet so far, 5G […]

May 16, 2022

There’s a lot to like about Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN). It frees mobile operators and private network operators to choose hardware and software from multiple vendors rather than being locked into a single supplier’s ecosystem. That can reduce capex […]

May 13, 2022

Bridging the digital divide is a focus of governments and operators around the world. The primary stumbling block is finding the right balance between conducive policy and incentivization with economic feasibility and new service revenue generation. In the past fiber […]