Tag: 5G

November 16, 2018

With its 5G Home residential broadband service up and running in four U.S. markets–Sacramento, Los Angeles, Houston and Indianapolis–Verizon Chief Financial Officer Matt Ellis this week discussed what to expect through 2019 as the company looks to expand and diversify […]

November 15, 2018

Italian carrier TIM and Samsung Electronics have signed a strategic collaboration agreement for the joint launch of TIM’s 5G services in Italy. The two companies said they intend to use every technical and commercial tool available to them to commercialize […]

November 14, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C.–Amid high anticipation for 5G capabilities and applications, the question of who is — or ought to be — responsible for ensuring security and privacy on those new networks is one that remains to be answered. Does the federal […]

November 12, 2018

With approval from Japanese financial regulators in hand, SoftBank is working toward a $21.04 billion initial public offering of its telecom business. SoftBank plans to keep around two-thirds of shares in the company and list the remainder on the Tokyo […]

November 12, 2018

Australian carrier Optus said it will launch its 5G fixed-wireless services in the cities of Canberra and Brisbane in January 2019, Australian press reported. The carrier, owned by Singapore´s Singtel, said that other major Australian cities will have 5G coverage […]

November 12, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C.–5G networks are the key to more immersive, seamless connections across device types, according to John Godfrey, SVP of public policy for Samsung. Speaking at the DC5G conference, Godfrey outlined Samsung’s vision for a 5G world: a connected, seamless […]

November 9, 2018

Qualcomm has three priorities going into 2019, CEO Steve Mollenkopf said this week on an earnings call. Those priorities are 5G, resolving an ongoing dispute with Apple and continue executing on core products. To the first priority, Mollenkopf said 5G […]

November 8, 2018

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November 8, 2018

Earlier this week, Ericsson announced it had won RAN and core business from Dish and SBA noted on an earnings call it was seeing activity from the TV powerhouse as it builds out an NB-IoT network with longer-term ambitions to […]

November 6, 2018

Operators and regulators need to work more closely through the process of allocating 5G spectrum, otherwise some countries could be left behind as commercial 5G networks go live throughout 2019 and beyond, according to the GSMA. According to its Nov. […]