Nokia and leading Japanese operator KDDI have conducted a country-first 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. The trial, conducted between the KDDI Research Building and an apartment approximately 100 meters away, achieved speeds in excess of 1Gbps on…
Qualcomm Technologies, SoftBank and Sprint have jointly agreed to develop technologies for 5G, including the 3GPP New Radio (NR) standard in Band 41 (2.5GHz) for accelerated wide-scale 5G deployments. The companies plan to provide commercial services and devices in late 2019. Additional details will be provided by the companies in due course.
NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today its new medium-term strategy for implementation through the 2020 fiscal year, effective immediately. The plan focuses on six declarations that DOCOMO will act upon to realize a more innovative business structure in the coming era of 5G. The underlying objectives of the “Declaration beyond” plan are 1) to exceed the…
NIST has launched the 5G mmWave Channel Model Alliance to accelerate the development and use of accurate measurements and models for next-generation communications technology. By bringing together researchers from multiple stakeholders—including communications technology companies, academia and government—NIST is accelerating 5G innovation. The widespread use of 5G technologies is expected to produce $3.5 trillion in output…
Infrastructure provider Belarusian Cloud Technologies (beCloud) and Chinese equipment manufacturer Huawei claim to have successfully demonstrated speeds of 2Gbps in their 5G technology test zone at the TIBO-2017 telecoms event in Minsk. The tests were carried out on a demonstration network built at the event, reporting download speeds more than double those currently available theoretically…
NI (Nasdaq: NATI), the provider of platform-based systems that enable engineers and scientists to solve the world’s greatest engineering challenges, and AT&T*(NYSE: T) today announced their collaboration on one of the world’s fastest and most accurate tools for 5G Millimeter Wave (mmWave) channel characterization. mmWave frequencies look to play a big role in the future…
Elisa and Nokia have successfully tested 5G technology on the 3.5 GHz band, the first time this has been achieved in Europe. The test, which took place in Rusko, Finland, on 7 April, achieved data speeds multiple times higher than current commercial 4G-based networks. In the test, a 5G signal was transmitted on the 3.5…
Launching Spectrum Plan for 5G tests, the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) has made available 100 to 200 MHz in the 3.4-3.6 GHz band and up to 1 000 MHz in the 26 GHz band for 5G tests. These bands are, together with the 700 MHz band, identified as initial pioneer bands for 5G…
South Korea`s No. 2 mobile carrier KT Corp. on Monday said the company plans to expand ties with U.S. Verizon Communications and jointly demonstrated the world`s first hologram call that can be used on a fifth-generation network. KT said its head Hwang Chang-kyu and his counterpart Lowell McAdam, the CEO of Verizon, held a meeting…
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