Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car – Qualcomm and LG Pushing 5G in Vehicles

Qualcomm Incorporated through its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., and LG Electronics (LG) announced coordinated efforts to facilitate testing and adoption of 5G and Cellular-V2X (C-V2X) communications into vehicles. Qualcomm Technologies and LG expect to showcase these next-generation wireless technologies through trials during the first half of 2018. This work builds on the long-established relationship between…

Radisys Introduces CellEngine 5G RAN

Radisys, the services acceleration company, today announced the availability of its CellEngine 5G RAN Version 1.0 software for communications service providers. By delivering a modular well-tested software, available as licensed source code, Radisys is enabling a time-to-market advantage for its global communications service provider customers. Initial customer deployments are leveraging the software for Internet of…

To Me, To You – KDDI and Samsung Demo 5G Handover

KDDI and Samsung Electronics today announced they have successfully completed a 5G handover trial. It is Japan’s first ever 5G multi-cell handover test using the 28GHz spectrum to be conducted in a real outdoor environment, on Tokyo’s metropolitan expressway amongst towering skyscrapers. The 5G handover was successfully carried out in a test divided into two…

GSMA and G(m)SA Share Similar Names Now to Co-Operate on 5G Spectrum

The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) and the GSMA today announced an agreement that will help pave the way for the development of 5G mobile broadband networks globally. Through this cooperation framework, the two organisations will share and collaborate on spectrum management issues with particular reference to the allocation, harmonisation and market availability of new…

Nokia and AT&T Stream TV Over 5G in 39 GHz

Nokia and AT&T are collaborating to further advance 5G technology in the 39 GHz band by recently completing fixed wireless 5G tests with AT&T’s Internet TV streaming service, DIRECTV NOW. Nokia achieved this world’s first by delivering a 39 GHz system based on its commercially available AirScale radio access platform. The test demonstrates how new…

5G on the Horizon for 11 Cities from Verizon

Verizon will deliver 5G pre-commercial services to select customers in 11 markets throughout the country on its newly built 5G network. Verizon’s 5G build is the largest proving ground in the world and encompasses several hundred cell sites that cover several thousand customer locations. Verizon will begin offering 5G to pilot customers during the first…

Viavi Solutions Say 25 Operators Testing 5G

Viavi Solutions has released new industry data on the state of 5G trials globally. Despite 5G standards not being expected until 2020, 25 mobile operators have already announced that they are lab testing “5G”. Among those, 12 report having progressed to field testing. An additional four operators have announced their plans for 5G trials. Five…

BT and Huawei Slicing 5G Networks

BT and Huawei today announced new research into how ‘network slicing’ – a method of carving out specific ‘slices’ of an IP-based network for dedicated purposes – may be used to support services delivered over tomorrow’s 5G networks. Today’s announcement builds on the wide-ranging 5G collaboration agreement signed by the two companies in December, and…