Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would not risk Britain’s security when upgrading the country's 5G communications network – but said critics of Chinese technology firm Huawei must come up with an “alternative” provider.
With 5G deployments rapidly gathering momentum globally, Ericsson has launched new software and hardware solutions to expand 5G deployment options. The new solutions extend network capacity and coverage, enabling smooth network evolution, and facilitating new consumer and industry use cases.
Nokia and Taiwan Mobile (TWM) have achieved the world’s first New Radio Carrier Aggregation (NR CA) by combining spectrum in the 700MHz (n28) and 3500MHz (n78) bands.
Huawei and industry partners today jointly launched a series of industrial and consumer modules developed based on HiSilicon's 5G pre-module.
The European Union has warned that “state-backed” companies from “hostile” countries could infiltrate 5G networks to paralyse the continent, without directly referencing any particular country company.
Qualcomm has unveiled the company’s first purpose-built Internet of Things (IoT) modem solution equipped with 5G connectivity and optimized for Industrial IoT (IIoT) applications. The Qualcomm 315 5G IoT Modem-RF System is a modem-to-antenna solution
The US Department of Defense (DoD), in collaboration with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS), has launched the 5G Challenge Preliminary Event: RAN Subsystem Interoperability.
EE has launched its 5G mobile broadband plans, making it the first UK carrier to do so. The company isn't pitching its latest 5G offering as a replacement for home broadband but that is likely due to the fact that 5G availability is limited at the moment.
Connected device observability and diagnostics platform provider Memfault has been selected to participate in the 5G Open Innovation Lab (5GOIL or 5G OI Lab).
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Intel is set to ship a groundbreaking modem that will deliver data transfer rates many times faster than most wired internet connections.
A collaboration between BT Sport, Dorna, Vislink, the University of Strathclyde and MotoGP has showcased the world’s first stand-alone private 5G network for sports broadcasting.
Samsung are collaborating with Microsoft on an end-to-end, cloud-based private 5G network solution. As a part of this collaboration, the two companies plan to advance the virtualization of 5G solutions, which will include the deployment of Samsung’s virtualized RAN, virtualized Core, and Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) technologies on Microsoft Azure.
