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UK Government avoids deciding on Huawei and 5G

A final decision on the role Huawei can play in building Britain’s 5G mobile networks has been left to the new prime minister. Culture secretary and digital minister Jeremy Wright said it would be wrong to make specific decisions on Huawei while the US position on the Chinese company remained unclear.

UK Huawei 5G

·6 years ago

Spirent and Nokia Partner to Accelerate 5G Lifecycle Testing

Spirent Communications and Nokia today announced successful deployment of a first of a kind 5G Lab as a Service for Nokia’s Oulu-based network infrastructure testing labs.

5G News

·9 years ago

Samsung to launch Korea’s first private 5G network with NAVER Cloud

Samsung and NAVER Cloud have joined together to switch on South Korea’s first private 5G network. Deployed at NAVER’s new second headquarters, “1784,” Samsung’s network solution will support NAVER’s private 5G commercial service.

Samsung 5G Connected

·4 years ago

Three confirms 5G plans will be unlimited and at no extra cost

Three is giving customers all the freedom they need to use 5G whenever and however they wish without worrying about any hidden or extra costs as the company announced that all new and existing customers will have access to 5G with no speed caps and at no extra cost on all contract, SIM only and PAYG mobile plans.

5G Connected Three UK

·6 years ago

Vodafone Warns UK Will Lose 5G Lead If Huawei Equipment Removed

Vodafone has issued a warning about the removal of Huawei equipment from mobile networks on national security grounds.

Connected UK Vodafone UK 5G

·6 years ago

Ericsson scores exclusive deal bringing 5G to the Faroe Islands

Ericsson has scored an exclusive 5G Core and Radio Access Network (RAN) deal with Faroese Telecom, the Faroe Islands’ leading and incumbent communications service provider.

5G Connected

·4 years ago

UK Government defeats rebels over Huawei 5G

The UK government has defeated an amendment proposed by a group of rebel Conservative MPs trying to stop UK telecommunications operators from using "high risk vendors" in the near future.

Huawei 5G UK

·6 years ago

FAA directs Boeing operators to take extra precautions due to 5G rollout

US federal safety officials are directing operators of some Boeing planes to adopt extra procedures when landing on wet or snowy runways near impending 5G service

US 5G

·4 years ago

UK looking for 5G alternatives in Japan

After doing a massive U-turn and banning Huawei’s 5G equipment for deployment on nationwide networks, with a goal of completely eradicating the telecom operator from the country by 2027, the UK government is looking for substitutes, and has reportedly contacted Japan.

5G Connected UK

·5 years ago

Verizon and Samsung plan to release 5G smartphone in U.S. in first half of 2019

Verizon and Samsung plan to bring one of the first commercial 5G smartphones to market in the first half of 2019. The companies will unveil a proof of concept, powered by the upcoming flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile Platform with the Snapdragon X50 5G NR modem and antenna modules with integrated RF transceiver, RF front-end and antenna elements, at the annual Qualcomm Snapdragon Technology Summit in Maui this week.

US Samsung 5G Connected

·7 years ago

Samsung Boosts Wi-Fi Connections in Subways using 5G mmWave

Samsung has successfully demonstrated improved Wi-Fi service in a fast-moving subway train using its 5G mmWave solution as a backhaul in Seoul, Korea.

Samsung 5G Connected

·4 years ago

Verizon launches On Site 5G

Verizon Business has launched 'On Site 5G', which is the network’s first commercially available, private 5G network solution in the US. Custom-designed and managed by Verizon, On Site 5G networks will allow large enterprise and public sector customers to bring Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband capabilities to indoor or outdoor facilities where high 5G speed, high-capacity, low-latency connectivity is crucial, regardless of whether the premises is within a public 5G Ultra Wideband coverage area.

Connected US 5G

·5 years ago

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