Samsung Electronics today announced that it is hosting the ‘3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) working group’ to complete the 5G mobile communication standards in Busan from May 21st to 25th. This meeting will finalize the relevant standard technologies for 5G commercialization. Continue reading “Samsung hosts 3GPP final meeting for 5G network commercialization”
OPPO today has announced that it has successfully demoed world’s first 5G video call using 3D structured light technology. The demonstration reproduced a 3D portrait image on a remote receiver using portrait information collected structured-light 3D camera of an OPPO phone and 5G NR terminal prototypes from Qualcomm. Continue reading “OPPO demos world’s first 5G video call using 3D structured light technology, coming to smartphones soon”
At the ongoing Qualcomm 4G/5G summit, Qualcomm officially introduced the Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 5G modem and has demoed the 5G data connectivity on a single-chip 5G modem. The company with its 5G modem was able to deliver 1-gigabit per second download speeds and a data connection of 28GHz mmWave radio frequency band combined with advanced signal processing technologies.
Nokia has announced 5G FIRST end-to-end 5G solution that incorporates AirScale and AirFrame technology, including AirScale massive MIMO Adaptive Antenna, Cloud Packet Core and mobile transport to bring new capabilities to operators. Nokia will make its commercial 5G FIRST end-to-end solution available in the second half of 2017. Continue reading “Nokia 5G FIRST end-to-end 5G solution announced in partnership with Verizon”
We got the official 5G logo earlier this month. Earlier this week the International Telcommunication Union (ITU) released a new report to confirm minimum requirements related to technical performance for IMT-2020 or 5G radio interface(s) which support the new capabilities of systems beyond IMT-2000 and IMT-Advanced. This outlines 13 specs that will need to be met for networks to call themselves 5G.
Continue reading “5G specifications announced: 20Gbps download and 10Gbps upload”
Samsung has announced that it is joining hands with Arqiva, communications infrastructure and media services provider to conduct the United Kingdom’s first 5G trials with a focus on Fixed Wireless Access. The trial is set to take place in the second half of 2017 in London and will involve the deployment of an end-to-end 5G FWA solution network in the city centre, operating in the 28 GHz band. Continue reading “Samsung, Arqiva to conduct 5G trials in UK this year”
Verizon has announced that it will deliver 5G pre-commercial services to select customers in 11 cities throughout in the US on its newly built 5G network. Continue reading “Verizon to test 5G in 11 cities across U.S. this year”
Samsung Electronics has announced commercial readiness of its 5G RF Integrated Circuit (RFIC) which is a key component in the production and commercialization of next-generation base station and other radio access products. The first RFIC-equipped solution is expected to be announced early next year. Continue reading “Samsung announces commercial readiness of its RFIC chip for 5G”
Ericsson has just become the first company to introduce a 5G network platform that will help current networks evolve smoothly into the next generation network.
Continue reading “Ericsson introduces world’s first 5G network platform”
3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has officially announced that 5G would become the official name of the next generation of mobile wireless standard succeeding 4G technologies like LTE and LTE-Advanced. It also introduced a new 5G logo with new wave pattern that will be used on 3GPP 5G specifications from Release 15 onwards. Continue reading “5G the next generation cellular data standard gets a new logo”
Singtel and Ericsson have teamed up to bring 5G innovation in Singapore. The duo has completed live demonstration of the potential of 5G. Continue reading “Singtel and Ericsson complete 5G live demonstration in Singapore”
Nokia is all set to demonstrate a 5G network running on commercial platforms at 5G World. Following the successful launch in February of the industry-first 5G-ready AirScale Radio Access technology, Nokia will demonstrate AirScale working together with its Cloud Packet Core, running on a Nokia AirFrame data center platform. Continue reading “Nokia to showcase its 5G ready network at upcoming 5G World”
Intel has big plans for 5G in mobile and Internet of Things (IoT). The company has announced a couple of important partnerships with telecom players and other electronic companies, at the ongoing MWC 2016 in Barcelona.
Continue reading “Intel announces future plans for 5G, teams up with telecom players and others”
5G is the next major phase of mobile telecommunications and follows the global adoption of the 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) standard since 2012. A new report from China states that the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has started research and testing of the 5G technology.
Continue reading “China kick starts 5G research and testing”
Samsung has announced that they will be collaborating with KDDI to develop next generation 5G technologies. The brands had previously collaborated to innovate 3G and 4G technologies.
Continue reading “Samsung collaborates with KDDI to create 5G technologies”
