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.
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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”
Qualcomm unveiled X50 5G modem at 2016 4G/5G Summit in Hong Kong. The X50 5G modem supports download speeds of up to 5Gbps which is 5x faster than the fastest 4G modem. It uilizes wide bandwidths available in the 28 GHz millimeter wave (mmWave) band combined with advanced signal processing technologies.
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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.
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Google already offers internet to places who have low or no internet access via it’s Project Loon. Now, the tech giant is working on a new project dubbed as Project SkyBender under which it is planning to beam 5G internet from solar drones, as per a latest report from The Guardian.
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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.
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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.
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Samsung has signed MoU with Korean telecommunications operator LG U+ to jointly develop next generation 5G technology. The deal is aimed at boosting Korea’s lead in 5G research.
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4G networks are being widely deployed around the world and although the technology continues to evolve, the focus now switches to 5G – the fifth generation of mobile networks. Dubbed 5G, the next generation network may still be several years away from being deployed but is the buzzword in telecommunications at the moment.
As part of a special tour of Huawei’s Chinese facilities, we learnt more about 5G and of Huawei’s role of making 5G a reality. Continue reading “5G – What is it? What are the benefits? When will it launch?”
