In telecommunications, 5G is the fifth generation technology standard for broadband cellular networks, which cellular phone companies began deploying worldwide in 2019, and is the planned successor to the 4G networks which provide connectivity to most current cellphones. 5G networks are predicted to have more than 1.7 billion subscribers worldwide by 2025, according to the GSM Association. Like its predecessors, 5G networks are cellular networks, in which the service area is divided into small geographical areas called cells. All 5G wireless devices in a cell are connected to the Internet and telephone network by radio waves through a local antenna in the cell. The main advantage of the new networks is that they will have greater bandwidth, giving higher download speeds, eventually up to 10 gigabits per second (Gbit/s). Source: Wikipedia

Open collaboration will help bring about a single 5G standard

At the FT-ETNO Summit held in Brussels, Huawei executive director and Products & Solutions president Ryan Ding said, “5G will be one of the cornerstones of industry digitalisation. A single

Read more

Ericsson announces a 5G access network – but what is 5G?

On August 31, 2016, Ericsson announced the launch of its new AIR 6468 cellular radio. Ericsson stated that together with the 5G Plug-Ins announced in June, and the (already available)

Read more

China officially begins 5G testing as ZTE completes phase 1 tests of key technologies

ZTE Corporation, an international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile internet, announced the successful completion of phase-1 tests of key 5G wireless technologies as part

Read more

The impact of IoT on a digital experience

We can see the impact of IoT everywhere but to conclude our blog series we will discuss the impact IoT is having on our digital experience and more specifically the

Read more

Neural Technologies claims 100% accuracy for new Minotaur 10 revenue assurance solution

Risk management and analytics expert Neural Technologies announced the release of Minotaur 10, featuring “100% accurate real-time rating capability”. The newly released platform offers customers an enhanced value proposition with 5G

Read more

Zuckerberg, Google, 5G and the battle for Africa

It is as if Mark Zuckerberg cannot help himself. He is nice to the communications industry one moment, and then has a swipe at it the next.

Read more

MYCOM OSI reveals Experience Assurance and Analytics blueprint for managing digital service experience

MYCOM OSI, has announced a new solution blueprint – Experience Assurance and Analytics (EAA) – for CSPs to manage digital services in highly automated virtualised network environments, and especially the

Read more

Ericsson and KDDI to evaluate performance and applications of potential 5G components

Ericsson has announced a 5G research and development collaboration with KDDI. Representatives from KDDI and Ericsson have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the intention to advance technology evolution

Read more

Huawei joins Euro initiative for multi-domain 5G service infrastructure

Huawei and its European partners are joining forces to pave the way for a unified 5G European infrastructure service market with the 5GEx project launched on October 1.

Read more

Future 5G networks: Revolutionary capabilities and disruptive management approaches

5G, the next generation standard of mobile communications has entered into its initial requirements definition and research phase with commercial deployments expected to start around 2020. 5G will not just

Read more