T-Mobile and Ericsson sign multi-year US$3.5bn 5G deal

Ericsson and T-Mobile announced a multi-year, $3.5 billion (€3.02 billion) contract to support T-Mobile’s nationwide 5G network deployment. Under the deal, Ericsson will provide T-Mobile with the latest 5G New Radio (NR) hardware

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On the edge of innovation – how MEC is creating opportunities

Mobile operators across the globe have invested billions in their LTE networks, only to see them overrun by internet brands which have been eating into their service revenues. However, the

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5TONIC adds ice n’ slice to 5G innovation

As 5G prepares for commercial launch, more work is necessary on the use cases that will justify the steep investment required. George Malim, the managing editor of VanillaPlus, interviews Patrick

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Siemens gives three reasons for the acquisition of Sarokal

Siemens is buying Finland-based Sarokal. In this interview for VanillaPlus, Jean-Marie Brunet, senior director of Marketing at Mentor, a Siemens business tells Lauro Rizzatti, hardware emulation expert, at Rizzatti, LLC

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What are the myths and realities of 5G and where are network trends taking us?

VanillaPlus talks to Colin Bryce, director of International Business Development at CommScope about the lessons to learn in 5G network roll-outs.

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From MIMO to FD-MIMO to massive MIMO – what’s it all about, Part 2

In the second part of his article, Moray Rumney, the lead technologist of Keysight, explains how MIMO has evolved to full dimension MIMO (FD-MIMO).  

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Huawei sees key role for C-Band 100MHz/operator in 5G business success

At the Fourth Annual Asia-Pacific Spectrum Management Conference Huawei said that the commercial success of 5G will depend on the availability of continuous large bandwidth (100 MHz per operator).

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From MIMO to FD-MIMO to massive MIMO – what’s it all about, Part 1

Everyone in the cellular industry will be familiar with the term multiple input and multiple output (MIMO), writes Moray Rumney, the lead technologist at Keysight in the first of a

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Major African mobile operator selects CALLUP’s device management system

CALLUP, a provider of Value Added Services (VAS) and Mobile Device Management (MDM) solutions for the telecom industry, announced that a major African mobile operator has selected CALLUP’s mobile device

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Tokyo City University and Ericsson collaborate on AI applications

Ericsson Japan and Tokyo City University have signed a Collaborative Research Agreement to jointly develop new algorithms using Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to improve the efficiency of LTE network operations

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