News tagged: mMTC

21 September, 2022

How mobile operators can use a cloud-native, partner-centric business model to monetise 5G B2B2X

New 5G technologies and capabilities, such as slicing, massive machine-type communications (mMTC) and ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC), enable mobile operators to provide networks that can support B2B2B and B2B2C applications and use cases that were not practical or possible with 4G LTE. But multi-gig speeds and single-digit latencies alone will not be enough to recoup the billions of dollars, euros, pounds and yen operators have spent on 5G infrastructure and spectrum plus billions more over the next several years, says John Giere, CEO of Optiva.

21 July, 2022

Thriving in the 5G era: Unravelling the potential of 5G connectivity for enterprises

As consumer demand rises, and network availability expands, 5G is becoming more viable for widespread use by 2027 it’s expected to cover 75% of the world’s population. However, it’s still no secret that 5G uptake is dawdling and many enterprises still aren’t enjoying its benefits. Here, Hamish White, CEO and founder of telecoms consultancy and software provider Mobilise, explores what’s required to make enterprise 5G use cases a widespread reality.

22 October, 2019

Over-hyped or under-reported: Double takes on AI and 5G

There are two versions of AI and 5G. One is over-hyped, the other is under reported. History tells us that over-hyped technologies were long on promises and short on delivery, but right now there is a more significant issue. (more…)

04 February, 2019

ZTE and IHS jointly release the study “best architecture of 5G choices”

ZTE Corporation, an international provider of technology solutions for telecommunications, businesses and consumers in the mobile Internet, announced the publication of the study “5G Best Choice Architecture” in partnership with IHS. (more…)

18 September, 2018

Full 5G will take a while but CIOs should prepare for it now

With 5G launch imminent in the US and some other markets, the technology is starting to become a reality. However, it remains very early in terms of deployment coverage and the ways in which initial 5G is being deployed do not deliver many of the promises of 5G. Nevertheless, it’s worthwhile for CIOs to prepare their enterprises for 5G adoption, Mark Hung, a research vice president at Gartner tells George Malim

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22 August, 2018

How 5G redefines the game for communication service providers

At the TMF Digital Transformation World 2018 event, during Wipro’s demonstration of 5G catalyst related to planning and optimisation, the discussion veered towards the topic of how service providers could use different techniques beyond dynamic network changes to increase their resource utilisation, and how they could play a major role in strategic resource optimisation, writes Vinay Devadatta, the practice head of Innovation & Industry Relations at Wipro.

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10 July, 2017

ZTE Helps China Unicom successfully complete first 5G NR field test

ZTE Corporation, an international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile internet, reported that it has supported China Unicom in the operator’s successful first 5G NR (New Radio) field test. (more…)

27 June, 2017

Quality of Service challenges in NFV/5G networks

NFV-core based 5G networks have already caught the fancy of the telco cloud service provider. The reasons for this are its promise of high quality of service (QoS). (more…)

11 May, 2017

Supporting IoT services on 5G network slices through Service Quality Management – Part 1

High speed, high reliability and low latency are the key benefits that CSPs expect from 5G. While high speed (targeted at 20 Gbps) helps to upload and download video-based content faster and in larger volumes, high reliability (always 100%) supports mission-critical services especially in the IoT world. Here is the Part 1 of the article. (more…)

24 March, 2017

Laying the foundation for the 5G opportunity

Although consumers may only just be getting to grips with 4G, service providers and other businesses are already planning for the next wave of network technology. According to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report, there will be 550 million 5G connections by 2022. (more…)