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17 April, 2018
Huawei became the first vendor to pass China’s 5G non-standalone (NSA) Core Network test. The test, which covers key Core Network technologies and service processes, is the third phase of the 5G R&D trial. The trial was organised by the IMT-2020 (5G) Promotion Group and conducted at the Beijing lab of the China Academy (more…)
12 April, 2018
As one of the hallmarks of soon-to-launch 5G, network slicing has the potential to revolutionise the services mobile operators offer to their customers. And as also recognised by the majority of industry stakeholders (standards organisations among them), virtualised networks are expected to play a key role in realising network slicing (more…)
19 March, 2018
Network slicing is one of the most important 5G innovations available to mobile operators. Across the industry, experts are falling over themselves to enthuse about the future benefits. However, as Bart Salaets, F5 Networks Systems Engineering director says, fewer realise that aspects of its technological impact can already be leveraged. (more…)
06 March, 2018
Analysts have been warning for some time now that if telcos are to make the most of 5G, and in particular crack the enterprise market, they will need to co-operate with one another on a massive scale. And it looks like they are finally doing it in spades, says freelance telecoms writer, Peter Dykes. (more…)
05 March, 2018
One of the most striking takeaways from Mobile World Congress 2018 is that despite the hype and excitement that has surrounded 5G, the industry isn’t quite ready for it. (more…)
07 February, 2018
We’ve seen it with NFV, SDN, IoT and now the hype spotlight has switched to network slicing, with a plethora of reports, tests, trials and indeed, even a new working group. It can’t be far off now – well, in two or three years’ time maybe, according to some of the more optimistic players. (more…)
22 January, 2018
China Telecom, China’s State Grid, and Huawei have jointly released a report entitled 5G Network Slicing Enabling Smart Grid which details results of the 5G network slicing project, a major national initiative. The initiative marks a new stage of cooperation between operators and China’s electric power industry in the 5G field. (more…)
16 January, 2018
ETSI’s new Zero touch network and Service Management Industry Specification Group (ZSM ISG) has just ended its kick-off meeting. It was held at ETSI headquarters on January 10-12. (more…)
14 November, 2017
Autonomous cars, 4K video, connecting the unconnected, augmented, mixed or virtual reality, tactile internet, industry 4.0 … the list of services and experiences that 5G could enable grows every day, writes Patrick Lopez, the vice president of Networks Innovation at Telefónica.
07 November, 2017
There’s a lot of excitement in the vendor community about deploying 5G but many operators remain cautious and see years of fit for purpose performance in 4G and 4.5G technologies. Nevertheless, operators recognise the need to prepare for 5G and are taking steps to do so, as Juan Carlos García, the technology and architecture director in the Global CTIO unit of Telefónica, tells VanillaPlus in an exclusive interview with George Malim.
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