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22 February, 2022

NGMN identifies 6G use cases

Frankfurt, Germany. 22 February 2022 – The identification of 6G use cases is key to predicting major trends in future usage scenarios and will help to steer the needs and requirements for future generational change. Therefore, operators, technology suppliers and academic advisors in NGMN joined forces and contributed their views on which 6G use cases they predict will emerge in the future decade. The result is published in NGMN’s “6G Use Cases and Analysis” White Paper released.

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16 February, 2022

Ngmn calls for the industry to support uplink performance

Frankfurt, Germany. 16 February 2022 – Verticals’ use cases need sufficient uplink throughput or cell capacity and low enough latency, when 5G Time-Division Duplex (TDD) bands are used to successfully realise their industrial use cases.

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19 January, 2022

NGMN defines industry standard for a “global green networks benchmark”

Frankfurt, Germany, January 18, 2022 – The Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance (NGMN Alliance) announces the establishment of methodologies and KPIs for a Global Green Networks Benchmark.

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09 November, 2021

NGMN identifies key energy saving solutions for mobile networks

Frankfurt, Germany. 9 November 2021 – The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance released “Green Future Networks: Network Energy Efficiency”, a publication which focuses on best possible ways of reducing the energy consumption of mobile networks, a key concern of Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and an important step towards greener networks.

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21 July, 2021

NGMN emphasises need for life cycle assessment methodology and collaboration for ICT players

The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance has released two new White Papers, “Green Future Networks: Sustainability Challenges and Initiatives in Mobile Networks” and “Green Future Networks: Network Equipment Eco-Design and End to End Service Footprint” of which the first is exploring the data-driven assessments and research of the environmental footprint of digital goods and services, while the second focuses on eco-design and its implications.

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27 January, 2021

Blueprint for convergence issued by Wireless Broadband Alliance showing critical role of Wi-Fi 6 in 5G’s future

Convergence between Wi-Fi and 5G access technologies is critical for enabling new breed of services, applications and experiences such as Industry 4.0, augmented & virtual reality (AR/VR), connected cities and Edge computing. This is according to the latest report from the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), developed with input from mobile carriers, Wi-Fi providers, telecom manufacturers, and its own 5G Working Group. (more…)