Revolutionary changes ahead with innovative 5G uses

With 46 5G networks now deployed globally, 5G networks are expanding the value of wireless communications like never before. According to IHS Markit, up to $13.2 trillion (€11.9 trillion) worth

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Hands up who’s making money in 5G? And who’s not?

A WEEK IN TELCO IT – 5G is starting strong, says Huawei. The company’s deputy chairman, Ken Hu, told its annual Mobile Broadband Forum (#MBBF) in Zurich, Switzerland last week that 5th Generation mobile

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ETSI demonstrates latest OSM release SIX at Hackfest in Greece

The upcoming ETSI Open Source MANO Hackfest, on 9-13 September 2019, Patras, Greece, will showcase and demonstrate the recently announced ETSI OSM Release SIX.

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Zain Saudi and Nokia use 5G network to support remote viewing of Hajj events via live, advanced VR

Zain Saudi Arabia and Nokia successfully demonstrated a 5G-enabled VR (Virtual Reality) advanced use case in Mashaer area and the Holy Mosque area in Makkah. This technology allows visitors to

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Real-time 5G services bring higher customer expectations – and complexities – for revenue and business assurance

In the first chapter of this three-part series looking into 5G use cases and the associated revenue and business assurance risks and challenges, we highlighted an imaginary 5G subscriber named

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Broadcast Solutions designs virtual reality solution for Telia Esports League which offers prizes of €50,000

Telecom service provider Telia started a new esports league in Finland at the end of April. “Telia Esports Series” uses studios and virtual reality (VR) solutions provided by Broadcast Solutions.

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Nokia and U.S. Cellular sign multi-year 5G network modernisation deal

Nokia expands its relationship with U.S. Cellular with the signing of a five-year deal to modernise the company’s network by providing its end-to-end 5G technology, software and services solutions.

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U.S. Cellular selects Ericsson for 5G deployments

U.S. Cellular and Ericsson announced a multi-year contract for Ericsson to support U.S. Cellular’s 5G network deployment. Under the contract, Ericsson will provide U.S. Cellular with 3GPP standards-based 5G New Radio

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Next gen cellular voice over 5G to drive infrastructure evolution for carriers along with service improvements

Initially deployed over ten years ago, carrier IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) infrastructure will see new life with Voice over 5G (Vo5G). Just as LTE relies upon IMS for support of

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Call to arms in the lucrative 5G applications market

We hear a lot about edge networking in the data centre space these days and telcos, of course, are very much part of that equation. But what about the applications

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