Cellnex Telecom, the leading European wireless telecommunications infrastructure operator, will take its position in the deployment of 5G networks and its extensive presence in Europe, with more than 24,000 locations, including Small Cells nodes , to the new edition of Mobile World Congress. and DAS (distributed antenna systems), located in six European countries: Spain, Italy, Holland, France, the United Kingdom […]
Researchers from the University of Bristol are demonstrating the world’s first end-to-end 5G wireless network at a major trade show in Barcelona this week. The team, which includes researchers from the University of Surrey (5GIC) and King’s College London, are allowing visitors at Mobile World Congress to control robot football players via the network. This is to show the […]
The European Commission called on member states of the European Union on Wednesday to move fast and consolidate the latest 5G generation of cellphone network to avoid being left behind by global competition elsewhere. Speaking in in Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress, Vice President and Commissioner for the Digital Single Market, Andrus Ansip told EFE that […]
The global smartphone installed base will grow from four billion in 2016 to more than six billion smartphones in use by 2020, according to new analysis released today by IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions. Messaging and communications apps such as Line and Whatsapp will grow from five […]
Ofcom has approved six participants for upcoming auction of 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz spectrum, which will pave the way for 5G services in the Uk. All four mobile operators – EE, O2, Three and Vodafone – have been approved, alongside Airspan Spectrum Holdings and Connexin Limited. Airspan is a small cell operator, while Connexin is a fixed wireless […]
Ansip said the EU trailed behind the United States and Asian countries in introducing 4G networks, and cannot afford to make the same mistake with 5G. EU member states committed to introducing the new mobile technology in major cities by 2020 and everywhere by 2025. Interview realized by Catherine Stupp Read more here.
5G hardware is closer than you think. Intel’s upcoming XMM 8000 series modems will power 5G in notebooks in the second half of 2019, the company announced today. That’ll include machines from Dell, HP, Lenovo and Microsoft. So, this means we’ll see a 5G Surface next year. You can expect their mobile network speeds to […]
SK Telecom has announced its ‘Oksusu Social VR,’ designed to enable users to engage with video content and interact with each other inside a virtual environment. Built on the telco’s existing Oksusu media platform service, it enables users to watch video content with friends and colleagues all around the world and communicate with each other […]
Let the 5G games begin. The Winter Olympics underway in Pyeongchang, South Korea, showcases heated competition among the world’s finest athletes. But these Olympics are also a showcase for technology that will eventually touch all our lives: the emerging next generation of wireless commonly known as 5G, an effort backed by muscular tech from the likes of […]
The Spanish government has allocated EUR 1 million to the creation of a national 5G observatory in Barcelona, part of a project designed to boost the candidature of the city of Barcelona as the European capital of 5G technological innovation, reports EFE. The observatory is part of the 5GBarcelona initiative presented last month by the […]