5G devices
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Satellite operator Intelsat has demonstrated 5G mobile from space, working with a German research institute and a US antenna specialist. -
The UK government has hired a London innovation centre to find ways of diversifying the telecoms market, especially in private 5G networks.
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Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top ten global operators, has launched a managed cyber security training platform to protect businesses against cyber attacks.
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Japan’s NTT DoCoMo has successfully demonstrated 5G mobile communications on a train travelling at 360km/h.
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EdgeQ, a company developing 5G systems on a chip has hired two former top executives of Qualcomm, including ex-CEO Paul Jacobs, as advisors.
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Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile US is leading its rivals, AT&T and Verizon, in 5G speed, availability and experienced, according to the latest Opensignal survey.
Forthcoming events
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Capacity Middle East 2024
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More than 20 million suspicious transaction requests have been linked back to the freemium Android app VivaVideo.
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The introduction of 5G will more than double the energy consumption by mobile technology in the next 10 years.
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Operators and device manufacturers active in the UK are no longer permitted to sell locked handsets, the national regulator Ofcom has said.
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New figures released by Juniper Research predict that operator revenues from 5G will accelerate from US$5 billion in 2020 to reach $357 billion by 2025.
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More than half of all phones bought in China in the past three months work with 5G networks, according to a new survey.
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The UK’s University of Surrey says it has built the country’s first end-to-end 5G system.
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Samsung has released the first product from its newly-branded 5G in-building portfolio, Samsung Link.
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Nokia has completed a trial with Algerian mobile operator Djezzy, to implement ultra-high network capacity technology capable of meeting growing mobile traffic demand by using microwave carrier aggregation technology.
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China's first 5G medical edge cloud platform – a new-generation 5G information communication infrastructure for medical industry customers – has launched following a collaborative project between ZTE and China Mobile.
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Mobile service providers are making “substantial progress” in their 5G roll outs despite the additional challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Telenor has announced the launch of a new Nordic Hub, intended to drive its growth across the 5G, IoT and SME business segments and with a management board that is 43% female – part of an extensive management shakeup.
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Vodafone has become the first operator to test the Access Gateway Function (AGF) from Metaswitch, marking the industry’s first implementation of the 5G Wireless Wireline Convergence (WWC) AGF standard.
