The companies said they have successfully tested pre-standard 5G for the first time in the U.K. Vodafone U.K. and Ericsson announced they have successfully tested standalone pre-standard 5G using a prototype device in a central London 3.5 GHz spectrum field trial. The two companies said the 5G trial was carried out in partnership with academics at King’s College London.
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Categories 5G, Carriers, edge computing, fog computing, Fundamentals, low latency, Network Infrastructure, OpenFog Consortium
Fog computing: A new architecture to connect the edge to the cloud
What’s the difference between fog computing and edge computing? “I think edge is to fog as…apple is to fruit,” Helder Antunes, chairman of the OpenFog Consortium
Editors note: This week we’ll take a look back at the 50 stories that drew the highest level of engagement from our RCR Wireless News
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up
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Categories 5G, africa, Broadband, cell phone, commscope, Generation Z, Opinion, Reader Forum, Smartphone, Wireless, YouTube
Generation Z: The Age of Wireless (Reader Forum)
When I was 13, I wanted a phone in my room, so I could talk to friends in my own space instead of sitting on
In a milestone that ushers in the next generation of wireless technology, the Third Generation Partnership Project has officially ratified the first release of the
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Categories Carriers
AT&T to boost capex by $1B and spend $200M on employee bonuses
AT&T confirmed that it will increase capital spending by $1 billion next year in response to the tax reform bill passed by Congress. The new
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Categories China Telecom, china unicom, Cloud, Network Infrastructure, SDN, Software, Software-defined networks (SDN), zte
ZTE working with China Telecom on cloud SDN project
China Telecom selects ZTE for resource pool pre-commercial trial SDN project China Telecom has selected ZTE for the provincial cloud resource pool pre-commercial trial software-defined network
CommScope has launched a new antenna with a particularly broad range of frequency support, that pushes multiple-input-multiple-output technology on the tower to 4×4 at 1400-2700
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Categories Cisco, Devices, Network Infrastructure, segment routing platforms, Software, WAN automation, Zain Group
Zain Group, Cisco collaborate on network transformation
Zain Group, Cisco work to meet demands placed on network infrastructure Zain Group and Cisco announced the former is leveraging the latter’s segment advanced routing platforms
What is blockchain technology?
What is blockchain? A frequently discussed technology in popular culture is blockchain, which is changing the way digital transactions are made online. Despite the widespread attention
SK Telecom developed a fronthaul specification as an open standard to help small firms enter the market Korean telecom operator SK Telecom announced its self-developed 5G
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Categories 5G, Boingo, Carriers, commscope, Corning, fixed wireless, mobility, network convergence, Network Infrastructure, Senza Fili
5G: Fixed sites + mobiles sites = ultra-dense, converged networks
Multi-layer convergence and new approach to network architecture in support of 5G 5G is all about more–more capacity provided in a more efficient manner that creates
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Categories Business, Federal Communications Commission, Fiber, fiber network, net neutrality, Policy, Title II
Net neutrality a non-issue for cities with publicly-owned networks
With a 3-2 vote along party lines, last week the U.S. Federal Communications Commission reversed Obama-era net neutrality rules that treated internet service providers like