UK Digital Minister Margot James has announced the winners of a £2.4 million project with South Korea to explore new 5G experiences for tourists and commuters on public transport. 5G RailNext has been chosen to test how 5G can provide uninterrupted ‘infotainment’ services across the Seoul Metro system. The project will deliver Augmented Reality (AR) […]
SK Telecom has launched a 5G roaming service through a strategic partnership with Swisscom, the largest telecommunications provider in Switzerland. Swisscom, which boasts over 6 million mobile subscriptions, started to roll out its 5G network on April 17th. The company currently provides 5G service in 110 cities and villages including Zurich, Geneva and Bern as […]
IT and network technology specialist NEC Corporation has confirmed the successful transmission of live 8K video using 5G at the recent French Grand Slam tennis tournament at Roland-Garros. This demonstration was carried out in cooperation with France’s largest television station, France Télévisions, and 8K broadcasting equipment manufacturers. In this demonstration, NEC’s VC-8900 8K material transmission encoder, […]
ZTE Corporation, an provider of telecommunications, enterprise, and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, and Slovakian Mobile Operator SWAN Mobile have jointly conducted the country’s first 5G video call in a major breakthrough for 5G commercialization. SWAN Mobile and ZTE showcased a variety of industry applications based on 5G in front of reporters and invited guests. The […]
The C-Band Alliance submitted a 39-page and extremely detailed ‘Public Notice’ filing to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on July 3rd that comprehensively argues its case for a ‘market-based approach’ for its proposed restructuring of C-band over the US for 5G. The filing also focuses on the rights – or otherwise – of C-band Earth […]
SoftBank and KDDI they have reached an agreement on the mutual use of their base station assets to jointly promote the rapid build-out of 5G networks in Japan’s rural areas. Many issues lie ahead for Japanese society, including an aging population, a shrinking workforce, depopulation in rural areas, deteriorating infrastructure and natural disasters of increased […]
Following the May 2019 launch in six UK cities of 5G by its EE 5G network, UK telco BT is launching 5G this autumn. BT Plus customers will be the first BT mobile customers to benefit from the option to upgrade to 5G, making BT the first provider to offer 5G as part of a […]
Using a unique evaluation grid, a report from digital economy think tank, IDATE DigiWorld, has delivered a rundown of the countries emerging as the globe’s 5G pioneers. The ranking compares 11 countries from around the world. This includes
Vodafone has become the second UK mobile operator to turn on its 5G network, offering faster speeds and the opportunity for new services. The network has gone live in seven UK cities; Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool Cardiff, London, Manchester and Glasgow. Formula 1 Five-Time World Champion, Lewis Hamilton officially switched on the new network. In addition, […]
Deutsche Telekom has kicked off the network rollout for 5G in Germany. By the end of the year, some 300 5G antennas in more than 100 locations will be built and brought online, the telco has declared. The rollout is starting in six German cities: first, Berlin and Bonn, to be followed by Darmstadt, Hamburg, […]