Spain’s public broadcaster RTVE has made the first stand-alone TV live transmission using 5G in the country during the broadcasting of a news programme. Within the framework of EuCNC 2019 and 7th Global 5G Event in Valencia, the broadcaster carried out the live transmission for the regional news programme of Castilla La Mancha and Valencia. […]
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has revealed that the Commission is to open up the 2.5 GHz band for 5G. In a blog post, Pai explained that this was the single largest band of contiguous spectrum below 3 GHz, but that much of this public resource had been unused for decades, partly because the technology that […]
Industry consortium the Satellite and Terrestrial Network for 5G (SaT5G) has announced the operation of a number of successful demonstrations of 5G over satellite at the 2019 European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC 2019) in Valencia, Spain. The project’s vision is to develop a cost effective ‘plug and play satcom solution for 5G to […]
Altice Portugal has partnered with public broadcaster RTP on Portugal’s first TV broadcast using 5G technology. During the trial, a pre-commercial 5G ecosystem was activated from the client terminal to service platforms. A router was developed to support the new technology, consisting of a new 5G wireless control network and a series of active antennas. […]
Movistar, Orange and MásMóvil will not launch commercial 5G services until at least 2021, in contrast of Vodafone’s launch this weekend in 15 Spanish cities. Vodafone’s rivals have decided to wait and see, as the commercial 5G services will not be fully implemented until 2021 or 2022, according to them. Both Movistar and Orange are […]
Ajit Pai, the Chairman of the FCC, along with two of his key Commissioners, met with the FCC oversight committee on June 12th at the US Senate on Capitol Hill, and were specifically questioned on the C-Band Alliance’s scheme to reassign 180 MHz of spectrum for 5G over the US. What followed were very timely […]
£40 million is to be invested in 5G testbed and trial projects across UK industry as part of Government plans to improve mobile connectivity. Previous investment in the 5G testbeds and trials programme has driven work in the healthcare, tourism, transport and broadcasting sectors. The latest investment will support similar work in the logistics and […]
Rapid early momentum and enthusiasm for 5G has led Ericsson to forecast an extra 400 million enhanced mobile broadband subscriptions globally by the end of 2024. The June 2019 edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report forecasts 1.9 billion 5G subscriptions – up from 1.5 billion forecasted in the November 2018 edition – an increase of […]
The number of paid subscriptions on China’s online video platforms reached 347 million in 2018 as the market continued to expand rapidly, according to a report released at the Internet Film and Television Summit, part of the Shanghai International Film and TV Festival. Lu Di, director of the Center for Audio-visual Communication Research at Peking […]
5G networks will generate 26 per cent of wireless service revenue in 2024, though that impressive share will not boost the overall performance of a stagnating global wireless market. This is the conclusion of a report from Strategy Analytics’ Service Provider Strategies service, Global Cellular Market: Strong 5G Outlook but Total Revenue and Profits Flat. […]