The FTTH Council Europe has revealed the results of its study aimed at quantifying the potential cost savings, which could be made by building converged 5G-fibre networks. In other words, can some savings be made if an operator anticipates and builds a FTT-5G network while planning and rolling-out a FTTH network? “5G has become a […]
The potential freeing of C-band spectrum by Intelsat and SES over the US for use by 5G has been well covered in recent times. With a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) probably only weeks away, the temperature is rising amongst supporters and objectors. Some Capital Hill lawmakers are advocating the introduction of a special ‘windfall’ tax […]
As investors are advised every time, ‘shares can go down as well as up’. The past 48 hours have not been good for SES and Intelsat. Both satellite operators have been hurt badly by uncertainties that the proposed reallocation of C-band frequencies over the US might not go their way (but see separate story on […]
Investors who have given SES and Intelsat a hard time should have paid attention to comments made on Monday (March 4) by four of the FCC’s Commissioners. The Commissioners, two Democratic appointees, Jessica Rosenworcel and Geoffrey Starks, as well as two Republicans, Michael O’Rielly and Brendan Carr, made it clear that any ‘nationalisation’ by the […]
Spanish telco Telefónica has presented at MWC in Barcelona what it describes as an “innovative” way of broadcasting and producing television with 5G that allows professional news coverage of any event in real time and with high quality video. The solution, which relies on the 5G capacities of low latency, edge computing, and high bandwidth […]
Orange and Ericsson have carried out the first video transmission in real time on a 5G network during MWC in Barcelona. The transmission was synchronised from three different locations (Barcelona, Madrid and MWC) through a 5G network compatible with a 3GPP standard. Over the last year, Orange and Ericsson have been carrying out 5G trials […]
In a joint 5G collaboration project, Telenor and Telefónica are demonstrating the E2E orchestration of 5G network slices using Open Source Mano (OSM) during MWC. The joint demo, which is a first result of an ongoing common Proof of Concept, shows how slices with different characteristics can be created on demand across different domains in […]
Research from Openwave Mobility has found that over the past five years, video on mobile networks has grown on average 50-60 per cent year-on-year (YoY), while in many developing markets, the rate is more than twice this. The findings are part of the latest Mobile Video Index (MVI), now in its third edition. Along with […]
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr has suggested that policy decisions it has adopted have helped the early development of 5G in the US. Delivering a speech on ‘A Modern Regulatory Approach to 5G’ during the Transatlantic Policy Dialogue at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Carr noted that although the benefits of 5G are […]
EC Commissioner for the digital economy, Mariya Gabriel, has promised MWC the EC would address 5G net security issues: the industry is concerned that different approaches to Huawei and other suppliers by national regulators will slow 5G in Europe – already falling behind Asia and the US. “I am well aware of the unrest caused […]