On June 20th, MTN detailed its plan to cover at least 25 per cent of the South African population with 5G by the end of 2022 and 60 per cent by 2025. This confirms South Africa as the most advanced country in the Sub-Saharan region in terms of mobile broadband coverage, reports Dataxis. MTN’s projects […]
EE has upgraded its 5G network at Wembley Stadium, supporting a summer season of music gigs. EE’s 5G network already covers spectator stands at the national stadium and the new system extends coverage to the pitch, which is hosting over 1 million gig goers over the summer months. EE says the system is a 5G […]
Bill Ray, VP/analyst at Gartner Research, says that he expects low Earth orbiting [LEO] satellites to dramatically change the way we work. He says that 5G has not yet lived up to its expectations, but “the LEO constellation market has, in many ways exceeded its early expectations, driven in part by launch technology, phased array, […]
Mobile industry trade body the GSMA has released analysis of the spectrum needs of 5G networks across low, mid- and high bands which it says delivers a clear vision of the spectrum capacity required to integrate 5G into the lives of businesses and consumers up to 2030. Two new reports, Vision 2030: Low-band spectrum for […]
Mobile operator Three Sweden (‘Three’) has selected Net Insight for synchronising its 5G network. The companies have worked in close cooperation and after extensive field evaluation of Net Insight’s 5G time sync solution, Three has placed an initial order for Nimbra Time Nodes. Time synchronisation is mission critical for Three’s 5G rollout and Three and […]
Making the UK an attractive place for investment in future 5G technology is essential if we are to harness its full economic benefit, according to research commissioned by Vodafone UK. Not doing so could cost the UK economy up to £7 billion (€8.1bn) per year. Towns and smaller cities will be the ones to miss […]
SpaceX has complained about a proposal from Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network pay-TV operation and its filing with the FCC for new 5G terrestrial services which would operate in the 12 GHz band – where SpaceX’s Starlink broadband system operates. SpaceX said that if permission were granted for the Dish scheme then “most Americans” would not […]
After three full years of growth, global wireless 5G adoption has reached a rapid acceleration phase, touching a noteworthy milestone of 701 million connections by the end of the first quarter of 2022. Omdia data forecast global connections will reach 1.2 billion by the end of this year, said 5G Americas, the wireless industry trade […]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has signed an agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) to work together on developing solutions that leverage 5G systems and so-called ‘edgecasting’ which is says will put Europe “at the vanguard of media delivery technology”. European citizens and industry alike will benefit from smarter and more efficient media delivery […]
North America is forecast to lead the world in 5G subscription penetration in the next five years with nine-of-every-ten subscriptions in the region expected to be 5G in 2027, according to forecasts contained in the latest edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report, which also predicts that current global 5G subscriptions will pass the one billion […]