DAZN, the sports streaming service, has partnered with Japanese telecommunications company, KDDI, to bring customers in Japan an enhanced 5G sport viewing experience. The agreement marks DAZN’s first 5G payment plan integration for customers. From December 11th, au customers with 5G enabled handsets will be able to watch DAZN via higher quality streams, with faster […]
Integral Ad Science (IAS), a global player in digital ad verification, has released its 2021 Industry Pulse Report. Surveying over 200 ad industry experts, IAS found that issues around digital video and connected TV, programmatic, and social rocketed to the top of the ad industry’s priority list. Based on the IAS 2021 Industry Pulse Report, […]
In a strategically important announcement that could see the widespread international adoption of 5G Broadcast / Multicast, Rohde & Schwarz, a global leader in TV & radio terrestrial transmission, has announced two 5G Broadcast-enabled transmitters – the field-proven R&S Tx9 & Tx9evo transmitter series. In addition, for existing Rohde & Schwarz transmitter users, the migration […]
Portugal should complete the DTT frequency migration process by December 18th, releasing the 700 MHz band for 5G from January 2021. The announcement was made by the president of the National Communication Authority (Anacom), João Cadete de Matos, who said that the process will end in Funchal, the capital city of Portugal’s Madeira archipelago. He […]
A record year for the development of industry-wide standardised solutions and technical specifications (Open Standards), and open-source technology projects (Open Source), 2020 saw the Broadband Forum continue to support phenomenal levels of global growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers. As an ever-greater percentage of the world’s population come online at an ever more […]
The FTTH Council has revealed the results of its second study aimed at quantifying the potential cost savings which could be made by building converged 5G-fibre networks. It demonstrates that deploying FTTH today with sufficient spare capacity will result in significant savings tomorrow for the rollout of 5G networks. “Last year’s study clearly highlighted the […]
The European Commission has opened a public consultation, as part of the review of the Broadband Cost Reduction Directive, to collect views, until March 2nd 2021, on incentivising the rollout of fast broadband networks, including fibre and 5G. The Directive, introduced in 2014, aims to enable fast electronic communications networks for people across the EU […]
A study by Nokia and Telefónica has found that 5G networks are up to 90 per cent more energy efficient per traffic unit than legacy 4G networks. The research, which was conducted over a three-month period, focused on the power consumption of the Radio Access Network (RAN) in Telefónica’s network. The rollout of 5G networks […]
Mobile telco Three UK is continuing the rollout of its 5G network with the launch of its first Ericsson 5G sites which are now live for its customers in Manchester, Glasgow and Reading. Three launched 5G back in August 2019 and is now available to customers in 154 towns and cities being serviced by over […]
Comms technologist Ericsson projects that four out of every ten mobile subscriptions in 2026 will be 5G. Current 5G uptake in subscriptions and population coverage confirms the technology as deploying the fastest of any generation of mobile connectivity. The November 2020 Ericsson Mobility Report estimates that by the end of this year, more than 1 billion […]