Category: Internet

November 30, 2023

The total number of cellular IoT connections will reach around three billion at the end of 2023, reckons Ericsson, with most, and the increasing majority, connected on so-called ‘broadband’ cellular IoT technologies LTE (4G) and 5G. The arrival of reduced-capability […]

November 29, 2023

According to IDC Research, 3.8 billion Wi-Fi devices are forecast to ship in 2023 alone, and of those, 473 million are expected to be Wi-Fi 6E devices. The firm further expects more than 18% of all Wi-Fi 6 device shipments […]

November 28, 2023

There was lots of other good stuff during the Devil’s Advocate session earlier this month at Industrial 5G Forum. Notably, a couple of questions came up on regional spectrum policy, and the importance of so-called ‘vertical’ spectrum which is owned […]

November 27, 2023

Mobile data traffic in Europe is forecast to almost triple over the next five years, chiefly boosted by 4G migration in Central and Eastern Europe and increasing improvements in 5G coverage and capacity, according to new research by the GSMA. […]

November 22, 2023

China Unicom, the smallest Chinese mobile operator in the country by subscribers, deployed a total of 7,441 private 5G networks for businesses by the end of last month, the telco said in a statement. This number shows an increase of […]

November 20, 2023

Finnish vendor Nokia announced that Japanese mobile operator NTT Docomo is deploying the former’s Open RAN (O-RAN) compliant 5G AirScale baseband solution, including centralized unit (CU) and distributed unit (DU) software, in its commercial network nationwide. Nokia said that this […]

November 16, 2023

Carriers and network equipment manufacturers have stepped up tests and trials of 5G New Radio Reduced Capability (RedCap) in recent months. Geographically, these tests are taking place around the world, reflecting the global interest in 5G RedCap and the hope […]

November 16, 2023

Finnish vendor Nokia announced that it has successfully completed interoperability testing with a Mavenir radio using the O-RAN Alliance 7-2x interface at Nokia’s Open RAN Innovation Center in Dallas, Texas. During the trial, Nokia and Mavenir validated the interoperability of […]

November 15, 2023

The Port of Virginia in the US expects to have autonomous trucks running on a private 5G network at its site from early next year (2024). The port has a new private 5G network from Verizon Business, operating in high-band […]

November 15, 2023

A total of 121 operators in 55 countries and territories have invested in public 5G standalone (5G SA) networks as of the end of October, Jordan Cox, research manager at the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), said during a recent […]

November 14, 2023

6G-SANDBOX has signed of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to foster research in the 6G field, the former said in a release. 6G-SANDBOX is a pan-European testbed for 6G experimentation funded by Smart […]

November 10, 2023

Has 5G failed? No. Except you’d be forgiven for thinking so given everything that has been written about it in recent months – at least among the things I read, by the people I rate (and you all read, too). […]

November 10, 2023

UK-headquartered neutral host provider Boldyn Networks, majority owned by Canada-based CPP Investments, has agreed to acquire private networks specialist Edzcom from Spanish tower company Cellnex Telecom for an undisclosed fee. The deal is for Cellnex’s entire private networks business, which […]

November 9, 2023

In a refreshing reality check from the Industrial 5G Forum (available on demand here), a site director for process manufacturing giant Cargill made clear that 5G isn’t, and likely won’t in the short term at least, play any sort of […]

November 8, 2023

New Zealand carrier One New Zealand said it has reached an agreement to acquire Dense Air’s business with the aim of expanding its 5G footprint. Through this transaction, One New Zealand is acquiring 2×35 megahertz of 2.6 GHz spectrum, which […]

November 8, 2023

Nokia Bell Labs, the Finnish vendor’s research division, is working with Saudi energy company Aramaco, owned by Saudi Aramco, are working to develop 5G-related Industry 4.0 cases and proofs for “priority industrial sectors” in Saudi Arabia – and the wider […]

November 8, 2023

China Unicom and Huawei claim that they are installing a commercial 5G-Advanced production line that features ultra-high reliability and ultra-low latency at the Baoding automation technology branch of Chinese firm Exquisite Automotive Systems (EA), Huawei said in a release. EA […]

November 6, 2023

Finnish vendor Nokia announced a collaboration with Hololight to explore how L4S, an internet protocol invented by Nokia, can enable applications and networks to simultaneously achieve high throughput and low latency in a scalable way. In a release, the vendor […]

November 2, 2023

Colt and Lumen have completed their previously announced deal. For the price of $1.8B, Lumen’s business in Europe, Middle East, and Africa is now officially part of Colt. Lumen’s EMEA business was always focused on the wholesale and enterprise space, […]

November 1, 2023

Swedish vendor Ericsson has launched a new software toolkit with the main aim of strengthening 5G Standalone (SA) network capabilities and enable premium services with differentiated connectivity. Ericsson noted that this enhancement in its portfolio comes as the growth of […]