The general manager of IBM,s Global Media, and Entertainment industry, said that 2020 will be the year that 5G reaches an inflection point and will roll out at full scale. At CES 2020 about the benefits of 5G to the Internet of Things (IoT), edge computing, manufacturing. Steve Canepa the general manager of IBM explained […]
Author: Pat Kline
This may be the cheapest 5G phone you’ll be able to buy in 2020
As more and more 5G phones go on sale, there still aren’t many affordable 5G supported phones available, with the most affordable phone in the US costing just under $900. That is all set to change in 2020, and the first to break the mold is the first 5G handset from TCL. The brand new […]
Dish aims to deploy 10K 5G sites by end of 2022
Charlie Ergen said Dish plans to deploy 10,000 sites for its 5G network by the end of 2022, which analysts at New Street Research called “modestly negative” for towers, as the firm had previously assumed Dish would build 30,000 sites by 2023. Information was released at T-Mobile/Sprint merger. Dish Network is seen as key to […]
Verizon 5G goes live in parts of Los Angeles
Verizon is still rushing to meet its 2019 5G release goals. Today Verizon was able to cross off another big city. The cellular carrier has launched the 5G ultra wideband access in Los Angeles, areas included would be downtown, Chinatown, Del Rey, and Venice. You will have to stick to certain major locations to have […]
Qualcomm stock rise as Apple will be going 5G
On Wednesday the 11th after the BofA Global research said it was optimistic over the technology companies as Qualcomm is prospects to be selling 5G chipsets to Apple. Qualcomm stock was up 2.6%, to $86.30, near midday Wednesday. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 0.2%. The analyst said that starting next year, if all iPhone models […]
5G in 2019 underwhelmed. Here’s how 2020 should be different
In 2018 Qualcomm met with hundreds of reporters and analysts on the sunny beaches of Maui to talk about how 5G would change the world in 2019-2020. The hype level was high. Then, reality hit. Network rollouts were met with delays, you needed a map to find coverage and consumers ended up more confused than […]
T-Mobile launches 600MHz 5G across the USA, but no one can use it until December 6th
T-Mobile has flipped the switch on its 5G network, setting it live over areas of the USA that it says covers 200 million people. While the network is supposedly online today, no one is going to be using it until the 6th of December as the first two phones to support it go on sale […]
Pai Announces Public Auction for C-band in development of 5G
The FCC announced on Monday that it will publicly auction off a valuable telecommunications asset, in a move that investors viewed as a strike to U.S. satellite communications provider Intelsat. Intelsat shares of dropped 40% in hefty trading after Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai said in a tweet that his agency “must free up […]
Common Networks bets 5G wireless technology will replace cable internet in your home
It takes billions of dollars to install fiber cabling in the ground, Fiber originally was the only way to deliver ultra-fast internet speeds to residential homes. The prohibitive cost has stopped some of the largest companies in the world from making a national dent in constructing high-speed broadband networks, including Verizon and Google. But Verizon […]
AT&T Sounds Alarm on 5G Security
Enterprises aren’t doing enough to prepare for 5G security risks, will need to put a greater emphasis on efforts to virtualize and automate security, according to a report commissioned by AT&T Cybersecurity, that is a division of AT&T Business. While the standards for 5G include built-in security features throughout local cellular infrastructure, this alone is […]
