The UK government has set their sights on 5G as a tool to increase safety, communication, and efficiency in communities. To see how 5G can benefit real-world communities, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is looking for a city with a popular of at least 500,000 people in which a 5G network can […]
Category: 5G
Where is 5G in Canada?
US carriers have all announced their dates for 5G rollouts, with each carrier looking to be the first to announce a new market or speed breakthrough. Canadian carriers, however, have been uncharacteristically quiet amid the flood of US news on the subject. Read more here. Related posts: Who Acquired Sierra Wireless? Verizon Wins Over T-Mobile […]
Public 5G Powered Networks
Australian carrier Telstra debuts two 5G public networks… but users are reporting 4G speeds. Though each public hotspot is capable of pushing 3Gbps, users that are connected to the public WiFi are only seeing speeds around 100Mbps max. While 100Mbps is nothing to complain about, its not quite the massive 5G speeds that have been […]
Will 5G be impacted by same security flaws seen in 2G, 3G, and 4G?
While most of the world is looking towards 5G as a huge improvement over previous generations in every way, the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) is concerned about security flaws. In their report, ENISA noted that “there is a certain risk of repeating history” if 5G networks uses the same signaling […]
AT&T Plans Rollout of 60,000 White Box Routers for 5G
While Verizon has been making the most noise when it comes to US carriers discussing their 5G plans, AT&T is not sitting idly by. This week AT&T announced their plans to being rolling out 60,000 5G “white box” routers at its cell towers over the next few years. In their statement, they explained that AT&T […]
The Impact of 5G
With 5G coming, what will its true impact be? Many originally thought that 5G would help cellular carriers knock out traditional broadband providers, but what will really happen? The Wall Street Journal investigates. Read the full article here. Related posts: Why 5G is a Beneficial Backup to Fiber Internet A Genuine Guide for Selecting Your […]
International Race for 5G Heats Up: Korea Telecom vs Verizon
The race to be one of the first providers to offer 5G service is worldwide, with carriers around the globe clamoring to be able to tout their networks’ availability. Here in the US, Verizon has announced plans to launch a limited 5G network this year, but some other carriers are skeptical. When Korea Telecom announced […]
New FCC Order Pushes 5G Momentum In Right Direction
This Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote on proposed rules seeking to streamline wireless infrastructure deployment. This Order, and its passage, comes at a critical time in America’s infrastructure story. The United States has historically focused modernization efforts on physical assets including roads, bridges and highways. But, to unlock significant economic and life-changing consumer […]
5G Microcells, One On Every Street?
With new 5G technology, the frequencies are getting higher, which means distance the signal can make it from a cell tower is shorter. In order to cover the same area as 4G LTE with 5G… a microcell may be needed every 500′! Read more here. Related posts: Best Apps for Testing Signal and Locating Cell […]
Ford to Add 4GLTE to ALL Vehicles
In a world where the new buzzword in cellular tech is 5G, Ford is adopting 4GLTE into all of its vehicles by 2020. This is going to allow over the air updates and mangement for vehicles, plus in car entertainment. Why no 5G? Well right now the first 5G deployments will be fixed site, not […]
