Everyone is talking about 5g, but do they really know what it is? More than four out of five Americans have no idea what 5G is, according to a new survey of 2,500 US consumers done exclusively by PCMag.com. Carriers are not doing a very good job at explaining 5g. Some already think they have […]
5G deployments from Verizon and AT&T are based on millimeter wave frequencies, but both Ericsson and Huawei are currently testing non-standalone 5G New Radio standard on the 2.6GHz band. “In the early stage of 5G network deployment, C-Band and 2.6 GHz are undoubtedly the most mainstream frequency bands, Yang Chaobin, president of Huawei’s 5G product […]
5G was a hot topic at CES last week, and two of the biggest companies showing off 5G tech were Verizon and John Deere. Verizon grew a large crowd talking about the benefits of 5g technology. The CEO discussed the “Eight Currencies,” including speed and throughput, mobility, connected devices and IoT, energy efficiency and service […]
In an interview with Yahoo at CES last week, Sprint president of Business Jan Geldmacher expressed his irritation at AT&T’s decision to market their upgraded LTE network as “5G E”. “They call it 5G, but we believe it’s not 5G. We roll out the real 5G. It’s based on our 2.5 gigahertz spectrum. It’s based […]
A survey from HarrisX, commissioned by T-Mobile, shows that more than half of Americans are aware of 5G and excited for what it will offer – even though most Americans do not have access to 5G yet. Respondents who were aware of 5G have high expectations for it, with 90% believing it will be better […]
Most people tend to think of cellular internet as a “lesser” option compared to WiFi, since cable and other wired internet sources tend to be faster than 4G. But WiFi can be unreliable and it can be difficult to provide enough coverage for large areas, so industry experts expect that 5G may be a popular […]
Verizon continued to show their dedication to being a leader in 5G this week, announcing their 5G First Responder Lab, which will focus on 5G tech that can be used for public safety. Verizon will accept 15 innovators who want to develop public safety solutions and will give them the tools needed to test, research, […]
Sprint has made some upgrades to their LTE network that will benefit current 4G subscribers as well as complement their work towards eventually launching 5G. The implementation of “massive MIMO” technology along with the backbone of the LTE Advanced network will allow the company to be on the right track for 5G, said Sprint CTO […]
An Apple insider is reporting that Apple plans to release a 5G-capable iPhone in 2020, using Intel’s 8161 5G modem chip. Apple has had some concerns about the heat dissipation qualities of Intel’s chips, which is important for 5G modem chips due to the burden millimeter-wave signal puts on the modem (both AT&T and Verizon […]
On the heals of last week’s announcement that AT&T will be lighting up their standards-based mobile 5G network soon, they have now revealed the 5G-compatible hotspot that users will need to purchase to take advantage of the new high speed network. AT&T demonstrated the Netgear Nighthawk M5 Fusion, which utilizes a Qualcomm X50 modem, this […]
