Donald Trump cited security concerns as the reason behind his executive order blocking Broadcom’s proposed acquisition of Qualcomm, and it appears that it’s Qualcomm’s 5G knowledge and research that US leaders are concerned about. Qualcomm has been a leader in the fledgling – but extremely important – 5G arena, and US experts may not want […]
5G Will Have A Massive Impact on IoT
Carriers have invested heavily in the R&D that will result in the launch of commercial 5G services as soon as later this year. Seeking ROI on those investments, the industry-wide goal is rapid commercialization with the first use case shaping up as enhanced mobile broadband with an eye on leveraging high capacity and low latency […]
More 5G Spectrum Available
The US House just approved the ‘Repack Airwaves Yielding Better Access for Users of Modern Services Act.’ Though the name is long, in short this is going to open up new spectrum and funding for the deployment of 5G networks. Current cellular sites need to be placed every 1-2 miles apart, but 5G will need […]
How Fast Will 5G Be?
5G promises super-fast speeds, but just how fast will 5G networks really be – and what does that mean in a practical sense? For comparison, LTE users in the US typically see speeds around 20Mbps, although speeds north of 60Mbps are possible in certain markets and under ideal conditions. That is a huge improvement over […]
In the Race for 5G, the US is Not First
As 5G draws ever closer, there is a clear leader and it is not who you would think. For as many press releases as the big carriers in the US have posted, its actually China who is leading the way. With major carriers all rapidly deploying 5G across the country, it looks like they’ll be […]
National Instruments Shows Off 5G Test Equipment at MWC
5G was the hot topic at last week’s Mobile World Congress, with carriers and manufacturers of everything from laptops to smartphones showing off their plans and visions for a 5G future. A less flashy but arguably more important demonstration was made by National Instruments, who demonstrated their 5G New Radio (NR) sub-6GHz emulator as a […]
Qualcomm Bets Big On 5G
Qualcomm, one of the biggest mobile chip makers in the world, is hoping 5G will be a big deal. Qualcomm has been producing 4G LTE chips, and 5G chips for some time now, with speeds up to 2Gbps. The problem will be with carrier adoption and the needs for such devices. With recent releases from […]
5G is Coming – For Real
It seems like we’ve been discussing 5G for a few years, but this year real 5G deployments are coming. At this point the big 4 carriers have all released their 5G plans and it looks like Verizon may be the first to market, though not for the average consumer. Verizon will be deploying fixed site […]
Sprint Reveals First 5G Ready Markets
Sprint is trying to make a big comeback in the wireless world and has just announced its first six markets that will be 5G ready. Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C. Sprint also wants to be the first to the table to offer 5G mobile connections, where other carriers will be doing […]
Does simulated testing = real world 5G performance?
Qualcomm’s simulated 5G testing is starting to show some very high throughput numbers when moving from 4G to 5G technology. In real world testing in Frankfurt and San Francisco, download speeds of 100Mbps were standard on 5G vs just 8Mbps on 4G. These are far cries from the gigabit theoretical speeds that 5G has to […]