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 […]
5G Spending To Boost IT Infrastructure
With 5G on the horizon, there are implications for every major industry. Low latency, high bandwidth communications offered by 5G are going to impact businesses first before consumers, and massive spending is expected by 2025. Read the full article on Forbes here.
Intel Plans for 5G Modems for Laptops in 2019
5G cellular networks may not be accessible to the masses just yet, but manufacturers are prepping for them so that consumers will have equipment that can take advantage of the new technology as soon as 5G lights up. Intel has announced that their XMM 8000 series 5G modems will be included in laptops and netbooks […]
AT&T Announces 5G Rollout
AT&T has announced its first 3 cities where its new 5G network will be deployed. Atlanta, Dallas, and Waco. From AT&T: 2018 will be the year you can experience mobile 5G from AT&T*. We plan to offer mobile 5G to customers in a dozen cities, including parts of Dallas, Atlanta and Waco, Texas, by the end of […]
Verizon claims first 5G NR call using licensed millimeter wave spectrum
4K video streaming 5G test used 28 GHz spectrum Earlier this month, inside a Nokia facility in Murray Hill, N.J., the network infrastructure vendor worked with Verizon and Qualcomm to complete what is being billed as the first over-the-air call based on 3GPP’s non-standalone 5G New Radio specification and using licensed millimeter wave spectrum. Verizon, […]
5G at the Winer Olympics
As 5G trials have started to rollout worldwide, new use cases for the high throughput network have been put into testing. The most recent test is at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Real time VR and 360 degree videos with motion tracking, stats, multiple camera angles, and more, are being tested. Traditional networks simply don’t have […]
5G Phones To Arrive in 2019
Eighteen carriers and 18 device makers have already backed it. The promise that we’ll see the first 5G phones by 2019 has now become even more of a sure thing. Eighteen global carriers will start 5G speed trials in 2018, using a new Qualcomm modem that’s built to handle huge amounts of data at almost instantaneous speeds — at […]
First 5G Spec Completed!
Members of the 3GPP (the group who overseas cellular standards and specifications) has just approved their first 5G spec! The specifications will be posted next week, but this is the official standard that future 5G networks will be built off of. Up until this time, operators running 5G trials have only had a loose outline […]