AT&T has been working with small businesses in three US cities over the past year to trial their 5G network (which they plan to deploy in 12 cities by the end of the year), and today they released the results of some of their testing: In Waco, Texas, AT&T 5G speeds were 1.2Gbps from […]
The UK Behind in 5G Race
With original expectations surpassed in the previous 5G spectrum auction in the UK, it would appear that carriers are pushing towards deploying the technology. They are… but they are lagging behind the rest of the world. Read more here. Related posts: AT&T and Dish Network win big in latest 5G spectrum auction Carriers bid for […]
5G Auction in the UK Goes Big
The recent auction for 5G spectrum in the UK has exceeded expectations with major telecoms dropping big money on spectrum. Close to 1.5 billion was spent for future use in 5g deployments. Read more here. Related posts: AT&T and Dish Network win big in latest 5G spectrum auction T-Mobile and U.S. Cellular Win 3.45 GHz […]
UK Study Shows Potential Impact of 5G on Universities
While the whole world is eager to see what 5G can do, no country seems more excited than the UK. Various UK departments and agencies have put together reports studying how 5G can benefit the public, and while the research obviously centers around their local communities and industries, the conclusions and data can still be […]
5G Snapdragon On The Way?
According to a recent leak, Qualcomm is developing a new mobile processor with 5G in mind. The popular Snapdragon platform will have a 5G variant next year for implementation into its latest smartphones. Read more here. Related posts: 5G-capable Galaxy S20 specs leak online Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G chip, coming to phones like OnePlus 9 Pro […]
UK Plans for Large Scale Urban 5G Test Project
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 […]
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 […]
