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5G Service Paves the Way for New Gadgets

5G service is clearing the way for the next generation of electronics. We’re seeing that it is so much more than having the Internet on your smartphone. It gives us everything from enhanced virtual-reality video games, to remote surgery. While it has been a slower rollout, we’re continuing to see waves of 5G-enabled gadgets.

Samsung Electronics Co. has teamed up with Verizon Communications Inc. to offer wireless 5G routers – ones that have the ability to match performance of wired broadband. There’s also 5G-compatible laptops from several makers. Among the latest: Lenovo Group Ltd. in August teamed up with AT&T Inc. to release a 5G laptop, the ThinkPad X13 5G. Samsung in June also introduced a new laptop offering a 5G chip – the Galaxy Book Go 5G.

If you want a 5G connection on your yacht, miles offshore? Check out the Meridian 5G, a Monaco-based provider of internet services for superyachts advertises what it calls a 5G Dome Router (much like Pepwave’s HD Dome routers). It provides a combination of antennas and modems that allows yachts sailing within about 60 miles of the coast to access 5G connectivity. 

New drone technology unveiled in August by Qualcomm Inc. with 5G and artificial-intelligence capabilities. The technology, called the Qualcomm Flight RB5 5G Platform, enables higher-quality photo and video collection, the company says. Drones equipped with the 5G technology can be used across a range of industries, among them movie making, mapping and emergency services like firefighting, Qualcomm notes.

Additional hardware will include Internet of Things type devices like our smart speakers and doorbell cameras. This can of course apply not only to home and office appliances, but industrial equipment, hospital equipment, vehicles, etc. So as the coverage of 5G service slowly expands, so does the market of new technology to harness its power.

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The Big 3 Achieve 5G Coverage for 230 Million Americans

As the two-year rollout of 5G cellular service continues, separate announcements from the big three phone carriers show that each is reaching at least 230 million Americans.

According to an AT&T and Frontier Communications announcement Wednesday (Oct. 6), the two have struck a network deal that will support deployment of AT&T’s 5G mobility network.

For its part, Verizon reported expansion of 5G to parts of five new cities, while T-Mobile said it now covers over 90% of Americans with 5G.

AT&T = 250 Million

AT&T’s coverage map reports its 5G service reaches more than 14,000 cities and towns in the U.S. 

Verizon = 230 Million

Verizon reports that its 5G Nationwide low-band 5G network is now available in more than 2,700 cities across the U.S., and its coverage area includes more than 230 million people. Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband network is available in parts of 70 cities. 5G Ultra Wideband mobility will be available later in the month, increasing that number to 87 cities.

T-Mobile = 305 Million

T-Mobile reports its 5G network now covers over 90% of Americans, and in just a few years, it will provide 5G to 99% of Americans. It also covers 92% of interstate miles. Its Extended Range 5G network covers 305 million people, and its Ultra Capacity 5G network covers 165 million.

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New Possibilities in the 5G World

Most of the conversations and articles about 5G typically center around the possibilities of it replacing broadband Internet, or how we can combat the bandwidth limitations of the current LTE services. If you’re looking for some new content, check out the webcast Ericsson’s North America CEO, Niklas Heuveldop, did with the Washington Post recently. He’s joined by Carolyn Lee, who is from The Manufacturing Institute – this is the education and workforce partner of the National Association of Manufacturers, the nation’s largest industrial trade association. Together, they talk about the benefits to manufacturing processes, gaming using virtual cloud consoles (rather than buying new hardware every year), and artificial intelligence. You can also check out the transcript here. 

5G smartphones are increasingly available in the US, though for many the speed isn’t much faster than 4G connections. Only 75 cities have deployed the fastest 5G networks on the millimeter-wave bands. About 300 million people in the United States have access to low-band 5G, which has slower speeds, according to Ericsson’s figures. Heuveldop says, “The next 12 to 18 months is really when it’s going to take off. The build-out is underway…and full 5G deployment will be done by 2025.” Just this month, Verizon has expanded its fixed wireless home internet connections on 5G networks to at least parts of 57 US cities as an alternative to wired connections. You basically get a transceiver unit that establishes an over-the-air broadband link with speeds of up to 1Gbps.

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How the Military is Using 5G

In honor of our Independence Day this year, we want to focus on how 5G cellular technology and the military are working together to provide us a more autonomous world. 

Defense One posted an article a few weeks ago that highlights the Navy’s “5G Living Lab.” With the backing of companies like QualComm and Verizon, Marine Corps Lt. Col. Brandon Newell (director of the Navy’s SoCal Tech Bridge) was able to begin experimentation with 5G. The tests he and his team have been working on look at the benefits of using 5G cellular connectivity across a base. It could unlock new uses for self-driving vehicles, provide greater energy efficiency on base, and even better teaming between drones and ground robots. They quickly discovered a stronger cellular connection enables a lot more than video conferencing and reliable internet (go figure!). 

Newell spoke to Defense One as part of a special interview ahead of the 6th annual Defense One Tech Summit, taking place from June 21 to 25.  Here’s some of the quotes they received from him:

“We were able to learn what that self-driving unmanned future looked like, but also the key enablers to it,” he said.

“What you are seeing is that sensor suites with artificial intelligence and machine learning aggregate the data at the software level, at the user interface level,” he said. “You can actually expand to multiple threat vectors. So we’re showing ground perimeter, [and] drones. We’re showing maritime counter-intrusion. We were able to show how a single police officer can have that kind of local and regional look at the threat.”  

Check out more on this at Defense One!

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5G Increases Overall Data Usage

As cellular technologies grow, so does our need for content and therefore, our consumption of data. According to a recent report from Ericsson, average mobile data usage is over 10GB per month. Ericsson attributes this increase by only two factors. 

Mobile data is more readily available and since most users are on cell phones usage is higher than on fixed broadband services. 

The amount of mobile broadband routers have also risen. Think about all the people who had to start working from home. Those in more rural areas found a sudden need for a stable connection with high bandwidth, but no access to wired services. LTE Advanced and 5G technology have made this more possible. Sure, there are battery powered mobile hotspots, but they generally don’t have the power, nor the features to support everything a work-from-home employee requires.  

It’s easy to rack up data on your cellular connection using a mobile broadband router compared to your cell phone. No longer is it just you browsing the web or making video calls, but now everyone in your home or office is using the same connection. The report – Ericsson’s Mobility Report – shows mobile data usage hit 11GB per month in both the US and Western Europe.

Also something to note, according to a study by Pew Research, some 15% of US adults are now mobile-only internet users – meaning they don’t have a home broadband connection, but instead rely solely on their smartphone. Smartphone ownership has increased to 85%, up from 81% in 2019.

If this trend continues, the monthly global average usage per smartphone is forecast could reach 35GB by the end of 2026. Smartphones continue to be at the epicenter of this development as they generate most of the mobile data traffic – about 95 percent – today, a share that is projected to increase throughout the forecast period.

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SD-WAN Branch Solutions by Peplink

5G is in our scope! Internet technologies are advancing. Security risks are increasing, along with the number of local and remote connections to manage. Many companies find themselves in a state of urgency to find the best solution, but run into confusion trying to understand what they need and how it will work for them. Not to mention having the adequate support when required. Together with Peplink, 5Gstore can assist your team at every level.

First, familiarize yourself with the terminology. For example…

  • SD-WAN means Software Defined Wide Area Network. This is a virtual Internet connection rather than a physical one coming from the cable or phone company. When you hear about Peplink’s SpeedFusion technology, this would be considered an SD-WAN. SpeedFusion creates one connection from many by establishing a VPN link between 2 or more sites – whether those be physical sites using a Peplink or Pepwave router, or a virtual site like Peplink’s FusionHub or SpeedFusion Cloud service.
  • SaaS stands for Software as a Service. If you’ve used our Remote Power IP Switches, or a security camera such as those from Nest or Amazon, think of the mobile application you use on your phone to access the Switch or Camera. In other words, this is a cloud based application rather than an application you might download onto your computer.
  • Bandwidth Bonding is part of Peplink’s SpeedFusion VPN technology. This can take any WAN connection (Wired, Cellular, or WiFi) and combine the bandwidth speeds, LESS a 19% overhead. For comparison, that’s only about 5% more than the commonly used IPSec VPN. Still, it’s important to note that high latency differences between connections can also affect the overall bonded speeds. Working with our Peplink certified sales and support engineers, we can help provide insight on factors to consider and configurations that could help combat the issues individual WAN connections may be experiencing.
  • Load Balancing, in comparison to bonding, still can utilize all your WAN connections simultaneously. However, it does not combine them together. Instead, it allows devices and types of applications/ traffic to be sent over a specific WAN connection or multiple. If your individual WAN connections are fast and stable enough for certain connections, this could save on cost.
  • Failover and the different types of failover is a good transition here as with load balancing, you do not have session persistence like you would with SpeedFusion Hot Failover. This feature can be used alongside bonding since it’s essentially the base for the other SpeedFusion features (i.e. WAN Smoothing and Bonding).

With all this in mind, even if your company only has a few users, it’s possible your bandwidth and/ or network availability needs will continue to grow with the industry. If you don’t grow with it, your legacy setup could compromise business. This doesn’t have quite as much to do with bandwidth (LTE is still more than enough for some), but more so with security, as hackers continue to find new ways into our devices.

We’ve listed some popular branch solutions as example hardware solutions for your reference below. When needed, contact the experts at 5Gstore and we’ll help guide you through the rest of the process!

Balance SDX

  • Deploy at headquarter or datacenter
  • SpeedFusion VPN provides reliable and fast access to the network resources
  • Modular design offers flexible choices of interchangeable connection interfaces, upgradeable to 5G

MAX HD4 MBX

  • Wireless SD-WAN router with up to 4 bonded LTE connections ensures high performance and 100% uptime in remote branches
  • Access corporate network resources with SpeedFusion VPN in minutes, rather than weeks with wired line

MAX HD2

  • Wireless SD-WAN router with 2 bonded LTE connections for smaller mobile branches
  • Access corporate network resources with SpeedFusion VPN in minutes

MAX Transit Duo

  • Lightweight wireless SD-WAN router with 2 LTE slots for unbreakable connectivity to HQ resources
  • Great for pop-up site or “office in a box” type setup
  • Affordable, easily scalable and manage
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Verizon to start 5G mobile service in 2 U.S. cities starting in April

Want to be able to use Verizon’s fifth generation wireless network in Chicago and Minneapolis starting in April? Verizon announced this week you can on April 11 by paying $10 per month with any of its unlimited mobile plans. The Motorola Z3 mobile and a device called 5G moto are the devices that you will need to connect to the 5G network.

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Verizon To Launch 5G in 30 Cities in 2019

Verizon finally offered some details about its 5G launch this morning: it plans to deploy the next-gen wireless technology in 30 cities by the end of 2019. The carrier didn’t say which cities those would be, how thoroughly 5G would be deployed throughout those cities, or when exactly the launch would begin, but Verizon did say that each launch would include some deployment of super fast millimeter wave radios.

“It’s just gonna be a total different experience in speed and throughput than you have ever seen before,” Hans Vestberg, Verizon’s CEO, said during a meeting with investors this morning. Spokespeople for Verizon confirmed that the company is not yet identifying which cities the service will launch in.

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5G is on its way to Chicago

A large thick cable that is coiled up laying on the roof of a parking garage in snow will be helping bring the 5G service to Chicago. Telecommunications Contractors will be installing this equipment for Sprints 5G Network. The installation of the 5G equipment will take place throughout Chicago. Equipment will be installed on top of many buildings and structures as Sprint works at bringing 5G. The new generation of 5G will bring lightning fast download speeds and change the way society operates.

The new 5G service will be up to 20 times faster than 4g LTE services, said Jonathan Hart the director of the government affairs from Houston based telecommunications infrastructure company. As other telecommunications experts argue that these speeds are an understatement.

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Verizon CEO Released Info

Verizon CEO Released info on Tuesday targeting markets such as 5G home and 5G commercial. Offering faster throughput speeds and the low latency of the 5G Verizon backed network. Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg mentions that 5G will bring new and exciting services such as Apple music to some of the data plans, also adding Netflix style gaming services. Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg explains that Verizon will be working with different developers that are working with the Verizon 5G equipment to create new innovations and services, to read the full article see here.

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