5G/6G

Bluetest has expanded its 5G offering for the RTS65 Over-the-Air (OTA) test system with a Compact Antenna Test Range (CATR) option addressing the 5G OTA community’s need for directive measurements in the FR2 (mmWave) range.

Analysing the 31 most popular tourist destinations, Business Fibre has analysed each location by a series of metrics to determine the most internet-friendly city, looking at the number of free WiFi spots, the average cost of data, the number of restaurants with free wifi, as well as the average upload and download speeds.

Global research company OMDIA has today released the first version of its 5G Market Progress Assessment (end-2019) report, showing that South Korea is the leading country for 5G deployment in the twenty two leading 5G countries analysed for their deployment of 5G technology.

5G promises exciting advances for Communications Service Providers (CSPs), but the 5G rollout is going to be challenging. CSPs must rapidly build out dense, low latency edge networks in ways that are affordable, secure, and easily maintainable. Guest blog written by Paul Miller.

Sporton has selected the Keysight Technologies’ 5G test platforms to deliver comprehensive conformance and regulatory test services to a global device market.

Rakuten Mobile and NEC Corporation have announced that the two companies have reached an agreement to jointly develop the containerised standalone 5G core network (5GC) to be utilised in Rakuten Mobile's fully virtualised cloud-native 5G network.

Keysight Technologies says that Audix, a Taiwanese-based test laboratory, has selected Keysight's 5G solutions to verify safe levels of radio frequency (RF) and microwave emissions from wireless devices.

MediaTek has announced the Dimensity 820 system-on-chip (SoC) which is optimised for premium user experiences. The Dimensity 820 delivers ultra-fast 5G speeds, and is feature-packed with MediaTek's latest multimedia, AI and imaging innovations.

Following its acquisition of connected technologies business, PCTEST, Element Materials Technology (Element) has completed a multi-million dollar investment in Q1 of equipment and facilities to enhance PCTEST’s existing 5G technology for wireless device manufacturers.

Existing 4G LTE devices will continue to connect seamlessly to 4G LTE radio access networks, even as they evolve to enable the first generation of 5G networks.