5G/6G

It has been announced that Haltian Oy is offering industrial enterprises a complete and fully integrated wireless Smart Factory solution with on-site infrastructure. The innovative product development and global IoT company, has just launched its end-to-end Smart Factory solution, based on its Thingsee IoT platform. 

The LTE Small Cell provider and a broadband access product manufacturer, T&W, plans to expand its existing Small Cell product line by supporting 5G Small Cell solutions powered by the Qualcomm FSM100xx 5G Platform. By building on its mature product portfolio and existing large-scale LTE deployments at tier one operators, T&W will smoothly embed 5G technology into its existing product line.

It has been announced by Vodafone that it will be switching on its 5G network for both consumers and business customers in seven cities across the UK on 3rd July. Here, commenting on the news, Ken Karnofsky, Senior Strategist for Signal Processing Applications at MathWorks, believes this marks a significant point in the rollout of 5G throughout the UK.

Standards are great and there are so many to choose from. While this statement appears to ring true, closer inspection reveals very few standards reach ubiquity. Some are successful in one or two markets, for example, the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) standard has remained dedicated to serving a narrow sector since it was first introduced in 1983. By Karl Helmer Torvmark

A hybrid thermal and EMI absorber material that supports 5G handheld device and network infrastructure applications has been developed by Laird Performance Materials. CoolZorb 5G is specifically designed for the millimetre wave (mmWave) and microwave frequencies that 5G will implement.

Successful 5G signalling tests have been announced by Rohde & Schwarz and MediaTek, using a device equipped with MediaTek's new Helio M70 5G modem, ensuring the modem is compatible and ready for 5G NR deployment. The tests were carried out using an R&S CMW500 wideband radio communication tester and the R&S CMX500 5G NR signalling tester.

Demystifying 5G 2019, a forum for sharing valuable information about standards, regulations, best practices and technical tips has been announced by Rohde & Schwarz. It will take place at the Madejski Stadium in Reading on May 21. The one day event will include in-depth analysis, practical demonstrations, focus sessions and a formal Q&A, that will cover a high-level view of 5G New Radio, including the fundamentals, procedures and testing ...

AAC Technologies (AAC), a provider of advanced miniaturized technology has used Keysight Technologies’ suite of 5G solutions to introduce high-performance 5GmmWave front-end solutions for next generation mobile phones and base stations. Following AAC’s announcement to invest in a research and development centre in Singapore last year, the company chose Keysight’s 5G waveform generation and analysis testbed to validate ...

The partnership between Infinera and XL Axiata announced today the expansion of XL Axiata’s South Sumatra terrestrial network and its Singapore-to-Jakarta subsea network via B2JS (Jakarta-Bangka-Batam-Singapore) with the Infinera XTC platform, leveraging Infinera’s Infinite Capacity Engine (ICE4).

5G network emulation solutions from Keysight Technologies have been selected by Quectel, a global supplier of 5G and IoT modules, to accelerate commercialisation of industrial internet of things (IoT), mobile broadband and fixed wireless access (FWA) applications.