First Large-Scale Field Trial of 5G Mobile Delivers Speed of 3.6Gbps
Chinese firm Huawei and Japanese telecoms giant NTT DOCOMO have conducted the world’s first large-scale field trial of next generation 5G mobile broadband technology using the sub-6GHz band, which has...
View ArticleGovernment Offers GBP1m to Help UK Businesses Harness 5G Mobile
The next (5th) generation of 5G based Mobile Broadband technology is still roughly five years away, but that hasn’t stopped the Government getting an early start and today they’ve offered another £1m...
View ArticleOfcom Finalise UK Wireless Broadband Auction for 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz
The UK telecoms regulator has today confirmed the final details for their “early” 2016 auction of 190MHz worth of high-capacity spectrum in the 2.3GHz (2350MHz to 2390MHz) and 3.4GHz (3410MHz to...
View ArticleOfcom Sets Out Global Position on Wireless Broadband Spectrum
The United Kingdom’s telecoms regulator has today set out what position they will be taking at next month’s World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15), which among other things will seek to...
View ArticleLegal Threats Cause Ofcom to Delay UK Auction of 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz
The UK telecoms regulator has today announced its intention to delay the start of their auction for 190MHz worth of prime Mobile Broadband spectrum in the 2.3GHz (2350MHz to 2390MHz) and 3.4GHz...
View ArticleBT Test Uses G.fast Broadband to Supply New C-RAN Mobile Network
BT’s forthcoming 300-500Mbps G.fast broadband technology won’t just be used to upgrade homes. The operator has also claimed a “world first” by using the G.fast to supply a cellular Cloud Radio Access...
View Article10Gbps Capable 5G Mobile Broadband Could Arrive as Soon as 2017
Most EU and UK telecoms regulators don’t expect the first commercial roll-out of future 5G capable Mobile Broadband services to happen until 2020 or later, but that hasn’t stopped Nokia and Verizon...
View ArticleBusinesses Say Infrastructure Commission Needs TEETH to Help 5G Mobile
The Confederation of British Industry has called on the UK Government to give the new Infrastructure Commission “strong teeth” so that it can overcome political obstacles and focus on long-term...
View ArticleOfcom to Free 25MHz of the 700MHz Band for UK Mobile Broadband
The telecoms regulator has today launched a new consultation on their plan to re-purpose 25MHz of spectrum in the 700MHz band, which is currently used by Digital Terrestrial TV services, and make it...
View ArticleUK Budget 2016 – No Big New Bits for Boosting Broadband Connectivity
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has today set out the annual Budget 2016 report for the United Kingdom, which among other things announced the plan to publish a strategy for 5G mobile...
View ArticleResearchers in Scotland Promise Self Healing 5G Mobile Networks
Future 5G based Mobile Broadband networks are expected to be extremely fast (peak speeds of up to 10Gbps), but new EU supported research taking place at the University of West of Scotland (UWS) could...
View ArticleAdopting 700MHz for Mobile May Force 160K UK Homes to Replace Aerials
The on-going effort to re-purpose the 700MHz radio spectrum band (currently used by UK Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV) services) and make it available for use by Mobile Broadband (4G, 5G etc.) in time...
View ArticleEE UK Builds Alliance to Develop 5G and 4G LTE Broadcast Data Tech
Mobile giant EE (BT) has formed a new alliance with several other operators, including Verizon (USA), Telstra (Australia) and kt (South Korea), in order to facilitate the development of LTE-Broadcast...
View ArticleUK Infrastructure Commission Consults on Future 5G Mobile Rollout
The National Infrastructure Commission has launched an 8-week consultation on the future deployment of 5G based Mobile Broadband services across the United Kingdom, which seeks to understand what the...
View ArticleEU Losing Ground in the Race to Roll-out Ultrafast 5G Mobile Networks
The European Commission has launched a new consultation that aims to devise a coordinated roll-out plan for the next generation of 5G mobile networks across its 28 EU member states, which predicts a...
View ArticleOvum Predicts 24 Million 5G Mobile Subscribers by the End of 2021
We might not have an agreed standard, commercial hardware, spectrum allocations or any real understanding of how much future 5G based Mobile Broadband technology will cost to roll-out. But Ovum still...
View Article3GPP Agrees Timetable for the First Official 5G Mobile Specifications
The next generation of ultra-fast (20Gbps capable) 5G based Mobile Broadband technology has edged a little closer this week after the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) agreed on a workplan to...
View ArticleLondon UK to Get New 1Gbps Small Cell Backhaul and Enterprise Network
Wireless ISP Luminet has teamed up with Cambridge Communication Systems (CCS) to roll-out a new small cell backhaul and enterprise network across London, which will deliver speeds of up to 1Gbps...
View ArticleOfcom Starts Strategic Review of UK Fixed Wireless Links and Spectrum
The UK telecoms regulator has today fired the starting gun for their strategic review fixed wireless spectrum, which covers everything from high capacity wireless data capacity links (e.g. those that...
View ArticleEU Aims for Universal 100Mbps Ultrafast Broadband Coverage by 2025
A leaked draft of a new report from the European Commission has revealed that the EU intends to set a new target for broadband and mobile coverage, which will aim to ensure that “all European...
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