Dan Oliver

Networking Bharti Airtel has announced a partnership with Qualcomm to speed up its 5G rollout plans, and establish itself as the ‘5G leader’ within the huge Indian telecoms market.

Networking A1, Austria’s leading network operator, has selected Nokia to deliver its 5G RAN and core, as part of its strategy to become the country’s leading provider of 5G networking.

App development UK media company Azoomee/Da Vinci has created an AR app that utilizes 5G to deliver an enhanced experience for children visiting Vienna’s historic Rathaus building.

IoT Vodafone and Sapcorda have tested new technology that enables accurate tracking for 5G use cases such as autonomous vehicles, drone delivery, and manufacturing.

Report A new 5G report from Spirent Communications highlights a number of trends within the 5G sector, which we can expect to see over the next 12 months; here we feature five of them.

Open RAN Nokia has announced a partnership with Brazil’s Telecommunications Research and Development Center (CPQD) to develop use cases using Near-RT RIC.

Event Fans lucky enough to attend Super Bowl LV at the weekend were treated to speeds in excess of 1.7Gbps, courtesy of AT&T’s 5G= service.

Report According to a new report from PwC, by the year 2030, the use of 5G in the healthcare industry will contribute $530bn to global GDP, making it the primary sector to benefit from 5G.

Networking When fiber can’t get the job done, operators are turning to microwave technology to develop backhaul transport networks between 5G sites and the core network.

Awards For over a decade, the Mobile Industry Awards has recognised the best of the mobile sector, and the 2021 nominations phase is now live.

Report To mark the launch of its ‘State of the Mobile Union’ report, RootMetrics has produced an infographic to illustrate how mobile network operators are doing in the US.

Networking Ericsson's new network slicing supports multiple networks, each delivering different service types, which can be allocated in just one millisecond.

Report A new Verizon survey reveals that seven in 10 business decision-makers (BDMs) say that 5G will help their company overcome the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Report 5G and Wi-Fi 6 will go hand-in-hand, and the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WAB) has revealed the critical requirements for the two technologies to work together.

Report In its 2021 TMT Predictions report, Deloitte has focussed on 5G health concerns, debunking many of the myths around mobile networking technology.

Artificial intelligence Nokia and China Mobile have successfully trialled AI-powered radio access (RAN) on a live 5G network, demonstrating improved efficiency and cost cost savings.

Networking By enabling networking slicing for 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) Nokia has provided CSPs with the opportunity to deliver tiered services using resource and network allocation.

Driverless vehicles Aurrigo, an autonomous vehicle specialist, will develop a ten-seater shuttle, running from Bletchley train station to MK Dons Stadium, as part of the MK 5G Create Project.

Education Mobilitie, the largest privately-held wireless infrastructure company in the US, is deploying a 5G network across the campus of Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in Florida.

Research Reviews.org, an Australian comparison site, has found a novel way of illustrating just how much more speed consumers can expect from a 5G device against one connected to a 4G network.

Infrastructure Google Cloud and Nokia have announced a global partnership to bring new solutions for communications service providers (CSPs) to develop network infrastructures, built on a cloud-native 5G Core.

Entertainment BBC Studios, EE, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Talesmith and Dimension Studios have launched The Green Planet 5G AR Consortium.

Hardware MediaTek has announced the availability of its 7nm Dimensity 800U chipset in Europe.

Networking Speedcast, a specialist in delivering network solutions for the maritime, mining, and energy sectors, has partnered with Nokia to deliver 4.9G private networks to its customers.