Dan Oliver

Research A new Nokia ‘Center of Excellence’ will be established at Tampere University's ‘Kampusareena’ in Hervanta, to further the development of the company’s ReefShark 5G chipset.

Autonomous vehicles New lab from O2 and the ESA will explore next-gen connectivity for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs), using both 5G and satellite communications.

Infrastructure Nokia has announced the world’s first automated 4G and 5G network slicing within RAN, transport and core domains, enabling services to be rolled out in minutes.

Infrastructure BridgeComm and Nokia to deliver high-speed optical wireless communications (OWC) for 5G sites, technology which can deliver 100Gbps throughput, without the need to lay fiber.

Edge computing In his latest blog post, Jason Zander, executive vice president of Microsoft Azure, has outlined the company’s vision for 5G in the next phase of network development.

Infrastructure Nokia has announced that it has been selected by BT as a 5G RAN supplier, making the Finnish telecoms giant BT’s largest infrastructure partner.

Research Working with Ericsson, Hitachi is hoping to expand its Lumada IoT platform, which it says will improve machine uptime, whilst improving data handling and efficiency.

Research Four new companies have joined the 5G Open Innovation Lab as ‘founding partners’ to fuel the development of new 5G capabilities and use cases in the US and beyond.

Event Positive Technologies will present a free webinar at the start of October, titled ‘Migrating mobile networks to 5G: a smooth and secure approach’.

Research Siemens, Tharus, and Seagate have joined the UK’s Industrial 5G Accelerator, a partnership between Ericsson and Digital Catapult, the UK’s leading advanced digital technology innovation centre.

Transport Mobilitie and Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) will provide next generation 5G connectivity to passengers on the fifth busiest public transportation system in the US.

Infrastructure Customers expect a seamless experience with 5G, and service providers are now turning to AI to help identify and manage issues that impact on a consistent quality of experience (QoE).

Broadcasting Telia, TV2 Denmark, and BB&S, have partnered to produce a new proof-of-concept for film and broadcast lighting, which could enable remote production, improved efficiency, and cost savings.

Cloud Varnish Software has launched Varnish Edge Cloud, a virtualized 5G CDN solution that enables CSPs to deliver front-to-back 5G services.

Hotspots Arriving on September 18th, the Netgear Nighthawk 5G Mobile Hotspot Pro will be exclusively available to AT&T customers in the US.

Infrastructure CSPs can now access a new upgrade to Nokia’s self-organising network tool for 5G, Cognitive SON, which uses machine learning to increase operational efficiency.

Infrastructure Nokia and Telefónica have announced that the Finnish vendor will be the sole provider of 5G equipment for the largest mobile network provider in Spain.

Infrastructure Parallel Wireless, a company delivering software-defined Open RAN solutions, has issued a public statement calling for more investment in semiconductor tech.

Networks Susan Buttsworth, chief operating officer at Three UK, has revealed a number of ways that the UK government can help the roll-out of 5G infrastructure.

Education Students at Coventry University can now take part in lessons presented via untethered VR headsets, remotely connected to Vodafone’s 5G Standalone (SA) network.

Infrastructure At the 5G Realised Summit - taking place over the next two days in London - Matt Warman MP has discussed the effect of Huawei’s removal from the UK’s 5G infrastructure.

Networks In a test of 5G networks within London, Vodafone has beaten out the competition, as it has been named the capital’s number one 5G provider by testing company, umlaut.

Security New hardware, machine learning, and AI, are all being used by Verizon to ensure security is improved ahead of its nationwide 5G roll-out in the US.

Hardware Emerging 5G technology won’t just transform mobile devices, but will also enable home and business users to benefit from 5G broadband via Fixed Wireless Access (FWA).

Phones At the company’s recent LifeUnstoppable virtual event, Samsung announced what is expected to be its cheapest 5G phone.