Rachael Sharpe

Infrastructure The Federal Executive Council has approved the National Policy on 5G networks for Nigeria’s digital economy and the rollout is expected to happen immediately.

Smart cities The two-year project will explore ways to make it easier for mobile companies to use publicly-owned buildings and curb side infrastructure to host 5G radio equipment.

Report For the new analysis of smartphone users’ 5G mobile experience across the US, Opensignal looked at all 50 states and 250 cities.

Networking The milestone enables mobile operators to efficiently deploy advanced 5G services in standalone mode.

Infrastructure The first deployment of a new energy-efficient 5G radio in London has been completed with 1500 more scheduled by April 2022.

Use cases BT Sport, Dorna, Vislink and the University of Strathclyde worked together at the British GP to showcase a private standalone 5G network.

Use cases Crowned ‘Fastest 5G mobile operator in Singapore’ by Ookla, the network is now rolling out in densely populated areas and adding more indoor coverage.

The new on-premises, private edge compute solution enables the ultra-low latency needed to deploy real-time enterprise applications.

Infrastructure The new products include fast ‘plug-and-play’ deployments that can be installed on site in as little as 15 minutes.

Networking The new lightweight and transportable solution provides best-in-class macro coverage for deployable 5G networks.

Networking The new multi-country single vendor deal continues Nokia’s long-standing partnership with A1 Telekom Austria Group.

Phones The leaked GIF shows 5G connectivity, triple 48MP camera and 24 hour battery life.

Phones The new 5G phone offers reverse charging, a Sony camera and is both dust-proof and waterproof.

Networks The federal government says the work on the national policy on 5G stands at 95 percent done.

Networks The exclusive 5G Core and RAN deal with Faroese Telecom will include full modernisation of the existing network.

IoT Ligado and Mavenir will develop base stations for 5G mobile satellite network and connect tens of millions of IoT devices.

Business The Ministry of Science and ICT hopes that the influx of new 5G technology companies will boost the adoption of the next generation technology.

The Qualcomm Flight RB5 5G Platform is powered by the company's QRB5165 processor and will drive the next generation of 5G drones.

Networks The trail network at Western Power Distribution’s test and development centre will use Nokia’s Modular Private Wireless solution and Nokia Industrial end devices.

Networks The company says the private 5G platform will help drive the future of enterprise across industries.

Use Cases IBM’s Industry Solution Lab in Texas becomes home to a testbed for developing and testing innovative 5G-enabled use cases for Industry 4.0 applications.

Infrastructure The deal makes Nokia the sole core vendor for United Group in these countries.

Report Juniper Research’s study puts the forecasted 940% growth down to network orchestration tools maximising monetisation.

Use Case With Nokia 5G at its core, the technology partnership will improve plant yields and quality in AeroFarms’ vertical farms through analytics, AI, drones and wireless networking.

Networks Federated Wireless 5G private network to support smart warehouse initiative and modernise US Marine operations.