Depending on how you look at it, the pandemic will either slow progress of 5G. Or hasten it. There’s been a shortage of debate over whether the economic headwinds caused by the coronavirus will dampen carrier capital expenditures (CapEx) and infrastructure deployments. On the flip...
For the next generation of mobile infrastructure, the need is there for speed to transmit data seamlessly in order to develop new use cases across commerce and to revolutionize verticals such as healthcare. But as Paul Scanlan, chief technology officer of Huawei, said in an...
On the other side of the pandemic — whenever that might be — might 5G and a new age of connectivity await? As Amy McCune, VP & COO of Ericsson North America, told Karen Webster in a recent interview, the shifts in the way we live, work,...
AT&T’s 5G mmWave network will now be available to everyone, not just businesses, according to CNBC. Prior to Thursday’s announcement, the slower 5G network from AT&T was available to everyone, but the limited mmWave network, faster than the other 5G network, was only available to...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in fines from major U.S. cellphone carriers after officials determined the companies didn’t ensure the privacy of customers’ real-time locations, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday (Feb. 27), citing sources familiar with the...
Intel has announced that it has a bevy of new infrastructure to work with 5G technology and capitalize on it, according to a press release. The company’s launch includes the Intel Atom P5900, which is a “10nm system-on-chip (SoC) for wireless base stations” that Intel...
The world of 1997 may not initially present itself as a radically different place from today, but a stroll down memory lane quickly proves otherwise. Amazon was a three-year-old online bookstore that had recently launched its IPO with a stock price of around $20. The...
The U.S. Attorney General William Barr recently said the country should consider purchasing majority stakes in Nokia and/or Ericsson to push back against the dominance of Huawei and its control over the 5G market. EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager signaled that regulators were neutral to...
Mobile data and analytics company App Annie released its annual report The State of Mobile in 2020, offering a deep dive into the mobile ecosystem in 2019. The annual report offers a perspective of mobile’s impact across industries and the global economy. Consumers downloaded a...
