Swedish telecom giant Ericsson said the United Kingdom could lose out on the newest fifth-generation (5G) wireless network because of government rules that are making it expensive and inefficient to install, Bloomberg News reported. “Decisive action is needed, uncertainty is not good for business and it could...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is working on facilitating 5G wireless networks across the U.S., according to a press release. The FCC is doing so by looking into how it can speed up the upgrades to existing wireless infrastructure through state and local rules, the...
The latest casualty of COVID-19: smartphone shipments. By year’s end, the number of units shipped globally is expected to plummet by nearly 12 percent to 1.2 billion units, down from 1.4 billion in 2019, according to a press release form the International Data Corp. (IDC), a Massachusetts...
India, looking to attract more global investments in the manufacture of mobile phones, is offering financial incentives and a wealth of plug-and-play facilities, Bloomberg reports. The government plans to focus initially on a few big companies, targeting them with up to 6 percent incentives on...
Customers waiting for Rakuten Inc.’s launch of its 5G services, which were originally planned for June, will have to wait. Reuters reported that the Tokyo company’s 5G rollout will be delayed by three months due to disruptions caused by COVID-19. Software testing by the company’s...
The headlines are full of cautious companies, reigning in spending plans. The economic climate is rocky, to say the least. But for 5G — the fifth generation tech standard for cellular networks — tailwinds are in place, as we increasingly go digital, across all facets...
The pandemic has prompted Stockholm-based telecommunications technology firm Ericsson to up its forecast for worldwide 5G subscriptions to 2.8 billion by 2025, the company said in a live webinar on Monday (May 11). The company had originally forecast 2.6 billion but the demand “is greater...
The U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) is on the verge of green-lighting a collaboration with Huawei Technologies in China to cooperatively develop 5G standards, according to a May 7 (Thursday) Reuters report that cited sources knowledgeable about the matter. Collaboration between Huawei and technology companies...
The COVID-19 pandemic could delay the rollout of 5G networks in the U.S. According to a report from The Verge, the warnings come as businesses cited the impact the coronavirus could have on their bottom lines as they reported their quarterly earnings. Analysts say they...
