Indian mega-corp Tata unveils surprise 5G networking business Local carrier Airtel will adopt it — next comes world domination Networks23 Jun 2021 | 7
What a time to be alive: Cisco now offering 5G routers to ride along in cars Switchzilla adds 5G options to edge routers and gateways, bets you'd rather buy its kit than run multiple networks Networks18 Jun 2021 | 2
Vodafone names vendors tapped for Britain's first wide-scale OpenRAN build: NEC, Dell, and Samsung The big get Huawei: telco starts to rip and replace Chinese network maker's kit Networks14 Jun 2021 | 4
Qualcomm promises 5G 6nm Snapdragon 778G chip in mid-range phones by summer Honor, iQOO, OPPO, Realme, Xiaomi, Motorola onboard so far Personal Tech19 May 2021 |
Not keen on a 5G mast in your street? At least it'd be harder for crackpots to burn down 'a flying cell tower in orbit' Another satellite constellation prepares for launch, this one aimed at next-gen connectivity for IoT devices Networks12 May 2021 | 40
Hear that, Qualcomm? Analyst claims Apple's homegrown 5G modems to land in 2023 'at the earliest' Securities advisor passes note setting potential date for snipping of Snapdragons to investors Personal Tech10 May 2021 | 6
China is upset India excluded Chinese equipment from 5G network trials Why are you giving yourself a kick in the innovation economy? Networks07 May 2021 | 3
India approves 5G trials – if they don't use Chinese 5G kit Government department wants carriers to facilitate testing of homegrown tech for India-specific use cases Networks05 May 2021 | 1
Ofcom 5G auction ends with UK carriers spending £23m for choice spectrum positionings What's £23m compared to £1.35bn? Networks28 Apr 2021 | 6
FreedomFi's 5G gateways will mine HNT cryptocurrency for owners who dole out coverage to passing users, IoT devices Traffic + Demand * Bandwidth = $$$ (maybe) Networks28 Apr 2021 | 6
UK Telecoms Diversification Taskforce says Ofcom should take lead to ensure telcos don't rely on too few suppliers Finding Huawei out of this mess Networks21 Apr 2021 | 6
Chinese officials declare intention to become network superpower, tout glorious 5G rollout that's smaller than local carriers' claims Great Leap Forward sees broadband speeds surge, 99 per cent of villages hooked up, all for $6/month Networks21 Apr 2021 | 12
Plot twist! South Korean telco uses 5G to fight coronavirus via hospital-patrolling robot Modified Keemi disinfects, takes temperatures, tells you off for not socially distancing Networks19 Apr 2021 | 12
Telecoms Diversification Task Force urges UK government to give smaller hardware vendors a bigger slice of the 5G pie Filling the void left by Huawei Networks14 Apr 2021 | 5
What's Red and scale-y and shacked up with NEC? A new Red Hat network function virtualization solution, apparently Living on the Edge as SA networks roll out Networks13 Apr 2021 |
United States' plan to beat China includes dominating tech standards groups – especially for 5G 'Strategic Competition Act' calls for appointment of a new ambassador-at-large for tech Security12 Apr 2021 | 35
US national parks to be smothered under blanket of liquid-hot Magma. Yes, the open-source 5G software Now sulky teens can TikTok while you marvel at boring nature stuff Networks07 Apr 2021 | 18
China added 300 million 5G subscribers and a million 5G base stations in 2020 Three big telcos also boast 1.3 billion 4G subscriptions, and 400m broadband connections heading to gigabit speeds Networks26 Mar 2021 | 7
Qualcomm heads for rural Dorset to test agri-bots (and maybe a nice jar of Scrumpy) Cuz I got a 5G combine harvester, an' I'll give you the key Networks24 Mar 2021 | 12
UK carriers open their wallets as regulator Ofcom doles out more slabs of 5G spectrum Netting £1.35bn for the Treasury Networks17 Mar 2021 | 6
Nokia inks Radio Access Network collaboration deals with Microsoft, AWS, Google The 5G prog rock supergroup nobody asked for Networks17 Mar 2021 | 2
Obtaining US 5G supremacy is easy as Pai, says FCC commish Brendan Carr. It's all in the spectrum America ranks behind China, South Korea and even.... Great Britain in spectrum availability Networks16 Mar 2021 | 3
Got a need for speed? New report claims iPhone 12's 5G performance lags behind that of rival Android models Baked-in mmWave support may improve figures with more deployments Personal Tech16 Mar 2021 | 12
ISP industry blasts UK Telecoms Security Bill for vague requirements, high costs of compliance 'They're dictating how to monitor networks, without fully understanding the impact on the sector' Networks12 Mar 2021 | 19
China Telecom to seek Shanghai listing after US investment ban Plans to build 100,000 servers for 5G industrial edge cloud play Off-Prem10 Mar 2021 |
Vodafone chief gushes over OpenRAN, says commercial deployments to start this year But still some way to go before standards-based tech can match mainstream products Networks09 Mar 2021 | 6
After spending $45bn on 5G licences, Verizon tells customers to turn off 5G to save battery life You've just got to have 5G... except when you don't Networks01 Mar 2021 | 35
FCC announces winners in $81bn 5G spectrum auction. Congrats to Verizon, which must cough up $45.4bn AT&T and T-Mobile also have to write enormous cheques before March 24 Networks25 Feb 2021 | 17
HPE dips toe into OpenRAN 5G with a software platform and new iron to run it Should be with carriers in the second quarter Networks24 Feb 2021 |
Snapdragon X65: Qualcomm says its next-gen 5G modem handles up to 10Gbps downloads, knows if you're holding it wrong 3GPP standards built in at core Personal Tech09 Feb 2021 | 9
As Huawei's semiconductor purchases slip, its founder tries a new tactic: Flattery Ren Zhengfei wants to talk to the Biden administration On-Prem09 Feb 2021 | 6
EU infosec agency unveils 5G vendor security licensing scheme despite years of Huawei ambiguity Plus: Parliament says UK was too hasty booting Chinese giant off networks Networks04 Feb 2021 | 5
Skål! Ericsson toasts healthy set of Q4 2020 results thanks to global 5G rollout and a kneecapped competitor Swedish comms giant cashes in where Huawei is on retreat Networks29 Jan 2021 | 6
Going, going, gone... until March: UK comms regulator delays 5G spectrum auction over pandemic logistics Updated Some things can wait, even if it is central to the 'economy's recovery' Networks25 Jan 2021 | 9
London calling: 5G coverage in British capital grew during second half of last year with fastest speeds on Vodafone O2 regained lost ground, while EE continued to assert its dominance Networks20 Jan 2021 | 10
Dell CTO shares his hottest trends for 2021: Four interesting technologies, one of which is still borderline sci-fi for now Spoiler: It's quantum. And who knew? 5G isn't for the peasants On-Prem15 Jan 2021 | 21
Lay down your souls to the gods of rock 'n' roll: Conspiracy theorists' 5G 'vaccine' chip schematic is actually for a guitar pedal One owned by every 13-year-old with dreams of slinging an axe Bootnotes05 Jan 2021 | 137
Realme 7 5G: Parents, this is the phone you should have got your kids for Christmas It has everything most normal people would want and costs £279 Personal Tech01 Jan 2021 | 61
'Long-standing vulns' in 5G protocols open the door for attacks on smartphone users Plus: EU agrees that security could be better and calls for bigger role for itself Security18 Dec 2020 | 23
It's better to burn out than fade Huawei: UK rolls out schedule for rip-and-replace rules Nothing from Chinese bogeyman allowed in core network by early 2023 Networks30 Nov 2020 | 31
Telcos face £100k-a-day fines unless they obey new UK.gov rules on how to deploy Huawei 5G gear in their networks 2027 ban prelude will be new Ofcom micromanagement powers Networks24 Nov 2020 | 28
Uncle Sam passes comms act that sets aside $750m for the development of OpenRAN 'There are no American vendors for the network equipment that fuels our wireless economy' Networks19 Nov 2020 | 15
Shocking revelations from Huawei-commissioned report: Huawei is good for the UK's economy so don't ban them It might need a new angle since the government already has form for shafting the economy Networks18 Nov 2020 | 23
MediaTek's latest chip promises 5G for the proles: Destined for those not-so-high end smartmobes Pops head around door into party: Oh Qualcomm, you're here too? Personal Tech10 Nov 2020 | 7
Qualcomm hints at future data centre and edge compute products Strong-arms Q4 and the year as China fuels 5G sales Networks05 Nov 2020 | 1
Please, tell us more about how just 60 hydrogen-powered 5G drones could make 400,000 UK base stations redundant Gartner's finest – a former vulture – draws clouds over eyebrow-raising connectivity plan Networks04 Nov 2020 | 62
Vodafone bets big on OpenRAN as it replaces its Huawei estate in rural Wales and South West England 'The technology works. There's still a lot of development that needs to happen, but it does work' Networks02 Nov 2020 | 9
Get outta Huawei! UK mobile network EE selects Ericsson's flat-packed 5G RAN kit to replace Chinese wares BT-owned carrier gets cosier with Swedish comms giant Networks28 Oct 2020 | 19
Brit startup would like to beam 5G connectivity down at you from hydrogen-fuelled drones And Deutsche Telekom's happy with this airborne base station plan Security27 Oct 2020 | 11
Seeing as real 5G isn't even here yet, you could just get a OnePlus instead of an iPhone 12 and save loadsamoney Firm launches cheapest phones yet: £329 5G model, £179 basic handset Networks26 Oct 2020 | 10
Yes, we have a 5G iPhone now. But that doesn't mean 5G has arrived Feature And please forget about that 4th industrial revolution because most networks only have NSA 5G Networks26 Oct 2020 | 51
China reveals audit of 320,000 local apps, with 34 booted from app stores and hundreds of devs warned they could suffer same fate Privacy crackdown in the land of ubiquitous surveillance, where 5G now blankets all cities Applications23 Oct 2020 | 10
Big Telco freaks out as unknown operator with great political connections vies for valuable 5G space in America Analysis The swamp is full to the brim as usual in Washington DC, it seems Networks21 Oct 2020 | 27
Qualcomm and India’s top telco strike 5G pact, hit 1Gbps in trials This goes some way towards explaining the 5G network kit Jio suddenly announced it had built and would sell Networks21 Oct 2020 | 1
FreedomFi presses the public-beta-release button on its roll-your-own open-source 5G/LTE gateway gear A few downsides: no voice, for starters Networks19 Oct 2020 |
Need next-gen connectivity but don't want to break the bank? Samsung's Galaxy A42 5G is a bin-raking £349 Now, just to wait for some signal... Personal Tech12 Oct 2020 | 8
Britain should have binned Huawei 5G kit years ago to cuddle up with Trump, says Parliamentary committee Plus: MPs call for more OpenRAN-based work in UK Networks08 Oct 2020 | 56
Think tank warns any further delay to 5G rollout will cost the UK multiple billions – but hey, at least Huawei is out This is what you wanted, right? Networks01 Oct 2020 | 35
UK mobile network EE plumps for Nokia to provide that all-important 5G RAN equipment Is that a £500m Huawei-shaped hole you're looking to plug? The big rip 'n' replace begins Networks29 Sep 2020 | 16
Nokia rolls out midrange 5G mobile, but will struggle to fight off Motorola and pals. Plus: New platform for suits with bulk-ordered SIMs Also two new budget blowers including £99 MicroUSB unit Personal Tech23 Sep 2020 | 8
China makes treatment of its 5G vendors an issue to rank with climate change or disarmament 'No government should politicize 5G' says position paper published to mark United Nations’ 75th birthday Networks11 Sep 2020 | 16
When Huawei leaves, the UK doesn't lead in 5G, says new report commissioned by... er... Huawei Telcos wary of new tech spend anyway, say analysts Networks09 Sep 2020 | 55