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Conference on Licensing Practices in 5G Industry SegmentsFocusing on the development of 5G the Conference on Licensing Practices in 5G Industry Segments, jointly organized by NGMN and ITU, will facilitate sharing and discussing present-day licensing practices and related issues in different industry segments. The Conference will discuss issues that stakeholders may need to be aware […]

Airspan Networks acquisition of Mimosa a ‘natural fit’Airspan sees Mimosa’s channel sales as vertical market opportunity Florida-based Airspan Networks, perhaps best known for its work with Sprint on the Magic Box small cell, recently announced its acquisition of Mimosa Networks, a Santa Clara, California-based specialist in hybrid fiber-wireless solutions. Financial terms of the deal were […]

Nokia combines fixed, mobile businesses as part of 5G strategyFollows customer-facing re-org also geared toward 5G sales cycle Nokia continues to reorganize its business and management structures ahead of an anticipated increase in 5G product sales in the 2019-2020 timeframe. In the latest, the infrastructure vendor is essentially combining is fixed and mobile network business […]

Huawei reaches 22 commercial contracts for 5GHuawei said it has already shipped 10,000 5G base stations Chinese vendor Huawei has already signed 22 commercial contracts for 5G, the company’s Executive Director and President of Carrier business group Ryan Ding said. The executive said the development of 5G is picking up speed as major countries are […]

Telstra completes 5G connection with Ericsson, QualcommThe 5G test used Telstra’s spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band Australian carrier Telstra said it has achieved what it claims to be Australia’s first live 5G connection using a commercial 5G chipset on the carrier’s mobile network. The company said it used a form factor device working with […]

Mitsubishi Electric, NTT DoCoMo achieve 27 Gbps throughput in 5G trialsThe outdoor trials used frequencies in the 28 GHz band Japanese firms Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and NTT DoCoMo announced they have achieved what it claims to be the world’s first 5G mobile telecommunications proof of concept (PoC) for 27 Gbps and 25 Gbps maximum throughputs […]