Small Cells

Open RAN

CommScope acquires virtual radio access network patents from Phluido

5G

What’s up with… AT&T, Ericsson, US towers, GlobalConnect

Emerging Tech

What’s up with… ATIS, 6G, Telefónica, Disney

Open RAN

Mavenir Acquires ip.access to Expand OpenRAN Radio Portfolio for CSPs and Enterprise Private Networks

Open RAN

Mavenir buys ip.access to boost Open RAN, enterprise portfolio

5G

Samsung brings 5G indoors with 5G mmWave small cell for in-building use

Security

What’s up with… Infoblox, SMIC, Oi

5G

ZTE tests the world's first digital indoor distribution capacity multiplication technology

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Access Evolution

Can Fixed Wireless Access on 5G connect the missing four billion users?

© Nokia

5G

Nokia is touting 5G standalone as a feature of its industrial-grade private wireless offer

5G

Corning and EnerSys announce collaboration to help speed 5G deployment

5G

5G is not dangerous, say professional engineers

Picture by Juan Alberto Garcia Rivera (https://www.flickr.com/photos/99815049@N07/)

Sustainability

What’s up with… Telstra, Swisscom, Small Cell Forum

Radio Access Network

What’s up with… O-RAN Alliance, Ericsson, Ciena

5G

ZTE partners with China Telecom to deploy 5G commercial ultra-broadband Qcell digital indoor distribution system

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5G

Verizon ties up with the UK’s Digital Catapult to surface innovative 5G concepts

Image courtesy of Telefónica

IoT

What’s up with… Telefónica, KKR, KT, IoT

Source: Rewheel

Mobile

What’s up with... unlimited mobile data deals, VMware Carbon Black, Google Cloud?

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Mobile

Scorchio! Clear skies around telco towers as INWIT owners cash in, Cellnex picks up UK assets

via Flickr © Stacy Spensley (CC BY 2.0)

5G

Nordic telcos get together on 5G with MOCN trial

HERE Geodata Model for 5G network planning 3D representation. Source: HERE

HERE

Geodata modeling for 5G network deployment

MWC

The GSMA finally yielded to the inevitable and cancelled MWC late on Wednesday

private networks

Ericsson and Capgemini to drive advanced digitalization through private 4G and 5G networks

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Business Models

Building complex indoor/outdoor small cell wireless networks isn’t easy