Russia, 3.5GHz, 5G 2019-09-13
Russia has pulled away from using 3.5GHz as a 5G spectrum band, instead reserving it for military use, just as initial millimeter-wave 5G deployments start in Moscow. President Putin has reportedly reserved the 3.4-3.8GHz band for military and intelligen
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Low-Band, 5G Indoors 2019-09-10
One aspect that is less mentioned about low-band 5G is how much better it will be at penetrating indoor areas than current high-band millimeter wave deployments in the US. 2020 is going to be the first year where 5G starts to go indoors. This will largel
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5G Forecasts 2019-08-31
5G in the US is just now beginning to hit its stride, with operators like Verizon and Sprint launching 5G services in a growing number of markets and expanding their 5G handset lineups. And though most analysts believe that sales of 5G-capable phones so
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FCC, 300MHz, 5G 2019-08-31
According to a new report from the analysts at Wall Street firm New Street Research, the FCC will likely vote in November to free up 300MHz of spectrum in the C-Band for 5G. At least, that's the conclusion that the analysts have drawn from a new rou
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Europe, 5G 2019-08-13
Investors in Europe's biggest telecom operators have had a stomach-churning ride for the past three-and-a-half years, as the chart published below indicates. Every one of the region's "big six" telcos has witnessed a double-digit perc
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Vietnam, 5G 2019-08-13
Vietnam is making a tilt at the front ranks of telecom with an ambitious 5G timetable. Its biggest operators are running 5G field trials and aim to have commercial services running next year. If achieved, that would put them close behind the region'
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South Korea, 5G 2019-08-13
South Korea has taken an early lead in the international 5G race. By June, more than a million of the Asian country's smartphone addicts, who remain glued to their screens even when dodging traffic, had become 5G customers. The number keeps rising:
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China, 5G 2019-07-31
China's dash to 5G may not be quite as hectic as originally thought. When the industry ministry unexpectedly issued 5G commercial licenses in June, it was a signal in the middle of the trade war that it was putting its foot to the floor to steal a m
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India, handset, slumps 25%, 2019Q1 2019-05-17
India's mobile device market slumped 25% year-on-year during the first quarter of 2019 due to a collapse in the feature phone segment, according to CyberMedia Research (CMR). The research firm estimates that feature phone shipments shrank by around
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Japan, 14-digit mobile number, 2021 2019-05-17
Japan's communications ministry plans to create around 10 billion 14-digit phone numbers in anticipation of the 5G era. The 14-digit numbers starting with the code 020 will be introduced by 2021 at the latest, the Japan Times reported. The current s
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