Samsung Electronics and IBM announced at the Samsung Developer Conference, a new joint platform leveraging IBM Cloud and AI capabilities, and Samsung’s mobile offerings. The collaboration between the two companies brings together IBM’s capabilities with the Samsung Galaxy ecosystem for today’s enterprise customers. “The mobile industry is undergoing a dramatic transformation and opening up new […]
Liverpool footballer Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain became the first to try out Three’s new Call of Duty 5G experience, playing the latest instalment of the gaming phenomenon, Call of Duty Modern Warfare which is released on Friday, October 25. Three gave the England international and avid ‘COD’ fan the exclusive chance to experience 5G through one of the most […]
By 2024, the Asia Pacific will have the most 5G subscriptions in the world, with an estimated 954m users in the region, according to a new report by data and analytics company GlobalData. The report also predicts North America and Europe will follow in second and third place, with 254m and 242m, respectively. Regions including Africa, […]
The increasing popularity of smartphones and the development of new 5G technologies is expected to boost the US mobile market to reach $224bn by 2024, according to a new report from GlobalData, a data and analytics company. “Market penetration and traffic data consumption are set to increase with 97 per cent of the US population […]
Vodafone has launched its 5G network and will become the first company to offer unlimited data on both 5G and 4G with the launch of Vodafone Unlimited on the 10 July 2019. Vodafone will not charge a price premium for access to its 5G network and all unlimited SIMs are 5G ready. The new unlimited […]
Faster than expected uptake of 5G has led to telecoms firm Ericsson predicting that there will be 1.9bn 5G subscriptions globally by the end of 2024, an increase of 400m on its previous forecast. The speed at which mobile network providers are introducing 5G around the world means coverage is set to reach 45 per cent of the world’s […]
Deloitte research has found that 12% of UK smartphone users, approximately 5.8 million people, said they would switch to a 5G network as soon as it becomes available. In new findings published ahead of the Media and Telecoms 2019 & Beyond conference, 19% of smartphone users, around 9.2 million, said they would switch to a 5G […]
The 5G Stadium-Immersive reality in sports project developed by Telefónica and FC Barcelonahas turned the Nou Camp into the first football stadium with standard dedicated 5G coverage. The deployment of this technology in the stands and on the pitch using Telefónica’s commercial frequency band and a standard 3GPP network by Ericsson will allow for new, more immersive ways of enjoying […]
LG Uplus, the South Korean mobile network operator and Elisa Corporation, the Finnish mobile network operator, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the Mobile World Congress 2019 in Barcelona. The MoU defines the partnership for cooperation in innovation, startup collaborations, service and network automation development. Both LG Uplus and Elisa have high priorities […]
F5 Networks announced several new solutions and enhancements designed to allow service providers to launch 5G services. The announcements include a new network functions virtualisation (NFV) package that will enable the optimisation and scale of existing 4G and new 5G networks, along with other improvements to help providers speed up delivery of new 5G services […]