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5G connects London and Berlin in music and song
London’s oldest entertainment venue – the 2,000 year-old Roman Amphitheatre in the Guildhall Complex – has embraced mobile telecom’s newest technology, 5G, to team up with the historic Brandenburg Gate Museum in Berlin for two simultaneous performances connecting the two venues.
Moscow’s most populated district to taste NB-IoT possibilities
Internet of Things (IoT) solution developers are set to benefit from a just-launched trial zone established in a residential area of Moscow, Russia, by PJSC Vimplecom Beeline, in partnership with Ericsson. The trial will run on Ericsson equipment on Beeline’s Narrow Band (NB) IoT network.
MTN South Africa and Ericsson fuel the 5G racing line
- The first automotive use case demonstrating 5G mobility in Africa
- Over 1.6Gbps throughput achieved in 100MHz TDD spectrum with 5ms latency in a moving vehicle
Ericsson partners with World Food Programme (WFP) to build efficiencies in the Targeted Public Distribution System in Odisha
- Ericsson to support a customized Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solution to enhance and integrate TPDS supply chain system in Odisha
- The two-year project aimed at helping the government ensure food security and improved governance will benefit nearly 30 million beneficiaries people across Odisha
The rise of the creative machines
Do computers with artificial intelligence have a creative side? Will they design fashion for the Paris catwalks? Is there any line of work where machine learning will not add value? The Ericsson Consumer and Industry Lab has published a report titled “Creative machines - how artificial intelligence will impact the future labor market.” It covers the trends in this field and some of the observations are pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence.
Ericsson and Turkcell receive award for new Internet of Things solution
Ericsson and the Turkish operator Turkcell won the Best End to End IoT Solution award at the Internet of Things World Europe event in London earlier this week. The two companies have jointly developed and deployed a Smart Parking Lot solution that will make life easy for drivers who are looking for a parking spot.
Ericsson wins award at 5G World event
At the award ceremony of the 5G World event in London this week, Ericsson won in the category “Best Plan for Integrating LTE Advanced Pro and 5G.” The successful application involved Ericsson’s approach to work closely together with operators to make sure that 4G investments are 5G-proof. By supporting 4G and 5G on the same radio and baseband products from the Ericsson Radio System portfolio, operators can have a smooth migration to wide-area 5G coverage.
Ericsson, Intel and China Mobile achieve 3GPP-compliant, multi-vendor Standalone 5G NR interoperability
- Ericsson, Intel, China Mobile Research Institute and China Mobile Jiangsu Company successfully conduct the first live 3GPP-compliant Standalone (SA) 5G New Radio (NR) interoperability tests at Ericsson Lab in Beijing
- Successful Interoperability Development Testing (IoDT) operating on 3.5GHz, using Ericsson’s 5G NR base stations and the Intel® 5G Mobile Trial Platform (5G NR UE platform)
- This first multi-vendor SA 5G demo marks another milestone towards the maturity of the 5G ecosystem
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Industry leaders complete vital step towards a holistic 5G vision
Today, the 3GPP TSG RAN Plenary Meeting in La Jolla, California approved the completion of the standalone (SA) Release 15 5G specifications. After the release of the 5G New Radio (NR) specifications for non-standalone (NSA) operation in Dec. 2017, this is another milestone in the standardization of 5G.