Displaying items by tag: 5G

There is little doubt in the mind of any observer of the smartphone industry that, after the disappearance of Huawei as a frontrunner, two Chinese brands — Oppo and Xiaomi — have been vying to take up the fight to market leaders Apple and Samsung.

Swedish telecommunications equipment company Ericsson says it has been notified by the US Securities and Exchange Commission that an investigation has been opened into the company's report about its 2019 dealings in Iraq.

Chinese smartphone manufacturer OPPO has released a model in its Reno line in Australia after more than a year, putting the Reno8 Lite 5G on sale from Thursday for $599.

West Australian energy company Blair Fox has partnered with IoT tech company M2M Connectivity to upgrade its wireless communications infrastructure, aiding the delivery of renewable energy to farms and agricultural businesses.

The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) has thrown its weight behind the publication of two new international standards for 5G electric and magnetic fields (EMF).

Finnish telecommunications vendor Nokia and manufacturer Mobile Industrial Robots (MIR) will demonstrate how manufacturers and warehouse operators can leverage 5G to perform tasks including real-time fleet management of industrial robots at LogiMat in Germany.

Street lights, bus shelters and traffic lights will host more mobile network equipment to help boost mobile coverage, in the UK, as part of a new scheme to cut red tape and install more 4G and 5G kit.

BT announced a trial of a new hyper-sensitive quantum antenna technology using excited atomic states that could boost the capability of next generation 5G and IoT networks.

Nearly eight months after it freed Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou in a prisoner swap with China, Canada has announced that it would ban the use of products from telecommunications equipment vendors Huawei and ZTE in its 5G networks.

Founded by Peter Adderton, Boost is the best pre-paid provider on the full Telstra network, and thus arguably the best pre-paid provider in Australia, with over 700,000 customers, new awards for customer satisfaction, network reliability and being most recommended, in what is a great boost for Boost Mobile.

Qualcomm Technologies announced at the Qualcomm 5G Summit event new capabilities and milestones for the Snapdragon X70 5G Modem-RF System.

When Steve Perlman first introduced pCell technology to the world, using interference to deliver a precise cell of coverage to every connected device in a given area, it was a genuine breakthrough that was ridiculed - but Artemis Networks has just switched on its network at the SAP Center in San Jose with results that are undeniable.

When Steve Perlman first introduced pCell technology to the world, using interference to deliver a precise cell of coverage to every connected device in a given area, it was a genuine breakthrough that was ridiculed - but Artemis Networks has just switched on its network at the SAP Center in San Jose with results that are undeniable.

Telstra Wholesale announced a range of mobile solutions – including a new 5G service and a series of IOT products – at its annual customer event, Business Connect.

GUEST INTERVIEW: The idea of using private wireless networks instead of Wi-Fi, LANs or carrier-operated wireless networks has taken root in recent years. iTWIre discussed the issue with Federated Wireless CTO Kurt Schaubach.

GUEST OPINION: There are several reasons why real-time is really taking off, and the rise of event-driven architectures is one of them.

Global semiconductor revenue increased by 26.3% year-on-year in 2021, the technology analyst firm Gartner says, adding that this brought the dollar figure to US$595 billion (A$802 billion).

COMPANY NEWS: TeamViewer, a global leading provider of remote connectivity and workplace digitalisation solutions, has announced that its connectivity solution is integrated into the professional aerial drones provided by SB C&S (SoftBank Commerce and Service). TeamViewer’s software enables the real-time sharing of aerial video and audio streams captured by the drones’ cameras to multiple remotely connected devices. Commercial use cases for this technology include for example joint infrastructure inspections, as well as joint aerial inspection of disaster sites or other locations that are difficult to access.

Three UK published Mobile Britain 2022 – a new report showing how Brits have been swiping, sharing and connecting.

Electricity distribution network Endeavour Energy conducted its first on-site inspection using a combination of 5G, cloud, artificial intelligence, drone technology, and ultra-high-definition cameras.