Patent advisory services provider Global Technology Transfer Group (GTT), has publicly announced the availability of a 'major telecom and mobile network operator's' global patent portfolio for acquisition.
Designer and manufacturer RugGear has introduced RG880, a new LTE smartphone designed for public safety organisations to aid their digitalisation process.
Semiconductor company Qualcomm introduced two new modem chipsets with satellite capability: the 212S and 9205S modem.
The continued insistence by the director of the Australian Signals Directorate, Mike Burgess, that there is no separation between the 5G core and the radio access network has been termed as "disappointing" by a network expert, who questioned where the evidence was for such a claim.
Telstra aims to be ready to take advantage of the 5G market, saying it will be network-ready by the first half of FY19 and rolling out to capital cities, regional centres and other high-demand areas by FY20.
Major telcos and Ericsson have demonstrated a "multi-vendor interoperability connection compliant with the Non-Standalone (NSA) 5G New Radio (NR) global 3GPP standard".
The long awaited first implementable and interoperable 5G New Radio specification has been turned into a standard, with all the world's major telcos, tech companies and equipment makers on board
Nokia Siemens Networks, in conjunction with US mobile operator T-Mobile, has submitted a proposal for a new HSPA standard that would deliver downstream bandwidths up to 650Mbps. Although the LTE and LTE-Advanced standards provide a clear roadmap to 1Gbps, Nokia Siemens says it is important to maintain a migration path to higher bandwidths for HSPA.