5G SA offers a range of new opportunities for operators and vendors, but adoption of the 5G core is being slowed by operator concerns. Vendors are in...

Millimetre wave (mmWave) spectrum continues to be allocated by operators for 5G radio access in many countries worldwide. However, public mobile...

5G Advanced promises to standardise technology to improve 5G network performance and to support new use cases, while also laying the foundation for...

There is a general agreement that copper networks need to be switched off and, although more incumbent operators globally are planning, or have...

Operators’ transport networks are coming under a range of pressures that will change the technologies they invest in and how they build their...

Operator adoption of 5G standalone (SA) has been slow due to their concerns relating to monetisation and technology maturity. Vendors can help...

Reductions in emissions have been slow for a large proportion of top global operators, with many yet to effectively monitor and expand their...

The telecoms industry is fixated on the idea of a constant and dramatic increase in data consumption by cellular network users based on 50–100%...

Currently, it is impossible to deploy high-performance 5G virtualised RAN cost-effectively without specialised hardware. vRAN acceleration improves...

This article discusses the challenges of systems integration in relation to large-scale adoption of open RAN and outlines possible...