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1/12/2021
Findings from Hub Entertainment Research's new 5G report show that while awareness of 5G in the US is wide and increasing, consumers' true understanding of 5G's value is far more limited.
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This is Ofcom's annual Connected Nations report, which measures progress in the availability and capability of broadband and mobile services in the UK.
1/4/2021
This report presents Positive Technologies' findings regarding the 5G Standalone core.
12/28/2020
Ookla examined Speedtest Intelligence data from over 60.5 million Speedtest results during Q3 2020 to see how much speeds have
improved, where download speeds are the fastest at the country and capital level, where 5G deployments have increased and what worldwide 5G coverage looks like now.
12/21/2020
This report outlines how to safely and systemically bring mobile networks up to 5G.
12/16/2020
This white paper provides background on Open RAN including groups involved, global deployments and the most common architectures (RU/DU/CU/RIC).
12/14/2020
The focus of this report is two-fold: Explain how 5G technology will unlock entirely new groundbreaking applications simply not possible today, and detail how service providers can use this technology to create value and revenue in the enterprise and consumer spaces.
12/9/2020
This white paper focuses on the two most common network data sources used by DDoS mitigation solutions, deep packet inspection and flow-based statistical traffic sampling, and will highlight the advantages of deep packet inspection in the context of 5G DDoS challenges.
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This poster provides the updated and on-going standards related to 5G network development and deployment–all in one easy-to-understand graphic format.
This white paper outlines these new requirements and the challenges of current transport technologies. It also discusses the split options and related service level agreements.
This paper discusses how fiber is implemented in 5G networks, including use cases. Connections between the access point to the network core are reviewed; making the case that these fiber-powered connections and their flexibility are as important, if not more, for a successful delivery of 5G than the RF connections between users and cell towers/access points.
A supplement to the VIAVI book, Understanding 5G, Testing 5G explores the three phases of 5G test and measurement–Validation, Verification, and Visibility–and the essential elements of each phase. It also touches on O-RAN based networks.
In the fourth edition of The 5G Exchange eBook, we examine how the pandemic could impact the progress of 5G deployments in North America, and discuss what the future holds for standalone 5G. This eBook also takes a look at what enterprises hope to gain from 5G deployments, and how multi-access edge computing could provide new avenues of business for enterprises.
IDC introduces Cisco Ultra Traffic Optimization, and the impact it will have on mobile networking. Two operators — Spark and STC — attest to CUTO's efficacy in significantly improving cellular network capacity without breaking the bank.
As operators expand radio networks with upgrades and new buildouts, open architectures offer clear benefits regarding flexibility and agility. Avoiding vendor lock-in and the ability to build best-of-breed capabilities are very valuable, but many overlook a key benefit that comes along with standardized interfaces and greater visibility – improved security.
This whitepaper outlines the Cisco strategy for the synchronization of radio equipment that will revolutionize the mobile network and underpin the worldwide adoption of 5G technologies.
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1/14/2021
Enabling applications to perform at 5G speeds to ensure expected user experience is one thing, but ensuring that this happens securely, across more network access points than ever before, presents an entirely new set of very serious challenges.
1/7/2021
5G is highly capable of creating newer growth opportunities for all businesses across industries. This is also true for telecom service providers that have been facing immense competition from the increasing popularity of OTT platforms and services over the last five years.
12/17/2020
The emergence of network embedded services, network slicing capabilities and the ability to spin up individual sub-networks with their own Quality of Service (QoS) and tailored service experiences will see 5G become a key strategic business enabler.
12/9/2020
As 5G digital transformations continue to upend traditional business processes, enterprise organizations have the most to gain. The imperative for these organizations is now to identify ways to monetize the data they ingest in order to gain a competitive edge in today's fail-fast business economy. To do this, they must move data-driven intelligence closer to the edge of the network.
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In Verizon Chairman and CEO Hans Vestberg's CES 2021 keynote address, he examines how 5G technology might be able to have a demonstrable and positive impact on society.
Rose Stuckey Kirk, Chief Corporate Social Responsibility Officer for Verizon, discusses how the service provider is utilizing 5G to provide students with immersive learning experiences.
The 5G Exchange's Diana Blass digs into what's driving the growth of enterprise private networks.
Savari and Verizon are testing how the high bandwidth and ultra-low latencies enabled by 5G and MEC can support applications that can provide warning information to drivers and pedestrians in near real-time.
