Light Reading’s Mike Dano reported that a wide range of industry experts are cautioning that North American wireless network operators don't appear poised to invest in 5G networks like they did with 3G and 4G. Crown Castle CEO Jay Brown was quoted from the Connect X trade show, stating "We're so early. We're not seeing, in any meaningful way, a deployment of 5G."
Diversification seems the way forward
Crown Castle was cited as an example of asset class diversification in a Communications Today article, which discussed the high demand for "fiber-to-the-small-cell." "Crown Castle in the US has acquired many fibercos – including Lightower, FiberNet, and NextG – to prov...
Nokia emphasizes role of 5G transport, expands small cell band support
Ahead of Mobile World Congress, "Nokia announced enhancements to what it calls its ‘anyhaul’ portfolio, which includes microwave, optical, IP and PON solutions." Nokia’s Vice President of Networks Marketing and Communications Phil Twist said the combination of an...
Samsung announces the Galaxy S10 5G
Samsung announced the launch of a top-tier model of the Galaxy S10 that offers 5G mobile data connectivity. Samsung says the S10 5G "can download a full season of a TV show in minutes, play graphics-rich cloud games with virtually no lag, enjoy enhanced VR and AR experiences and s...
10 leading 5G projects
Capacity Media highlighted ten projects covering new ground in the 5G space, including the edge-computing lab, Living Edge Lab, that Deutsche Telekom launched in collaboration with Crown Castle. The article noted that the Living Edge Lab project is an "ultra-low latency mobile tes...
MobiledgeX public mobile edge network goes live with Deutsche Telekom
MobiledgeX, an edge computing company founded by Deutsche Telekom, completed "what it calls the first public mobile edge network with DT in Germany." The article noted that building a similar edge network in the U.S. is more complicated because unlike European counterparts, most U...
The race to 5G wireless tech is on. A report finds Americans may have an early lead.
Cisco’s annual Visual Networking Index Report, which studies industry trends, found that by 2022, "fifth-generation cellular networks will power as many as 9 percent of mobile data connections across North America," compared with 4 percent in Asia, indicating that Americans ...