In a quarterly call with investors last week, Sprint CEO Michel Combes said that the carrier "has added expanded its 800 MHz, 1.9 GHz and 2.5 GHz coverage." Combes added that "Sprint now has 27,000 small cells on-air, compared to only 3,000 at this time last year." This comes as Sprint reported a net loss of $141 million for the quarter. Combes noted the "massive MIMO deployment will improve both its LTE network and provide the building block for our mobile 5G launch in the coming months."
Partnership to develop 5G base station chip
Sivers IMA, developer of mmWave products, said that it will create a 5G base station chip with RF power product company Ampleon, which it expects to bring to market by the end of 2019. Both companies will jointly develop the product, with Ampleon being the main sales channel to Ti...
D-Link gets on the 5G train with a new home router
Ahead of CES 2019, D-Link has announced a new 5G home router (DWR-2010) that, instead of plugging into a traditional cable jack or modem, will use 5G mobile broadband to supply WiFi to a house. D-Link has yet to release information on how much the device will cost, which carriers ...
Autonomous vehicle expert says 5G make driverless cars safer
Dean Bushey, the general manager of self-driving car company Voyage, said that 5G technology will help make autonomous vehicles safer. "Right now, anything over a hundred milliseconds of latency is going to cause our cars to disrupt. So anytime we can get lower latency, higher ban...
Cheyenne City Council to set rules on next-gen cell towers
Cheyenne city Councilman Dicky Shanor has been working with city staff on development code changes released in draft form earlier this month. If ultimately approved by the full City Council, the changes would allow providers to apply to install devices on public property throughou...
Georgia senators seek 5G wireless legislation
To make way for faster wireless internet, Georgia lawmakers are pushing for statewide rules governing where and how cellphone companies can install their equipment on public land. A Senate study committee voted unanimously to pursue statewide regulations to promote 5G wireless tec...
Finland is trying to compete with China and the US in the race for 5G
Finnish telecom company Nokia is gaining momentum in the mobile communications market as a key player making 5G equipment and software. The company’s efforts have helped put Finland on the map in the worldwide race to develop and implement 5G wireless technology. "They (Noki...