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The Dutch operator KPN openned four 5G labs in the Johan Cruijff Arena in Amsterdam, a farm in the northern town of Valthermond (Drenthe), the port of Rotterdam, and two motorway stretches in the south of the country. In Amsterdam arena, tests will include massive MIMO antennas from RAN supplier Nokia. At the Valthermond farm, […]

On Rotterdam harbour, on the 6th of November 2018, KPN, Shell, Huawei, ExRobotics, Accenture and ABB have tested industrial 5G-applications. The tests aimed for the optimisation of manufacturing and the improvement of maintenance prediction and safety. The tests at Shell Pernis successfully tested preventive maintenance for around 160,000km of pipelines using  5G-connected UHD-cameras with machine […]

VodafoneZiggo starts Docsis 3.1 tests with customers in Utrecht Around 20 premises, including homes and small businesses, will test increased network capacity and broadband speeds of 1 Gbps and higher The tests in Utrecht will already support speeds of 1 Gbps download and 100 Mbps upload.

TIM announced its partnership with Nokia and Qualcomm for the activation of 5G network hubs in San Marino where millimeter wave 5G mobile test devices will be experimented using the Snapdragon X50 modem.

VodafoneZiggo started tests in around 20 homes and small businesses in Utrecht. They will test increased network capacity and broadband speeds of 1 Gbps download and 100 Mbps upload.

VIPnet tested 5G technology in Jastrebarsko using temporary licences in the 3.5 GHz frequency band  granted by Croatian regulator HAKOM. Throughputs of up to 700 Mbps were achieved in the tests.

Tele2 Latvia has achieved downlink speeds of up to 575Mbps via Nokia ‘5G-ready’ networks in the Ziepniekkalns district of Riga and the city of Talsi. The operator announced that the same equipment will also be installed on base stations in Valmiera.

Vodafone announced the testing of 5G mobile networks in seven British cities by the end of 2018. The deployments will start in 2019 in dense urban areas. The groundwork for 5G services already deployed at 40 locations (around Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, London and Manchester) is complementary to 4G networks .

Deutsche Telekom, Intel and Huawei have collaborated to achieve 5G interoperability and development testing based on the 3GPP R15 Standard using Huawei’s 5G commercial base station and Intel’s third generation 5G NR Mobile Trial Platform (MTP), while it also incorporates Massive MIMO multi-antenna and beamforming technology enabled by the standard framework.

Nokia and SFR have successfully completed ‘the first 5G call in France’, using the 3GPP-compliant 5G New Radio (NR) system on the 3.5GHz frequency band. The test took place at the Nokia 5G Test Network and Competence Center in Paris-Saclay, France. The 5G call used Nokia 5G NR technology, incorporating the Nokia 5G-ready AirScale radio […]