Trial

Samsung and Deutsche Telekom completed the Czech Republic’s first 5G Standalone (SA) trial in Pilsen. During the trial, the two companies verified the performance of 5G SA Multi-User, Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MU-MIMO) technologies using Samsung’s massive MIMO radio and core. The results from the trial, according to the companies, showed that the spectrum efficiency was tripled […]

Telia and Ericsson have launched what it claims to be the first 5G carrier aggregation trial in Norway, with the aim of supporting Telia’s nationwide 5G rollout, Ericsson said in a release. As part of Telia’s ambition to bring nationwide 5G coverage to Norway by 2023, Telia and Ericsson have started a 5G New Radio […]

Telecom Italia (TIM) says it has achieved a speed of 1Gbps over a long-distance fixed-wireless access (FWA) link using 26GHz millimetre wave (mmWave) 5G technology.

Telenor and Telia deployed what they claimed ‘the world’s most advanced shared wireless network supporting a Multi-Operator Core Network feature, enabled for wireless technologies spanning 2G to 5G’, in partnership with Nokia.

Orange Polska and Nokia achieved download speeds of 1.2Gbps in trials of non-standalone (NSA) 5G technology in Lublin utilising the 3.4GHz-3.8GHz band.

Fastweb launched live 5G trials in the city of Genoa along with equipment partner Ericsson. The operator said the 5G infrastructure enabled it to ‘implement innovative video surveillance projects, virtual reality solutions to enhance cultural heritage, an environmental monitoring system to control air quality, and manage lighting systems’.

Swiss mobile operator Sunrise has teamed up with Chinese vendor Huawei to achieve maximum download speeds of 3.67Gbps with multiple smartphones in a Zurich-based 5G trial.

Vodafone started open RAN trials in the U.K., marking the first such tests in Europe and a move that challenges major telecom equipment vendors. Vodafone said open radio access network (RAN) technology helps reduce the cost of providing services, and also made clear the effort aims to bring new equipment vendors outside of the traditional […]

Vodafone started open RAN trials in the U.K., marking the first such tests in Europe and a move that challenges major telecom equipment vendors like Huawei, Ericsson, and Nokia. Vodafone said open radio access network (RAN) technology helps reduce the cost of providing services, and also made clear the effort aims to bring new equipment […]

Telecom Italia (TIM) and Ericsson say they are the first in Italy and among the first in the world to carry out a trial of a cloud-native 5G core network. The telco says the technology enables it to adopt solutions for advanced operational management of the network and implement a service-based software architecture in its […]