Norway

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 […]

Ericsson, Telia and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have partnered to carry out a demonstration of a 5G autonomous ferry. The partners demonstrated a small connected passenger ferry, using artificial intelligence (AI), in the Norwegian city of Trondheim.

Using Ericsson Radio System technology, Norwegian telecoms giant Telenor has launched the largest 5G pilot in Scandinavia. The more than 50 customers across the municipality that will be able to connect to the 5G network are in Elverum municipality, about 80 miles north of the capital city Oslo. Those testing out the network will be […]

Using Ericsson Radio System technology, Norwegian telecoms giant Telenor has launched the largest 5G pilot in Scandinavia. The more than 50 customers across the municipality that will be able to connect to the 5G network are located in Elverum municipality, about 80 miles north of the capital city Oslo. Those testing out the network will […]

Telenor launched a 5G testbed in Norway. Five families residing in the town will have the opportunity to try out broadband and television services delivered via 5G to their homes. It was launched at the technology and innovation conference Kongsberg Summit.

Telenor has signed an agreement with Huawei at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to start 5G testing in 2017. Telenor is planning to bring out 5G on the Norwegian market in 2020. 5G applications could include medical services, automated factories, and robotics, said Zetterberg. He compared 5G capacity to an eight-lane motorway with a […]

Telenor Group and Huawei demonstrated 5G through the E-band (in the 71-76 GHz/81-86 GHz bands), with a maximum speed of 70Gbps. Furthermore, a Joint Desktop Study that will provide insights and learnings to identify necessary update steps from 4G to 5G technology in Telenor’s Network, will be operated through the Telenor and Huawei Joint Innovation […]

Ice ran a demonstration on 21 September of services with a top internet speed of 3.1 Gbps, according to an excerpt from the portal InsideTelecom. Meanwhile, a headline on TelecomRevy.no said that Ice and Nokia had jointly presented a test of 4.9 Gbps services, paving the way for 5G.

Telenor chose the city of Kongsberg for its first 5G testbed in collaboration with Kongsberg local Government, automated transport company Applied Autonomy and the Kongsberg Innovation incubator. All plan to trial the likes of autonomous buses and drones, emergency communications and eHealth services.