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Vodafone showcased a holographic video call to the group’s innovation centre in Ireland using 5G technology. The call was carried over the cellco’s first live 5G cell site, which has been installed in Dublin’s docklands area. 5G trial network used Ericsson equipment as well as the operator’s recently acquired 3.6GHz spectrum.

Vodafone has deployed its first 5G mast in city of Aldenhoven, covering a 400,000 square metre testing area. The company showcased a 5G demonstration in which a holographic phone call was made between Vodafone Germany CEO Hannes Ametsreiter in Dusseldorf and a minibus belonging to electric vehicle manufacturer e.GO in Aldenhoven. Ericsson and Intel served […]

MEO and Ericsson demonstrated 5G augmented reality at the Web Summit in Lisbon. The demo consisted of the recording of participants that can be seen in 3D and in real time by the visitors using hololens smart glasses.

Swisscom connected a prototype mobile device running a Qualcomm 5G mid-band modem to a test network in the city of Lucerne. The Swiss market leader collaborated with Ericsson to demonstrate a connection to a 5G hotspot from the Taiwanese manufacturer WNC. These over-the-air connections used 3.5GHz spectrum.

In the frame of European project “5Groningen” in the Netherlands, tests for 5G applications are undertaken in five different themes: care, energy, traffic & logistics, agriculture and living environment. This initiative from the Economic Board Groningen (EBG) was launched in early 2017 in collaboration with KPN, Vodaphone, Ericsson, Huawei and others.

Qualcomm and Ericsson successfully made a 3GPP Rel-15 spec compliant 5G NR over-the-air (OTA) call on the 3.5 GHz band on a smartphone in the Ericsson Lab in Stockholm, Sweden. This sub-6 GHz call used Ericsson’s baseband products and commercial 5G NR radio AIR 6488. The smartphone was powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon X50 5G […]

Orange in partnership with Ericsson demonstrated a 5G NR data call  in France. The test achieved a call on 3.4-3.8GHz band between a mobile terminal and a base station.

Telia and Ericsson launching a 5G pilot network in Estonia at TalTech University campus. This should enable the developement of future services and new business models. TalTech was chosen for this pilot because it is equipped with the nessesary infrastructure and potential of scientific innovation.

Ericsson and Swisscom conducted a multivendor 5G Non-Standalone data call on the 3.5 GHz band in Burgdorf, Switzerland. The data call was conducted using Ericsson’s commercial HW/SW (NSA-compliant) Ericsson Radio System with AIR 6488, Baseband 6630, R6000 Transport and virtual EPC for 5G. Data transmissions were carried out using Intel’s Mobile Trial Platform (MTP) device […]

First ever Proof of Concept for the applicability of SDN to wireless Transport Networks through open protocols. This progammable capabilities permit to adapt transport resources to the dynamic nature of 5G services. Multi-layer capabilities were tested, involving IP and MW.