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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.

Telecom Italia (TIM) said it achieved a European record speed of 2Gbps on its live commercial 5G mobile network using 26GHz millimetre wave (mmWave) frequencies in collaboration with Ericsson and Qualcomm.

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 […]

The first European 5G NR video call was achieved in Rome over TIM’s 5G network in mmWaves frequency band, powered by the Snapdragon X50 5G modem equipment from Qualcomm Technologies Inc. The network infrastructure was provided by Ericsson. TIM demonstrated its new ultra-fast mobile network with a remote-driven car, a remote control of industrial robots, […]

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.

TIM signed an agreement with Ericsson to collaborate on the “5G for Italy” programme, launched in 2015. The partnership also aims to facilitate the transition from existing mobile networks to 5G, supporting the standardisation work to make 5G a global standard.   

TIM carried out live tests of virtual radio access network technology, a further element in the evolution to 5G. The architecture was elaborated in TILab in Turin and tested in Saluzzo. The test included the installation of a virtual server located more than 60 km away from antennas in Saluzzo. Connections were based on Ethernet […]

TIM plans to turn Turin into Italy’s first 5G city. To get the project underway, TIM has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the municipality of Turin. TIM plans to begin conducting 5G technology trials in 2018. The first will involve 3,000 users, who will be able to access an array of smart city […]

TIM and the government of the Republic of San Marino sign a Memorandum of Understanding to create a 5G mobile network in the country by the end of 2018. TIM will start to update the mobile sites of its network in the Republic of San Marino with 4.5G, introducing some of the features of 5G, […]

TIM, Fastweb and Huawei to start 5G testing in Bari and Matera / TIM announces 5G with Huawei in Bari (port) and Martera (2019 european capittal of culture), to develop first use cases mid 2018 (75% of the city coverage expected for the same year; full coverage end of 2019)