Research work on 5G started about “ve years ago with significant research projects in Europe, China, Korea, and Japan. At the same time, ITU-R started working on setting the fundamental requirements for 5G, followed more recently by the NGMN, an operator pre-standards organization, with the release of its 5G White Paper at Mobile World Congress […]
Day: April 11, 2015
What is 5G?
What is 5G and what is driving it? Simply stated, 5G is the “fth generation mobile networks or the next major cellular evolution after 4G. About every ten years, the next generation of mobile networks appears, with each generation improving upon the last. As with each new generation, 5G is expected to be more spectrally […]
Why not using 4G,
Why is 4G not enough? LTE, designed primarily to serve smart phones and improve users’ wireless internet experience, has been a great success. First deployed 6 years ago, 4G LTE has become the fastest-growing mobile technology in history. Today it globally supports approximately 500 million subscribers. Since its launch, LTE has evolved to support higher […]
OVER HALF OF U.S. BROADBAND HOUSEHOLDS SUBSCRIBE TO AN OTT VIDEO SERVICE
Fifty-seven percent of consumers in U.S. broadband households subscribe to an OTT (over-the-top) video service, such as Netflix or Hulu Plus, according to recent access and entertainment research from Parks Associates, a market research and consulting company specializing in emerging technologies. The research firm reports the average U.S. broadband household spends $9 per month on […]
FIXED BROADBAND SUBSCRIBERS TO APPROACH 1 BILLION IN 2019, LED BY CHINA
Fixed broadband subscribers grew 8 percent in 2014, reaching 733 million as service providers around the world continue to steadily add subscribers, according to new findings from technology market research firm Infonetics Research, now part of IHS. The findings are from its new “FTTH, DSL, and Cable Subscribers” report, which tracks and forecasts global fixed […]