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3GPP
10
Apr

5G’s Waveform Is a Battery Vampire 

April 10, 2022
Source: IEEE Spectrum MICHAEL KOZIOL 24 JUL 2019 As carriers roll out 5G, industry group 3GPP is considering other ways to modulate radio signals In 2017, members of the mobile telephony industry group 3GPP were bickering over whether to speed the development of 5G standards. One proposal, originally put forward by Vodafone and ultimately agreed to by the rest of the...
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28
Sep

How Covid-19 has slowed down 5G standards development

September 28, 2020
Source: https://www.verdict.co.uk/3gpp-5g-covid-standards/ The body responsible for developing the standards governing 5G technology has signaled that its inability to meet in person is causing a slowdown in developing new technical standards. The Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) announced on 21 September that it is expecting a delay in 5G standards of a minimum six months –...
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04
Jul

What to expect from the next version of 5G

July 4, 2020
Cherlynn Low, @cherlynnlow 5G coverage may still be sparse, and the world is still trying to understand how it works or affects us, but the people that define networking standards won’t stop working on it. The 3GPP, which is a group of organizations that develop protocols for mobile telecoms, just announced the official completion of Release 16 (Rel-16). They’re calling...
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18
Dec

LTE – 5G Market Statistics – December 2019

December 18, 2019
Source: https://gsacom.com/paper/lte-5g-market-statistics-december-2019/ LTE – 5G Market Statistics342 operators investing in 5G networks – 56 operators with commercially launched 3GPP-compliant 5G services. As of mid-December 2019 GSA’s NTS database showed: There are 791 operators with commercially launched LTE networks (offering broadband fixed wireless access and or mobile services). 236 operators hold licences to use spectrum for...
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