T-Mobile plans to deploy standalone (SA) 5G technology in the current calendar quarter. The company believes that with this strategy they could beat rivals AT&T and Verizon to the punch.
T-Mobile's president of technology Neville Ray wrote in a blog post that it was hard at work preparing for the rollout following multi-vendor radio and core trials in May. "Beyond improving coverage, speeds and latency, the technology will pave the way for applications that require real-time responses and massive connectivity including AR, VR, cloud gaming, smart factories and connected vehicles," Ray said.
Ray also outlined the continued expansion of T-Mobile’s non-standalone 5G network, noting it used Sprint’s 2.5GHz spectrum to roll out coverage in Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles. It launched mid-band 5G in New York City and Philadelphia earlier this year. He added the operator now covers 225 million people across nearly 6,000 cities and towns with low-band 5G using 600MHz spectrum.
Nokia and SURF, the organization for IT in Dutch education and research, have successfully reached a single carrier 800Gb/s optical transmission over SURF’s existing cross-border, multi-vendor research and education network infrastructure.
Nokia and Vodafone are collaborating to test the viability of L4S technology over passive optical networks (PON).
The GSMA believes that critical reform of European laws is necessary to position the region as a technology frontrunner by 2030.
