Here is my collection of relevant trend for 5G networks for 2019:
The most newsworthy stories in wireless today are all about 5G. In 2019, we enter a cautious, early-adoption phase of this next generation of wireless technology. 2019 will be the year when we see the first commercial networks turning on and first handsets arriving in the market. Only a small number of users will get a first taste of 5G in specific geographic locations, using specific applications, none of which are ubiquitous or cost-optimized.
5G promises a paradigm shift in throughput, latency, and scalability.We are not here yet, and may not reach those all those promises in 2019 because we might have to wait to 2020 to get a good selection of devices that can use 5G networks.The initial 5G market in 2019 might not be yet very big. The real business could start in 2020.
It is expected that by 2025, the emerging wireless 5G market is expected to reach a total value of $250B1. 5G is projected to be 100 times faster than 4G LTE. Ericsson forecasts over 1 billion 5G subscriptions for enhanced mobile broadband by the end of 2023, accounting for around 12% of all mobile subscriptions. By end of 2023, close to 50% of all mobile subscriptions in North America are forecast to be for 5G. For Western Europe 5G penetration is expected to be at 21%.
Plenty of publications are going to claim 2019 as “The Year of 5G,” but we are just seeing the first wave which could be seen as not meeting the 5G hype. 5G will arrive into this world as a marketing gimmick. When it does fully roll out, 5G has the potential to be a great but is in a risk that it is already oversold (like what happened to 3G initially). Sure, widespread use is still a few years away, but before handset manufacturers, embedded devices for industrial applications, connected cars, and the like begin to take hold, some infrastructure needs to be in place.
There will be exciting 5G applications coming in 2019. All of the hype and irrational exuberance of a few years ago are turning into initial pilot deployments. 5G is just now getting close to emerging into real wireless networks. Despite the hype, there’s still plenty of work to do and improvements to make. And there will be failed attempts to build those new networks and applications.
The main features of the 5G are high capacity, short delay and the ability to connect a massive number of IoT sensors to the network. 5G network can be used to implement customized network services that are suitable for different needs. The capacity of the 5G network serves to exponentially increase the amount of data.The short delay is important in many different industries. Delay is of great importance in the remote control of self-propelled vehicles and other machines and equipment. It is also seen as useful for AI applications.
Networks start up
Next year, it will be interesting, for example, when the first commercial 5G networks start up.
What is true 5G will be asked often. One question to consider is if these deployed networks will be “true 5G.” It will depend on how 5G is defined. An accepted definition of a 5G subscriber is a device supporting the New Radio (NR) protocol connected to an NR base station. This is independent of which spectrum band the network utilizes. We will see NR deployed across the entire spectrum range depending on what assets operators have available to support their strategy. For the sub-6-GHz infrastructure, Release 15 radio standards specifications are comprehensive. For mmWave the technology has not been defined so clearly yet.5G deployments have begun. Carriers have promised to begin rolling out the technology in the States early 2019. Most initial deployments may be on sub-6-GHz bands, but there will be some fixed wireless use cases using millimeter-wave (mmWave) technologies.
Initially, 5G will provide the ability to deliver mobile broadband at lower cost to operators, but as full NR capability emerges, there are some exciting applications and use cases forthcoming. Industrial automation is one of the promising use cases that may leverage the low latency and high reliability provided by future 5G networks. If you recall the original IMT2020 KPIs set out by the ITU, there are several requirements that will certainly be met, but don’t expect all of the KPIs to be achieved by any operator on Day 1.
Based on recent announcements from key industry players (i.e., Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile), the first 5G commercial deployments will likely commence during the second half of 2019, with a target to have 5G commercial service available in 2020.
One question to consider is if these networks will be “true 5G.” It will depend on how 5G is defined. AT&T’s 5G network goes live in 12 cities — but you can’t use it yet because 5G device sales don’t start until next year.
5G networks will be more or less cloud based. Mobile Operator DNA introduces Nokia’s cloud platforms in its upcoming 5G networks. With the new features, the degree of automation, capacity and programmability of today’s networks can be raised to a new level, according to DNA.
What is the indoor coverage of a 5G network compared to a 4G network? The 3.5 gigahertz frequency used by Telia behaves very similarly to the frequencies used so far, and the 3.5 gigahertz 5G networks are built on the same base stations as the 4G networks.
Once 5G uses mmWave signals, there will still be a lower-frequency (sub 6 GHz) “anchor” to handle data when there’s no mmWave service available. mmWave service will likely be used only when available and needed. Connectivity will be constant in sub 6 GHz bands. For example in Finland majority of first 5G activity will be at 3.5 GHz.We will need both mmWave and lower frequencies to provide what was promised. The very high frequency mmWave is needed to get enough bandwidth to fast data rates.
It seems that many network operators will be retaining all their 4G infrastructure for quite long time. When 5G wireless phone subscribers who don’t enable Wi-Fi end up in 5G dead spots, they’ll be connected via 4G instead. So the bright 5G future for an awful lot of mobile phone use will actually be Wi-Fi and 4G.
Chips
There will be many new mobile chips coming.Release 15 has provided SoC makers such as Qualcomm and Intel with what they need to get baseband processors out the door.
Qualcomm has unveiled the next generation of its Snapdragon family of processors, the 855 – the first chip optimized for bringing 5G connectivity to mobile devices. The 855 is manufactured with a 7-nanometer process. The Snapdragon 855, along with its X50 modem, position the company to dominate the first wave of 5G devices. Samsung and Verizon will partner to release a 5G smartphone using Qualcomm processors in the first half of 2019. AT&T says it’s getting that 5G Samsung phone, too. Currently, at least 18 major companies — including Samsung, Nokia / HMD, Sony, Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, HTC, LG, Asus, ZTE, Sharp, Fujitsu, and OnePlus — are working with Qualcomm and its Snapdragon X50 5G NR modems.
Intel is putting bets on its new XMM 8160 5G modem. The XMM 8160 modem is set to be released to manufacturers sometime in the second half of 2019, with the first devices using the chip coming in early 2020. Intel says that the modem will support both millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum as well as lower-band parts of the spectrum. This Intel’s new 5G modem might power Apple’s first 5G iPhones because the company recently switched to using Intel modems exclusively for its 2018 iPhone XS and XR phones.
Huawei and Samsung are both also working on their own in-house 5G modems, too.
5G smartphones
Telia expects that the first devices will be routers, and tablets. It seems that in the first phase, 5G connections will be available to consumers in the form of broadband routers. Inseego has showed a mobile 5G hotspot it will launch at CES for Verizon’s network.
We’re going to see the first wave of 5G handsets appearing in 2019. At least OnePlus, Samsung, and Huawei will compete for the title of the first 5G smartphone.Huawei has promised 5G smart phone before summer. OnePlus and LG have committed to a handset and Samsung, being Samsung, has since committed to two. There will be possibly also other handsets available. It is expected that “flagship” high-end handsets will be the first to integrate some form of 5G radio. Apple is not expected to release a 5G handset until 2020.
There has been already some test 5G smart phones showed on tech shows. Samsung has showed an early version of its first 5G smartphone streaming 4K video to a large-screen TV. Motorola has demoed a 5G upgrade module that attached to its LTE smartphone.
Will you be holding a 5G smartphone in your hands in 2019? If you pay attention to the news, there’s a good chance of that happening. Will You Own a 5G Smartphone in 2019? For most people maybe not. The first 5G service plan prices will be expensive and the speeds will be considerably slower than maximums. In the beginning your 5G handset will likely spend a lot more time using 4G for quite many years. It means that until 5G becomes more ubiquitous, you’re going to be paying a hefty premium for a feature you barely use
What’s the status of 5G standards?
The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is defining the 5G standard, which needs to meet the following technical requirements, as defined by the International Telecommunication Union:
>10-Gb/s peak data rates for the enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB)
>1 M/km2 connections for massive machine-type communications (MMTC)
<1-ms latency for ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC).
The 5G standard will be defined in two subsequent releases – Release 15 and Release 16.
The Non-Stand-Alone spec came out in 2017 with the stand-alone spec released in June 2018. 3GPP Release 15 is almost done. Updates will include dual connectivity, the ability to simultaneously support LTE and 5G New Radio (5G NR). Download links will likely have both LTE and NR, possibly in the same frequency band but upload could stick to using only one connection. For the sub-6-GHz infrastructure, Release 15 radio standards specifications are comprehensive. Release 15 has provided SoC makers such as Qualcomm and Intel with what they need to get baseband processors out the door. Most of the forward-looking features reside in the baseband and generally will be implemented in software. Release 15 laid down the foundation to enable initial SoCs to be defined and subsequent first user devices to be available in 2019. For mmWave, we are still early in the game.
Work for Release 16 will start with mobile V2x communications. IoT is another aspect of Release 16. We will have to wait for it to become ready.
Technogies
Lower latency, on the order of 1 ms, is an expected feature of 5G. It will be needed for industrial control applications and even more so in V2X communications needed for connected cars. This is the promise, but I expect that the first 5G networks might not be able to fulfill this 1 ms promise.
5G will also drive radio channel counts, whether it be for macro, massive MIMO, small-cell, or mmWave form factors. Macro base stations in the low bands will expand MIMO channel counts from 2T2R to 4T4R and possibly higher. Massive MIMO radios will have increased radio density per system ranging from 16T16R to 64T64R, and mmWave radios will have up to 256 RF channels in the analog beamformers.
Much of the work is still focused on infrastructure: the radios and networks that will carry all that data. There’s still plenty of R&D activity going on modems, antenna arrays, amplifiers, data converters, etc. Power amplifiers (PAs) are a critical component of 5G base stations and user equipment. Because 5G’s emphasis on power savings, engineers are designing PAs using GaN power transistors with some using the Doherty amplifier architecture. We need to continue to reduce size, weight, and power (SWaP) consumption while supporting wider bandwidths and higher operating frequencies.
5G systems claim to be more open than older telecom systems and they use open source components. The mobile industry’s equivalent of open source is Open RAN, which will enable a service creation environment that can help realize the more advanced 5G use cases.
There are hurdles that need to be cleared before full 5G deployment can be achieved. First, we need new spectrum. This is well underway globally with many countries allocating spectrum for 5G. Ideal spectrum allocations for 5G are on the order of 50 MHz or more of contiguous spectrum to take full advantage of NR.
Test equipment is showing signs of use outside the engineering lab as equipment manufacturers and network installers need 5G test equipment. If you design devices that will connect to 5G networks, you’ll probably need also simulations.
With 5G moving out of the lab and onto the street, we will see lots of announcements regarding collaborations the bring 5G design and test products to market. Anritsu and Qualcomm succeeded in testing the 5G-SA connection (Standalone) with the MT8000A testing system and the Qualcomm 5G terminal with 5G NR modem (Snapdragon X50). The commercial offering of these “genuine” 5G connections will begin in China next year.
New interface ODI could be important for 5G testing. Six companies along with the AXIe Consortium and the VITA trade industry group have endorsed a new standard called Optical Data Interface (ODI). ODI is a high-speed interface for instrumentation and embedded systems, supporting speeds up to 80 GBytes/s. ODI is now positioned to address difficult challenges in 5G communications, mil/aero systems, and high-speed data acquisition.
Changes to core network
Core networks need to evolve. Because 5G is expected to reduce latency and increase reliability over LTE, core networks will evolve into software-defined networks (SDNs) that will treat data differently depending on use case. The radio-access networks (RANs) will be modified first to handle 5G NR, but the data packets will route to the 4G core network. Over time, a 5G network core will roll out.
Deploying 5G will require distinct indoor and outdoor strategies. 5G base stations will have to be spaced more closely, necessitating more of them, especially in densely populated areas compared to 3G or 4G. Dual-mode operation (4G/5G + WiFi) is a blessing for operators evolving their networks to 5G. Indoor reception problems are guaranteed with 5G; higher-frequency millimeter wave signals in particular will not penetrate walls.
We will need both mmWave and lower frequencies to provide what was promised. The very high frequency mmWave is needed to get enough bandwidth to fast data rates. But the higher the frequency of a wireless signal, the less well it propagates and the less able it is to penetrate obstacles. Water vapor will cause signal loss at 24 GHz. Oxygen is an impediment at 60 GHz. Verizon and Samsung recently announced a successful data transmission using 800 MHz of bandwidth at 28 GHz, resulting in a maximum throughput of almost 4 Gb/s. A lot of traditional players now talk about how active antennas will become prevalent in mmWave.
There will be need for very many small 5G base stations. Maybe not in 2019, but some years later on urban networks. The strategy has been a combination of small cells with massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antennas to increase coverage. Wireless network operators have been considering small cells for more than 15 years, but if small cells were the best solution for anything we’d have them already. Maybe it is necessity for mmWave based 5G networks. Previous estimates have been that the average distance between 5G base stations might be 250m to 300m. But now most equipment designers are targeting 150 meters to 200 meters apart everywhere, simply to get adequate coverage.
Wireless operators are going to have to install more 5G base stations than they did to support 4G, they’re going to have to install more 5G base stations than they originally estimated. We need lots of new 5G base stations and innovation how to install them to our environment.There will be many different approaches. Manhole cover can server as antennas. 5G base stations will be integrated to street lights, bus stops and advertisement displays.
IoT and autonomous cars
The standards for 5G will be defined in large part by the direct integration of Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial IoT (IIoT) devices into global networks and devices. There is not yet ready 5G standards for those applications. So for 2019 IoT and IIoT will need to be pretty much stick to 4G technologies like NB-IoT and LTE-M. For 5G to shape industrial computing application in larger scale than just some small tests we will have to wait till 2020. Researchers seeking to impact 5G technologies are focused on how to properly introduce this new species of computing into the mobile networking ecosystem.
Work for Release 16 will start with mobile V2x communications. IoT is another aspect of Release 16, which should make IoT communications more efficient, reliable and lower the latency.
It is believed that 5G’s “big data pipe” will make vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2X) technologies even more powerful than originally planned. Having a high-data-rate pipe is essential to allowing vehicles to exchange information with each other. Future safety technologies could get bigger with the advent of 5G cellular communications. 5G offers data rates measured in Gigabits per second, whereas the dedicated short-range communication system (DSRC) originally intended for V2X is measured in Megabits per second. More bandwidth could translate into more information and greater safety. There’s also a new evaluation methodology being defined for V2X use cases including vehicle platooning, advanced driving to enable semi-autonomous or fully-autonomous driving, and remote driving.
The 5G technology is first utilized in the industrial sector, where it has promised to have many applications. Addressing the issues behind Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices is important. Qualcomm, the largest supplier of modem chips used in smartphones, has introduced the X50 modem to give IIoT devices the ability to communicate over 5G networks.
Security
Is 5G Technology a Blessing or a Curse for Security? The answer depends who you ask it. There are conflicting schools of thought about 5G security. Ericsson asserts that security has been built into 5G from the ground up. Inverse report warns that 5G’s inevitable internet of things (IoT) wave could create massive security headaches. I think the technology is new and it is inevitable that there will be many security issues until most of them get sorted out.
Trade war hits 5G
The USA vs China trade war will have some effect on the 5G development. USA has claimed that Chinese companies like Huawei and ZTE can use their telecom gear to spy on users. The Chinese telecommunications company Huawei is under scrutiny around the globe over concerns that its close ties with the Chinese government present national security threats to the U.S., Europe and allied countries.
Countries like the United States, Australia and Japan have blocked Huawei from building their next-generation, super-fast 5G internet networks. Over the summer, Australia barred Huawei from providing 5G technology for wireless networks over espionage fears. In New Zeland GCSB bans Spark from using Huawei gear for its 5G mobile upgrade. In UK BT plans to remove the Chinese firm’s gear from the core of its networks. Germany’s IT watchdog has expressed scepticism about calls for a boycott of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei. German security authority BSI (Das Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik) had not found any evidence that Huawe’s equipment would in any way be less secure than its competitors.
The current situation has caused annoyance, even despair in Huawei’s leadership. Will there be any effect for 5G development of this? SoftBank Corp sees no tech impact from not using Huawei gear.
Applications
Social Automation with 5G: About 20 percent of smart phone users believe that 5G will make it easier to connect to different IoT devices, such as home appliances and many home appliances. I think that those believes are not to be realized by 5G in 2019, because making connections to IoT devices easier is not about 5G, but IoT systems development in general. Adding 5G to the IoT communications jungle had potential to first make configuring the devices harder (more networking options means more complicated settings on device).
Operators have claimed many different applications that 5G would make it possible. In many cases those could be made without 5G and even might have already done before 5G networks become live. Here are some examples:
Remote surgery: Ahmedabad Doctor Claims World’s First Telerobotic Heart Surgery on Patient 32 KM Away article tells that Dr Tejas Patel, an internationally renowned cardiologist, claims to have performed the world’s first cardiovascular stent surgeryoperating from a remote area. I did not seem any mention of 5G used there. I expect that this was performed using fixed network connections that are available now and are more reliable than wireless systems like 5G.
Self driving cars: They are already being tested without 5G. 5G could help here. For Self driving cars have multitude of challenges to get them run properly, and 5G will help to solve only few of them. We will need to wait for Release 16 standard to be implemented to network to see the benefits to autonomous traffic.
Artificial intelligence: We are already doing that without 5G. The current trends seems to be that the AI is made both at the edge device and in the cloud. Using this architecture 5G does not seem to do very much at the moment to help AI solutions.
Industrial applications: The short delay is said to be important in many different industries. And the 5G will be important for industrial applications. I am still waiting for real applications to appear. One question for critical industrial applications will be how reliable the 5G network will be. In the beginning there will always be issues in keeping the network reliable in changing wireless conditions and when the brand new devices have software bug in them. For industrial applications we need to find niches where benefits out-weight the potential risks that network might not be very reliable.
Be warned of “fake 5G”
5G will arrive into this world as a marketing gimmick. We will see lots of “fake 5G” marketing in 2019.
I expect we will see many first commercial 5G network press releases. Many marketers will try to frame their 5G offering to form in which they can claim it to be he “the first commercial 5G”. I expect that many of those news releases will be publishes in magazines as news that claim that 5G just started for real now.Was this really the first commercial 5g networks? Hard to say for sure and depends on criteria what is considered to be be “commercial 5G network”.
This can also mean that something that is not really still only 4G is rebranded as being 5G solution. Verge reports that AT&T customers will start to see a 5G logo appear in the corner of their smartphone next year — not because they’re using a 5G phone connected to a 5G network, but because AT&T is going to start pretending its most advanced 4G LTE tech is 5G.
Another example Forum Virium 5G test project in Helsinki Finland will use 4G LTE based NB-IOT and LTE-M technologies for IoT communications because 5G IoT standards are not ready yet and claims that those 4G solutions are 5G compatible (whatever it means). I think those are confusing and borderline deceptive moves designed to win the coming advertising wars around 5G.
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Tomi Engdahl says:
The Snapdragon 855 Brings 5G to Mobile Devices
Qualcomm has unveiled the next generation of its Snapdragon family of processors, the 855 – the first chip optimized for bringing 5G connectivity to mobile devices in addition to enhanced functionality for artificial intelligence.
https://www.designnews.com/electronics-test/snapdragon-855-brings-5g-mobile-devices/143453103559919?ADTRK=UBM&elq_mid=6818&elq_cid=876648
Tomi Engdahl says:
First 5G chip and device from Huawei
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2019/01/28/huaweilta-ensimmainen-5g-piiri-ja-verkkolaite/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Huawei avaa 5G-pelin ensimmäisellä reitittimellään
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/8998-huawei-avaa-5g-pelin-ensimmaisella-5g-reitittimellaan
Balong 5000 on yhden sirun järjestelmäpiiri, joka tukee niin 2G-, 3G-, 4G- kuin 5G-yhteyksiä. Lisäksi piiri on ensimmäinen markkinoilla, joka tukee sekä ns. standalone (SA) – että non-standalone (NSA) -5G-verkkoarkkitehtuuria. SA-versio on varsinainen 5G-tekniikka, sillä NSA-yhteyksissä verkon ohjausdata kulkeen LTE-kanavan kautta.
Alle 6 gigahertsin taajuuksilla Balong 5000 yltää Huawein mukaan jopa 4,6 gigabitin datanopeuksiin sekunnissa. Millimetriaalloilla piirisarja saavuttaa jopa 6,5 gigabitin latausnopeuden
Balong 5000 tukee myös ensimmäisenä Vehicle to Everything (V2X) -viestiyhteyksiä
Balong 5000 nähdään ensimmäiseksi Huawein 5G-reitittimessä
Tomi Engdahl says:
Planning For 5G And The Edge
https://semiengineering.com/planning-for-5g-and-the-edge/
Experts at the Table, part 2: Understanding 5G’s benefits, limitations and design challenges.
Tomi Engdahl says:
RADIO RESOURCE SHARING
WITH EDGE CACHING FOR
MULTI-OPERATOR IN LARGE
CELLULAR NETWORKS
http://jultika.oulu.fi/files/isbn9789526221564.pdf
Tomi Engdahl says:
Technical Report on 5G Network Architecture and Security
https://uk5g.org/media/uploads/resource_files/5G_Architecture_and_Security_technical_report_-_04Dec18.pdf
Tomi Engdahl says:
Optical Interfaces to Address 5G Test
https://www.eeweb.com/profile/larrydesjardin/articles/optical-interfaces-to-address-5g-test
One year ago, six companies along with the AXIe Consortium and the VITA trade industry group endorsed a new standard called Optical Data Interface, or ODI.
ODI is a high-speed interface for instrumentation and embedded systems, supporting speeds up to 80 GBytes/s. With Keysight Technologies’ unveiling of an ODI-based system last month at the Association of Old Crows (AOC), Conduant Corporation’s offering of ODI-based RAID storage systems, and Guzik Technical Enterprises’ previously announced digitizers and processing modules, ODI is now positioned to address difficult challenges in 5G communications, mil/aero systems, and high-speed data acquisition.
Tomi Engdahl says:
The Convergence of 5G, AI and IoT
https://t3chfest.uc3m.es/2018/static/resources/events_slides/2018-03-01_T3chfest_-_The_Convergence_of_5G_AI_and_IoT_v4.pdf?q=1519913894
Tomi Engdahl says:
FACT CHECK:
Did a 5G Cellular Network Test Cause Hundreds of Birds to Die?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/5g-cellular-test-birds/
Claim
The test of a 5G cellular network is the cause of unexplained bird deaths occurring in a park in The Hague, Netherlands.
Rating: FALSE
In Europe, 5G will make use of three frequency ranges: a low-frequency 700MHz “coverage layer,” a 3.4-3.8GHz band which will be the primary bandwidth, and a “super data layer” in the higher frequency 24.25-27.5GHz band. This latter range is more theoretical
the facts are this: No 5G test occurred during the time that the mysterious starling deaths occurred, and the only person suggesting otherwise is someone with a vendetta against both objective reality and 5G wireless.
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Tomi Engdahl says:
Huawei: How the Telecoms Giant is Seen Around the World
https://www.securityweek.com/huawei-how-telecoms-giant-seen-around-world
US charges against Chinese telecoms giant Huawei have cranked up tensions between the world’s two biggest economies, but the company is already facing obstructions around the world over alleged cyber-security risks.
Huawei’s status as a leading supplier of the backbone equipment for telecoms systems — mostly in developing markets — has given China an inside track for spearheading fifth-generation (5G) mobile technology.
5G communications are the next milestone in the digital revolution, bringing near-instantaneous connectivity, vast data capacity and futuristic technologies.
However, fears and that Chinese telecoms companies like Huawei could be proxies for Beijing’s intrusive security apparatus, using the sophisticated infrastructure for espionage, a growing number of Western states turn their backs on the giant.
https://www.securityweek.com/us-charges-huawei-technology-theft-sanctions-violations
Tomi Engdahl says:
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/9017-5g-alkaa-pian-nakya-nokian-tuloksessa
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2019/01/31/nokia-paransi-kannattavuutta-uutena-teollisuuden-verkko-ratkaisut/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Qualcomm, 5G in Judge’s Hands
A cellular industry in transition awaits San Jose ruling
https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1334248
The fate of Qualcomm’s patent licensing — the most profitable business of one of the world’s top 10 chip vendors — is in the hands of a U.S. District Court judge here. Her ruling could also impact hundreds of licensees that the company holds across a cellular ecosystem in the early days of a transition to 5G.
Sadly, no ruling in the case of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission v. Qualcomm can change a broader reality that the evidence shows. The tech industry’s way of determining the value of a company’s contribution to a fundamental standard is laborious, subjective, and opaque.
The FTC argued that Qualcomm charged for years unfairly high royalties for its CDMA and LTE patents while it held greater-than-90% share in modems and used threats of halting chip shipments to win favorable deals. Qualcomm countered that it repeatedly earned a position as a leader in a booming, dynamic market and sought fair value for its patents without ever stopping chip shipments.
Tomi Engdahl says:
China continues 5G push despite economic slowdown and Huawei setbacks
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/30/china-continues-5g-push/?utm_source=tcfbpage&sr_share=facebook
China will fast-track the issuance of commercial licenses for 5G as part of a national plan to boost consumer spending, said a notice published this week by the National Development and Reform Commission. The move appears to be multifaceted, for 5G plays a key role in China’s bid to lead the global technology race, and one of its biggest 5G champions, Huawei, has been facing troubles on a global scale.
The acceleration of 5G licenses comes as Beijing copes with a weakening national economy, a move that will “drum up demand with upgraded technology experiences across devices, automotive and manufacturing leveraging 5G technology,”
Tomi Engdahl says:
New security flaw impacts 5G, 4G, and 3G telephony protocols
https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-security-flaw-impacts-5g-4g-and-3g-telephony-protocols/
Researchers have reported their findings and fixes should be deployed by the end of 2019.
A new vulnerability has been discovered in the upcoming 5G cellular mobile communications protocol. Researchers have described this new flaw as more severe than any of the previous vulnerabilities that affected the 3G and 4G standards.
Further, besides 5G, this new vulnerability also impacts the older 3G and 4G protocols, providing surveillance tech vendors with a new flaw they can abuse to create next-gen IMSI-catchers that work across all modern telephony protocols.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Can AI, 5G Chips Be Verified?
https://semiengineering.com/can-ai-5g-chips-be-verified/
Rapid technology changes, uncertain interactions create huge challenges.
AI and 5G bode well for the semiconductor industry. They will require many billions of new, semi-customized and highly complex chips from the edge all the way to the data center, and they will require massive amounts of engineering time and tooling. But these technologies also are raising lots of questions on the design and verification front about what else can be automated and how to do it.
However, there is a whole set of new challenges that require a higher level of abstraction. AI and 5G chips are all about system-level data flow, including storage and acceleration both on-chip and off-chip, and those are very large data paths to simulate and verify even with all the resources in the cloud.
Tomi Engdahl says:
5G poised to disrupt the network edge
https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/5g-waves/4461505/5G-poised-to-disrupt-the-network-edge?utm_source=Aspencore&utm_medium=EDN&utm_campaign=social
By now, we’ve all become familiar with 5G’s promise of data rates, with peak speeds of over 10 Gbits/s. This is commonly referred to as eMBB (enhanced mobile broadband) and includes today’s familiar internet services such as email, web browsing, and video streaming. But, 5G is more than that and the wired networks will have to adapt to handle the increased traffic and low latency we hear about.
5G includes massive machine type communication (mMTC). This service is focused on limited bandwidth access of remote sensing devices, such as gas, water, and electric meters. Another service is ultra reliable low latency communication (URLLC). URLLC promises to deliver new services where low latency is critical, including remote surgery, autonomous vehicles, factory automation, and numerous tactile applications. URLLC is poised to disrupt the network edge, changing the fundamental network topologies we are familiar with for internet service.
Low latency vs. high bandwidth
We commonly think of network speed in terms of Mbits/s or Gbits/s, a bandwidth metric and a valuable parameter when evaluating networks for delivering high-bandwidth services such as video streaming. Video now represents a majority of all downstream internet traffic globally. At peak times Netflix and YouTube together may represent more than half of all traffic in the United States. In some ways, every evening the US internet becomes a nationwide cable TV system. This fact has led ISPs to create networks optimized for video streaming applications.
What’s not critical in these applications is the latency in delivering the content. These applications are fairly insensitive to the total delay across the network, as long as they can buffer the data near the end points and the total bandwidth of the channel is adequate.
There is, however, a plethora of promising new services that are latency sensitive. Studies have shown that latency needs to be reduced to approximately a single millisecond for a user of a haptic application, such as playing an instrument or performing remote surgery, to perceive the application as simultaneous.
Tomi Engdahl says:
iOS 12.2 beta includes new Animojis and fake 5G logo
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/05/ios-12-2-beta-includes-new-animojis-and-fake-5g-logo/?utm_source=tcfbpage&sr_share=facebook
Apple has released a new beta version of iOS 12.2 yesterday. While the final version isn’t available just yet, here’s what you should expect: new Animojis and a fake 5G logo if you’re an AT&T customer.
interestingly, Apple succumbed to AT&T’s marketing plot to rename 4G into 5G. MacRumors noticed that some AT&T users now have a ‘5G E’ icon in the top right corner when they upgrade to the beta version of iOS 12.2. Some Android phones already show a 5G E icon after an AT&T update.
But don’t get fooled, this isn’t 5G — this icon replaces the LTE icon. AT&T has basically rebranded LTE with carrier aggregation as 5G Evolution. But it still runs on the same network.
The same thing happened in the U.S. during the transition from 3G to 4G. AT&T decided to rebrand its 3G HSPA+ network to 4G. It’s the reason why many carriers talk about LTE instead of 4G.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Don’t Let Huawei Help Set Up 5G, US Warns EU Nations
https://www.securityweek.com/dont-let-huawei-help-set-5g-us-warns-eu-nations
US officials are fanning out across Europe to warn about the security risks of allowing Chinese telecoms giant Huawei to help build 5G mobile networks, a US diplomat said Tuesday.
Washington considers the matter urgent as European Union countries prepare to roll out fifth-generation networks that will bring near-instantaneous connectivity, vast data capacity and futuristic technologies.
“We are urging folks not to rush ahead and sign contracts with untrusted suppliers from countries like China,” a US State Department official told reporters in Brussels.
The official said he was meeting EU officials as well as those in Belgium, France and Germany, while colleagues will be travelling to Spain and elsewhere to underline US concerns.
“Going with an untrusted supplier like Huawei or ZTE will have all sorts of ramifications for your national security,” he warned, speaking on condition of anonymity.
It could also undermine intellectual property protection, privacy and human rights, he added.
In December, European Commission Vice President Andrus Ansip echoed US warnings about the threat posed by Huawei and ZTE who — under a 2017 Chinese cybersecurity law — are required to cooperate with Beijing’s intelligence services.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2019/02/07/5g-verkot-rakentuvat-osin-velkarahalla-nyt-dna/
Tomi Engdahl says:
To Stand Alone or Not – That is the Question for 5G mmWave
https://forums.ni.com/t5/NI-Blog/To-Stand-Alone-or-Not-That-is-the-Question-for-5G-mmWave/ba-p/3889587
2019 will be the year of 5G. 5G will become real in 2019 as service operators around the world have already begun deploying 5G services. To date, mmWave deployments have been targeted to fixed wireless access, or in other words fiber to the home (FTTP) replacements. The early 5G sub 6 GHz rollouts are a milestone but mmWave is the pathway to the transformational impact needed for the 5G ecosystem.
mmWave spectrum has been a major focus for wireless researchers and 5G ecosystem suppliers because of the copious amount of spectrum available for mobile access in both the licensed and unlicensed bands.
Today, most 5G deployments target sub 6 GHz spectrum and the Non-StandAlone (NSA) architecture. NSA uses LTE as the anchor for the control plane, and the user plane flows directly to the EPC (4G) or NGC (5G) depending on the specific NSA architecture. 5G mmWave will likely follow mainly because the technology is still in its infancy. Sub 6 GHz 5G does increase bandwidth but not at the scale of 5G mmWave. The 5G mmWave deployments will rely on the NSA architecture and in thinking about this issue, a question arises, “Does 5G standalone (SA) make sense?”.
Although there is quite a bit of spectrum earmarked for 5G mobile access in the mmWave bands, the propagation of waveforms at these frequencies is much shorter than the sub 6 GHz implementations. In addition, mmWave waveforms are highly directional and can be blocked causing disruptions to the link.
Now, consider the configuration – NSA or SA for 5G mmWave. The advantages of SA for any 5G deployment include lower latency and lower cost as the network does not need to rely on 4G/LTE for the control information. However, NSA also makes a lot of sense for 5G mmWave because LTE deployments are available and robust. In the SA 5G mmWave scenario, the control channels utilize the same 5G mmWave spectrum as the data. For NSA 5G mmWave, LTE provides the anchor and the control information is transmitted over that link.
Tomi Engdahl says:
France to Tighten 5G Security: Minister
https://www.securityweek.com/france-tighten-5g-security-minister
France will soon make proposals to reinforce the security of mobile telephone networks, Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said Wednesday after the US stepped up pressure on Europe to block China’s Huawei from building 5G networks.
“The role of the nation is to protect the economic interests of the country, 5G could lead us to taking strong decisions in this area,” Le Maire said on the France 2 television network.
Several Western nations have already barred China’s Huawei from participating in contracts to deploy fifth-generation, or 5G, networks, citing fears Beijing could gain access to sensitive communications and critical infrastructure.
The United States, which considers the matter urgent as European Union countries prepare to roll out 5G networks that will bring near-instantaneous connectivity, vast data capacity and futuristic technologies, said Tuesday it would meet with its European partners this week to warn against Chinese suppliers.
“Going with an untrusted supplier like Huawei or ZTE will have all sorts of ramifications for your national security,” a US official speaking on condition of anonymity said Tuesday.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Issues In Designing 5G Beamforming Antennas
https://semiengineering.com/5g-beamforming-antennas-create-design-test-problems/
Assuring quality under changing conditions with shifting standards and use models is a major challenge.
As 5G networking inches closer to reality, one of the more stubborn problems also will be one of the smallest. Several issues have yet to be cracked with beamforming and massive MIMO antennas, which will make millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum—a key ingredient in 5G networks—work on multiple devices and base-station locations.
Millimeter wave is problematic yet promising. Between bands 30 Ghz and 300 Ghz, mmWave promises high-bandwidth point-to-point communications at speeds up to 10 Gbps.
It’s increasingly clear that much of the responsibility for making the high-speed, low-latency 5G networks work will fall to these overactive antennas. But their role is so complicated that few designers or evaluators are confident they know what the antennas should do, let alone how to verify the results.
“A 5G MIMO antenna is hard to test because it never stops changing,”
That makes testing all the more difficult because everything is in motion. “You can’t put them in a shielded room and test the connection from a distance because it realigns itself constantly,” Williams said. “If an object was 10 feet away at an angle of 0 degrees, and it’s now at 30 degrees, performance would drop off at zero and improve at 30. The way it connects to everything is completely different from 4G. It constantly changes, so you have to test it in a completely new way, too.”
That’s just one piece of this complex puzzle. “With 5G phones you have MIMO (multiple-input, multiple-output), carrier aggregation, essentially bandwidth-on-demand,”
Sizing the problem
The range of 5G connections is so short that design teams need to make radio-testing rooms longer so they can find out how far those mmWave signals actually can travel.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Mastering 5G test complexity: a growing concern
https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/5g-waves/4461532/Mastering-5G-test-complexity–a-growing-concern
As cellular technology has evolved, at roughly 10-year intervals, from 3G to 4G to 5G 10 years apart, wireless networks have experienced a 10-fold performance increase. That’s been accompanied by an even larger increase in test complexity.
But as we race into 2019, it is good to pause and reflect on the milestones the industry has achieved with 3G, 4G, and 5G technology. Engineers should rejoice!
10 years of progress, 20× the complexity
Given that 4G has been in the market for over a decade, the general public seems desensitized to the 4G-to-5G evolution. For the casual user, it may feel that 5G is inevitable with predictable, evolutionary features, and that test methodologies are mainly about faster speeds and more access. There is a lot more. The added complexity of new capabilities on top of 4G-5G coexistence and handoff has profound implications on the design and test complexity. One seemingly simple yet complex key use case to be considered is cellular handoff of calls during mobile roaming events crossing mixed 4G and 5G networks.
The 5G standard expands capabilities in many new directions. Release 15 includes a broad set of new capabilities and requirements that require additional test functionality and validation before a product can ship. Here are just a few of the new Release 15 SA and NSA highlights that require additional focus:
Support for expanded frequency ranges – FR1 and FR2
Wider bandwidth channels
Carrier aggregation: up to 16 component carriers in intra-band contiguous, intra-band, non-contiguous, and inter-band, non-contiguous configurations, crossing both FR1 and FR2
Over 1 GHz of aggregated spectrum
Support for different numerologies on each carrier
Variable transport block maps per carrier
Support for licensed and unlicensed spectrum with aggregation
4G and 5G coexistence
4G/5G coexistence in the presence of other wireless communications standards: Bluetooth, NFC, GPS, FM Radio, and Wi-Fi (2.4GHz and 5GHz variants)
In addition, millimeter wave spectrum support forces an expansion in the test methodology, driving a shift to over-the-air (OTA) testing for a large portion of the test suite. OTA testing isn’t just a simple shift from cabled test, but also a new style of testing to measure and validate capabilities unique to 5G millimeter wave signal acquisition and management. These include:
Signal acquisition and tracking
Beamforming performance and accuracy
mmWave MIMO signal reception and decoding
Predicting the future
The combination of seamless 4G-5G handoff, new frequencies, new use cases, and of course, the combinations and permutations of them, all add up to a lot more testing. Every device manufacturer will start integrating new tests for standards compliance, EMI/EMC requirements, and OTA behavior understanding. Manufacturers will need to add more test cases as well to cover the new functionality.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2019/02/04/uusi-5g-alytie-ledipylvaiden-voimin/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Sprint calls AT&T’s 5G E label ‘false advertising’ in new lawsuit
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/08/sprint-calls-atts-5g-e-label-false-advertising-in-new-lawsuit/?sr_share=facebook&utm_source=tcfbpage
While it’s true that it’s going to take some time before most of us will actually be able to enjoy the benefits of 5G, that doesn’t mean you can’t sit back and enjoy the fireworks right now. AT&T’s adoption of the “5G Evolution” label has already been controversial among industry followers and fellow carriers alike for watering down the meaning of next-gen connectivity — and now Sprint is looking to do something about it.
Tomi Engdahl says:
AT&T sued by Sprint, must defend decision to tell users that 4G is “5G E”
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/02/sprint-sues-att-to-stop-it-from-calling-its-4g-service-5g-e/
Sprint says AT&T’s “5G E” campaign violates laws against false advertising.
Tomi Engdahl says:
5G poised to disrupt the network edge
https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/5g-waves/4461505/5G-poised-to-disrupt-the-network-edge?utm_source=Aspencore&utm_medium=EDN&utm_campaign=social
By now, we’ve all become familiar with 5G’s promise of data rates, with peak speeds of over 10 Gbits/s. This is commonly referred to as eMBB (enhanced mobile broadband) and includes today’s familiar internet services such as email, web browsing, and video streaming. But, 5G is more than that and the wired networks will have to adapt to handle the increased traffic and low latency we hear about.
5G includes massive machine type communication (mMTC). This service is focused on limited bandwidth access of remote sensing devices, such as gas, water, and electric meters. Another service is ultra reliable low latency communication (URLLC).
Tomi Engdahl says:
Security flaw allows for spying over 5G, researchers warn
https://www.cnet.com/news/security-flaw-allows-for-spying-over-5g-researchers-find/
The new generation of connectivity brings a new generation of vulnerabilities.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Näin operaattorit sumuttavat kuluttajia hämäävillä kirjainyhdistelmillä
https://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/nain-operaattorit-sumuttavat-kuluttajia-hamaavilla-kirjainyhdistelmilla-6757450?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=TV_NA_02&utm_content=Ad+-+Post%3A+%2FTivi%2Fposts%2F10156042704552267
Tomi Engdahl says:
The broadband industry loves bullshit names
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You’ve heard of 5G; now meet 5G E, 5G TF, and 10G
https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/5/18212091/5g-e-tf-10g-broadband-industry-fake-names-mobile-internet-att-verizon
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/5g-waves/4461532/Mastering-5G-test-complexity–a-growing-concern?utm_source=Aspencore&utm_medium=EDN&utm_campaign=social
Tomi Engdahl says:
Taas pelotellaan kännykkäsäteilyllä – nyt 5G-säteilyllä
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/9085-taas-pelotellaan-kannykkasateilylla-nyt-5g-sateilylla
Eloranta sanoo hallitukselle osoittamassa kirjallisessa kysymyksessään, että viidennen sukupolven mobiiliteknologian tullessa käyttöön tulisi erityisesti lasten herkkyyden vuoksi noudattaa ns. varovaisuusperiaatetta. Tämä tarkoittaa sitä, että erityisesti lapsia suojeltaisiin esimerkiksi matkapuhelinantenneilta varmuuden vuoksi, vaikkei näyttöä haitallisuudesta olekaan.
5G-antennien sijoittaminen pitäisi kieltää esimerkiksi koulujen ja päiväkotien läheisyyteen. Lisäksi mobiiliyhteyksien rinnalle pitäisi tuoda vaihtoehtoja, kuten kiinteät internet- ja puhelinyhteydet. Tämä ajatus liittynee kehitykseen, jossa suomalaisoperaattorit ovat lopettamassa kiinteiden puhelinliittymien myymisen paitsi vanhentuneena tekniikkana, myös kannattamattomana liiketoimintana.
Tomi Engdahl says:
T-Mobile hylkäsi Huawein ja ZTE:n
http://www.etn.fi/index.php/13-news/9082-t-mobile-hylkasi-huawein-ja-zte-n
Kiinalaisten laitevalmistajien ongelmat Yhdysvalloissa kärjistyvät. T-Mobilen USA:n toimintojen johtaja Joh Legere on kertonut maan kongressille, ettei operaattori aio käyttää Huawein tai ZTE:n laitteita tulevissa 5G-verkoissaan.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Gearing Up For 5G
https://semiengineering.com/gearing-up-for-5g/
This new communications standard could transform architectural decisions across the industry, but not right away and not necessarily in obvious ways.
Tomi Engdahl says:
The Internet, Divided Between the U.S. and China, Has Become a Battleground
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-internet-divided-between-the-u-s-and-china-has-become-a-battleground-11549688420
The global internet is splitting in two.
One side, championed in China, is a digital landscape where mobile payments have replaced cash. Smartphones are the devices that matter, and users can shop, chat, bank and surf the web with one app.
As China and the West race for 5G dominance, two digital powers with very different approaches to technology are staking out their corners
Tomi Engdahl says:
Issues In Designing 5G Beamforming Antennas
https://semiengineering.com/5g-beamforming-antennas-create-design-test-problems/
Assuring quality under changing conditions with shifting standards and use models is a major challenge.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Understanding Benefits Of MIMO Technology
https://www.mwrf.com/markets/understanding-benefits-mimo-technology?PK=UM_Classics02119&utm_rid=CPG05000002750211&utm_campaign=23182&utm_medium=email&elq2=80aa195aa17b4db9b83e20c9b29e707d
Multiple antenna configurations can be used to overcome the detrimental effects of signal multipath and fading when trying to achieve high data throughput in limited-bandwidth channels.
Tomi Engdahl says:
No Moving Parts: Phased Array Antennas Move While Standing Still
https://hackaday.com/2019/01/11/no-moving-parts-phased-array-antennas-move-while-standing-still/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Tulevaisuuden 5G-sovellusten nopeutta ja turvallisuutta kehitetään tekoälyn avulla
https://www.oulu.fi/tst/node/48534
Oulun yliopistossa tehtävää 5G-huippututkimusta vauhdittaa tutkijaryhmälle myönnetty merkittävä rahoitus tekoälytutkimuksen kehittämiseen. 5G-verkon ympärille kehitetään jo nyt uusia teknologioita ja sovelluksia, joissa viiveettömyys ja turvallisuus ovat kriittisiä tekijöitä esimerkiksi sairaaloissa, teollisuudessa tai ajoneuvojen ohjauksessa.
Tomi Engdahl says:
CES 2019: The state of autonomous vehicles and 5G
https://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/brians-brain/4461574/CES-2019–The-state-of-autonomous-vehicles-and-5G?utm_source=Aspencore&utm_medium=EDN&utm_campaign=social
Wireless communications
Speaking of wireless networks, how’s 5G coming along? Slowly, to put it succinctly, though you might not suspect this from the abundance of hype in evidence at the show from Huawei, Intel, Qualcomm, and others (just wait for Mobile World Congress!). In the U.S., Verizon has done a limited rollout of what it’s calling “5G Home” in four cities, but the qualifiers are critical:
Non-standards-compliant, and
Fixed-location (i.e. intended for broadband Internet service to a residence or business), not mobile
Likely due at least in part to the non-standards-compliant aspect (I’m guessing its hardware partners are now focusing their ongoing development energy on standards-based products), the company has subsequently admitted that it won’t be expanding its “5G Home” footprint any time soon. D-Link showed off a (presumably standards-compliant) 5G router at the show, albeit with nebulous availability and nonexistent pricing.
And then there’s AT&T, who also doesn’t have much mobile network coverage to tout at the moment
Tomi Engdahl says:
5G:n lyhyt oppimäärä
https://www.dna.fi/yrityksille/blogi/-/blogs/5gn-lyhyt-oppimaara?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=artikkeli&utm_term=verkko&utm_campaign=verkko&utm_content=5gn_lyhyt_oppimaara
Nyt se on täällä: vuosi 2019, jolloin 5G saapuu suomalaisyritysten saataville. Syksyllä 2018 suomalaisoperaattorit kävivät huutokauppaa 5G-taajuuksista ja DNA sai tavoittelemansa taajuuskaistan.
Tomi Engdahl says:
In Rebuke to U.S., Germany Considers Letting Huawei In
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-rebuke-to-u-s-germany-considers-letting-huawei-in-11550577810
Preliminary decision comes after probe found no evidence the Chinese tech giant could use its equipment to spy on communications
Tomi Engdahl says:
The Samsung S10 gets a 5G model
https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/20/the-samsung-s10-gets-a-5g-model/
You saw this one coming, right? Last year Samsung announced that would be launching not one — but two — 5G phones.
With the sole exception of storage (which goes up to an utterly insane 1TB on the S10+), the 5G is the smartphone for that discerning Galaxy fan who wants the biggest and best of everything, regardless of price. In fact, the company didn’t bother mentioning price
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2019/02/20/qualcommilta-jo-toisen-polven-5g-modeemipiiri-ja-lahetinosuus/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Trump calls for 6G cellular technology, because why the heck not?
https://tcrn.ch/2DVhszy
What 5G exactly is though remains mostly a mystery. Is it new bandwidth? Edge computing? Decentralized cloud processing technology? Autonomous vehicles? Something else? I get pitched a dozen stories a day about the “5G revolution” and no one can tell me exactly what’s in it for me other than long presentations in hotel ballrooms about bandwidth (ironically, often without any cell reception).
So imagine my surprise this morning when Trump tweeted that U.S. companies need to work harder and faster on building out the tech behind 5G, but also in the process called for …. 6G technology.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Jon Porter / The Verge:
What to expect at MWC 2019: new flagships from Sony, LG, and Chinese companies, foldable phones from Huawei and others, return of HoloLens, and a lot of 5G hype — 5G’s early steps will continue, and the Galaxy Fold could get some competition — In the next few days …
MWC 2019: the stories and devices to expect at the world’s biggest mobile show
https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/22/18235295/mwc-2019-mobile-world-congress-leaks-rumors-announcements-products
5G’s early steps will continue, and the Galaxy Fold could get some competition
Tomi Engdahl says:
Stephen Nellis / Reuters:
Intel says it does not expect consumer products with its 5G modems to appear on the market until 2020
Intel says its 5G modem chips will not appear in phones until 2020
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-intel-apple/intel-says-its-5g-modem-chips-will-not-appear-in-phones-until-2020-idUSKCN1QB2B0
Intel Corp executives said on Friday its 5G modem chips will not appear in mobile phones until 2020, raising the possibility its biggest customer, Apple Inc, will be more than a year behind rivals in delivering a device that uses the faster networks.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Trump demands 6G technology in rant against American companies: ‘We must be the leader in everything we do’
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-6g-5g-twitter-technology-network-us-companies-today-a8790341.html
Donald Trump has called on American companies to become leaders around the world in “5G, even 6G” technology in a series of tweets.
“I want 5G, and even 6G, technology in the United States as soon as possible,” the president tweeted on Thursday morning. “It is far more powerful, faster, and smarter than the current standard. American companies must step up their efforts, or get left behind.”
“There is no reason th