The 6G Symposium took place on October 18 and 19, 2023, in Washington, DC. This year, the talk was more about use cases, with less talk about sustainability than in the past. One week before the symposium, I heard two contrasting views on 5G given at a virtual conference. In the morning, Chris Pearson of…
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Key takeaways from 6G Symposium
Despite the intense hype, 5G looks like a stepping stone to the real thing.
Analyst: 5G is all about the traffic
If you’ve been following 5G technical developments for the last few years, you probably know that 5G encompasses more than just faster download speeds. You may have heard about low latency (1 msec or less) and the applications that makes possible. Now, 5G is in deployment and the hype far exceeds reality. The hype, of…
5G’s current state: What you need to know
Ed. Note: All material in this article taken from the author’s report “5G: What Are the Real Status and Real Economics?” published by IGI Group. 5G Technology World interviewed Holliday for an upcoming article. We read a great deal about 5G in the local papers and hear about it almost every night on TV news.…
O-RAN Alliance develops first open radio access network 5G mmWave radio unit
The industry’s first O-RAN (open radio access network) 5G mmWave radio unit (O-RU) combines essential building blocks to create and test a blueprint for next-generation RAN. “This achievement within O-RAN is exciting because it proves that a radio unit can be built on an open architecture platform,” said Andre Fuetsch, President AT&T Labs and Chief […]
Tiny Quad-Band LTE-M module certified for AT&T’s US and Mexico networks
u-blox announced certification of its SARA-R410M module on AT&T’s LTE-M network to support a broad spectrum of IoT applications, such as utility meters, telematics, asset & vehicle tracking, security systems, building automation, as well as smart lighting solutions and parking sensors. SARA-R410M is among the first cellular modules certified to support AT&T’s LTE-M network. With a quad-band configuration […]
PODCAST Dr. Marie Johnson: Innovator for and from the heart
It’s called the widow maker for a reason as Dr. Marie Johnson experienced when her 41-year old, seemingly healthy husband died suddenly from Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) — the number one killer among both men and women. And predicting a heart attack using standard risk factors is generally insufficient. Learn how Dr. Johnson went from […]