Dan Oliver

Infrastructure Haidrun, which develops an enterprise-level blockchain platform, has announced the launch of a new product to enable better management of 5G services.

Open RAN Following success in Japan, Rakuten Mobile and NEC have signed of a memorandum of understanding to promote Open RAN to the global market.

phones The realme 8 5G features MediaTek’s Dimensity 700 5G processor, a 90HzUltra Smooth Display, a 5000mAh massive battery, and 8.5mm super-slim design.

Networking With the Smart Node femtocell, Nokia has produced an all-in-one solution for extending 5G coverage indoors for residential and small-medium enterprise use.

Testing LitePoint will work alongside Qualcomm to deliver testing solutions for the company’s 5G RAN Platform for small cells.

Fixed wireless access Nokia’s self-installable FastMile 5G FWA gateway also supports Wi-Fi 6, with self-optimizing mesh technology, and advanced antenna designs.

Research Verizon has partnered with General Electric to install a 5G Ultra Wideband at its New York lab, enabling a host of new use cases across the health, energy, and automotive sectors.

Networks Full details of the award of the 700 MHz and 3.6-3.8 GHz spectrum bands for 5G networking have been released by Ofcom in the UK.

Phones The realme 8 5G is the UK’s first smartphone to feature MediaTek’s Dimensity 700 5G processor, as realme commits to “democratizing 5G models”.

Verizon has announced that C-band equipment, in the shape of basebands, radios and antennas from Ericsson and Samsung, is currently being deployed across its US network.

Networking By aggregating 800MHz of high-band spectrum and 60MHz of mid-band spectrum speeds of up to 5.1Gbps were achieved on an individual user device.

Industry Working in collaboration with BT, Ericsson and NVIDIA, Hyperbat will use 5G and VR technology to enable remote collaboration amongst its manufacturing team.

Networks T-Mobile has launched its Home Internet service in the US, where it will reach 10 million homes in rural areas, covering a total of 30m households at launch.

Networking Ericsson has partnered with Deutsche Telekom and Cosmote to trial and test microwave 5G backhaul, using spectrum in the W-band for the first time.

Networking Working alongside Associated British Ports, Verizon Business will deploy a private 5G network for the Port of Southampton, which handles £40 billion in exports each year.

Networking Telnet will support the development of Industry 4.0 in the UK with a new service to help clients introduce private 5G networks.

Drones Liverpool is set to become a “global driving force” in drone technology, according to Drone Major Group, which has launched a new project to autonomous drones.

Networking UK SpaceTech firm Open Cosmos has launched two commercial satellites, one of which is the first satellite of 5G IoT space telecom operator Sateliot.

Research Two Australian reviews, covering 138 studies, have found no correlation between 5G technology and hazardous health implications.

Smart cities As part of Liverpool’s ‘5G Create’ project, backed by DCMS, a cutting-edge planning tool is being used to create ‘digital twins’ of areas where 5G infrastructure needs to be installed.

Networking As part of the company’s commitment to reducing global warming, Nokia has announced that it plans to cut energy consumption in its 5G base stations over the next two years.