Dan Oliver
Dan is a British journalist with 20 years of experience in the design and tech sectors, producing content for the likes of Microsoft, Adobe, Dell and The Sunday Times. In 2012 he helped launch the world's number one design blog, Creative Bloq. Dan is now editor-in-chief at 5Gradar, where he oversees news, insight and reviews, providing an invaluable resource for anyone looking to stay up-to-date with the key issues facing 5G.
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Infrastructure Nokia will provide 5G and managed services for A1 Telekom Austria Group’s campus networks, enabling its enterprise customers to fast-track digital transformation plans.

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IoT A new report from Global Market Insights has revealed that, according to insight from 20 leading companies in the sector, the market size for time-sensitive networking will surpass $1bn by 2026.

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Autonomous vehicles The UK’s move towards autonomous vehicles has been boosted by a new partnership with Vodfone to introduce a 5G network at Horiba Mira’s Nuneaton HQ.

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IoT A new survey from Gartner has revealed that By 2023 47% of organizations plan to increase their investments in the Internet of Things (IoT).

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Business Despite announcing a doubling of its profits, Nokia’s share price dipped 18% today, with its new CEO Pekka Lundmark saying Nokia will “play to win” in the 5G technology market.

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Open RAN Rakuten Mobile has turned to network planning specialists, Infovista, to deliver the world’s first fully-virtualized, open solution for scaling and automating 5G network capabilities.

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Infrastructure As it continues to move away from Huawei tech, BT has selected Ericsson to join Nokia as one of its two primary 5G vendors, with Ericsson’s 5G Radio Access Network being rolled out across the UK.

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Networks Ofcom has introduced new rules that mean mobile operators in the UK will no longer be able to sell locked handsets, as the regulator implements the European Electronic Communications Code.
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Infrastructure SYV – a joint operation by DNA Oyj and Telia Finland Oyj – has selected Nokia to modernize its existing network with 5G RAN equipment and managed services.

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Networks Global analytics and consultancy business Omdia has reported that the number of 5G networks has broken through 100 for the first time, making 5G the second-fastest-growing cellular tech ever.

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Use case Smart Mobile Labs has won the tender to deliver a 5G standalone (SA) network for Technical University Kaiserslautern, using Nokia Digital Automation Cloud.

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Research The UK’s 5G-ENCODE Project has announced that its ‘Phase One’ industrial private 4G network at the National Composites Centre (NCC) is now live.

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Testing Dr. Brian Connelly, head of the data Science team at Ookla, has blasted the poor data, bad methodology, and questionable 5G identification that competitors are using.

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Networks Telia has selected Nokia, its long-standing equipment provider in Finland, to implement its 5G RAN and network updates in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden.

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Security Following the lead of the US, UK, Australia, and India, Sweden has announced that its upcoming auction for 5G spectrum cannot include Huawei and ZTE tech after 2025.

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Edge computing Verizon has partnered with Microsoft to add Azure’s cloud-computing capabilities to its 5G Edge product, which provides mobile edge computing (MEC) solutions to enterprise customers.

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Open RAN Vodafone and NEC intend to work with a number of the world’s leading Open RAN technology vendors, such as Altiostar, to deliver 5G services.

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Networks Featuring augmented reality, 360 degree viewing, and social tools for group viewing, EE’s ‘Match Day Experience’ is a new service for customers of EE's 5G iPhone package.

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Networks Mobile network operator EE has added 5G to 12 new towns and cities in the UK, bringing 5G to more places than any other operator in the United Kingdom.

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Infrastructure Nokia will provide Taiwanese mobile operator, Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), with 5G small cells to complement 2,500 existing 4G small cells across the country.

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Industry A new piece of research from Nokia – titled the ‘5G Business Readiness Report’ – has analyzed enterprise adoption and preparedness for 5G across the globe.

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Event On Tuesday October 13th, a live debate on 5G’s potential role in the UK economy will be presented by Ericsson, and you can register for free today.

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Edge computing Avoiding crowds, managing queues, and monitoring social distancing will all be possible at Cisco-powered sporting venues using mobile edge computing (MEC) from Verizon Business.
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