Dan Oliver

Industry Centrica Storage’s Easington plant in the UK will become the first in the oil and gas sector to install a 5G-ready mobile private network.

Event A live webinar, presented by Positive Technologies, is taking place on the 6th August at 2pm GMT, examining the need for MNOs to address vulnerabilities in SS7 protocols and 5G networks.

Infrastructure According to state sources, Changsha, a city in Hunan Province, China, is using 5G to improve its industrial supply chain following the coronavirus pandemic.

Funding Six new projects have secured funding from 5G Create, a UK competition to showcase 5G innovation.

Networks As mobile operators around the world prepare for fifth generation networking, handling the huge jump in data consumption is key.

Automotive Avanci says it will enable the next generation of connected vehicles with its new 5G patent program.

Environment IoT sensors have been attached to a number of trees in Surrey and Northumberland to monitor the effects of climate change on the UK’s woodland.

Networks The race to replace Huawei technology in the US is well underway, and Ericsson has just delivered its first US-manufactured commercial 5G base station to Verizon HQ.

Infrastructure Neom, Saudi Arabia’s $500bn smart city project, has launched 5G infrastructure work with Saudi Telecom Company (stc).

Regulation The Federal Communications Commission has announced the start of its “milestone” auction for critical mid-band 5G spectrum.

Military MCAS Miramar is the first US military base to test Verizon’s Ultra Wideband Service, as it trials defense-based use cases for 5G.

Report In a new paper, described by experts as the “stupidest” coronavirus take thus far, scientists claim that millimeter wave technology could cause cornaviruses in humans.

Testing A new testing facility from Hewlett Packard Enterprise will enable mobile network operators (MNOs) to ditch proprietary systems in favour of open 5G technologies.

Networks Europe’s most profitable telecom provider has turned to Ericsson for its 5G RAN roll out.

IoT Nokia has announced its first commercial 5G standalone (SA) private wireless networking products for enterprise customers looking for wireless LAN and IIoT capabilities.

Infrastructure Ericsson has been selected by SoftBank to deploy its cloud native 5G Core to manage the operator's 5G RAN and develop new services.

Business It’s been a good week for Ericsson, as it bags a big Oman deal, its shares see a significant boost, and the UK announces a ban on Huawei 5G tech.

Phones TSMC may have been hit by US trade sanctions against Huawei, but it remains buoyant, and has hinted that the next iPhone will boast a 5nm chipset.

Healthcare O2, the University of Glasgow, and the James Watt School of Engineering have partnered with the NHS to provide Covid-19 test units in care homes and beyond.

Report The Small Cell Forum has published the first overview of how 5G small cells should be deployed over the next five years.

Infrastructure In this report, we take a look at the UK government’s basis for banning Huawei technology in the UK, and reveal the impact this will have on the country’s ability to deliver 5G.

Infrastructure New software from Nokia means that millions of legacy 4G radio units can now be remotely switched to 5G/NR, without the need for engineers to climb towers.

Use cases Ericsson’s 5G evangelist Peter Linder believes that use places, within a specific geographical area, can support new use cases, and provide material value to CSPs.

Networks Advanced network slicing and IIoT use cases will be enabled by Verizon’s shift from 4G LTE-supported 5G to a standalone 5G infrastructure.

Security It’s still too early to quantify supply chain disruption following the US ban on Chinese tech, Huawei’s vice-president explains.