Industry Updates

TIM achieving 5G speed record with Ericsson and Qualcomm on 26 Gigahertz mmWave frequencies

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on Thursday granted 5G licenses for commercial use, marking the beginning of a new era in the country's telecommunication industry.

Today the European Commission made a technology choice in its Connected Car Legislation that, in the view of the GSMA, undercuts its own 5G Action Plan and jeopardises its digital competitiveness; the Commission has chosen to ignore technological innovation and choice, and instead stick with an outdated wi-fi (802.11p) technology for connected vehicles.

NGMN partner and Board member Chunghwa Telecom said the “Taiwan 5G Alliance - CHT Pilot Team” had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with “Korea 5G Forum” to establish a strategic partnership in 5G development. The CHT Pilot Team is organized by Chunghwa Telecom under the supervision of Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA).

The company launched 5G network at 00:00, December 1, 2018, in 13 cities throughout Korea. The first call over the commercial 5G network was made between Bundang and Myeondong.

Patrick Donegan, Founder & Principal Analyst at HardenStance Ltd., published a blog post on Palo Alto Networks joining NGMN and the importance of security vendors in NGMN.

5G Americas Report Details 3GPP Releases 14 to 16 Standards

NGMN Partner Gemalto announces a foundational component of their 5G security strategy by bolstering protection against cyber-attacks for the next generation of cloud-based virtualized networks.

Vodafone and Huawei have jointly completed the world’s first call using the Non-standalone (NSA) 3GPP 5G new radio (NR) standard and sub6 GHz spectrum.