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NetworkX 2026

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TRANSFORM YOUR NETWORK. SHAPE THE FUTURE.

Network X 2026 brings together the global fixed-line and mobile communities to explore the technologies, partnerships and strategies shaping the future of connectivity.

On Day 2 of the NetworkX,  our CEO Anita Döhler will lead the keynote panel discussion “Shaping the 6G Era – From Vision to Sustainable Network Evolution” at the Headliners Stage I 14 October I 10:45 am – 11:15 am featuring:

NGMN’s Chairman of the Board:
Laurent Leboucher (Orange)
and NGMN Board Members:
Arash Ashouriha (Deutsche Telekom)
Bernard Bureau (Telus) and
Luke Ibbetson (Vodafone)

The session will look into how the mobile ecosystem can accelerate the transition towards 6G by:

  • defining an operator-driven roadmap for 6G
  • building flexible and AI-ready network architectures
  • simplifying the migration from 5G to 6G
  • delivering sustainable and economically viable network evolution
  • creating a resilient and open ecosystem for the 6G era

Join this  at Network X 2026 to explore how collaboration across the ecosystem will turn the vision of 6G into a sustainable and practical reality.

Register here: Network X 2026 Registration
Explore the agenda: Network X 2026 Agenda

NGMN Technical Document 5G Small Cells at Home v1.0

5G Small Cells at Home

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The first objective of this white paper is to explore the potential technologies that could help improve the performance of local connectivity at home.
In addition to this, the second objective is to look for solutions of radio resources management at home that would be controlled by the network. The current situation is that the local connectivity is selected by a connectivity manager embedded in the operating system of smartphones that may not have a complete view of what happens, for instance in terms of traffic on cellular networks.
The global objective for operators is then to keep home users connected wirelessly to their local – fixed access network based – connectivity (delivered e.g. by Wi-Fi, a “small cell at home”) with a “premium” quality of service instead of adding pressure on the Radio Access part of the mobile macro network. Challenges for mobile macro networks are for example a lack of (licensed) spectrum that can cover efficiently indoors from outdoor macro network (e.g. low bands spectrum), cost of the radio sites, incl. equipment.

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