This year's "Fusion of Advanced Industrial Technology and Advanced Telecommunications Technology (IX) Workshop (Vol. 8)" will focus on the advanced use of local 5G, which has begun to spread in earnest, and specific industrial applications, as well as actual use cases that have begun to spread to the sea, undersea, and sky, and also local use of subterahertz waves...
2025/08/15
Finland's Nokia announced on July 14, 2025 that its private 5G network has been selected by Tennessee utility MLGW (Memphis Light, Gas and Water) MLGW is the first in the U.S. [......
2025/08/12
NTT Data and Eurofiber, a Dutch telecommunications infrastructure company, announced on July 10, 2025, that they will cooperate in providing a private 5G service for enterprises called Connected Workspace. The official launch of the service is scheduled for September 2025, starting with ora...
2025/08/08
On July 8, 2025, SoftBank announced that it has started outdoor demonstration tests in the 7GHz band (7125M-8400MHz) for future 6G communications in Tokyo in cooperation with Nokia of Finland. 7GHz band outdoor tests are the first for a Japanese telecom operator, and will be conducted in urban areas...
2025/08/05
Google Fiber (GFiber), a Google-owned fiber optic operator, announced on June 30, 2025, that it has conducted a demonstration of network slicing technology for in-home networks with Nokia of Finland.5G core technology home broadba...
2025/08/01
Verizon Business and Nokia announced on June 25, 2025 that they have signed an agreement to deploy multiple private 5G deployments in Thames Freeport, UK. Thames Freeport is one of the UK's busiest shipping and logistics hubs, and the private 5G network is located along the Thames estuary...
2025/07/29
Although Sony has long been associated with audiovisual and entertainment products, the company has also long been focusing on the development of wireless communication technologies and their implementation in society. Mr. Ryo Sawai, General Manager of the DSA Business Preparation Office, Network & System Technology R&D Division, Sony Research & Development...
Ericsson of Sweden released its annual State of Enterprise Connectivity Report (US edition) on June 17, 2025. The report shows 5G as key to the adoption of AI and IoT...
2025/07/25
Ericsson announced on June 4, 2025 that it will deploy a private 5G network in Istres in southern France. The objective is to promote smart cities. The project, in collaboration with local system integrator SPIE and edge/cloud company Unitel, will enable small and medium-sized European...
2025/07/22
On June 4, 2025, the Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance (NGMN), a telecommunications-related industry association, published a proposal document on 6G standardization, "6G KEY MESSAGES - An Operator View...
2025/07/18
The "XGMF-ODAIBA IX Core Fusion of Cutting-edge Industrial Technology and Cutting-edge Communication Technology (IX) Workshop (Vol. 6)" was held at Oki Electric Industry's flagship factory, the new Honjo Plant (Saitama Prefecture). From the workshop held in the H1 building, production sites...
Viavi Solutions, a U.S. company that provides network testing, monitoring, and assurance solutions, announced on June 10 the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hanyang University* in South Korea for AI-RAN, 5G and 6G research.Viavi provides wireless lab testing solutions and specialized...
2025/07/15
Rakuten Symphony, a telecommunications subsidiary of Rakuten Group, and MobiFone, a state-owned telecommunications company in Vietnam, announced on June 4, 2025, the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to test and deploy 4G/5G Open RAN in Vietnam MobiFone is a Southeast Asian...
2025/07/09
This showcase was held at the Expo Messe "WASSE" on the Expo grounds and was a limited nine-day event from May 26 to June 3. More than 40,000 visitors attended during that time, demonstrating the high interest of visitors in future telecommunications....
2025/07/08
Nokia of Finland announced on June 2, 2025 a partnership with Andorix of Canada, a telecommunications infrastructure company for real estate. The two companies will provide private 5G and edge solutions for the real estate market in the U.S. and Canada....
2025/07/04
Rakuten Symphony, a telecommunications subsidiary of Rakuten Group, and Zain Kuwait, a Kuwaiti telecommunications operator, announced on May 26, 2025, the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the pilot implementation of a cloud-native Open RAN (O-RAN). The project will involve...
2025/07/01
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the end of its own AWS Private 5G offering on May 20, 2025. As of the same date, support will be discontinued and access to the service is already no longer available....
