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SK Telecom and Singtel Collaborate on 6G and AI Research

On July 8, Korean telecom giant SK Telecom and Singapore telecom giant Singtel announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for cooperation in the areas of next-generation communication networks, AI and 6G. Promoting innovation in these areas and improving network performance and security...

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NTT DATA Offers New Private 5G and AI-Based Experience for British Open Golf

NTT DATA will provide cutting-edge data analysis and fan experience to the British Open Golf this summer using private 5G, AI, Digital Twin, and other technologies. The company has had a sponsorship agreement with the British Golf Association (R&A) since 2013, and will provide private...

Nokia and Telefonica Sign Three-Year Agreement for Local 5G Promotion in Spain

Finland's Nokia recently announced a three-year agreement with local telecommunications giant Telefonica to develop the local 5G market in Spain. Through this collaboration, the two companies aim to improve productivity, worker safety, and sustainability in key industries such as ports, manufacturing, and logistics....

TDK Successfully Develops All-Solid-State Battery Material with Energy Density 100 Times Greater

Electronic components manufacturer TDK announced on June 17 that it has succeeded in developing materials for a revolutionary all-solid-state battery with an energy density that is approximately 100 times greater than that of conventional products, with an energy density of 1000 watt-hours per liter, making it ideal for devices such as wireless earphones and smart watches...

Orange to Provide Private 5G for Paris 2024 Olympics

French telecommunications giant Orange announced on June 19 that it will deploy private 5G (standalone system) in more than 120 local stadiums as well as airports, train stations, and training facilities during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games....

Local 5G and Quantum Annealing Leads to Live Changeable Factories (Koichiro Fujimoto, NEC Corporation)
-XGMF Millimeter Wave Dissemination Promotion Workshop / Japan's Industrial Technology Frontline Report

This year, speakers from NEC, NTT East, and the University of Tokyo took the stage for discussion. In the first part of this report, we report on the presentation by Koichiro Fujimoto, Technology Evangelist, Senior Business Manager, Digital Network Management Division, NEC....

Deutsche Telekom Launches Millimeter Wave 5G Service for Industrial Customers

On June 13, Deutsche Telekom announced the successful trial of a millimeter wave 5G industrial use case in the 26 GHz band. The company is the first in Germany to offer this band commercially to industrial customers already....

Many companies with private wireless deployments are expanding their usage locations and use cases (Nokia report).

On June 12, Finland's Nokia released its latest report on corporate private wireless deployments, the 2024 Industrial Digitization Report. The report shows that private wireless workers'...

Confronting one's common sense through one's body at "Mitaka Tenmei Hanten Jyutaku In Memory of Helen Keller
Exploring R&D material from the field of art/design (No.2)

In Memory of Helen Keller" (Mitaka Tenmei Hanten Hanten Jutaku) is a unique housing complex in a residential area near the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.

Thursday, June 20, 2024, 1:00 p.m.
XG Mobile Promotion Forum (XGMF) Millimeter Wave Dissemination Promotion Workshop The Forefront of Japanese Industrial Technology Vol: 7

Experience cutting-edge local 5G at NTTe-City Labo / NTT East

The XGMF Millimeter Wave Dissemination Promotion Workshop/TeleGraphic WorkShop was held at NTTe-City Labo, a facility operated by NTT East Group at the NTT Central Training Center in Chofu, Tokyo....

Fraunhofer HHI Promotes Open 5G Campus Network with Local 5G Deployment of IS-Wireless

Germany's Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute for Telecommunications Research (HHI) recently decided to deploy a local 5G network from IS-Wireless, a Polish startup telecom company. The open 5G campus network in Germany and other European markets e...

Komatsu Plans to Build a Large-Scale Sales and Service Base in Arizona, U.S.A.

Several local media outlets are reporting that construction equipment giant Komatsu is planning to build a large facility for sales and service operations in Mesa, Arizona, USA....

Transmission test of live soccer broadcasts using 5G millimeter waves, conducted by Danish TV stations, Ericsson, Sony and others.

On June 5, TV2, a Danish TV station, conducted a transmission test of an international soccer match using 5G millimeter waves in cooperation with Sweden's Ericsson, telecom operator Three, and Sony. This is the first attempt of its kind in Denmark...

HPE's New Solution for Easier Local 5G Deployment and Management

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) on June 3 announced HPE Aruba Networking Enterprise Private 5G, a new solution that speeds and simplifies the deployment and management of local 5G networks for enterprise...

Ericsson, Qualcomm and Dronus Successfully Test Drones for Manufacturing and Warehousing Using 5G Millimeter Waves

Ericsson of Sweden announced on May 27 that it has successfully tested an autonomous drone for the manufacturing and warehousing industry, conducted in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies of the US and Italian industrial drone solutions provider Dronus. This 5G millimeter wave drone u...

T-Mobile Acquires US Cellular, Looking to Strengthen Private 5G

T-Mobile, the second largest company in the U.S. wireless telecommunications industry, announced on May 28 that it will acquire part of the wireless business and spectrum assets of US Cellular, the fifth largest company in the industry, for up to $4.4 billion (approximately 690 billion yen). With this acquisition, T-Mobile will strengthen its own 5G coverage and capacity. It will also put T-Mobile behind its competitors in...

Samsung and Arm collaborate on SIMD research, a key software technology related to 6G.

Samsung Research, Samsung's R&D organization, announced on May 20 a partnership with Arm, a leading British semiconductor design company. The two companies will work together to develop a parallel packet processing technology called SIMD (Single ...

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