The June ODAIBA IX Core workshop will be held at Sekisui Chemical's Mizunase Innovation Center, Osaka, which opened in 2020....
2025/06/11
2025/06/10
The continuous development that takes advantage of the extensibility of open source software (OSS) will accelerate the spread of local 5G," says Tetsuya Iye of the Structural Planning Institute and the Department of Telecommunications Engineering. We asked him about the development process, the benefits of the OSS community, and the status of inquiries for OAIBOX...
2025/06/04
Sumitomo Electric Industries (Sumitomo Electric) is a leading Japanese nonferrous metals manufacturer whose core business is wire harnesses for automobiles. Of the company's approximately 290,000 consolidated employees, more than 80% are engaged in the automotive business, many of whom work overseas. More than 60% of its sales come from overseas markets...
Finland's Nokia announced on May 6, 2025, that it has signed a contract to install a self-owned radio network (privately owned wireless) for the fleet of Danish shipping giant AP Moller Maersk. Maersk will install the wireless network on 450 vessels in its fleet, providing real-time cargo tracking, suppl...
2025/06/03
Research firm ABI Research recently released a new report examining the impact of U.S. tariff policy on the technology industry. In it, the report notes that the current uncertain tariff policy may also negatively impact the private 5G market....
2025/05/30
Finland's Nokia announced on April 24, 2025, the expansion of its strategic alliance with U.S. telecommunications giant T-Mobile in the field of 5G radio access networks (RAN). The new multi-year agreement will deploy Nokia's next-generation baseband and wireless technologies to cover the entire U.S....
2025/05/27
Indian telecommunications giant Bharti Airtel announced on April 22, 2025, that it has signed an agreement to acquire 400 MHz width of the 26 GHz band from Adani Data Networks, part of the country's Adani Group. Airtel, which was aiming to enter the Indian 5G telecommunications market,...
2025/05/23
On April 14, 2025, the European Commission announced a public call for funding totaling €104 million (approximately ¥17 billion) to promote research and development related to 6G. This is part of a public-private partnership between the Commission and the telecommunications industry called "Smart Ne...
2025/05/20
Ericsson of Sweden announced on April 14, 2025 that Newmont, a major U.S. gold mining company, has selected its private 5G. The 5G network will be used to remotely operate a fleet of bulldozer vehicles at the Cadia mine, the largest underground mine in Australia....
2025/05/16
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently released a permit for a new wireless communications test for U.S. telecommunications giant T-Mobile. The tests were conducted using prototype Nokia communications equipment operating in the 7 GHz band (7125-7525 MHz) and testing 6G technology...
2025/05/13
Verizon Business announced a private 5G solution for the broadcast industry during the NAB show 2025 in Las Vegas on April 6, 2025. Called the "Portable Private 5G Network Framework," the solution...
2025/05/09
On March 31, 2025, South Korea's Samsung and local telecommunications giant KT signed a memorandum of understanding regarding joint research on next-generation communications technology aimed at improving 6G signal quality. The two companies will develop multi-antenna technology to expand the coverage of the 7GHz band, which is expected to be utilized in 6G, as well as...
2025/05/02
On March 27, 2025, 5G Americas, a U.S.-based 5G-related industry association, and Omdia, a British research firm, issued a new press release on the status of global 5G penetration. In it, the number of global 5G connections (the number of devices connected to 5G networks) will reach 2.25 billion in 2024....
2025/04/30
Ericsson and SoftBank signed a Memorandum of Understanding on March 26, 2025 to establish a strategic partnership for 2030. Under this initiative, the two companies will evaluate, promote, and co-create next-generation technologies that they call "NextWave Tech," including AI, Cloud RAN, XR, and 6G....
2025/04/23
Both Sub6, which can cover large areas at lower frequencies, and millimeter wave, which can achieve high-speed communications at higher frequencies, are allocated as frequency bands available for 5G. Millimeter wave communications are not often heard of by the general public, but how are they actually used in services and solutions...
2025/04/22
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (ALE)* of France recently announced a partnership with Celona of the United States to provide turnkey local 5G solutions. Local 5G networks for complex industrial environments such as manufacturing sites, refineries, logistics warehouses, ports, airport tarmacs...
2025/04/16
On March 18, 2025, U.S. semiconductor giant NVIDIA announced that T-Mobile, MITRE (a U.S. non-profit research organization), Cisco, ODC (Open RAN Development Company, a portfolio company of U.S. investment fund Cerberus), Booz Allen Hammi...
