European telcos say companies such as Google, Meta, Netflix, Microsoft and Amazon should shoulder some of the construction costs because they account for a large portion of internet traffic. Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, Telefónica and Telecom Italia call it a fair share of the money, while big tech companies argue it amounts to an internet tax.

It had been expected that EU industry chief Thierry Breton would raise the issue this year after soliciting feedback from both sides on what he said was a €200 billion investment gap. legislation. The French commissioner, a former chief executive of France Telecom, backed the operators’ demands but was opposed by some other commissioners and some EU countries.

Bratton may now propose a strategy on the issue next year, leaving it to the next committee to decide whether to introduce legislation, people familiar with the matter said. The current committee term ends next November.

One of the sources said a final decision had not yet been taken and legislative proposals on funding could still appear in the Commission’s work plan to be published on October 18, which will set out the long-term goals of the EU executive.

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It said that the global 5G smartphone market will resume growth in 2024. As for market share forecasts, Apple is “slowly declining” but will remain No. 1 in the world through strong iPhone sales this year and next. At the same time, Samsung and Xiaomi will rank second and third respectively in the global 5G mobile phone market.

The current growth rate of the 5G smartphone market is slowing down, but the positive growth trend will continue this year and next. Overall, global 5G smartphone penetration will reach 72% in 2024, and 5G mmWave smartphone penetration will reach 7.3%.

A report from Taiwan’s Electronic Times in early September that Apple ordered fewer iPhone 15s than iPhone 14s. This may be due to the expected weakness in the global smartphone market in the second half of 2023. situation. The iPhone supply chain is already preparing for the fall release of the iPhone 15, but may not produce as many devices as in 2022.

Smartphone manufacturers are reportedly lowering their expectations for product demand and reducing production levels in the second half of 2023. This also applies to Apple and its new iPhone series. Senior analyst Luke Lin said Apple ordered 80 million to 90 million smartphones in August for the iPhone 15 series in the second half of 2023, which is higher than the 90 million to 90 million it ordered in August 2022 for the iPhone 14 in the second half of 2022. 100 million units is lower.

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Simply put, the technology combines four different 5G channels into a single one for devices to use (IT note: only the Samsung Galaxy S23 series and X70-powered models like the OnePlus 11 seem to support it at the moment), which is even faster than the millimetre-wave (mmWave) 5G that Verizon and AT&T are touting.

Ookla recently reported that mmWave 5G download speeds in the US are currently up to 1.6Gbps, but mmWave 5G has limited range and device support, and is susceptible to common obstacles like trees and buildings.

The four channels used by T-Mobile include repurposed spectrum from T-Mobile and Sprint’s previously sealed 3G networks, including the 1900MHz channel, as well as two 2.5GHz channels and the 600MHz channel, according to the release.

According to a T-Mobile press release, the service is already live in some areas and “will be rolling out nationwide in the coming weeks,” but the carrier didn’t disclose specific locations.

In fact, AT&T and T-Mobile are working on similar upgrades, with AT&T saying earlier this year that it had aggregated two upload channels, while Verizon reported “upload speeds of more than 1 GB and download speeds of up to 4.3 Gbps in testing.”

But in any case, T-Mobile has been the first to commercialize it in the U.S. and has hit the 3Gbps throughput mark, something no other mobile carrier has been able to do.

Ulf Ewaldsson, T-Mobile’s president of technology, said that as the only (U.S.) company with an SA 5G network, “T-Mobile is the only provider bringing game-changing technologies such as quad-carrier aggregation to market.”

Publicly, T-Mobile rolled out 5G SA network coverage in November 2022, and it was the first U.S. carrier to achieve 3Gbps speeds via three-carrier aggregation. However, it wasn’t until the March 2023 release of iOS 16.4 that the Apple iPhone supported 5G SA networks.

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David Hammarwall, head of Ericsson Networks Products, said: “Ericsson will improve the connectivity of all devices under 5G, from consumer wearables to industrial sensors, in a way that is both cost-effective and energy-saving, and promotes interconnection between ecosystems. Complement each other”

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DavidHammarwall also believes that “Thanks to Ericsson RedCap, communication service providers will be able to provide more available connectivity options for a wide range of consumer and enterprise use cases, including industrial environments utilizing FDD and TDD spectrum. The solution is more energy-efficient and more suitable for OEM equipment suppliers, helping them reduce costs.”

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After inquiry, it is learned that Ericsson’s technology is a technology that expands the 5G SA network, supports more devices to connect to each other, and forms a low-power 5G Internet of Things. Most of the devices do not need to bear the baseband power consumption. Use 5G.

The current Ericsson technology is expected to promote the development of more 5G cases after it is implemented. With its low power consumption capability, it can bring stronger battery life to smartwatches, tablet computers and other devices.

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Network slicing is the practice of splitting physical network infrastructure into multiple virtual networks, where individual slices can provide better, customizable services to apps. For example, users can activate network slicing through a local cloud gaming app to achieve better network performance and lower latency; when watching live sports events, users can activate network slicing to instantly view highlights.

With this new capability, operators will be able to further monetize 5G slicing services by, among other things, offering premium network slicing, Nokia said. The new products will support all 4G and 5G devices, which will enable mobile operators to leverage a broad ecosystem of devices and network assets, thereby increasing profitability.

It was previously reported that Ericsson, OPPO and Qualcomm successfully tested 5G enterprise network slicing on commercial smartphones last year, paving the way for wider deployment of the technology. Network slicing is seen by operators as one of the biggest revenue opportunities for standalone 5G networks.

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Reliance Jio, the telecom operator led by India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, is in talks with Tesla to build a private network, the report said. The report pointed out that further progress will only be made if Tesla finalizes its plan to establish a manufacturing plant in the country. The report quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that the 5G network will be a dedicated Tesla line and will not be open to the outside world. Currently, negotiations are still at a very early stage.

The report also said that in addition to Tesla, Reliance Jio is also in contact with other automakers and hospitals that may use 5G to discuss building a dedicated 5G network service. Industry insiders pointed out that the dedicated 5G network will help these institutions achieve high-speed communication and increase the data carrying capacity of enterprise networks.

Reliance Jio is not the first telecom operator to seek to help large enterprises build private 5G networks. Earlier, Reliance Jio rival Airtel entered into a partnership with automaker Mahindra to deploy a private 5G network at Mahindra’s Chakan plant.

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The draft is a response to a consultation on the issue launched by the European Commission in February, with feedback due by this Friday. The draft was prepared by members including Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, Telefonica, Telecom Italia and Vodafone, but has not yet been published.

The proposal comes against the backdrop of slow progress in deploying 5G networks in Europe. In a special report, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) warned that Europe is behind the target set out in an action plan in 2016 to achieve 5G network coverage in all urban areas and on all major transport routes by 2025. The European Commission also acknowledged that Europe is lagging behind the U.S. and China in 5G due to issues such as spectrum allocation, cybersecurity and infrastructure investment.

According to Ookla, European countries have a mixed performance in terms of 5G speed and coverage. Ookla predicts that Western Europe will have nearly 69 million 5G subscribers by the end of 2022, with that number growing to 330 million by 2027.

The contribution of technology companies to the construction of 5G networks is not yet clearly defined, but the GSMA believes that these companies share the benefits with telecom operators and should bear some of the costs, which the GSMA says will help accelerate the spread of 5G networks and bring more innovation and economic benefits to Europe.

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Liu Liehong, Chairman of China Unicom, delivered a speech at the 2023 China Development Forum. He said that in the face of the new opportunities brought by the new round of technological revolution and industrial change, digital networked intelligence has become a key path to promote the deep integration of the digital economy and the real economy.

According to the introduction, China Unicom currently has 1.17 million 5G base stations, accounting for about 30% of the world. China Unicom will accelerate the construction of digital information infrastructure represented by 5G, continuously improve the level of 5G network coverage, and build a digital base for the integration of the digital economy and the real economy.

He said China Unicom plans to invest nearly RMB 100 billion in 5G and other infrastructure construction and technological innovation this year, further driving the upstream and downstream of the industry chain to generate greater spillover and multiplier effects.

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Liu Liehong also said: the current 6G technology in the early research stage, by 2025 will launch 6G application scenarios, complete 6G early technology research, to 2026 to open the 6G technology engineering research stage, is expected to 6G in 2030 to promote the commercial scale of the stage.

However, the early 6G-related technologies in various countries around the world are at an early stage, and the International Telecommunication Union ITU is still in the process of continuous research and discussion on 6G vision and trends, and there is still a long way to go to form a global consensus and guide the global 6G development.

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According to the introduction, 5.5G has already started the standardization process, and will define 5.5G technical specifications through 3GPP Release18, Release19, and Release20, and continue to enrich the technical content of 5.5G, Release18 version will be frozen in 2024 H1; F5.5G has already landed the standard design from the industry initiative, ETSI The IETF and IEEE are also working on the first phase of Net5.5G standards such as SRv6, Wi-Fi 7 and 800GE, which will be fully released in 2024.

Yang Chaobin pointed out that spectrum resources are the cornerstone of wireless networks, and the 5.5G industry is working together to promote the Sub 100GHz spectrum towards NR: on the one hand, the current stock of spectrum will be integrated on demand through spectrum replanting and gradually move towards 5.5G; on the other hand, we will work together to promote the commercialization of millimeter wave and U6GHz ultra-large bandwidth spectrum to provide resource guarantee for 5.5G.

During this conference, GSMA led industry partners to form the 5.5G Community, WBBA (World Broadband Association) has been formally established in 2022 and released the Next Generation Broadband Roadmap white paper for F5.5G, OMDIA released the Net5.5G white paper in September last year, from The OMDIA released the Net5.5G white paper in September last year, aligning industry goals in terms of technology evolution, application scenarios, and industrial ecology to align industry rhythms and accelerate the commercialization process. In addition, 5.5G will achieve on-demand integration of existing resources in 5G networks through key technologies such as stock spectrum replowing and equipment multimode reuse, gradually evolving to 5.5G smoothly and fully protecting operators’ existing investments.

Huawei that Yang Chaobin said that with the joint efforts of the industry, 5.5G has made breakthroughs in many key technologies. Innovative technologies such as ultra-large-scale antenna array (ELAA) and virtual large carrier reconfiguration non-contiguous spectrum (MBSC) for wireless networks have been validated by multiple operators around the world, bringing 5.5G 10 Gigabit capability to reality. In the F5.5G fixed network, 50G PON has been standardized by ITU-T as the next generation PON, and key technologies such as symmetric uplink and downlink and multi-mode unification have been developed and matured, laying the foundation for smooth upgrade evolution from F5G to F5.5G. 5.5G / F5.5G development drives IP network upgrade and opens up Net5.5G. Net5.5G provides 800GE ultra-wide, end-to-end, IPv6+, intelligent, secure, time-sensitive, and time-sensitive IP networks. Net5.5G continues to enhance in 800GE ultra-wide, end-to-end IPv6+, intelligence, security, latency, etc., bringing new capabilities, products and opportunities for operators and stimulating their continued growth. Data shows that by the end of 2022, the number of global 5G subscribers will exceed 1 billion, the number of gigabit broadband subscribers will reach 100 million, and there will be more than 20,000 5G industry applications.

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A key advantage of Samsung’s 5G Core solution is its support for both 4G and 5G, which enables seamless migration from 4G standards to 5G. Samsung’s 5G Core solution provides geo-redundancy support and ensures network stability and reliability with overload control features that offset bursts of traffic spikes.

Samsung will support KDDI’s 5G SA network in Japan, and this new partnership is the result of years of collaboration between the two companies on various projects. Samsung and KDDI recently commercially deployed an open virtualized RAN (vRAN) site in Osaka, marking the world’s first commercial MU-MIMO implementation with O-RAN-compliant multi-vendor interoperability.

Samsung has previously enabled Verizon to deploy 10,000 5G vRAN sites in the U.S., with a goal of 20,000 sites by 2025. Samsung has also signed a multi-year patent license agreement with Nokia that allows the South Korean tech giant to use Nokia 5G technology.

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