5G

Purchasing 4G, 5G smartphones made easier thru bKash

bKash, the leading mobile financial service (MFS) provider in Bangladesh, has joined hands with Grameenphone and City Bank to make 4G and 5G enabled smartphones more affordable for their clients.

5G technology remains a pie in the sky. Why

Is 5G merely a vanity, just another technology that offers nothing extraordinary? Or has it emerged as a central cog in transforming the digital space by resolving issues related to low speed and latency?

CDOT and IIT Jodhpur collaborate for 5G and beyond

Centre For Development of Telematics (CDOT), the Indian government’s premier Telecom R&D Centre, and Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur today signed an agreement for “Automated Service Management in 5G and Beyond Networks Using AI”.

Nokia and Oppo went through cross-license deal to resolve disputes

Nokia, a Finnish telecom gear maker recently said that it had signed a 5G patent cross-licensing deal with Oppo, a Chinese device maker company. The deal resolves patent litigation between the companies.

India develops tech to prevent attacks in 5G networks

Indian scientists have developed an indigenous software technology that can detect and prevent attacks in the 5G telecom networks, as per a recent statement by India's Ministry of Science and Technology.

Cover Story / What will the world of tech look like in 2023?

There are a few key areas that are likely to see significant activity and could potentially have a major impact on the tech industry.

Some big tech firms cut employees' access to Huawei, muddying 5G rollout

Some of the world's biggest tech companies have told their employees to stop talking about technology and technical standards with counterparts at Huawei Technologies Co Ltd in response to the recent US blacklisting of the Chinese tech firm, according to people familiar with the matter.

Huawei says launches 'world's first' 5G communications hardware for autos

China’s Huawei Technologies launched what it says the world’s first 5G communications hardware for the automotive industry, in a sign of its growing ambitions to become a key supplier to the sector for self-driving technology.

S Korea launches 5G networks early to secure world first

South Korea launches the world's first nationwide 5G mobile networks two days early, its top mobile carriers says, in a late-night scramble to be the first providers of the super-fast wireless technology.

February 16, 2019
February 16, 2019

Country to enter 5G era through Teletalk

Fifth generation (5G) mobile technology will be rolled out by the state-owned mobile operator Teletalk in the country before any other telecom operators, Telecom Minister Mustafa Jabbar says.

February 14, 2019
February 14, 2019

What 5G office looks like: No more desktops or cables

They have no entrance pass for security or card to swipe through a reader. All they need is their smartphones connected to the fifth-generation network. They enter through a door with face recognition and immediately start working at reserved desks after connecting their phones on a docking pad to a cloud computing system. No desktops or heavy desktop computers and cables are needed with the 5G virtual desktop infrastructure system.

January 24, 2019
January 24, 2019

Huawei announces 5G smartphone based on own technology

Chinese tech giant Huawei announced plans Wednesday to release a next-generation smartphone based on its own technology instead of US components, stepping up efforts to compete with Western industry leaders in the face of Washington’s warnings the company might be a security risk.

May 23, 2018
May 23, 2018

Record-breaking 100Gbps wireless transmission is a world first

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) in Japan has successfully demonstrated the world's first 100Gbps wireless transmission, using a new technology that already surpasses the upcoming 5G standard. But this new tech, called Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) multiplexing, isn't likely to roll out on a large scale before 2030.

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