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Below you will find a selection of our latest blog posts that are designed to give you an insight into trending topics and general mobile technology concepts.
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Mpirical Quarterly – July- September 2022

Prefer to read as a PDF? Click here. (Note, interactivity may be disabled.) 5G continues to make waves (forgive the pun) across the telecoms sphere, with Private 5G being the talk of the town – including our very own Telecoms Town! New updates to ...
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30th September 2022
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2G and 3G Drawdown

With more and more service providers finally switching on their 5G standalone networks, not to mention the increasing chatter and speculation as to what 6G will actually be, it is easy to forget that in many countries 2G and 3G networks are still ...
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22nd August 2022
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Controlling Devices with UE Policy

Back in November 2021, one of the first network slicing proof of concepts was carried out in which Android end devices supported a new(ish) 5G feature known as URSP (UE Route Selection Policy). Since then, we’ve seen a relatively limited amount of ...
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25th July 2022
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Mpirical Quarterly – April – June 2022

From a state-of-the-art immersive training application that takes you inside a world of wireless connections, to updates to some of our most popular technology courses, this quarter is one of our most exciting yet. We hope you enjoy reading all ...
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28th June 2022
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Building a Telecoms World – NetXplore

For several months my world, as Digital Media Manager come world builder, has been designing and creating our brand-new training tool – NetXplore. It was back at the tail end of 2021 that discussions started on building a new, unique tool to aid ...
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24th June 2022
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RedCap

With the finalization of 3GPP Release 17 comes the standardization of RedCap (Reduced Capabilities) devices, sometimes called “NR-Lite”. The concept of RedCap relates to the specific use-cases that don’t fall clearly in one of the original 5G ...
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14th June 2022
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5G Network Data Analytics

Since our last blog on this area, the 3GPP standards supporting 5G network data analytics have moved on quite considerably so it’s worth pausing for a moment to see what’s changed. If you didn’t know before reading this, network analytics is set to ...
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3rd May 2022
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On the Road to 6G – Part 2

Part 2 – IMT 2030 and 6G In last month’s blog, we briefly reviewed the status of global mobile subscriptions before discussing the latest iteration of the 5G specifications from the 3GPP – Release 18 or 5G Advanced. In Part 2, we shall endeavor to ...
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1st April 2022
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On the Road to 6G – Part 1

Part 1 – 5G Advanced As we step into 2025, discussions surrounding the future of mobile telecommunications and 6G continue to gain momentum. However, we still find ourselves managing multiple generations of technology: 2G (GSM & GPRS), 3G ...
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21st March 2022
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Mpirical Quarterly – December – February 2022

Discover what we’ve been working on behind the scenes these last few months to make your learning experience better than ever. From new learning tools to new 5G training courses, sit back and read all about it in the latest Mpirical Quarterly. ...
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25th February 2022
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5G Anonymity and the SUCI

Across all generations of cellular technology, the notion of a temporary identity has been used to protect the anonymity of the end user. The idea behind this is that the IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) that is used to uniquely ...
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24th January 2022
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Keeping up with Training Demands in 2022

‘Time is money’ as the saying goes… and when it comes to investing in training for your teams, we couldn’t agree more. In a world where time is such a precious commodity, we sometimes struggle to justify how much of it we spend on training and ...
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4th January 2022
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