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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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5G Radio Spectrum and WRC-19

Following the successful launch of 5G Non Standalone (NSA), mobile service providers are now focusing on Standalone (SA) 5G. A key part of their future roadmap to support ultra-low latency and very high bit-rate applications depends on the ...
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27th March 2020
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The Challenges for 5G and Transport Networks

A number of challenges face service providers with regards to being able to meet the 5G requirements. These challenges include a network bandwidth that doubles every 18 months and connected device numbers that double every 24 months. In order to ...
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13th March 2020
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Online Training – the greener way to learn

In our ever moving, ever developing world it has never been more important to keep your staff or, indeed, yourself up to speed with relevant training. It has also never been more important to reduce your carbon footprint and develop a greener way of ...
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28th February 2020
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5G Architecture

With the advent of a new cellular technology comes the realization that for many mobile network engineers, a whole raft of new acronyms and concepts will have to be learned. 5G is no exception, with pretty much the entire architecture anew, at least ...
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21st February 2020
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Shared Access – Driving Innovation in the UK with Local Spectrum Licencing

In a bid to support innovation, Ofcom, the regulatory authority in the United Kingdom, have set about issuing two new licensing options to make available underutilized radio spectrum. In one of our previous blogs, my colleague Gavin Mitchell ...
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14th February 2020

Beyond 5G – Network 2030

Even before the ink has dried on the latest specifications for 5G, international groups and organisations are gathering, organising summits and holding meetings to discuss and identify a network technology that will be suitable for the 2030s; 6G. ...
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31st January 2020
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AI and its Significance to 5G

Perhaps not too surprisingly, news coming out of Las Vegas last week (CES 2020) tended to focus on the mass rollout and uptake in 5G, and the evolution of ML (Machine Learning) and AI (Artificial Intelligence) as it begins to encompass all aspects ...
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17th January 2020
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Private 5G Networks

Private 5G networks are a topical area at the moment, no doubt fuelled by the successes of LTE in private network deployments. This is particularly relevant to the U.S.A., where Private LTE has been deployed within the 3.5GHz CBRS (Citizen’s ...
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3rd January 2020
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10 Challenges for 5G

5G is here and depending on where you are in the world, it’s potentially been with you for some time now. For the majority of mobile service providers however, the journey has only just begun or may not even be on the horizon. Challenges for 5G ...
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20th December 2019
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Mission Critical Services

The provision of reliable and guaranteed communications between first responders is essential in ensuring that people are kept safe and damage is avoided, or where possible mitigated. This reliable and guaranteed communication is referred to as MC ...
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6th December 2019

Are all 5G Non-Standalone deployments using only small cells?

The number of 5G Non Standalone (NSA) deployments has increased with more service providers moving into 5G. Whilst some focus on standalone operation, the ones deploying 5G NSA have various challenges when it comes to the Radio Frequency (RF) bands ...
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22nd November 2019
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What is the Future for our 2G and 3G Networks?

With the UK’s mobile service providers now rolling out 5G, a question that arises is for how long will they still need to support their legacy 2G and 3G networks and just how simple will it be to turn them off? Over the past couple of months, I have ...
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8th November 2019
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