Category: Networking

January 9, 2020

Not to be outdone by Verizon’s bombastic 5G claims and promises made at the ongoing Consumer Electronics Show, AT&T took the glamorous Vegas stage yesterday to announce some of its milestones planned for the rest of 2020. America’s second-largest wireless […]

January 8, 2020

Verizon plans to launch 20 5G devices in 2020, or four times the number that came out last year. More importantly, the devices won’t all command a hefty premium. Verizon plans to release phones that initially fall under the $800 […]

December 24, 2019

It’s the beginning of 2019, and the hype for 5G is immense. Verizon talks about all of the different applications at a keynote at CES. A few next-generation networks had already turned on in December 2018, and after years of […]

December 18, 2019

Verizon turned on 5G in Hoboken, New Jersey, on Wednesday — its third new 5G city in three days and its 21st city altogether. Hoboken’s rollout follows the same in Los Angeles on Monday and in Des Moines, Iowa, on […]

December 13, 2019

In November, AT&T promised to bring 5G to “tens of millions of customers” before year’s end, and now the company’s delivered on the promise. On Friday, AT&T announced the availability of 5G in 10 cities: Birmingham, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, […]

December 5, 2019

While 5G coverage remains relatively sparse even in dense urban areas across the US, the nation’s top mobile network operators claim their efforts will focus on providing a strong, reliable, and blazing fast signal in rural environments not too far […]

December 5, 2019

We’ve heard rumors of Touch ID making its way back to iPhones next year, and, with Qualcomm’s huge 3D Sonic Max fingerprint scanner, it could be (literally) huge. But not all components are getting bigger. On the contrary, with 5G, […]

December 2, 2019

T-Mobile has flipped the switch on its 5G network, setting it live over areas of the US that it says covers 200 million people. While the network is supposedly live today, no one is going to be using it until […]

December 2, 2019

European computer security agency Enisa has listed the groups it thinks are most likely to attempt to hack into 5G networks, warning that security threats to telecoms infrastructure and beyond will expand with the arrival of next-generation mobile connectivity. 5G […]

November 26, 2019

By 2025, the number of 5G subscribers worldwide is expected to hit 2.6 billion, fuelled by a fast-developing ecosystem and strong growth momentum. Average mobile data consumption also is projected to climb from 7.2GB to 24GB per smartphone by 2025, […]