Digital Europe: opportunities for industry; conditions for the gigabit society

Digitising European industry requires safeguards against a divided society and more legal certainty, whilst an EU spectrum strategy should boost 5G technology. Access to telecommunications should be equal across the EU, whilst avoiding an unequal digital development in industries such as transport and tourism, MEPs say in a resolution voted on Thursday. Artificial intelligence and Read more about Digital Europe: opportunities for industry; conditions for the gigabit society[…]

5G – Driving Industrie 4.0

With data transfer rates of 10 gigabits a second and a latency of just one millisecond, the 5G wireless communications standard is creating the conditions required for the tactile internet. This in turn will open up the door to new industry, transportation and medical applications. Fraunhofer researchers work on the underlying technology and have developed Read more about 5G – Driving Industrie 4.0[…]

“Towards 5G” initiative

Ericsson, Orange and PSA Group have signed a partnership agreement to conduct 5G technology pilot for automotive applications. “Towards 5G” connected car partnership aims to leverage 4G to 5G technology evolution to address connected vehicle requirements such as intelligent transport system (ITS) to improve road safety, new automotive and in-car services. The partnership is technically Read more about “Towards 5G” initiative[…]

Future wireless networks can be designed by drones

New technique provides an accurate 3D model, which improves the prediction of the propagation of radio waves at millimetre-wave frequencies. The development of mobile devices has set increasingly high requirements for wireless networks and the emission of radio frequencies. Researcher Vasilii Semkin together with a research group at Aalto University and Tampere University of Technology Read more about Future wireless networks can be designed by drones[…]

WiFi4EU initiative – A positive step towards providing free Wi-Fi connections in towns, cities and villages across Europe

Less than three months after the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, unveiled a scheme to help local authorities offer free Wi-Fi connections to people living in or visiting towns and villages across the EU, Member States have already given their backing for the WiFi4EU initiative. Last Friday, during the Telecoms Council, EU Ministers Read more about WiFi4EU initiative – A positive step towards providing free Wi-Fi connections in towns, cities and villages across Europe[…]

Ericsson launches 5G Plug-Ins to equip today’s networks for 5G

New Ericsson 5G Plug-Ins address diverse 5G use cases from mobile HD video, driverless buses and haptic feedback-enabled drones to fiber-equivalent residential wireless access Software-driven Plug-Ins bring flexible 5G evolution to existing networks while improving operators’ mobile broadband, fixed wireless and IoT services Ericsson 5G field trial innovations provide foundation for commercial availability of 5G Read more about Ericsson launches 5G Plug-Ins to equip today’s networks for 5G[…]

EU and Brazil to work together on 5G mobile technology

The EU and Brazil today signed an agreement to develop 5G, the next generation of communication networks. The Commission also started work on an action plan to deploy the technology in the EU by 2020. In the future, everybody and everything will use 5G. By 2020, there will be 26 billion connected devices and 70 Read more about EU and Brazil to work together on 5G mobile technology[…]

New technologies for future high-speed Internet

The next generation of mobile telephony called “5G” will make one thing possible: Internet is always accessible. In 2020, dead spots will be a problem of the past, if researchers are able to implement their ambitious goal worldwide. Scientists of IHP – Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics coordinate the pan-European project “5G-XHaul” which will evaluate Read more about New technologies for future high-speed Internet[…]