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Connecting the unconnected in emerging markets is partly an exercise in reaching isolated and rural areas, it often is noted. But new work by Facebook suggests it is possible to reach 99 percent [...]

Even if 5G will–if successful–be a revolution in mobile business models, its technological foundations will be an evolution from 4G. That is one of the paradoxes of 5G: it will, in [...]

It is not as clear, now, as it will eventually be, that the telecom business is entering a period of uncertainty as great as any it has faced in the past, principally because the industry [...]

AT&T is the leader among U.S. carriers when it comes to internet of things connections, according to Compass Intelligence. The carrier ended the second quarter with 33.7 million [...]

Most forecasts have initial 5G revenue having the greatest scale in just a few countries, including China, the United States, Japan and South Korea. What is not so clear is the role 5G-based [...]

The biggest unknown–and greatest danger–facing 5G is the business model, not the technology. Many would argue that there are almost no new applications or revenue streams 5G will [...]

Fixed wireless using  5G networks will generate $1 billion in service revenue by the end of 2019, mostly in the United States, according to researchers at SNS Research. The market is further [...]

After launching its “Google Station” program in India, supplying Wi-Fi to train stations, Google is doing the same in  Indonesia. Google is partnering with internet service providers, venue [...]

by Bob Horton, consultant  The prospect of 5G and the Internet of Things by as early as 2020 are already significantly influencing the telecommunications business and the use of spectrum, which [...]

A growing number of experienced observers now say the industry is headed for a cataclysmic change in the next decade. The optimistic view is that new value propositions and value will drive the [...]

Ofcom, the U.K. communications regulator, has decided to auction 190 MHz of spectrum in two frequency bands, increasing mobile capacity by nearly a third. Some 40 MHz of spectrum will be [...]

Among the potential 5G business model challenges is a mismatch between the expected value of use cases and hoped-for revenue opportunities. Put simply, the gigabit speeds 5G will enable for [...]

Chinese operators are on track to launch commercial 5G networks by 2020 and are expected to establish China as the world’s largest 5G market by 2025, according to a new study by GSMA Intelligence [...]

The coming 5G era is likely to be quite different from all prior generations of mobile networks, in several ways. First, it is likely to be the first mobile network generation whose new revenue [...]

T-Mobile US has tested License Assisted Access (LAA) on its commercial network, allowing T-Mobile to essentially aggregate mobile spectrum with unlicensed  5-GHz spectrum to boost download speeds [...]