5G devices have long suffered from relatively poor battery life compared to 4G and 3G gadgets. The situation was important enough for iPhone maker Apple to install a setting within its iOS operating system that allows users to funnel their traffic from 5G to preserve phone battery life. iPhone screen More recently, network monitoring firm … Read more
The leading international standards body for 5G, 3GPP, is updating its voting rules to prevent Apple and other big companies from getting too much power. According to Kevin Flynn, a spokesman for 3GPP, the group has already agreed to introduce a cap on the number of votes its corporate members can get. He said the … Read more
Microwave ovens are obviously meant to heat up yesterday’s leftover curry, but what if the processors inside them could also be used to operate part of a radio access network (RAN)? It’s an extreme example of reusing existing computing resources to create super-densified networks of the future, and the vision of Sławomir Pietrzyk, CEO of … Read more
Redzone Wireless, a stationary wireless Internet provider in Maine, is considering an upgrade to 5G as it ponders an expected incursion into its turf by T-Mobile. Redzone founder and CEO Jim McKenna told Light Reading that he plans to make the company’s first 5G equipment purchases this quarter. Lui said he plans to test equipment … Read more