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Friday 13 July 2018
MediaTek NB-IoT SoC validated by SoftBank
MediaTek has completed validation (interoperability tests) of NarrowBand IoT connectivity (NB-IoT) with SoftBank to set the stage for future commercial NB-IoT applications within...
Tuesday 19 June 2018
3GPP approval of Release 15 to push 5G commercial operations, says CHT executive
The freeze of the standalone (SA) Release 15, 5G specifications by the 3GPP recently marked as another essential step toward the standardization of 5G technology and will help usher...
Monday 12 March 2018
Bandwidth upgrades, IoT applications bring huge opportunities, says Sercomm CEO
Global demand for broadening network bandwidths is still maintaining substantial growth momentum, particularly bolstered by active deployments of optical fiber transmission networks...
Monday 5 March 2018
Compound semiconductor suppliers set to benefit from 5G
Taiwan suppliers of compound semiconductor devices are poised to gain significant growth momentum from the increasing market demand for radio frequency (RF) and power amplifier (PA)...
Friday 2 March 2018
High cost may dim initial prospects for 5G
With the imminent commercialization of 5G mobile technologies and services, mobile chipset suppliers, telecom operators and related supply chains will all face the initial incorporation...
Tuesday 16 January 2018
AI crucial to boost LPWAN application values, says Digitimes Research
Artificial intelligence (AI) is deemed as a critical technology needed to boost LPWAN (low power wide area network) application values. Global tech giants including Amazon, Microsoft,...
Wednesday 27 December 2017
Accelerating 5G developments to push up optical component demand
With the 3GPP having announced the first implementable 5G NR specifications recently, telecom operators and networking device makers are expected to accelerate the developments of...
Friday 15 December 2017
FET demonstrates new 5G base station with Ericsson
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has showcased its 28GHz 5G base station prototype system with Ericsson in Taiwan, the world's eighth such demonstration following similar events...
Thursday 28 September 2017
Shanghai lab rolls out first set of NB-IoT industrial application standards
The Shanghai Joint IoT Lab has worked out the first version of standards governing the NB-IoT industrial applications, which has won endorsements from 13 IoT industry associations...
Tuesday 19 September 2017
LPWAN reduces maintenance and operation costs of IoT devices with long life cycles
The value of emerging smart IoT (Internet of Things) applications can be shown based on low power wide area networks (LPWAN) that boast high safety, low cost and easy management,...
Monday 18 September 2017
MediaTek to unveil 5G prototype chip by end-2017
MediaTek is expected to complete development of its 5G prototype chip by the end of 2017, and is gearing up for trials of its 5G solutions in 2018, according to industry sources.
Friday 21 July 2017
Global telecom players making cautious 5G deployments
With the first set of 5G mobile communications standards slated to be released by 3GPP by the end of 2017, global telecom players are gearing up for deployments, but in a cautious...
Thursday 29 June 2017
MediaTek unveils NB-IoT SoC, partnership with China Mobile
MediaTek has unveiled its first narrow band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) system-on-chip (SoC), the MT2625, and announced a collaboration with China Mobile to build what the companies...
Wednesday 20 January 2016
Digitimes Research: Alternative technologies may deter development of LTE-enabled chips
While a number of chipset vendors including Sequans Communications, Altair and Qualcomm have released related chips supporting 3GPP r12 standards, and Intel and MediaTek are likely...