5G: main developments since previous wrap-up 200527 (developing)

Apps

• Services
• Smart factory, smart city
• Unmanned aircraft, tractor, minibus
• Gaming (Verizon/Twitch, StarHub/AntStream, Facebook Gaming)
• AR/VR: Telekom DE with 1. FC Köln
• Broadcast
• Networks
• FWA: Rain, Optus, Fastweb, Oordeoo Oman, SmarTone, Telstra, TPG Telecom, T-Mobile US, Telia NO, Swisscom
• Private 5G, solution from Samsung with Microsoft; Verizon Business with Microsoft & Nokia, many new networks
• Slicing
• Business model
• Wholesale: Optus, Orange ES, Verizon

Tech

• SA 5G: T-Mobile US, Vodafone UK, KPN
• MEC (AWS/Verizon, GCP)
• Slicing (KDDI/Samsung)
• DSS
• CA
• Release 16 (= 5G v2), Release 17 delayed into 2022
• Virtualisation
• Open RAN: Rakuten (with Telefonica, STC), VodafoneZiggo (with NEC)
• Network automation (Rakuten)
• Airborne cell towers
• Small cells (TIM)
• mmWave
• Trial at Optus, Verizon with small cells (Samsung)
• Long range: 3.8 km
• Extended range bij US Cellular
• Polish MNOs expect little demand until 2022/23 fpor lack of CPE

CPE

• Laptop
• Smartphones: OnePlus, Samsung, Xiaomi, HMD/Nokia, LG, Sony, HTC, Motorola, Apple, Smartisan (ByteDance), Huawei
• Outdoor FWA modem: Casa Systems
• Hotspot: Inseego, Netgear
• Football helmet with camera
• TV (Xiaomi)

Providers

• Newcomers: Ligado (US, IoT), Drillisch (#4 MNO DE), Dish (#4 national MNO US), DirecTV Colombia (FA), Mobilitie (US: DAS)
• Launches
• Zweden (Tele2, Telia, 3, Telenor?)
• HK (SmarTone)
• Poland (T-Mobile)
• Canada (Bell, Telus)
• ZA (MTN)
• Iran (MCI)?
• Bahrain (Zain)
• Taiwan (Chunghwa, Taiwan Mobile, Far EasTone, Taiwan Star, Asia Pacific Telecom)
• Madagascar (Telma)
• Brazil (Claro, TIM?, Vivo?)
• Seychelles (C&W)?
• Philippines (Globe Telecom, Smart)
• Slovenia (Telekom Slovenije)
• NL (T-Mobile, KPN)
• Thailand (AIS)
• Denmark (TDC, Telia?, Telenor?)
• Spain (Telefonica, Orange, MasMovil)
• Colombia (DirecTV)
• Laos (LTC)
• Bulgaria (Vivacom)
• Singapore (M1)
• Ireland (3)
• US (C Spire)
• Israel (Pelephone, HOT, Partner, Cellcom)
• Japan (Rakuten)
• Germany (Telefonica)
• CZ (Vodafone)
• Luxembourg (Post)
• Estonia (Telia)
• To come soon: Wind Tre, Bouygues, Orange FR, Tango (LU), T-Mobile CZ

Projects

• 5G Blueprint
• 5G-PPP (EU)
• FUDGE-5G (EU, private networks)

Reports

• WPI for Vodafone
• EBU: broadcast
• Huawei 5G’s ‘five opportunities’
• Dublin: for municipalities
• US Postal Service: post offices for antennae & MEC
• InterDigital: 5G power requirement rising fast

Other

• The Huawei problem
• Samsung's advance, also Reliance Jio, Rakuten; and Mavenir, VMware
• EU 5G Toolbox (cybersecurity)
• ECTA warns for higher costs, delays (EU Toolbox 5G takes care of cybersecurity, other considerations are merely geopolitical)
• Health myths: report Poland; Gezondheidsraad NL
• Pricing: no surcharge at Verizon
• Rural coverage: South Korea
• Data consumption at Rakuten: average 350 GB/mo
• Network sharing
• Finland
• Portugal
• CZ
• Consultation NL
• Coordinate antenna locations
• Lease spectrum
• May distort competition when caps are superseded
• To others (such as Private networks): no problem
• Roaming deals for 2G/3G to make it easier to switch off 2G/3G
• RAN sharing: to be studied
• Small cells: to be studied
• New entrants
• Rakuten
• Fastweb
• Drillisch