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Mavenir Buys ip.access to Attain Multi-G Portfolio

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Mavenir’s acquisition of ip.access enables the company to exploit geopolitical shifts in key markets such as India, UK, and parts of Europe to advance its overall mobile ecosystem proposition, particularly in areas like multi-G OpenRAN and small cells. Moreover, Mavenir gains swift inroads into the enterprise private network and nontraditional network realms, further boosting its influence across the mobile industry. Now rivals will need to respond directly to Manevir’s purchase of ip.access.

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Nokia Zeroes in on Boosting 5G Operations Efficiency

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Nokia’s Cognitive SON targets aiding service providers in their quest to efficiently manage 5G complexity through ML-powered low-touch automation and real-time resolution of operations problems. Now Nokia must show its well-differentiated SON solution will become a difference maker in accelerating CSP 5G builds as well as bolstering the company’s 5G competitive outcomes.

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Ericsson’s 5G Supply Chain Credentials are Fortified with Breakthrough Delivery of 5G mmWave Base Station to Verizon

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Ericsson 5G supply chain credentials are raised by demonstrating its supply chain reliability in meeting Verizon’s 5G mmWave requirements in the vital base station domain. If nothing else Verizon can depend on Ericsson’s supply chain stability as it rolls out its UWB services and demonstrate the viability and competitiveness of mmWave-based 5G use cases.

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ICYMI: 3GPP’s 5G NR Release 16’s 9 Most Critical Improvements to 5G

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What we see with Release 16, in addition to improvements to previous fundamental standards, is a shift towards the next market for 5G technologies: industrial networks and applications. That is why, MIMO and IAB improvements aside, private networks, unlicensed spectrum, multi-TRP architecture, high-precision device positioning, efficient new power-saving protocols, and even multicasting between vehicles, constitute the lion’s share of projects in this release.

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Ericsson’s USA 5G Smart Factory: 5G Supply Chain Maverick

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Ericsson’s USA 5G Smart Factory is addressing the strategic goal of U.S. policymakers in assuring the long-term manufacturing and supply chain reliability of essential 5G RAN technology. As alternative Open RAN technology gains maturity and valuable deployment credentials in major operator 5G deployments, Ericsson is also well-positioned to drive and support Open RAN as the market conditions become more favorable as well as decisive from its competitive landscape perspective.

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Ericsson Automated eSIM Solutions Makes Activation of Samsung Devices a Breeze

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Ericsson unveils its entitlement server solution for on-device eSIM subscription activation for smartphone – beginning with Samsung Galaxy S20 and Galaxy Z Flip, following the launch this past January of its eSIM solution. Not only do these eSIM solutions make the customer experience a better one, they deliver big value to both Ericsson and Samsung, especially as it relates to the success of 5G success as a global transformational technology. Here’s a deeper look at why these eSIM solutions matter, to both of these companies, and what I believe is next.

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Intel is all in on 5G Networks

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Intel is set to alter the competitive landscape with debut of new 5G infrastructure products including the Intel Atom P5900 platform, 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, “Diamond Mesa”, Intel’s first next-generation structured ASIC for 5G network acceleration, and new Intel Ethernet 700 Series Network Adapter.