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NI Announces Test UE Offering for 5G Lab and Field Trials

April 23, 2019

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NI announced a real-time 5G New Radio (NR) test UE offering.

R&S First Provider of Complete End-to-End 5G NR Network Measurement Solution

April 23, 2019

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Rohde & Schwarz completes its commercial 5G NR network measurement solution.

Ericsson and Swisscom in European Commercial 5G First

April 18, 2019

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Ericsson and Swisscom have switched on the first large-scale commercial 5G network in Europe supporting commercially available smartphones. The 5G network and related services are available in 54 cities and communities in Switzerland, including the major population areas: Zürich, Bern, Geneva, Basel, Lausanne and Lucerne.

Keysight Accelerates Global Certification of 5G Devices with 5G NR Conformance Test Case Leadership

April 18, 2019

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Keysight Technologies Inc. announced the company's 5G Conformance Toolset now supports the greatest number of validated GCF and PTCRB protocol, as well as RF conformance test cases, for both 5G NR NSA and SA mode, as reaffirmed at the recent GCF meeting.

Intel Gives Up on 5G Modems While Qualcomm Scores Big with Apple

April 18, 2019

Sravan Kundojjala, Lead Analyst, Strategy Analytics

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On April 16, 2019, Apple and Qualcomm settled their bitter legal battle just one day after opening arguments were exchanged in a US Federal court. On a momentous day, Intel also announced its intention to exit the smartphone cellular modem market. Read this analysis of the resulting market outlook for these companies and others affected by the settlement.

Skyworks Launches Custom Circulators for 5G Infrastructure

April 18, 2019

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Skyworks Solutions has announced two small circulators for the 3.5 GHz 5G infrastructure band. The two are available in 7 and 10 mm surface-mount packages, respectively, supporting the size requirements of small cell and massive MIMO systems.

R&S and OPPO Carry Out 5G NR FR1 Signaling Test

April 17, 2019

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Rohde & Schwarz and electronics manufacturer OPPO have performed a non-standalone 5G NR FR1 signaling test.

Keysight Provides 5G NR Mobile Device Conformance Test Solutions to NTT DOCOMO

April 17, 2019

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Keysight Technologies Inc. announced that Keysight's 5G Conformance Toolset, part of Keysight's 5G network emulation solution portfolio, has been selected by NTT DOCOMO INC to ensure 5G new radio (NR) mobile devices comply to the latest 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards prior to market introduction of new 5G services.

ZTE, China Mobile Take the Lead in HD Voice/Video Calls between 5G/4G Smartphones

April 17, 2019

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ZTE Corp. announced that ZTE, Guangzhou Branch of China Mobile and Ericsson have taken the lead in making a VoLTE voice and video call between 5G and 4G smartphones, marking a great step forward in the commercialization of 5G network and smartphone.