Vodafone, Qualcomm and Ericsson say they have successfully demonstrated the benefits of 5G mmWave via two trials in the UK.

The trials used Ericsson’s AIR (antenna-integrated radio) 5322 and Baseband 6651 technology, as well as various devices powered by the Snapdragon X65 5G Modem-RF System.

The first one took place in Newbury and used full spectrum bandwidth (800 MHz of mmWave spectrum). It was designed to prove how the higher download and upload speeds of mmWave spectrum can help deliver ‘fibre-like speeds’.

Arm Holdings has reportedly cancelled Qualcomm’s licence to develop hardware based on its architecture.

While Qualcomm was busy revealing its latest Snapdragon CPUs at a company showcase in Maui, Arm escalated an ongoing dispute between the two companies over licensing terms by revoking its architectural licence.

BT Group has activated its first self-powering mobile site in the Shropshire Hills, with approximately 70% of the site’s energy requirements met by on-site solar panels and a wind turbine.

The Shropshire Hills site provides reliable 4G and 5G connectivity to EE customers living, working, and travelling in the area.

The UK government has opened its National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) that will host 12 quantum computer systems.

The NQCC facility at Harwell in Oxfordshire will be home to 12 quantum computers, each designed to push the boundaries of what is possible with this emerging technology

The 4,000 square meter facility is a central part of the UK’s ten-year quantum programme, supported through an initial backing of £93m from the UKRI agency.

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Ericsson has reached its 50th customer for Ericsson 5G Charging. Charging is a foundation for 5G monetization and service innovation for CSPs around the world, and the milestone achievement highlights Ericsson’s momentum and leadership in this crucial domain.

Much work is being done with Communication Service Providers (CSPs) globally to transform their networks and businesses to fully take advantage of 5G, monetizing their investments and opening the doors to delivering innovative and commercially sustainable service experiences.  

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To ensure that SMEs have a front-row seat to telecoms standards making, our Standards Champion, Andy Reid, attends key standards meetings to observe, participate in conversations and report back on key themes and discussion points.

Here, Reid shares his reflections on the recent ECOC event in Frankfurt.

Nokia and Lenovo are joining forces for some data centre networking and automation solutions that support ‘the massive and highly precise compute, storage and transit needs’ of AI and ML.

These data centre solutions will be a combination of Lenovo ThinkSystem servers and storage and various Nokia products related to data centre fabric, IP routing, DDoS security portfolios, and network automation. The combined solutions are pitched as helping to meet the processing and network performance requirements of modern workloads, by which it largely seems to mean AI.

USCellular has entered into an agreement with Verizon to sell a portion of its retained spectrum licenses for a cool $1 billion.

UScellular will sell Verizon 663 million MHz POPs of its Cellular (850 MHz) spectrum licenses as well as 11 million MHz POPs of its AWS and 19 million MHz POPs of its PCS licenses, assuming all the usual regulatory lights go green.

Eutelsat Group has announced the launch and deployment of 20 satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO), bolstering the OneWeb constellation.

The satellites, which were built by Airbus US Space & Defense, hitched a ride on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 which lifted off last week from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

For those interested in the logistics of LEO launches, we’re told the satellites separated successfully from the vehicle and were dispensed in 10 batches over a period of 20 minutes, and signal acquisition was confirmed on all 20 of them.