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Nokia touts first commercial 5G cloud RAN deployment (psst — it’s Verizon’s)The world’s first commercially deployed 5G cloud-based Radio Access Network is live in the U.S., Nokia said this week in a blog post. The company didn’t name the carrier or location in the post, but it was accompanied by a tweet from an official […]

China Telecom considers plan to share 5G infra with China UnicomShared 5G infrastructure accelerated deployment in South Korea Chinese carrier China Telecom is considering a plan to share resources and costs in the deployment of 5G infrastructure with rival telco China Unicom, China Telecom’s Chairman Ke Ruiwen said. The executive said China Telecom  had reached […]

VMware acquisitions focus on cloud security, Kubernetes infrastructureAhead of annual showcase, VMware acquiring Carbon Black and Pivotal Software With its annual VMWorld event set to begin next week in San Francisco, VMWare this week announced a pair of acquisitions intended to bolster its enterprise cloud security offerings and drive development of its Kubernetes-based product set. […]

Test and Measurement: Keysight sets sights on 6G5G is just barely getting off the ground, but it’s not too early for “6G” research efforts — and Keysight Technologies is jumping in by joining Finland’s 6G Flagship Program, which is led by the University of Oulu, Finland and supported by the Academy of Finland. Satish Dhanasekaran, […]

What’s the outlook for 5G spectrum harmonization in Europe?700 MHz, 3.6 GHz and 26 GHz are “pioneer” 5G bands in European Union While European regulators have articulated plans to auction millimeter wave licenses, all of the current and planned network activations are based on mid-band frequencies centered in the 3.4 GHz to 3.8 GHz range. […]

DNA-Packing Portal and Capsid-Associated Tegument Complexes in the Tumor Herpesvirus KSHVResolution of KSHV’s asymmetric icosahedral structure is achieved via symmetry-relaxed cryo-EM using sequential localized classification. Interactions between the DNA-translocating portal protein, associated capsid and tegument proteins, and the viral genome reveal surprising variability in tegument protein occupancy and orientation plasticity.Resolution of KSHV’s asymmetric icosahedral structure […]

A Cell-Penetrating Scorpion Toxin Enables Mode-Specific Modulation of TRPA1 and PainA selective cell-penetrating scorpion toxin targets the irritant receptor, TRPA1, via a distinct biochemical mechanism from that used by irritants, allowing definition of a new mechanism of channel activation and interrogation of pathways of pain sensitization.A selective cell-penetrating scorpion toxin targets the irritant receptor, TRPA1, […]

PwC: 5G is ‘just off the starting block’, with a marathon aheadIf the most popular metaphor for 5G is a race, then the industry is “just off the starting block,” according to analysis from PwC. There’s a marathon ahead, with some particularly tricky hurdles to navigate both in terms of deploying the technology and making […]

Verizon turns up 5G in Phoenix, partners with Boingo on in-building“Hyper-dense network” is focus of in-building 5G partnership between Verizon and Boingo In its push to launch millimeter wave-based 5G service in 30 cities by the end of the year, Verizon today lit up it’s new network In Phoenix. The carrier’s “5G Ultra Wideband” network […]

Nokia dedicated Wi-Fi division tackles next-gen connectivityHead of Nokia Wi-Fi: “5G and Wi-Fi are going to be dominant wireless technologies”   Providing Wi-Fi services is not new for Nokia; however, with significant Wi-Fi improvements on the horizon with the launch of 802.11ax, or Wi-Fi 6, the telecommunications vendor company established a new division within its ranks a few […]