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Information transfer rates of 200 Kbits/s,
paving the way for 3.5G and 3.75G
which enabled the first smartphones
and mobile modems in laptops.

Samsung has unveiled an end-to-end
portfolio of 5G mobile network products, including consumer devices for fixed
wireless access connectivity, a 5G radio
base station (Access Unit) and a NextGeneration Core Network infrastructure
solution. Pre-commercial versions of the
equipment are now in trial networks.
"Samsung has been focused on 5G R&D
for nearly half a decade," says Paul
Kyungwhoon Cheun, executive vice president and Head of Next Generation
Communications Business Team at
Samsung Electronics. "With pre-commercial deployment of our 5G products already
underway, we're starting to see some of the
earliest evidence of the potential for new
and compelling 5G-driven services."
Intel has just opened its Autonomous
Driving Garage at its San Jose innovation
center. It's the latest factor in Intel's 5G
agenda, which includes a "massive antenna
array" chip with 64 antennas (expandable
to 256) that enables ultra-high-capacity
millimeter-wave frequencies to be sent in
specific directions. Among its initiatives,
Intel is collaborating with China Mobile
and Huawei for a second-phase 5G trial in
China, which will test "how to make these
connections intelligent."
In the financial services category, 5G is
expected to power highly secure transactions. Financial advisers could conduct
secure remote sessions with clients, using
cloud-based services to partition various
users and information. Mobile trading and
high-frequency trading as well as advanced
insurance apps will also be enabled by 5G.

of Boingo Wireless and Chairman of CTA's Executive Board. "We will
continue to collaborate with carriers, venues, end users and industry standards groups to help shape a seamlessly connected society."
Hagan believes that collaboration on what he calls "the new wireless
frontier" is the keystone for 5G expansion. "Start at the edge and transition
networks from being focused independently on B2B or B2C solutions to
a B2B2C model," Hagan says.
"To realize 5G, close collaboration will be required between 3rd
Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), IEEE and all parties involved
- mobile network operators, carriers, OEMs, device manufacturers, government entities and cable operators. We're all in this together," he says.
Los Angeles-based Boingo operates small cell networks for cellular extension services, today mostly in the Wi-Fi range.
Boingo CTO Dr. Derek Peterson says the 5G infrastructure "requires
a reimagined network" that leverages today's underlay architecture,
"bringing together network virtualization, edge computing and cloudbased control, which delivers seamless connectivity in nearly any environment to the end user." We need both Wi-Fi and LTE and future versions
of these networks to balance the service needs and costs associated with
building and maintaining 5G networks," Peterson adds.
Today's frenzy of 5G development, field testing and deal-making present a challenging ecosystem. Countless groups are involved in setting
technical standards. For example, the 3GPP, a consortium of seven global

DEVELOPING THE 5G
INFRASTRUCTURE
"We are looking at IoT in the 5G era where
proximity sensing - which connects the
digital world (mobile devices) with the
physical world (location) - is poised to have
a major impact on industry operations,"
explains Dave Hagan, CEO and Chairman
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