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While we have been discussing advanced 5G use cases for years, it is only now, with the Standalone 5G (5G SA) that it is going to become possible to have many of these in practice. Of course they will take time to mature and be popular with the end users. As a part of our Free 5G Training initiative , we made a short video that will provide you with ideas and motivation for why 5G could do a lot more than just faster speeds. The video is embedded below. In addition, Parallel Wireless, one of the companies I consult for, did a webinar on 5G Use Cases which is available here . A good webinar on BrightTALK on 5G Use Cases by @Parallel_tw - https://t.co/AdpLOIOW6u #Free5Gtraining #5G #5GNetworks #5GUseCases #5GSpectrum #eMBB #mMTC #URLLC #5GRoadmaps #OpenRAN #5GXR #FWA #Vodafone #TMobile #Healthcare pic.twitter.com/LV677HrJ2G — 5G Training (@5Gtraining) May 28, 2020 Let us know which one is your favorite and which ones do you think will make operators money....

(click on image for larger version) I have written couple of posts on 'Internet Para Todos' a.k.a. 'Internet For All' on The 3G4G Blog and 3G4G Small Cells Blog . It was good to hear an update on the programme at TIP Summit 2019 in Amsterdam.  I have embedded the video of the presentation below but here is a quick summary from Justin Springham in Mobile World Live from TIPSummit19: Internet para Todos (IpT), a wholesale operator owned by Telefonica, Facebook, and Latin American banks IDB Invest and CAF Bank, opened talks to bring a second operator on board, after connecting more than 650 sites and covering 800,000 people (450,000 actual customers) with a 4G rollout in rural Peru. The initiative, only up and running since May 2019, is regarded as something of a poster child for OpenRAN technology, with vendor Parallel Wireless supplying compatible kit for more than half of those mobile sites (reports suggest Huawei is the other vendor, supplying more tradi...

Back in April SoftBank announced the launch of a High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) business through HAPSMobile, a joint venture between SoftBank and US-based company AeroVironment, Inc. With the aim of constructing a HAPS system that delivers telecommunications network connectivity from the sky for a global business, HAPSMobile developed “HAWK30,” an unmanned aircraft for stratospheric telecommunications platform system that flies at altitudes of approximately 20 kilometers. HAPS refers to systems where unmanned objects such as aircraft flying in the stratosphere can be operated like telecommunication base stations to deliver connectivity across wide areas. By utilizing HAPS, SoftBank will be able to build stable Internet connection environments at locations unserved by telecommunication networks, such as mountainous terrain, remote islands and developing countries. Furthermore, by efficiently interconnecting with current telecommunication networks, SoftBank will be able to ...