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Fujitsu launches new 5G vRAN solution
Fujitsu today announced the launch of a new 5G vRAN solution combining Fujitsu’s virtualized CU (vCU) and virtualized DU (vDU) with NVIDIA’s GPU technology. Fujitsu will start offering the new solution to customers including telecommunications carriers globally in March 2023. The solution applies NVIDIA’s GPU processing engine NVIDIA A100X to the physical layer processing at…
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Mitsubishi Electric to Ship Samples of Tunable Laser-diode Chip for Optical-fiber Communication
Mitsubishi Electric announced today that it will begin shipping samples of its new tunable laser-diode chip for use in optical transceivers of optical-fiber communication systems on October 1. The new chip is expected to help increase the capacity of digital coherent communication as well as reduce the size of optical transceivers. Data communication volume is…
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Yokogawa and DOCOMO Successfully Conduct Test of Remote Control Technology Using 5G, Cloud and AI
Yokogawa and NTT DOCOMO have conducted a proof-of-concept test (PoC) of a remote control technology for industrial processing. The PoC test involved the use of an autonomous control AI, the Factorial Kernel Dynamic Policy Programming (FKDPP) algorithm developed by Yokogawa and the Nara Institute of Science and Technology, in a cloud environment and a fifth-generation…
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KDDI Successfully Turns on the World’s First 5G Standalone Open RAN Site Powered by vRAN in Japan
KDDI, Samsung and Fujitsu announced that the companies have turned on the world’s first commercial 5G Standalone Open Radio Access Network site powered by virtualized Radio Access Network in Kawasaki, Kanagawa on February 18, 2022, successfully completing the transmission of live 5G traffic. For the deployment of this first site, KDDI used O-RAN compliant solutions,…
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DOCOMO and NEC successfully test 5G Standalone with base station conforming to O-RAN specifications in a multi-vendor configuration
NTT DOCOMO and NEC have succeeded in interoperability testing for 5G standalone (SA) using a 5G base station baseband unit (5G CU/DU) conforming to O-RAN open interface specifications and radio units (RUs) of different vendors. The multi-vendor interoperability test used a software upgrade to introduce SA capability to NEC’s 5G non-standalone (NSA) CU/DU operating on…
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Samsung Develops Industry’s First LPDDR5X DRAM
Samsung today announced that it has developed the industry’s first 14-nanometer (nm) based 16-gigabit (Gb) Low Power Double Data Rate 5X (LPDDR5X) DRAM. Samsung’s LPDDR5X is a next-generation mobile DRAM designed to significantly boost speed, capacity and power savings for future 5G applications. Samsung’s LPDDR5X is designed to drive further growth throughout the high-speed data…
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Sony and Mitsui Succeed with World’s First Successful Operation of Standalone 5G Enabling Dynamic Spectrum Access System
Sony and Mitsui jointly announced today that they have achieved the world’s first successful operation of Sony’s Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) technology in a standalone 5G environment. Along with this success, the two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to enter a partnership to study the commercial potential for this technology and ways to…
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Sony and NTT DOCOMO Remotely Control Driverless Sony’s Sociable Cart- SC-1 Over 2,500km—Via 5G Network in Japan
Sony and NTT DOCOMO, jointly announced today that they succeed in remotely controlling Sony’s Sociable Cart (SC-1) entertainment vehicle carrying passengers in Guam from a base in Tokyo, over 2,500km away, via a 5G network. Video of the vehicle’s perimeter was captured with Sony image sensors and sent in real time to a Sony office…
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Samsung 5G-integrated mobile processor Exynos 2100 can perform up to 26-trillion-operations-per-second with more power efficiency
Samsung today announced the Exynos 2100 through its first virtual event, Exynos On 2021. The new mobile processor is Samsung’s first premium 5G-integrated mobile processor built on the most advanced 5-nanometer (nm) extreme ultra-violet (EUV) process node. With support for up to six cameras and 200 Mp resolution, the processor enables cameras to capture a…
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Fujitsu Launches Private 5G Services to Accelerate Customers’ Digital Transformation in Japan
Fujitsu will launch services that realize the use of private wireless systems, such as private 5G and private LTE, in order to accelerate digital transformation Japanese customers. Private Wireless Managed Services provides one-stop services for smooth implementation of private wireless systems and for use in real business operations; including PoC (Proof of Concept), license application…
