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CSPs, Vendors Partner to Accelerate 5G Just before the start of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, a Who's Who of service providers and vendors from around the world proclaimed their support for acceleration of the 5G New Radio (NR) standards schedule, a move that will enable deployments and large trials within the next two years. The ability to generate results and business use cases by as early as 2019 could promote even faster implementation of ultra-broadband solutions slated to leverage 5G's many anticipated capabilities. "We support both the Standalone and Non-Standalone configurations of 5G New Radio," said Tom Keathley, senior vice president of wireless network architecture and design at AT&T. "Our focus is on prioritizing important specifications in the standards to bring 5G to market as quickly as possible. In the process of defining any standard, it is normal to make some decisions earlier than others. These accelerated decisions on key components of 5G New Radio standards will allow an earlier start on the development of the infrastructure and devices of tomorrow's 5G deployments." Participants include AT&T, NTT DOCOMO, SK Telecom, Vodafone, Ericsson AB (Nasdaq: ERIC), Qualcomm Technologies, BT, Telstra, Korea Telecom , Intel, LG Uplus, KDDI, LG Electronics, Telia Company , Swisscom, TIM Participacoes S.A. , Etisalat Group, Huawei, Sprint, Vivo Participacoes SA , ZTE and Deutsche Telekom. The 22 supporters are slated to focus on the work-plan proposal for the initial phase of 5G NR specification at the 3GPP RAN Plenary meeting in Croatia next month. "As the demand for 5G commercialization is rapidly increasing, it is crucial to complete globally agreed 5G standardization in time," said Park Jin-hyo, senior vice president and head of the Network Technology R&D Center for SK Telecom, in a statement. "3GPP NR is the global 5G standard and we are making continuous efforts to accelerate 3GPP NR standardization with partners." Verizon is not part of this contingent but plans to roll out 5G services within specific markets mid-2017. These "5G pre-commercial" services are based on work the service provider has conducted with partners in the two-year-old 5G Technical Forum (5GTF). Related posts:
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