5G technology to 'transform the world': Huawei VP

Last Updated: Friday, September 4, 2015, 10:19

Senior Vice President of Huawei Walter Ji said 5G technology "would transform the world".

China's ZTE to partner with Softbank on 'pre-5G' technology in Japan

Last Updated: Friday, July 10, 2015, 10:40

Chinese telecommunications equipment maker ZTE Corp said on Friday it has struck a deal with SoftBank Corp to deploy its "pre-5G" technology in Japan, with a commercial trial to begin early next year.

Chennai plant has potential to make 5G gears: Nokia Networks

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 13, 2015, 22:05

Telecom equipment maker Nokia Networks Wednesday said that its manufacturing plant here has capability to make 5G network equipment, but at present the company is focussed on firming up technical standards.

Nokia Networks may look at India for producing 5G telecom systems

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 13, 2015, 16:39

Finnish telecom broadband infrastructure software and services provider Nokia Networks will consider India as one of the production bases for making 5G telecom systems, said a senior company official on Wednesday.

Phone firms and the quest for the 5G Holy Grail

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 3, 2015, 22:56

Lightning-quick downloads, driverless cars and remote surgery: telecom firms are racing to develop a new generation of "5G" mobile networks that could start to change the world in five years.

EU bets on 5G to catch up in mobile technology race

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 3, 2015, 20:16

The European Union is looking to sign agreements with China and Japan and the United States to cooperate on developing the next generation of mobile broadband as it seeks to help its companies catch up in the race to develop such technologies.

Mobile industry tiptoes towards 5G

Last Updated: Sunday, March 1, 2015, 21:15

Running short of dramatically new phone designs, leaders of the world`s wireless industry agree their next big idea is 5G, shorthand for the fifth generation of networks they expect to have up and running by 2020.

5G researchers achieve record speeds of 1 terabit per second

Last Updated: Thursday, February 26, 2015, 17:54

UK researchers have achieved record-breaking speeds of one terabit per second during tests of 5G data connections.

High speed 5G internet may be available by 2020

Last Updated: Thursday, February 26, 2015, 17:49

By 2020, it may just be possible have recording-breaking speeds to mobiles, where you can download 100 movies in just 3 seconds, the Daily Star reported.

Samsung unveils `high-efficiency` 5G green memory chips

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 19:54

Samsung Electronics has reportedly unveiled its fifth-generation (5G) high-efficiency green memory chips which consume less energy and enhance performance simultaneously.