5G network

Wireless providers have a variety of tools at their disposal to improve 4G or 5G services un-der certain conditions. One such piece of equipment is called a COW, an acronym that used to stand for Cellular on Wheels, but now, with the new technology, the ‘W’ represents ‘Wings’.

Carriers are confronted with a number of challenges as 5G keeps evolving and maturing, both in terms of deploying and operating new 5G networks as well as managing the link between those new networks and current 4G networks.

Croatian network operator in the areas of broadcasting and portable telecommunications OIV (Transmitters and Communications) has provided an insight into its 5G broadcast strate-gy.

Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom are joining forces to advance the use of renewable energy for 5G radio site operations. The first one is located in Germany.

The federal government is banning Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei from Canada’s fifth-generation networks, citing security concerns. The decision comes with far-reaching im-plications for national security and diplomacy, which critics say is long overdue.

The number of 5G network users in Croatia is on the rise, as domestic telco Telemach re-ceived recognition from the Ookla Speedtest for having the fastest 5G infrastructure in the country.

The latest study from research firm Omdia is forecasting that global 5G subscriptions will soar from 540 million connections at the end of 2021 to 1.3 billion by the end of 2022.

Network slicing is a recurring term in any 5G presentation, but its definition is often quite vague. This article aims to explain what network slicing is, what it is used for, and how it differs from the existing QoS-oriented techniques.

In a recent interview, Nenad Šlibar, Chief Technical Officer at Telemach, announced full cov-erage of the Republic of Croatia with the fifth-generation mobile network by the beginning of the 2022 tourist season.

The Institute of Economics in Zagreb has estimated the economic benefits that the introduc-tion and further development of the 5G network in the Republic of Croatia will bring – and it amounts to a staggering 1,325 billion euros!