preparedness. In field trials news, Windstream Wholesale announced that it has successfully tested the interoperability of QSFP-DD form factor ZR+ pluggable modules from II-VI and Acacia, now part of Cisco. The tests established 400 Gigabit links in a production environment over a 1,027-kilometer link. Parallel Wireless is partnering with Inatel, Telecom Infra Project, Brisanet, Claro, TIM, and Vivo to conduct an Open RAN field trial enabling leading-edge 4G and 5G broadband communications throughout Brazil and other LATAM countries.

5G news

Is it the 5G revolution—or evolution? According to GSMA intelligence, only eight percent of mobile connections were 5G in 2021 and this is expected to reach 25 percent by 2025. The penetration of 5G is expected to be highest in developed Asia Pacific countries, North America, and China with 64 percent, 63 percent, and 54 percent, respectively. This reveals global networks in transition.

Rogers announced it has launched the first commercial 5G standalone network in Canada and one of the first globally after completing the rollout of Canada’s first national standalone 5G core and the country’s first 5G standalone device certification. Nokia, stc and MediaTek announced that they have successfully verified 3 Component Carrier Aggregation in a 5G standalone network in the city of Makkah for the first time in the Middle East and Africa.

Kyocera has developed a transmissive metasurface technology that can redirect wireless network signals in a specific direction to improve the coverage area and performance of 5G and eventually 6G networks. The Transmissive Metasurface will help deliver high-frequency millimeter-wave 5G and 6G to places where communication is impossible due to obstacles, expanding service areas beyond the capability of conventional reflective metasurface technologies used today.

IoT news

According to Moxa, the Industrial Internet of Things has not only blurred the lines between OT and IT disciplines, but also led to the increasing prevalence of large-scale and highly distributed applications where field devices are dispersed over a wide area and need to communicate directly with remote servers.

IoT is enabling more efficient and profitable business, but integration is a challenge. A new global survey by Analysys Mason and sponsored by Sierra Wireless found that 72 percent of enterprises surveyed deployed IoT to automate their processes and reduce costs while 55 percent stated creating new revenue streams was a main reason for IoT adoption. Ericsson released a new report revealing the power of cellular IoT connectivity to mitigate the complexities brought on by disruptions in the logistics supply chain, including soaring fuel prices, driver shortages, and governmental regulations.

Everynet, an operator for national LoRaWAN networks, has extended its IoT buildout with coverage that is now available in nearly 370 cities, which includes more than 130 key logistics points.

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