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IT research firm Gartner released a forecast Thursday projecting revenues from worldwide 5G network infrastructure will reach $4.2 billion by 2020. That would amount to an 89% revenue hike from the firm’s 2019 projections of $2.2 billion. The firm expects overall 4G revenues to dip from $19.32 billion in 2019 to $18.28 billion in 2020, …

Wireless carrier Verizon and Wi-Fi provider Boingo are bringing 5G Ultra Wideband Service to indoor locations, like airports, stadiums and office buildings, Verizon said in a statement Thursday. Verizon describes the effort as “working together to architect a hyper-dense network.” Getting reliable 5G indoors has been an issue. The millimeter wave, or “mmWave,” spectrum that Verizon uses offers higher capacity but …

The rising costs of phones and carrier plans mean people are now waiting almost three years to upgrade to the next new smartphone, and younger people are staying on family plans longer. Or at least that’s what two consumer surveys indicated Thursday. Research from Strategy Analytics found that more people are keeping their smartphones longer, while researchers at Let’s Talk …

5G could mean the difference between night and day for firefighters. With smoke, flames and a claustrophobic mask on, running into a burning building is a leap of faith. Firefighters are taught never to leave the wall, because they could become disoriented, run out of air and die. “The way we used to look for people was almost as if …

 At 11:34 a.m. yesterday, the Galaxy Note 10 Plus‘ first battery drain test began. At 8:30 this morning, the phone finally shut down. That’s a 21-hour run in a test that loops a long video on airplane mode with the screen forced to stay on, and brightness and audio at the halfway point. This test doesn’t represent how we use phones …

Ready for more 5G and foldable phones? Whether you are or not, more companies seem set to join Samsung and Huawei next year.  In a set of tweets Monday, noted leaker Evan Blass shared images of TCL’s upcoming T1 phone as well as a leaked roadmap depicting the Chinese company’s phone plans through much of 2020.  The TCL T1.  Evan Blass …

At a Brooklyn press event on Aug. 7, Samsung announced the Note 10, Note 10 Plus and Note 10 5G, three phones that have big screens, an embedded S Pen stylus and multiple rear cameras. Since the first Galaxy Note launch in 2011, the Note phones have stood out as part of Samsung’s ultraluxe line. The devices are usually outfitted with a steep …

When the Pentagon pours money into its own 5G shop and the Moscow mobile industry shakes hands with Qualcomm for a network roll-out deal, it’s time to sit up and take note of the role 5G is already playing among geopolitical movers and shakers. This past week also saw more US local government issues piling up as municipalities continue their …

UK mobile carrier Three switched on its 5G on Monday, but unlike other networks, it’s not for mobile phone customers — at first anyway. Instead, Three’s 5G offering is based around home broadband provision, using fibre-like, ultrafast speeds to provide an alternative to traditional broadband services. The buzz around 5G has so far focused on upgrading current 4G mobile networks, …

And another one’s gone. With the Justice Department signing off on T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion acquisition of Sprint in July, and with the Federal Communications Commission set to vote on the merger soon, the number of nationwide wireless mobile carriers will drop to three, for the moment.  With the merger moving ahead, you might wonder if now is the time to switch to …