Overview: Nokia posted better-than-expected 1Q 2021 financials, including improved margins in the critical Mobile Networks division, suggesting that the vendor is closing its 5G portfolio competitiveness gap with rivals. Meanwhile Ericsson continues to incr...

Overview: Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) is emerging as one of the leading use cases for 5G New Radio (NR) architecture. FWA subscribers will need a new Customer Premises Equipment (CPE), which can either be indoor or outdoor. According to our l...

Overview: Radio availability is one of the main Achilles heels of the open RAN story. This PPT presentation provides an overview of a study recently undertaken recently by Counterpoint Research to determine the availability of open RAN radios today. Th...

Overview: ‘5G smartphones are driving growth and shipments are expected to double by 2022 i.e. close to 560+ Mn in 2021. This forecast highlights the frequency supports for these handsets and 5G volumes split into the Sub 6GHz (<6GHz frequency) &nb...

Overview: January 2021 marked the launch of Nokia’s new strategy with a major focus on improving the competitiveness of the all-important Market Access division. In contrast, Ericsson continues to reap the benefits of its business revamp instigated by...

Overview: Following the announcement of the first phase of its new strategy in October 2020, Nokia provided more details on the strategy in December 2020, outlining key high-level strategic objectives along with details of a new operating model designed to ...

Overview: 5G is now being recognized as a key determinant of future economic growth by an increasing number of countries and mobile operators are under pressure to accelerate their 5G infrastructure deployments. With the absence of Huawei and ZTE from many ...

Overview:  A PPT presentation which provides a detailed overview of the use of AI in 5G in China today. The presentation includes key AI use cases and trials being undertaken by major Chinese operators such as China Mobile, China Telekom and China Unic...

Overview: Nokia is one of the true pioneers of the mobile industry but has been struggling in recent years due to a variety of factors. However, there are now encouraging signs that the company is overcoming two of its most pressing challenges: 5G equipment...

Overview: In July, the UK government announced that UK Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) must replace Huawei 5G equipment from their networks by the end of 2027 and are banned from procuring new 5G equipment from Huawei after the end of 2020. The follows an e...

Overview: Fixed wireless access (FWA) is emerging as one of the leading use cases for 5G NR architecture and is rapidly gaining momentum as a scalable alternative for fixed broadband. Counterpoint Research predicts that FWA subscriptions will rise from a 4%...

Overview: 5G Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC) has generated significant hype in recent years, promising to deliver low latency and improved quality of services which will enable a plethora of commercial opportunities for Mobile Network Operators (MNOs).&nb...

Overview: While all the incumbent vendors have developed a range of virtualized RAN (vRAN) product portfolios, Nokia recently became the first of the Big Three players to offer a vRAN product incorporating O-RAN compliant interfaces when it announced its 5G...

Overview: One of the major promises of 5G is low latency, with target levels of 1 millisecond specified in 3GPP Release 16 for the 5G air interface. This will enable Mobile Network Operators (MNO) to introduce a wealth of new applications and services. Howe...

Overview: The RAN market today us dominated by a small number of incumbent vendors led by Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia. In order to generate more competition and increased vendor diversity, a number of MNOs are supporting the concept of open RAN in which pro...

Overview: In recent years, there has been a lot of focus on the use of 5G as the optimum wireless solution for low latency use cases, particularly in the case of the most demanding Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLCC) type applications. However...

Overview:  Huawei’s 2-day meeting in London in February 2020 was held in lieu of the cancelled MWC event in Barcelona. Key themes at the event included the importance of offering compact integrated roof-top RAN hardware solutions with improved...

Overview: Network slicing will be a key component of future 5G networks and will support innovative new use cases and business models thus enabling Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to offer application-specific services to different groups of enterprises and...

Overview: A few years ago, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) were excited at the prospect of drastically reducing the cost of mobile infrastructure by replacing proprietary hardware with open RAN alternatives. However, open RAN has been more difficult to imp...

Overview: The Radio Access Network (RAN) market is currently dominated by a small number of incumbent players. However, open RAN represents a big threat to this established order as it provides opportunities for smaller companies offering ‘open’...