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Save the date: Verizon 5G is coming to Los Angeles Oct 1
On Tuesday, Verizon announced that Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles and Sacramento will be the trial locations for what it deems “the first 5G deployment in the World.” Installation is set to begin October 1, with service beginning soon after. Not everyone in those cities will be able to participate, but residents can check if their area is …
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Inaugural Seminar Envisions Smart Dust, Electronic Drugs, Nanochip Pacemakers, and More
A new seminar series, “Circuits: Terahertz and Beyond,” hosted by NYU WIRELESS and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, kicked off with a presentation that evoked a future filled with remarkable technologies enabled by new research into the terahertz (THz) electromagnetic spectrum and new developments in low-cost silicon chips. The inaugural seminar, featured Aydin Babakhani, an associate professor of electrical …
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5G Handsets Spark mmWave Debate
Engineers are racing to deliver the first smartphones supporting 5G networks, mainly targeting frequencies below 6 GHz. RF experts are sharply divided over whether any of the first batch of devices will support the standard’s millimeter-wave bands. All sides agree that the handsets face a fractured market, with carriers supporting frequencies spanning 600 MHz to …
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