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Zain Kuwait Claims National Vo5G

Launch

Zain Kuwait has announced the launch of voice-over-5G (Vo5G),
claiming a global first in terms of a commercial Vo5G service with
‘nationwide coverage’. The operator says Vo5G is now available
in ‘all areas’ of Kuwait, initially on the Samsung Galaxy S22 range
of devices. Zain’s press release says that the Vo5G technology
offers customers ‘an unprecedented experience with ultra-fast
internet while making crystal-clear voice calls on compatible
smartphones without interruption’, with the launch proceeding
after extensive tests to assess the readiness of its network and its
technical capabilities to operate the service ‘at the highest quality
on a nationwide level.’ Vo5G is provided for compatible device
owners without any additional fees, enabling high-quality voice
calls simultaneously with usage of high speed internet, streaming
services and data-hungry apps. The service is hosted on Zain’s 5G
Standalone (SA 5G) network, deployed earlier this year.

AT&T Powers 5G Smart Warehouse Demos for
Navy

US operator AT&T put its private 5G network The goal of the San Diego demonstrations the base delivered throughput speeds of
through its paces during demonstrations was to increase the efficiency of naval 3.9 Gb/s with less than 10 milliseconds
with the US Navy to prove the potential logistics including identification, recording, of latency. The demonstrations included
of low latency, high throughput smart organization, storage, retrieval and the 5G-enabled virtual reality (VR) and
warehouse services. The demonstrations transportation of supplies by using augmented reality (AR) capabilities to
were conducted at Naval Base Coronado in AT&T’s private RAN. Lance Spencer, Client support military training, operations,
San Diego. The US Department of Defense Executive Vice President – Defense, AT&T and maintenance as well as prototyping
is exploring the use of smart warehouses Public Sector and FirstNet, stated to Mobile applications. Artificial intelligence (AI) and
by using 5G for shipments between shore World Live (MWL) the demonstrations machine learning (ML) technologies were
facilities and naval units, among other combined AT&T spectrum, RAN, transport, also used to connect a cloud to the network
use cases. The trials were one element of private core, multiple operator core edge for high throughput and low latency
the Department of Defense’s $500 million network (MOCN), roaming capabilities capabilities.
initiative that was announced in 2020 for and cybersecurity that included zero trust
using 5G across five military test sites. architecture. The private 5G network at

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