Tech Knock

At the 2017 Mobile World Congress trade show, Roger Gurnani, then the chief information and technology architect for  Verizon , walked on stage at a Samsungevent to talk about the two companies' work on developing  5G . Gurnani spoke of the field trials that were under way, and at the end he teased that we might see a Samsung 5G phone in a year. It wasn't clear whether he was joking -- the Samsung executive next to him looked surprised by the suggestion. An early 5G test van parked at the Verizon campus in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. Fast-forward to this year's show, and the only thing certain is that no 5G phone exists. That's the hype of 5G, the next-generation wireless technology that promises to be significantly faster and more responsive than anything before it. In some cases -- such as its potential application in self-driving cars, telemedicine, the trend of devices called internet of things -- it can be life-changing. But so far, it's m...

Intel is planning to prepare our computers for the upcoming telecommunication breakthrough, 5G. The company has partnered with Microsoft, Dell, HP, and Lenovo to bring Windows laptops with 5G connectivity through their XMM 8000 series commercial 5G modems. These laptops are expected to release sometime in the second of 2019. The news came just a day after Qualcomm announced the list of carriers for the ARM-powered Windows 10 Always Connected PCs. At the MWC 2018 which is just around the corner, Intel will give a glimpse of the first 5G-connected Windows PC. But their 2-in-1 detachable concept, featuring an early 5G modem, would source its power from 8th Gen Intel Core i5 CPUs. The 5G standard is designed to take our wireless connectivity experience to another level, exploring possibilities that are unheard in the current scenario. For instance, it could be used to provide an untethered VR experience on the go or let users download a 250MB file in seconds in a pa...

The US isn't likely to build its own cellular network, but that doesn't mean there isn't real concern over wireless security.                 The Trump administration's proposal to nationalize 5G wireless networks highlights real security concerns for         these next-generation wireless networks.  No, the US government isn't likely to get into the wireless business. But the Trump administration's out-of-the-blue proposal to build a 5G wireless network raises some legitimate concerns worth paying attention to. President Donald Trump's National Security Council has discussed the possibility of building a 5G network to counter Chinese spying on US mobile devices,  according to report by Axios . The government-run network would supposedly protect emerging technologies that will rely on super-fast 5G, like self-driving cars, and ensure the US remains a leader in wireless. The idea got  shot down al...