VALBONNE, France� The3GPPhas approved plans to accelerate the development of 5G new radio specifications, a decision that could allow some carriers to launch standards-based 5G services as early as 2019.
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NR specifications will be �frozen� at the end of this year instead of in mid-2018, as originally planned, which will allow equipment vendors to begin working on standardized 5G equipment sooner than expected, according to�lightreading.com. A version of 5G technology called “non-standalone,” which uses the 5G NR in conjunction with an existing 4G network, could appear in the market in about two years.�
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