SOUTH AFRICA - MTN has announced that they are going to spend over R620m in Free State, Northern Cape in network expansion and 5G drive [TechAfrica News, August 2022]

Title:

MTN Commits R620M for 5G Network Expansion in Northern Cape

 

Author:

Sunette Els

General Manager: Regional Operations, MTN

Published:

TechAfrica News, 22 August 2022

https://techafricanews.com/2022/03/29/mtn-commits-r620m-for-5g-network-expansion-in-northern-cape/

From the article:

Focused on improving network availability, expediting battery resilience and maintaining throughput excellence across the Free State and Northern Cape , MTN will invest R412m in the Free State and R215m in the Northern Cape in 2022.

 

Georgia Institute of Technology - Researchers turn 5G networks into wireless power grids for IoT (by Shane McGlaun)

Title:

Researchers turn 5G networks into wireless power grids for IoT 

 

Author:

Shane McGlaun

 

Published:

Slash Gear, 26 March 2021

https://www.slashgear.com/researchers-turn-5g-networks-into-wireless-power-grids-for-iot-26665642/

 

From the article:

Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have come up with a novel method of tapping into the over-capacity of 5G mobile networks. The new technique turns the 5G network into a wireless power grid able to power small Internet of Things (IoT) devices that currently require batteries to operate. In many of these small devices, the battery prevents the miniaturization of the devices to smaller scales.