Qualcomm Project to Create 5G mmWave Network in Moscow

Qualcomm is working with the Department for Information Technologies of Moscow, Russian mobile operators, and equipment and software vendors to support testing and deployment of Europe’s first 5G millimeter wave network in Moscow this fall, it said Wednesday. The project is meant to create 5G-enabled digital services and innovation in the city, including virtual and augmented reality applications. Moscow plans to equip business centers, stadiums, main streets, congress halls, railway stations and airports with “high-capacity ultra-fast, low-latency mobile communications” for new 5G-enabled services for a range of devices from smartphones to fixed wireless access points, said Yulia Klebanova, Qualcomm Europe vice president-business development.