{"id":5363,"date":"2018-09-20T02:58:05","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T18:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nxtmag.tech\/?p=5363"},"modified":"2018-09-20T02:58:05","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T18:58:05","slug":"vivo-spearheads-development-5g-smartphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nxtmag.tech\/my\/2018\/09\/20\/vivo-spearheads-development-5g-smartphone\/","title":{"rendered":"Vivo Spearheads Development of Pre-Commercial 5G Smartphones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vivo recently announced plans to spearhead industry development of pre-commercial 5G smartphones through the introduction of 5G software and hardware based on the Vivo NEX smartphone series.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>When 4G is Just Not Enough<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vivo has completed the initial development of 5G smartphone software and hardware on Vivo NEX. Running on Qualcomm\u2019s X50 modem, Vivo has concluded initial architecture planning, 3D placement stacking, RF \/antenna designs and optimized battery space within NEX to deliver 5G capabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5360 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/nxtmag.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Vivo-Nex-5G.jpg\" alt=\"Vivo Nex showcasing its pre-commercial 5G smartphones\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nxtmag.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Vivo-Nex-5G.jpg 375w, https:\/\/nxtmag.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Vivo-Nex-5G-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/nxtmag.tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Vivo-Nex-5G-315x420.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 5G version of NEX has completed the first phase of protocol and signalling tests with Keysight UXM 5G signalling. As a next step, Vivo\u2019s 5G pre-commercial smartphone will enter further IODT tests with 5G infrastructure and networking equipment, as the company continues to work towards its goal of launching its first batch of commercial 5G smartphones by 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vivo\u2019s 5G version of NEX supports the Non-standalone Architecture (NSA) model which includes dual connection for both Long-Term Evolution (LTE) and New Radio (NR), based on 3GPP Release 15 standards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vivo began its research into 5G not long after the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) released the vision of IMT-2020(5G). Vivo set up its 5G Research Institute in Beijing in 2016 and became one of the main contributors at the 3GPP standard group to develop 5G technologies. In the past year, Vivo activated 5G antenna and RF related development to further accelerate Vivo\u2019s pace of 5G innovation. Vivo also partnered with China Mobile on the \u201cChina Mobile 5G Device Forerunner Initiative\u201d and has been working closely with Qualcomm on 5G developments, including recently the successful design and integration of new 5G mm-Wave (millimetre wave) antenna arrays into a Vivo commercial form factor.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vivo recently announced plans to spearhead industry development of pre-commercial 5G smartphones through the introduction of 5G software and hardware based on the Vivo NEX smartphone series. When 4G is Just Not Enough Vivo has completed the initial development of 5G smartphone software and hardware on Vivo NEX. Running on Qualcomm\u2019s X50 modem, Vivo has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[91,249],"class_list":{"0":"post-5363","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-smartphone","9":"tag-vivo"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Vivo Spearheads Development of Pre-Commercial 5G Smartphones - NXT Malaysia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Vivo recently announced plans to spearhead industry development of pre-commercial 5G smartphones using software based on the Vivo NEX smartphone.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nxtmag.tech\/my\/2018\/09\/20\/vivo-spearheads-development-5g-smartphone\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale:alternate\" content=\"en_SG\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vivo Spearheads Development of Pre-Commercial 5G Smartphones - 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