5G NR-U: Bringing the power of 5G to unlicensed spectrum globally

Re:5G NR-U: Bringing the power of 5G to unlicensed spectrum ... by ryao on Saturday January 04, 2025 @03:32AM (#42593399)

Getting SIM cards for a private 5G network seems like a pain. eSIM would avoid the need for physical cards on paper, but I wonder if iOS and Android will take eSIMs from a random entity without the cooperation of Apple and Google respectively.

I remember hearing that some conference at some point did its own 4G network with its own SIM cards. They had gotten permission to use licensed spectrum for the duration of the event. Unfortunately, I do not remember which conference. If I did, I would look at what they said about how they got the SIM cards for it.

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Re:5G NR-U: Bringing the power of 5G to unlicensed spectrum ... by nabla9 on Saturday January 04, 2025 @03:48AM (#42593479)

There is usually plenty of them with the package when you buy the station.

If you only need Wifi, you should not invent reasons not to get 5G station.

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Re:5G NR-U: Bringing the power of 5G to unlicensed spectrum ... by ieidkeheb on Saturday January 04, 2025 @09:13PM (#42599198)

I want to be honest here, but your position that this is for home users needs facts to back it up.

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Re:5G NR-U: Bringing the power of 5G to unlicensed spectrum ... by christina97 on Saturday January 04, 2025 @04:27AM (#42593664)

AWS did this for something to showcase their 5G product which does exactly that.

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Re:5G NR-U: Bringing the power of 5G to unlicensed spectrum ... by noprocrasted on Saturday January 04, 2025 @01:00PM (#42596444)

eSIMs all need to have a chain of trust all the way back to some GSMA gatekeepers. As usual with all kinds of mobile telco stuff, it's never open and really doesn't like people messing around (partly because people messing around might find how much of a broken, insecure and "designed by committee" shit-show most of it is).

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