RedCap (Reduced Capability) 5G has emerged from beneath the radar to become a hot topic as operators begin to see it as a driver for use cases that demand lower energy consumption than full blown 5G New Radio (NR) but still higher performance than traditional LPWAN. Growing concerns over energy consumption as well as cost have opened new horizons for RedCap even before it has been deployed much, at least according to Ericsson and Taiwanese semiconductor firm MediaTek. These two have teamed up to demonstrate 5G RedCap data and voice calls over both frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD) spectrum bands, with the aim being to show that it can do everything full blown NR can do…