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ZTE’s profits, operating revenue expand in 2021

Chinese vendor ZTE reported that its net profit attributable to holders of ordinary shares of the listed company reached CNY6.5-7.2 billion ($1.02-$1.13 billion), an increase of 52.6% to 69% year-on-year. “During the year, the company, confronted with complex external environment, continued to solidify its position...

LG Uplus ends 2021 with 4.62 million 5G subscribers

Korean operator LG Uplus ended the fourth quarter of 2021 with 4.62 million 5G subscribers, up 67.9% year-on-year, according to the company’s latest earnings statement. The telco added a total of 1.87 million 5G subscribers during last year, while total net additions in the fourth...

Chunghwa Telecom ends 2021 with over 12,000 5G base stations: CEO

Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom ended 2021 with over 12,000 5G stations across Taiwan, the company’s CEO, Harrison Kuo, said during a conference call with investors. “In the fourth quarter, the mobile market in Taiwan remained steady as operators focused on 5G migration and development. By...

China ends 2021 with 1.43 million 5G base stations

China ended 2021 with a total of 1.43 million 5G base stations across the country, Chinese press reported citing data from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). The ministry said that Chinese operators have deployed a total of 654,000 base stations nationwide during...

Huawei’s green 5G strategy aims to help telcos obtain energy savings: VP

Chinese vendor Huawei’s green 5G strategy aims to help carriers to build networks with high performance and energy saving at the same time, Daisy Zhu, VP of wireless marketing for Huawei, told RCR Wireless News. “Green is the latest buzz word to make it into...

Korean government cooperate with local firms on future 6G networks

The Korean Ministry of Science and ICT announced that it is working on next-generation network development strategies together with local carriers and tech firms SK Telecom, KT, LG Uplus, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, Business Korea reported. The government and the companies aim to carry...

Nokia, SK Telecom collaborate on virtualized RAN

Nokia and Korean telco SK Telecom said they have successfully completed a proof-of-concept (PoC) and demonstration of what they call the world's first 5G 64TRX wireless-based cloud Radio Access Network (vRAN) in Korea. Both companies plan to start field testing a vRAN in 2022. The demonstration...

Chinese telcos add almost 27 million 5G subscribers in December

Chinese operators recorded a net gain of 26.9 million 5G subscribers in December, according to the carriers’ latest available figures. China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added a total of 12.5 million 5G subscribers during the last month of 2021.The operator...

NTT Docomo unveils ‘Drop-n-Prop’ antenna

Japanese telco NTT Docomo announced that it has developed an antenna system capable of creating a high-frequency mobile communication cell when a small piece of plastic is placed on top of a dielectric waveguide. In a release, the carrier said that the solid plastic cube...

5G smartphone shipments in China grow over 63% y-o-y in 2021: Report

Shipments of 5G mobile phones in the Chinese market reached 266 million units in 2021, up 63.5% compared to shipments the previous year, local press reported, citing a report by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology. According to the report, shipments of 5G...

Smart Communications selects Samsung for 5G SA deployment

Philippine mobile services provider Smart Communications has partnered with South Korean vendor Samsung for the deployment of the former’s 5G Standalone (5G SA) technology in the Philippines. This development follows Smart's recent activation of initial commercial 5G SA sites in Makati. Earlier, Samsung was able...

Indian operators urge government to reduce reserve price for 5G spectrum

Indian telecom operators have submitted comments to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) asking the government to cut the reserve price for 5G spectrum, according to local press reports. Operators are saying that the reserve price for the 5G spectrum needs to be cut...

GSA reports 200 mobile carriers have already deployed 5G in 78 countries

A total of 200 operators in 78 countries have already launched one or more 3GPP-compliant 5G services as of the end of December, according to the latest update from the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA). Also, 487 operators in 145 countries were investing in 5G,...

Beijing ends 2021 with 56,440 5G base stations: report

Chinese operators have deployed a total of 56,400 5G base stations in Beijing at the end of 2021, local news agency Xinhua reported. Local authorities have said that the number of 5G base stations in the Chinese capital is expected to exceed 60,000 by the...

Chinese lab claims breakthrough in ‘6G’ mobile technology

Chinese government-backed institute Purple Mountain Laboratories said that a research team had achieved a 6G-level wireless transmission up to a speed of 206.25 gigabits per second for the first time in a lab environment, South China Morning Post reported. According to the report, the test...

KT, Fujitsu, NTT Docomo partner to bring O-RAN to South Korea

Korean carrier KT and Japanese tech company Fujitsu have completed a verification facility at the KT Research and Development Center in Seoul, South Korea, at which the two companies leveraged Fujitsu’s Open RAN-based 5G base station equipment to successfully test call connections during interoperability...

South Korea to award additional 5G frequencies next month: Report

South Korea's ICT ministry confirmed it will launch an auction next month to award additional 5G network spectrum for the country's major mobile carriers, local news agency Yonhap reported. Last month, the Korean government had agreed to open bidding for additional 5G frequencies in the...

Huawei shows stable carrier business in 2021 but overall revenues decline

Huawei rotating chairman Guo Ping said in an annual internal New Year’s message that the vendor’s carrier business remained stable and its enterprise segment booked solid growth last year. However, the company’s total revenue for full 2021 was expected to decline by 28.9% year-on-year to...

Airtel, TCS demonstrate 5G-based use cases for factories

"Neural Manufacturing" solutions the focus of Airtel 5G demos Indian operator Bharti Airtel and compatriot company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) said they have successfully tested innovative use cases from TCS’ Neural Manufacturing solutions suite on Airtel’s 5G network. Airtel has been allocated 5G trial spectrum by...

South Korea ends November with 20.19 million 5G users

SK Telecom has the largest 5G subscriber base in South Korea The total number of 5G subscribers in South Korea reached 20.19 million in November 2021, accounting for around 28% of the total 72.57 million mobile subscriptions in the Asian nation, Korean press reported, citing...

Taiwan Mobile announces merger agreement with Taiwan Star

Taiwan Mobile announced that it has officially completed the signing of a merger agreement with rival operator Taiwan Star Telecom, the former said in a release. Taiwan Mobile, which ended 2021 with 7.3 million subscribers, noted it plans to issue 282 million new shares for...

5G supply chain challenges to continue during 2022: ABI Research

Global challenges in the 5G supply chain will continue during 2022, according to a new white paper published by research firm ABI Research. The white paper, dubbed "70 Technology Trends That Will—and Will Not—Shape 2022", noted that the U.S. government's Entity List has created a...

Major Indian cities to get 5G technology during 2022: report

Indian 5G launch delayed by spectrum allocation process 5G services are expected to be deployed in some of the main Indian cities during 2022, local press reported citing information from the Indian government. The cities which are set to get the 5G technology in 2022 include...

LG Electronics showcases 6G tech in South Korea

South Korean technology company LG Electronics showcased 6G technology during the ‘2021 Korea Science and Technology Exhibition’ recently held at KINTEX in Ilsan, South Korea. During the event, LG was expected to unveil a power amplifier for 6G for the first time, a device it...