The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has decided to allow the proposed merger between mobile operator O2, owned by Spanish telco Telefonica, and fixed operator Virgin Media. The regulator …
Juan Pedro Tomás
Juan Pedro Tomás
Juan Pedro covers Global Carriers and Global Enterprise IoT. Prior to RCR, Juan Pedro worked for Business News Americas, covering telecoms and IT news in the Latin American markets. He also worked for Telecompaper as their Regional Editor for Latin America and Asia/Pacific. Juan Pedro has also contributed to Latin Trade magazine as the publication's correspondent in Argentina and with political risk consultancy firm Exclusive Analysis, writing reports and providing political and economic information from certain Latin American markets. He has a degree in International Relations and a master in Journalism and is married with two kids.
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China ended the first quarter of the year with a total of 819,000 5G base stations, up from 771,000 5G sites at the end of 2020, according to a report …
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China Unicom Beijing and Huawei unveiled a 5G indoor ubiquitous gigabit network in the National Stadium in Beijing as a part of a joint 5G Capital initiative. Combining the …
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The Covid-19 pandemic would potentially delay the launch of 5G technology in India, Gopal Vittal, CEO of Indian telecommunications company Bharti Airtel said during a press conference. India has been …
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Nordic operator Telenor Group has partnered with Enea to deploy the latter’s cloud-native data management system in the operator’s multi-vendor Standalone (SA) 5G core initiative. Under the terms of the …
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Advanced RF Technologies (ADRF), which specializes in in-building Distributed Antenna System (DAS) and repeaters for public safety and commercial radio frequencies, announced the commercial availability of its PSR-U Series …
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Japanese carrier Rakuten Mobile signed two different agreements with compatriot companies Fujitsu and NEC to carry out joint efforts to develop and promote Open RAN solutions for the global market. …
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Infosys, a specialist in next-generation digital services and consulting, has collaborated with RXR Realty to build and deploy a smart building health and wellness solution running on Microsoft …
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UK mobile operator O2, owned by Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica, announced that its 5G network already reaches part of 180 towns and cities across the country. “O2 continued to invest …
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Dish has selected Oracle to enable a Service-Based Architecture (SBA) for its 5G core, the former said in a release. SBA, part of the 3GPP 5G standard, enables network services …
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Japanese mobile operator Rakuten Mobile said its 4G network already reaches 80% of the country’s population, with plans to reach 96% this summer. In a conference call with investors, Rakuten …
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DZS, which focuses on packet-based mobile transport, broadband access, network orchestration and cloud-native automation solutions, announced that QuadReal Property Group has leveraged DZS FiberLAN technology for the fiber-based digital …
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U.K. carrier EE, part of telecom group BT, has doubled its 5G footprint in the recent fiscal year, with its next-generation offering currently available in 160 towns and cities across …
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North American mobile industry standards group ATIS’ Next G Alliance announced the launch of its technical work program and the formation of the key working groups. The entity explained that …
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The Spanish subsidiary of German firm Siemens and Telef?nica Tech, Telef?nica?s holding company for digital businesses with high growth potential, will be offering the Spanish market their services and …
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South Korea’s mobile operators added a total of 2.61 million 5G subscribers in the first quarter of the year, according to data from the carrier’s earnings statements. Korean carrier KT …
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Japanese ICT company Fujitsu announced a strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS), to accelerate the digital transformation of the mobility industry. The Japanese firm said that …
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Millicom has selected Parallel Wireless for the deployment of O-RAN-compliant Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) architecture in Latin America. The O-RAN network will be deployed by Millicom’s subsidiary Tigo …
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Ericsson has expanded its indoor 5G portfolio, with additions including Ericsson Indoor Air 1279, an Ericsson Radio Dot 4459 small-cell radio and Ericsson Indoor Connect, a support offering for …
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Chilean mobile operator Movistar, owned by Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica, has selected Nokia to provide its AirScale portfolio to launch the operator’s 5G network in Chile. In addition, Nokia will …
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The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) rejected the appeals by the three main Chinese mobile carriers to a delisting related to a presidential order blocking U.S. investment in companies considered …
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U.S. distributed antenna system (DAS) and Wi-Fi provider Boingo Wireless ended the first quarter of the year with a total of 76 DAS venues live comprised of 41,500 DAS …
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The initial commercial deployments of 6G technology are forecast to take place between 2028 and 2029, according to global tech market advisory firm ABI Research. The research firm also said …
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AT&T announced the introduction of AT&T “5G+” at Seattle?s downtown football and soccer venue, Lumen Stadium. 5G+ is AT&T?s name for 5G delivered using millimeter wave spectrum. AT&T said …
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German operator Telefónica Deutschland/O2, which is controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, is bundling frequencies using carrier aggregation (CA) technology to raise speeds for customers on its 5G networks. “We are …
