Japanese mobile operator Rakuten Mobile, a unit of e-commerce giant Rakuten, said it has received approval from the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications for its special radio station deployment …
Infineon Technologies has launched its new XENSIV predictive maintenance evaluation kit, the firm said in a release. The kit was co-developed with IoT service provider Klika Tech and is …
The U.K.’s competition authority dismissed concerns that a merger of mobile operator O2 and fixed operator Virgin Media would have negative implications on wholesale services, provisionally clearing the proposed deal …
New Zealand operator 2degrees has announced a partnership with Ericsson to launch a 5G network in the country, the telco said in a release. The company said that the initial …
Chinese vendor Huawei is not expecting the Biden administration to remove the company from the Entity List, the company’s rotating chairman, Eric Xu, said during a session with journalists at …
Vodafone Germany launched its 5G standalone (SA) network in partnership with Ericsson, Nokia, Qualcomm and OPPO. Vodafone upgraded 1,000 sites to SA 5G, covering 170 cities and municipalities via 3.5 …
U.S. distributed antenna system (DAS) and Wi-Fi provider Boingo Wireless has joined the Qualcomm Smart Cities Accelerator Program. ?Boingo powers smart cities from the inside out. You cannot have …
IHS Holding Limited (IHS Towers), one of the largest independent owners, operators and developers of shared telecommunications infrastructure, has acquired Centennial Towers’ Brazilian and Colombian tower operations. The acquisition brings …
German government announces financing for 6G technologies The German government plans to provide up to 700 million euros ($833 million) in financing for research into 6G technologies by 2025. In …
U.S. wireless infrastructure provider Mobilitie is bringing 5G wireless to CURE Insurance Arena. The 11,000 seat CURE Insurance Arena hosts concerts and sporting events and is the largest arena …
Japanese carrier Rakuten Mobile said it attracted over 3.9 million applications for its mobile service since it launched its 4G offering one year ago. The telco launched a new promotional …
India’s largest operator, Bharti Airtel, announced the launch of an integrated IoT platform for local enterprises. The telco said that the platform, dubbed “Airtel IoT” is an end-to-end platform …
Hong Kong operator HKT says it has built a 5G Standalone (SA) network architecture capable of network slicing which supports industrial grade applications. In a release, HKT noted that its …
AT&T is collaborating with Boingo to improve fan experience at the Vivint Arena with the introduction of its AT&T 5G+ offering, the carrier said in a statement. The operator …
U.K. carrier EE, part of telecom group BT, announced that it has switched on 5G technology in 35 additional cities and towns across the country. Some of the new cities …
Korean tech giant LG said it recently partnered with U.S.-based test and measurement firm Keysight Technologies and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), with the aim of …
U.S. IoT firm Pelion, a subsidiary of Arm, announced a partnership with global smart building specialist Johnson Controls, to accelerate innovation in connectivity, security and intelligence at the edge …
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Epidemic Task Force released an updated statement on the airborne transmission of the novel coronavirus in buildings. ?Airborne transmission …
The president of Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel), Leonardo Euler, said that the publication of the 5G auction notice would probably occur in July or August, Brazilian IT site Teletime …
Finnish vendor Nokia and Australian operator Optus claimed a record aggregate site throughput after hitting download rates of 10Gbps using 800MHz of mmWave spectrum at a live 5G site in …
France had a total of 22,857 5G authorized sites as of April 1, of which 12,213 were declared technically operational by the local mobile operators, according to the latest information …
Wireless backhaul provider Ceragon Networks says it has been selected by Brazilian carrier TIM to participate in the joint work being carried out with the Telecom Infra-Project (TIP) and the …
Siemens Smart Infrastructure has updated its Desigo CC smart building management platform to version V5.0, which will allow the software to be open for more systems and devices, the …
Japanese company Fujitsu announced the start of of operations of a private 5G network at its Oyama plant in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. In a release, Fujitsu said that the …
China is forecast to reach 739 million 5G subscribers by 2025, according to a recent study by ABI Research. This figure would represent nearly 40% of the global market share …
