BROWSING: 5G

Radcom extends collaboration with Rakuten Mobile

The new AI-driven use cases will enable Rakuten Mobile to maintain quality of service and drive efficient network operations and network automation monitoring Radcom has renewed its multi-year collaboration with Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile, the former said in a release. The company noted that the extended...

O2 Telefonica, 5G Synergiewerk activate 5G street lights

O2 Telefonica said that the 5G infrastructure combines street lights and cell phone sites German operator O2 Telefónica, controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, and compatriot infrastructure provider 5G Synergiewerk have activated what they claim to be the first 5G street light in operation in Würzburg,...

Quectel expands RedCap offering with new 5G module

The new module is compatible with Quectel 4G module EG2x series modules with smaller sizes Global IoT company Quectel Wireless Solutions announced the commercial availability of its new 5G RedCap Sub-6 GHz LGA module, which will deliver 5G and 4G coverage. Based on Qualcomm Technologies's Snapdragon...

China ends February with over 3.5 million 5G base stations

According to MIIT data, 5G technologies have been integrated into 71 major economic categories in China Chinese operators have deployed over 3.5 million 5G base stations across China as of the end of February, local news agency Xinhua reported, citing the latest available data from...

India’s DoT launches experimental license for 5G use cases

The DoT has set up 5G use case labs within 100 institutes across India with the aim of building competencies and engagement in 5G technologies for students and startup communities India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has launched an experimental license module that will pave the...

Trai launches consultation process on new spectrum bands

Trai has sought views on pricing, allocation norms and payment terms for spectrum in the 37-37.5 GHz, 37.5-40 GHz and 42.5-43.5 GHz bands The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has recently launched a consultation process to sought stakeholders' views on the auction of...

Dell, Intel enabling open, vRAN

The latest Dell Technologies PowerEdge XR8000 telco-grade servers feature the Intel 4th Gen Xeon Scalable Processors with optional vRAN Boost With RAN modernization in the U.S. ongoing, and significant investment ramping in Europe and other markets, operators are increasingly focused on virtualization of radio access...

5G core power management for a lower cost, more sustainable solution

Casa Systems, Dell Technologies and Intel collaborate on a scale-up/scale-down approach to 5G core power management that doesn’t impact network performance Whatever the 5G use case is, one of the results for operators is the need to serve more throughput per subscriber. At the same...

AMD-powered Dell telco cloud servers to get NEBS certification

The Dell PowerEdge R7615 features AMD x86 cloud-native CPUs for telco cloud and network in power- and space-constrained environments At the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, a primary theme was the accelerating cloudification of telco networks in the move to 5G Standalone and decentralization...

Dell Technologies, NVIDIA combining AI and 5G at the edge

With a private network-ready solution, Dell Technologies is tapping NVIDIA AI acceleration for manufacturing use cases  Leveraging its expertise in enterprise IT at the edge, and layering in cellular connectivity and AI processing powered by partner NVIDIA, Dell Technologies is looking to help industrial enterprises...

Edge sustainability in the era of AI and disaggregated RAN

As operators move on net-zero goals, the distribution of compute out of data centers could enable new use cases, new business models and new sustainability benefits Mobile network architectures have been changing as operators look to gain deployment flexibility and vendor choice with radio access...

Six cloud-native best practices (and four steps to implementation) from Orange

Orange sees its cloud-native reinvention as setting the stage for the ultimate move to AI-native networking As it relates to how telecom networks were built and operated, not much changed between 1990 and 2010; physical networks were (and some still are) built using specialized, proprietary...

Deals, demos, delays and disappointments in 5G NTN (Part 1)

The interest in cellular non-terrestrial network technology and the business opportunity is reflected in the amount of activity in the space in recent years, as 3GPP 5G standards work has built momentum toward convergence of satellite and cellular networks and raised the possibility of...

Four market predictions for 5G NTN (and four phases of direct-to-cellular)

With both the satellite industry and the cellular industry trying to figure out which use cases, services and business models should shape their approach to converged 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN), what do analysts have to say about the market opportunity? There have already been...

O2 Telefonica trials 5G RedCap technology in Munich

O2 Telefonica said it is working with module and device manufacturers to drive development of RedCap technology German telco O2 Telefónica, which is controlled by Spanish operator Telefonica, said it is currently trialing 5G Reduced Capability (RedCap) technology. In a release, the operator noted that it...

Aramco and GCT Semiconductor sign 5G, AI deal in Saudi Arabia

GCT CEO said that the partnership with Aramco prioritizes 'future-focused AI-driven modem features' Saudi Arabian state-owned Oil Group Aramco signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with chip company GCT Semiconductor to bolster the country’s 4G and 5G ecosystem through the development of mission-critical and public safety networks. While...

FCC takes ‘cautious’ approach to network slicing in proposed net neutrality rules

Draft rules decline to broadly classify network slicing technology The draft net neutrality rules that the Federal Communications Commission will vote on later this month, don't take a position on whether network slicing technology would fundamentally and inherently be regulated by those rules. The draft...

MasOrange commits to invest $4.3 billion in Spain after merger

MasOrange aims to increase its 5G coverage to above 90% of the Spanish population MasOrange, Spain's largest mobile operator as a result of the merger between local carriers Orange Spain and Masmovil, plans to invest 4 billion euros ($4.31 billion) in the European country within...

India postpones spectrum auction due to general elections

In the upcoming auction, 5G airwaves in 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1.8 GHz MHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.3 GHz, 2.5 GHz, 3.3 GHz and 26 GHz bands will be put up for sale India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) decided to postpone its upcoming spectrum auction from...

UK regulator launches in-depth probe into Vodafone-Three merger

The CMA recently highlighted that it has concerns that the proposed Vodafone-Three merger could lead to mobile customers facing higher prices and reduced quality The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has confirmed it will launch, as expected, a Phase 2 investigation into the proposed...

Vodafone Germany expands 5G SA network in Q1

Vodafone said that around half of the population in Germany is now connected to its 5G SA network German operator Vodafone completed more than 1,200 construction projects within the first quarter of the year, effectively expanding its 5G Standalone (5G SA) network, the telco said...

5G to drive Singapore mobile service revenue to over $2bn in 2028

The report stated that the overall mobile services revenues in Singapore are forecast to expand at a CAGR of 3% during the 2023-2028 period The increasing adoption of 5G services in Singapore is expected to boost its mobile data service revenue growth, which will in...

Vodafone supplies 5G to new Digital Catapult innovation lab in Newcastle

Digital Catapult, organising national tech innovation centres on behalf of Innovate UK, the UK government’s innovation agency, has recruited operator Vodafone to connect up its newest 5G innovation lab in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in the northeast of the country. Vodafone has been appointed as “delivery partner”...

Vodafone Spain to locate O-RAN facility in its Malaga hub

Vodafone Spain said the hub will have 1,000 employees at the end of 2024 Spanish telco Vodafone announced plans to locate what it claims to be Spain's largest laboratory for Open RAN (O-RAN) networks in its technology center in Malaga. The telco noted that this plan...

Reliance Jio reaches 100 million 5G subscribers: Report

Jio and rival telco Bharti Airtel initially launched 5G services in October 2022 Indian telco Reliance Jio Infocomm has exceeded the 100 million subscribers in the 5G segment, local newspaper The Economic Times reported. The report also stated that rival operator Bharti Airtel currently has nearly...