Ofcom said that each lot will comprise a block of 200 megahertz
U.K. telecommunications regulator Ofcom has confirmed the details of the country’s first millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectrum auction.
In September, Ofcom announced that it will open the 26 GHz and 40 GHz spectrum bands to mobile...
Rakuten Mobile said it attracted 192,000 new mobile customers only in October
Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile expects to reach 8-10 million mobile subscribers by the end of 2024, the telco said in its earnings statement.
The telco added a total of 400,000 subscribers since August, ending...
A relatively low share of the 3.5 GHz band used for 5G connections can be a reason behind Canada's predicament, says Opensignal
According to new research from Opensignal, Canada lags behind other OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) members when it comes 5G download...
SK Telecom added nearly 400,000 5G subscribers during Q3
SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest telecom operator, ended the third quarter of the year with a total of 15.15 million subscribers in the 5G segment, up 21.5% from 12.5 million in the same period the previous...
Telefónica currently holds approximately 71.81% of the shares in Telefónica Germany
Spanish operator Telefónica has made a voluntary public acquisition offer to the shareholders of German telco Telefónica Germany to acquire up to 28.19% of Telefónica Deutschland shares, which are not already held by Telefónica.
The...
Huawei highlighted that 5G-Advanced networks provide ultra-high reliability and ultra-low latency
China Unicom and Huawei claim that they are installing a commercial 5G-Advanced production line that features ultra-high reliability and ultra-low latency at the Baoding automation technology branch of Chinese firm Exquisite Automotive Systems (EA),...
Customers in both the public and private sectors, as well as the telecom sector, are increasingly confident in 5G as a technology, according to a new survey commissioned by Boldyn Networks of users in the U.S., U.K. and Ireland. But many of them also...
One New Zealand said its 5G service is live in parts of Auckland, Hamilton, Bay of Plenty, Manawatū-Whanganui, Taranaki, Wellington, Christchurch, Queenstown and Southland
New Zealand carrier One New Zealand said it has reached an agreement to acquire Dense Air’s business with the aim of...
The local telecommunications regulator currently holds 400 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band
Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) Office said it is currently working on a spectrum management roadmap that could see auctions for the 3.5 GHz spectrum band for 5G...
The ABI Research director explained that 3GPP Release 18, which is branded as 5G-Advanced, will be frozen in March 2024
5G-Advanced is expected to introduce many new features that can help operators monetize their 5G networks, Dimitris Mavrakis, senior research director at ABI Research, told...
SK Telecom invested a total of $7.2 billion in U.S. startups Allganize and Imprimed
Korean carrier SK Telecom has invested a total of KRW 9.4 billion ($7.2 billion) in artificial intelligence (AI) startups Allganize and Imprimed, local newspaper The Korea Economic Daily reported.
As part of...
Vodafone Germany had inked a partnership with German railway operator Deutsche Bahn to boost 5G connectivity last year
Vodafone Germany has already built more than 225 mobile masts since the start of 2023 to upgrade communications on railways, the telco said in a release.
In April...
In a recent conference call, Nokia President and CEO Pekka Lundmark said that the vendor’s business continued to see benefit from 5G deployments in India
Finnish vendor Nokia is seeing a substantial demand for 5G equipment in India during the next two years, local newspaper...
The SoftBank executive noted that he expects 5G-Advanced technology to gradually be implemented into commercial network equipment after 2025
The main features of future 5G-Advanced networks are expected to include further improvements in the fundamental performance aspects of 5G, such as coverage, capacity and mobility,...
The 5G network transition is now underway to what many true believers would consider “real 5G:” the implementation of Standalone 5G with the cloud-native mobile packet core. While the initial rollout of 5G was focused on introducing 5G spectrum to boost capacity, 5G Standalone...
BSNL also said it aims to launch 5G in India in June 2024
Indian state-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is planning to launch its 4G service in December on a limited scale and then roll it out across the country by June...
The GSMA noted that 5G-Advanced will facilitate entirely new applications in areas such as smart transportation, smart cities and entertainment
The launch of future 5G-Advanced networks will enable telecom operators to monetize their previous investments in the 5G field, Barbara Pareglio, senior technical director, smart...
Virgin Media O2 will retain a 33.33% stake in Cornerstone upon completion of the transaction
U.K. telco Virgin Media O2 has reached an agreement to sell a 16.67% minority stake in its mobile tower joint venture, Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited, to the U.K.-based infrastructure fund,...
Ericsson was in charge of the deployment of DNB's 5G network infrastructure across Malaysia
Malaysian state-run 5G network Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) has launched what it claims to be the largest 5G experience center in the country in partnership with Swedish vendor Ericsson.
The main aim...
Ericsson said the toolkit is designed for telecommunications services providers to deliver use cases with high requirements on throughput, reliability and latency at agreed performance levels
Swedish vendor Ericsson has launched a new software toolkit with the main aim of strengthening 5G Standalone (SA) network...
The Fujitsu OLS “1FINITY” series adopted for the metro network's inter-station transmission lines
Japanese telco KDDI, Cisco Systems and Fujitsu announced the recent launch of operations of a metro, regional network that combines the IP layer network and optical transmission layer network for streamlined...
Telecom Infra Project Executive Director Kristian Toivo comes on the show to reflect on key learnings form the recent TIP-hosted Fyuz event in Madrid, in particular the industrialization of Open RAN. In addition to looking how buy-in from incumbent vendors can accelerate Open RAN...
Mobile communication has seamlessly woven into the fabric of our daily lives, significantly influencing how we live, play, and work. Given its critical role in modern society, it is vital to direct the progression in this sector towards a more sustainable future. 5G has...
India currently faces a telecom demand-supply gap of 2.41 million workers, a figure expected to rise 3.8 times by 2030
India will require a total of 22 million skilled workers in 5G-focused industries by 2025, in areas such as cloud computing, robots, and the Internet...
Testing will first be carried out technologies at a lab in Munich, and then in a commercial 5G network in Landsberg am Lech
Samsung Electronics and O2 Telefónica are jointly trialing advanced cloud-native virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) and Open RAN technologies in several lab and...
