Around 95% of households across Germany can already access Deutsche Telekom's 5G network
German telecom operator Deutsche Telekom said that a total of 9,700 of its 5G antennas in 750 cities are currently transmitting on the 3.6 GHz spectrum band.
In a release, Deutsche Telekom said...
Ericsson said that this new facility is the company’s first 5G manufacturing facility in Southeast Asia
Swedish vendor Ericsson has inaugurated a new manufacturing facility in Malaysia in which the company will produce 5G radio equipment.
In a release, Ericsson said that this new facility is...
China Tower said its net profit in the first half of the year climbed 14.6% year-on-year to $674 million
China Tower ended the first half of 2023 with a total of 2.06 million towers under management, after a net addition of 6,000 sites during the...
In this special episode of Will 5G Change the World?, the tables are turned as guest host Catherine Sbeglia Nin, managing editor at RCR Wireless News, interviews RCR's Editor in Chief Sean Kinney. Kinney reflects on how the 5G as a world-changing force narrative...
Fixed wireless access (FWA) using sub-6 GHz spectrum has generated significant new revenue since 2021 for mobile network operators (MNOs) at the expense of the cable industry. This should be no surprise given research by Nokia in 2020 showing that consumers would be willing...
Rakuten Symphony and Veon will seek to accelerate the reconstruction of the country’s infrastructure, through collaboration on O-RAN
Rakuten Symphony has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with telecom operator Veon, with the aim of helping recovery of critical infrastructure in Ukraine, which has been...
T-Mobile also said it plans to expand the network slicing beta to additional application types and use cases in the future
T-Mobile US announced the launch of a network slicing beta for developers based on application type, with the aim of bringing new video calling...
The national roaming cooperation with Vodafone will include the provision of national roaming services in areas that are not yet covered by the new 1&1 mobile network
German carrier 1&1, owned by United Internet AG, said it has signed a long-term roaming deal with compatriot operator...
Mobile users experienced faster average download speeds on urban and rural highways than the overall national average, according to Opensignal report
Inspired by the growing popularity of road trips as a form of vacations in the U.S. Opensignal examined the mobile experience of its users as...
Qualcomm down double digits in handsets and IoT; automotive remains a growth driver
Qualcomm reported third quarter results this week; total revenues were down 23% from the same quarter last year to $8.45 billion with handset revenue down 25% and IoT revenue down 24%. The...
The 5G sites have been installed across 714 districts in India
Telecom operators in India have already installed over 300,000 5G mobile sites nationwide within 10 months of launch of the service, local press reported, citing the country’s union telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
The 5G sites...
Andy Purdy, chief security officer at Huawei USA, noted that the company has been increasing its focus on the provision of digital solutions for verticals
While the telecoms industry, at large, is pinning great hopes on public and private 5G for enterprises, many mobile operators...
CelcomDigi recently started its full-scale program to integrate and modernize its 4G network in Malaysia
Malaysian telco CelcomDigi has consolidated two clusters of networks in east Malaysia, the company said in a statement.
The Malaysian telco detailed that the network clusters were in Tuaran and Menggatal...
As networks rapidly evolve with the advancements in 5G, Open RAN, millimeter-wave, and midband spectrum technologies, ensuring seamless performance and user experience has become crucial for operators. How does testing keep pace? What are the key challenges that operators currently face in testing and...
Viavi claims industry first for RedCap performance validation
Viavi Solutions has debuted what it says is the industry's first 5G Reduced Capability (RedCap) device emulation for 5G network testing.
The solution leverages Viavi's TM500 network testing platform, which the company says is already used by...
Ericsson will shut down its self-provided U.S. field services operations as of October 1, and it's laying off more than 750 people from its North American workforce. The company cited costs and a downturn in market demand as the reason for its exit from...
Singytel said that this testbed enables companies to use 5G to trial and adopt new solutions
Singaporean telco Singtel, together with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) have launched a 5G aviation testbed at Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3’s airside.
The partners said that this...
Rakuten Mobile said it plans to introduce this technology for commercial 5G SA mobile networks in the future
Rakuten Mobile and Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) have completed a research and development project aimed at the commercial deployment of fully virtualized...
California-based compute software vendor Wind River has announced a couple of notable deals; it has deployed a fully-automated edge data centre for Finnish telco Elisa, and also struck a deal with China-based Horizon Robotics to collaborate on edge systems for advanced driver assist systems...
As a long-time independent technology analyst, I cover a lot ground and follow a lot of companies. Communications technology is my main focus, and the wireless world has increasingly become part of that, especially 5G. Along those lines, my travels recently took me to...
MTN received 700 MHz, 2.3 GHz, 2.6 GHz and E-band spectrum for the 5G network
On Friday, MTN Uganda became the first operator to launch a 5G network in East Africa, with coverage in Uganda's Kampala districts of Lugogo and Bugoloobi.
MTN received 700 MHz, 2.3...
In our role helping Communication Service Providers (CSPs) transition to cloud-native 5G networks, there’s a problem we run into time and again. Here’s how it goes:
A customer will deploy, say, a new network card for their servers. We’ll measure the performance and confirm that...
The company said it aims to deliver Gogo 5G in approximately mid-year 2024
Gogo Business Aviation recently announced another delay in the launch of its Gogo 5G system, due to a design error in a non-5G component of its chip, which it says was designed...
Sateliot noted that this achievement paves the way for massive access to connectivity everywhere in the planet
Satellite-based 5G narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) wholesaler Sateliot, which operates a Low-Earth orbit (LEO) 5G IoT satellite constellation, and Spanish operator Telefónica said they have successfully extended the reach...
Vodafone Idea is currently testing its 5G services across cities such as Delhi and Pune
Indian operators Vodafone Idea and Adani Data Networks have approached the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to request an extension for meeting the minimum obligation to launch 5G services in the...
