The proposed merger between Rogers and Shaw was initially announced on March 15, 2021
Canadian telcos Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications announced that their proposed merger is expected to close before April 7, after receiving final regulatory approval from the Canadian government.
On March 31, the...
China Mobile said its revenue from the 5G dedicated network segment grew 107.4% year-on-year in 2022
China Mobile had signed over 18,000 agreements for 5G commercial projects across multiple sectors by the end of 2022. In a statement, the telco said that the total value...
Verizon Business is working with local logistics and supply chain operators for the deployment of private 5G networks
Verizon Business is seeing growth opportunities in the private 5G market in India, said Robert Le Busque, regional VP of Asia Pacific at Verizon Business Group in...
Belgian private network provider and industrial connectivity specialist Citymesh has said its smart-city consortium project with the city of Wavre in Belgium has received a €3.9 million grant from the European Digital Fund to build a private 5G network to make the city, a...
This report, a companion to the 5G Monetization Forum, aggregates, analyzes and contextualizes the wide-ranging discussions from expert speakers, including technology buyers, sellers, policy makers and innovators developing the solutions that will deliver meaningful change for enterprises and, in turn, create new revenue opportunities...
Huawei said its investment in R&D represented 25.1% of total revenues last year
Huawei increased its investment in R&D and expanded its R&D staff last year as part of the vendor’s efforts to stabilize its business amid the sanctions imposed by the U.S. government
Huawei’s CFO...
DNB is a special-purpose vehicle set up by the Malaysian government with the main goal of deploying and managing Malaysia’s 5G network
The government of Malaysia expects to announce its decision on the role of state-backed 5G wholesale provider Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) in the...
The report noted that this 5G coverage was reached by Spanish mobile operators using spectrum in the 3.5 GHz and 700 MHz bands
Spain ended the first half of 2022 with a 5G coverage of 58.12%, according to a report by the country’s Ministry of...
BSNL expects to cover all telecom circles in India with its 4G services by the end of March 2024
Indian state-owned telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) has already launched 4G services in a few locations across India and expects to expand its 4G footprint...
Vodafone Idea noted that the private LTE PoC is based on technology from Nokia
Indian telco Vodafone Idea Limited and L&T Smart World & Communication (SWC) have inked a partnerhsip to establish a use case of private LTE enterprise network in India.
Under the terms of...
So far, 15 vendors and 36 O-RAN products have collaborated with SONIC Labs
U.K. digital accelerator Digital Catapult, working with telecommunications regulator Ofcom, has announced the opening of its new Open RAN (O-RAN) testing facilities as part of the SONIC Labs program.
SONIC Labs is...
Nokia said that Docomo deployed the vendor's 7750 SR-14s core routers as part of this project
Finnish vendor Nokia announced it will enhance Japanese telco NTT DoCoMo’s nationwide IP core backbone and enable transport network slicing as it rolls out new 5G mobile services.
Nokia noted...
LitePoint's Adam Smith on observations of trends at MWC
While anticipation for the shiny new 5G tech on the block was the driving theme for the previous several years of Mobile World Congress Barcelona shows, this year there was a shift, arguably one with...
Cisco said that the initial use cases and trials are starting to emerge in India
Cisco is working with telecom operators in India for the monetization of 5G use cases, primarily private 5G as a service model, local newspaper The Economic Times reported, citing Anand...
The GSMA report also forecasts that licensed cellular IoT connections in China will reach 3.6 billion by 2030
China ended 2022 with 1.84 billion cellular IoT connections in 2022, a GSMA report showed, citing figures from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
According to...
With global 5G deployments accelerating, industries from healthcare to manufacturing to mining are in midst of a digital metamorphosis. They are all trying to compete and innovate through the usage of wireless 5G, and of other disruptive technologies like AI, Cloud, and IoT. The...
GSMA said that the number of 5G base stations in China exceeded 2.3 million at the end of 2022
China is forecasted to reach 1 billion 5G subscribers by 2025, while the number of 5G users by 2030 is expected to reach 1.6 billion, according...
Last week, Bharti Airtel announced the launch of unlimited 5G data for its customers with the aim of encouraging them migrate to 5G services
India’s largest telecommunications operator Bharti Airtel said its 5G service is available to customers in 500 cities in the country after...
Terago said this 5G private network will allow researchers to test and develop new advanced manufacturing technologies
Canadian provider Terago says it has have deployed Canada's first 5G mmWave private network dedicated to Industry 4.0 research in McMaster's new Manufacturing Research Institute (MMRI) in Hamilton,...
AT&T has marked five years of network building in the US with a press note about what $140 billion of infrastructure investment gets you – in terms of best-of awards for coverage, reliability, and support for emergency services, and how higher-performance fiber and cellular...
Bharti Airtel said it will reach 4,000 cities across India with 5G by June
Indian operator Bharti Airtel aims to cover all urban areas across India with its 5G by September 2023, ahead of its earlier target of March 2024, local newspaper The Economic Times...
ABI Research also highlighted that North America, Western Europe, and Asia Pacific regions are driving 5G FWA deployments
5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) subscriptions are forecast to reach 72 million by 2027, representing 35% of the total FWA market, according to a recent report by...
China Mobile ended February with 639.1 million 5G package subscribers after the telco added a total of 16.6 million 5G subscribers during the month
China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator in terms of subscribers, will reduce its 5G capex this year, according to its...
Traditional network KPIs need to be realigned as the importance of sustainable 5G becomes top of mind
From the advent of cellular networks until present, the majority of operators have focused investment and analysis on network key performance indicators (KPIs) that speak to the ability...
Far EasTone Telecommunications had announced it would merge with Asia Pacific Telecom in a stock-swap deal last year
Taiwanese operator Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) said it is seeking to axe at least 5,000 base stations currently operated by Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) to avoid coverage...
