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Huawei speeds up R&D investments to develop own technology: Report

  Chinese vendor Huawei announced its investments in research and development activities focused on its own technology will reach $20 billion this year, up compared to $15 billion in 2019, South China Morning Post reported Huawei’s CEO Ren Zhengfei as saying. “The U.S. will continue to...

Telefonica, TIM plan joint bid for Brazilian carrier Oi

Oi "sounding out the market" for potential sale of mobile business Brazilian telecommunications operators Telefonica Brasil and TIM Participações have expressed interest in negotiating a joint offer to buy the mobile business of bankrupt Brazilian telco Oi the two companies said in securities filings. Telefonica Brazil...

Rakuten Mobile unveils aggressive launch strategy, plans US expansion

  Japanese telco Rakuten Mobile, a unit of e-commerce giant Rakuten, has officially started accepting customer applications for its mobile service, scheduled to be launched next month. Rakuten Mobile is initially launching a single unlimited plan with free service over the first 12 months for 3...

Crown Castle to deploy 10,000 small cell nodes this year: CEO

  Crown Castle expects to deploy approximately 10,000 small cell nodes in 2020, the company's CEO Jay Brown said during a conference call with investors. “2019 was a terrific year, as we've successfully deployed approximately 10,000 small cell nodes,  making it the highest year of production...

Carrier aggregation es clave para coexistencia entre 4G y 5G: Ericsson

  Los operadores móviles han acelerado los despliegues de red 5G durante 2019, con una arquitectura non-standalone. Estos despliegues iniciales en regiones de América del Norte, Europa y Asia se han adelantado a las previsiones iniciales de la industria. Para conocer los motivos de esta...

Carrier aggregation is key to 4G and 5G coexistence: Ericsson

  Mobile operators have accelerated 5G network deployments during 2019, with a non-standalone architecture. These initial deployments in regions of North America, Europe and Asia have anticipated the initial forecasts of the industry. To learn about the reasons for this anticipation and Ericsson's vision of...

Telus to launch 5G network with Huawei by end-2020: Report

  Canadian mobile operator Telus will launch a 5G network in Canada later this year using equipment from Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies, Telus’ CFO Doug French said in an interview with the Financial Post. “We’re going to launch 5G with Huawei out of the gate,” the...

France to allow Huawei to take part in 5G network rollouts

  The French government confirmed that Chinese vendor Huawei would not be excluded from supplying equipment for local 5G networks, but could be subject to certain restrictions. “There is no discrimination towards Huawei… No, Huawei will not be excluded from the 5G in France,” Economy and...

America Movil to launch 5G in some Latin American markets this year

  Mexican telecom group America Movil, the telecoms giant controlled by the family of billionaire Carlos Slim,  expects to launch 5G technology in certain Latin American markets by the end of the year, the company’s CEO Daniel Hajj said during a conference call with investors. “In...

Bell to launch 5G services this year using Nokia’s RAN equipment: CEO

  Bell Canada expects to start the construction of its 5G network this year, using equipment from Finnish vendor Nokia, the company’s CEO Mirko Bibic said during a conference call with investors. “Nokia will be the first provider of 5G RAN equipment in our network. And...

Rogers Communications to deploy spectrum sharing tech this year: CEO

  Canadian carrier Rogers Communications expects to start deploying spectrum sharing technology later this year, the company’s CEO Joe Natale said during a conference call with investors. The executive said that the deployment of this technology will allow Rogers to use its current 4G spectrum for...

Huawei CEO: ‘We are more confident that we can survive further attacks’

  Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei said that the Chinese vendor is now “more confident” that it can survive further sanctions by the U.S. government. “This year, the U.S. might further escalate their campaign against Huawei, but I feel the impact on Huawei's business would not be...

U.S. government studies new rules to restrict shipments to Huawei: Report

  The U.S. government expects to soon publish a new rule that would expand its powers to block sales of foreign-made goods to Chinese vendor Huawei, Reuters reported, citing two sources with knowledge of the matter. In May 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce added Huawei...

Nokia reaches 63 5G contracts globally

  Finnish vendor Nokia announced that it has reached a total of 63 commercial 5G contracts worldwide. The company said that some of the customers include AT&T, KDDI, Korea Telecom, LG Uplus, NTT DOCOMO, O2, SK Telecom, SoftBank, Sprint, STC, T-Mobile US, Verizon, Vodafone Italy and...

Canada’s TeraGo to use Nokia gear in 5G fixed wireless trials

  Canadian telecommunications services provider TeraGo announced that it will start technical trials in the greater Toronto area and greater Golden Horseshoe area in the first quarter of 2020, using fixed wireless 5G millimeter wave equipment from Nokia. The trials will be conducted on the 24...

Verizon 5G service now live in Newport News Shipbuilding

Verizon announced that its millimeter wave-based 5G service is now live at Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) in Virginia. The carrier said that HII is America’s largest military shipbuilding company and its Newport News Shipbuilding division was seeking to...

Huawei files lawsuit against FCC’s Universal Service Fund restrictions

  Huawei Technologies filed a legal challenge against the new U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule barring domestic carriers from using U.S. government subsidies to purchase the Chinese company’s equipment In a petition filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Huawei...

Qualcomm ve un despliegue global de 5G más rápido de lo esperado

Operadores en regiones como Europa, Asia y Estados Unidos han comenzado la carrera del 5G con lanzamientos comerciales durante este año. RCR Wireless News entrevisto a Ignacio Contreras, director de marketing para 5G de Qualcomm, para conocer mas sobre la vision de la empresa sobre...

Huawei plans to shift research center from US to Canada: Report

  Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies announced plans to move the company’s current research and development center in the U.S. and relocate to Canada, The Globe and Mail reported the company’s founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei as saying. Ren revealed the initiative in an interview with the Canadian newspaper,...

Trump urges Apple to get involved in 5G rollouts

Trump meets with "Tim Apple" in Austin U.S. President Donald Trump urged Apple's CEO Tim Cook to see if the company could  get involved in the deployment of 5G infrastructure in the country. “I asked Tim Cook to see if he could get Apple involved in...

US government to extend Huawei’s temporary general license: Report

  The U.S. Commerce Department is expected to allow rural operators to continue doing certain transactions with Chinese vendor Huawei during an additional six-month period, Politico reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. Huawei, which had been blacklisted by the U.S. government in May, has been...

American Tower sees different layers for 5G coverage in the U.S: CEO

  American Tower expects the deployment of 5G in the U.S. will have different approaches considering specific topographic and population characteristics, the company’s President and CEO James Taiclet said during a conference call with investors. “In our view, 5G will likely have a number of layers...

U.S firms show initial interest in Huawei’s 5G licensing proposal: report

  Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies is in early-stage negotiations with a number of U.S. telecommunications firm regarding the potential licensing of its 5G technology to them, Reuters reported, citing a company executive. Vincent Pang, SVP and board director at Huawei, confirmed that some firms in the...

America Movil not in a hurry to launch 5G in Latin America: CEO

America Movil capex won't go to 5G for the next two years Mexican telecom group America Movil, the telecoms giant controlled by the family of billionaire Carlos Slim, is not expecting to increase capex in Latin America in the next two years because of 5G...