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SK Telecom targets corporate customers with future 5G SA network: report

  Korean carrier SK Telecom said it expects to target clients in the corporate segment once it expands its 5G network later this year with standalone architecture, local newspaper Korea JoongAng Daily reported. According to the report, SK Telecom aims to launch its 5G SA network...

M1 launches 5G services in limited areas of Singapore

  Singaporean operator M1 launched its 5G non-standalone (NSA) network in parts of Singapore, the telco said in a release. M1 claimed to be the first operator in Singapore to offer 5G access to all its customers, without any limitation on the number of sign-ups or...

Huawei has enough stock of chips for its telco business: rotating chairman

  Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies currently holds sufficient stock of chips for the company’s network equipment businesses to overcome supply chain obstacles raised by U.S. sanctions, rotating chairman Guo Ping said during a media rountable at Huawei Connect event in Shanghai, China. The executive also noted...

Rakuten, Tech Mahindra cooperate to boost Rakuten’s RCP platform

  Tech and business services company Tech Mahindra and Japanese mobile operator Rakuten Mobile have reached an agreement in which the former has been appointed as a preferred partner for global go-to-market opportunities for the Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP). Under the agreement, Tech Mahindra will provide...

Intel secures license to continue supplying products to Huawei: Report

  Intel has secured licenses from U.S. authorities to continue supplying certain products to Chinese vendor Huawei, Reuters reported, citing an Intel spokesman. According to the report,  the licenses are now required to make a transaction with Huawei or a listed affiliate involving any equipment using...

Korea’s KT sets four 5G test facilities for SMEs

  Korean carrier KT has  announced plans to build 5G test facilities nationwide as part of the government’s initiative to support companies developing new services using 5G technology, Korean press reported. The KRW 28.5 billion (US$24.2 million) project is expected to be completed by 2023 and...

Nokia digitalizes 100% of 5G network deployments

  Nokia announced it has digitalized 100% of its 5G network deployments around the world, with the aim of providing agility and transparency to customers globally. Through the use of digitalization, machine learning and automation, Nokia said that it aims to simplify the deployment of the...

Comba Telecom supplies 5G base station antennas to 3 Hong Kong

  Network infrastructure provider Comba Telecom says that it has teamed up with mobile operator 3 Hong Kong  to implement comprehensive 5G mobile network coverage, the former said in a release. 3 Hong Kong is the mobile arm of Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Limited. Under the...

SK Telecom, Samsung, HPE, Intel partner on 5G NFV development

  Korean carrier SK Telecom and compatriot company Samsung Electronics announced that they signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Intel for cooperation in the commercialization of an evolved 5G network functions virtualization platform. Under the terms of the agreement, the...

Beijing becomes second Chinese city to reach full 5G coverage

  Beijing has become the second city in China to achieve full coverage of 5G technology, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. As of the end of July, Chinese operators had installed a total of 44,000 5G base stations...

Chinese telcos have already deployed 480,000 5G base stations

  Chinese carriers have already deployed a total of 480,000 5G base stations, which represents 96% of the country’s target for the year of 500,000, according to government data. China also ended August with approximately 100 million devices connected to 5G networks in mainland China, according...

Korean carriers, government create task force to boost 5G in rural regions

  South Korea's three mobile operators and the government launched a task force with the main aim of helping expand 5G coverage into rural areas of the country, local news agency Yonhap reported. The task force has the main goal of allowing roaming network sharing among...

South Korea reaches 8 million 5G subscribers at end-July

  South Korea’s 5G users reached 7.86 million in July, up 487,190 from the previous month, according to the latest data from the country’s Ministry of Science and ICT. 5G subscribers accounted for 11.3% of the 69.8 million mobile subscriptions in South Korea. The country’s 4G users...

Singtel launches NSA 5G network in Singapore

  Singaporean operator Singtel has launched its 5G non-standalone (NSA) network and introduced a three-month trial for its consumer and enterprise customers. Singtel’s 5G NSA network will use spectrum in the 3.5 GHz frequency as well as existing 2.1 GHz spectrum, while employing advanced technologies such...

Sky Drone, China Mobile Hong Kong ink deal for 5G drones

  Sky Drone and China Mobile Hong Kong (CMHK) have signed a memorandum of understanding with the aim of fostering 5G connectivity of drones as part of the work of China Mobile’s 5G innovation center. China Mobile Hong Kong has set up a 5G innovation center...

Ericsson, Elisa carry out 5G Standalone trial in Finland

  Ericsson and Finnish mobile operator Elisa have established what they claim to be the first end-to-end 5G Standalone connection in Finland, the vendor said in a release. Ericsson also said that this milestone also represents the first 5G standalone pilot in the Nordic region and...

China Broadcasting Network gets funding injection for 5G rollout

  China Broadcasting Network Corp (CBN), a cable TV operator and a new entrant in China's telecom sector, has received investments of more than CNY100 billion ($14.5 billion) from 47 companies, including 11 new investors, Chinese press reported. With the addition of these new Chinese investors,...

Chinese telcos deploy over 32,000 5G base stations in Sichuan

  Chinese mobile operators had deployed a total of 32,681 5G base stations in Sichuan Province by July, state news agency Xinhua reported, citing an official report. According to the report, total investments in 5G deployments in this province already reached CNY11.32 billion ($1.65 billion). The report...

India’s Jio targets Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia for its 5G kit: Report

  Indian digital services company Jio Platforms, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, may target West Asia, Eastern Europe and Southeast Asian regions as markets for its self-developed 5G technology kit after it tests and scales it up in India, Indian newspaper The Economic Times reported. The...

Optus completes 2.3 GHz + 3.5 GHz 5G carrier aggregation call

  Australian operator Optus has completed what it claims to be the world’-s first 2.3 GHz + 3.5 GHz 5G non-standalone carrier aggregation call, the company said in a release. The call -- made in Sydney, in collaboration with Ericsson and using Samsung’s Galaxy S20 5G...

Australia’s TPG Telecom accelerates 5G deployment

  Australian operator TPG Telecom announced plans to accelerate its 5G rollout over the next 12 months, with over 85% of the population in the country’s six largest cities expected to be served by the end of next year. The company, which was formed through the...

China Mobile adds almost 14 million 5G subscribers in July

  China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added 13.85 million 5G subscribers in July, the telco said on its website. The operator said it ended July with a total of 84.05 million 5G subscribers, compared to 6.7 million 5G customers in January. China...

Chinese vendors slow down installation of 5G sites in China: Report

  Chinese vendors Huawei Technologies and ZTE have been slowing down their 5G base station installation in the country, the Nikkei Asian Review reported. According to the report, the two Chinese vendors told some of its suppliers to slow down shipments of some 5G base station-related...

StarHub launches 5G service trial in Singapore

  Singapore carrier StarHub launched a 5G trial service in the country using the Nonstandalone (NSA) 5G architecture. The operator also announced plans to launch its commercial standalone (SA) network by mid-2021 in partnership with Nokia. The 5G SA network will run on 3.5 GHz spectrum. In...