Chinese vendor ZTE posted a CNY860 million ($128.2 million) profit for the first quarter of the year, compared with a loss of CNY5.4 billion in Q1 2018.
Operating revenue of CNY22.2
billion in Q1 2019 was down 19.3% from CNY27.5 billion in the same quarter...
Chinese mobile operator China
Unicom announced plans to launch a 5G trial network in seven major cities
across the country, local press reported.
The carrier said that the trials
will be carried in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Hangzhou
and urban Xiong’an New Area.
The carrier’s
chairman, Wang Xiaochu, confirmed at...
The U.K. government has cleared Chinese company Huawei to participate in parts of the country’s 5G rollouts, The Daily Telegraph reported.
Huawei will be kept away from sensitive core elements of the 5G infrastructure, according to the report.
The decision to allow Huawei to participate in 5G...
Chinese vendor Huawei has launched what it claims to be the world’s first 5G-powered hardware for self-driving cars.
The Chinese firm launched the MH5000 module, based on its Balong 5000 5G chip, at the Shanghai Auto Show. “Based on this chip, Huawei has developed the...
Huawei posted revenues of CNY179.7 billion ($26.8 billion) in the first quarter of 2019, an increase of 39% year-on-year, the company said in a release.
The vendor's net profit margin in Q1 2019 was about
8%, slightly higher compared to the same period last year.
“Huawei maintained...
Ericsson aims to obtain a share of 5G contracts in the Chinese market once local carriers start to deploy the technology, the company’s president and CEO Börje Ekholm said during a conference call with investors.
“Our
estimate is that they will commence rollouts in the later...
Korean telco SK Telecom has signed an agreement with the Korea Military Academy (KMA) for the provision of innovative technologies, including 5G, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), the company said in a statement.
Under the terms of the deal, SK Telecom and the...
China’s government said at a meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that Australia’s restriction on Chinese 5G technology was “obviously discriminative” and appeared to break global trade rules, Reuters reported.
China’s representative at the WTO’s Council on Trade in Goods said measures to restrict...
Korean carrier KT Corp has officially launched commercial 5G services in the Asian nation, the telco said in a statement.
KT Corp claimed to be the first service provider in the country to offer unlimited data plans without a speed cap, allowing subscribes to have...
Japan's government has approved plans by the country’s four mobile carriers to build 5G wireless networks with investment set to reach JPY 1.6 trillion ($14.4 billion) over the next five years, the Nikkei Asian Review reported.
Applications submitted by NTT DoCoMo, KDDI, SoftBank and e-commerce...
Samsung Electronics has already
provided a total of 53,000 5G radio base stations to Korea’s
three mobile operators, the Asian vendor said in a statement.
Samsung Electronics said that 5G service is now commercially available to consumers and enterprises from all three mobile carriers in 85 cities...
Chinese vendor ZTE has partnered with a regional branch of China Mobile to launch a marine broadband satellite solution.
ZTE said that this new broadband satellite solution, dubbed "Heweitong," can solve the common problems of marine communication, such as poor coverage, slow data rate, and...
Korean carrier SK Telecom has officially launched commercial 5G services across the country, the telco said in a statement.
SK Telecom said that nationwide coverage is being offered through a total of 34,000 5G base stations in 85 cities.
The company has rolled out its 5G...
Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo has reached an agreement with enterprises and organizations in the United States and Israel as well as Japan, to collaborate in trials involving a 5G mobile test network established in Guam, the telco said in a statement.
NTT DoCoMo highlighted that...
ZTE expects profits for the first quarter to reach almost $179 million
Chinese vendor ZTE Corporation forecasted a first quarter profit of up to CNY 1.2 billion ($178.18 million) as it recovers from sanctions imposed by the U.S. government in 2018.
Shares of ZTE rose as...
The two partners said they will build solutions for predictable performance and high availability
Ericsson has signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding with Korean telco SK Telecom to focus on possible enhancements and optimization enabled by cloud native micro-services-based principles, the Swedish vendor said in...
The Swedish vendor has been selected by Koran carrier KT, while ZTE inked a 5G MoU with Malaysian telco U Mobile
Korean carrier KT has awarded Ericsson a 5G commercial contract to enable the nationwide launch of commercial 5G services in Korea.
Korean operators are expecting...
The industry association said 5G connections in China are expected to 460 million by 2025
China’s mobile ecosystem added CNY5.2 trillion ($750 billion) in value to the country’s economy in 2018, equivalent to 5.5% of China’s GDP last year, according to a new GSMA report.
China’s...
The European vendor will install several technologies including Single RAN, massive MIMO and small cells
Indian carrier Vodafone Idea has inked a partnership Nokia for the deployment of a LTE network across multiple service areas.
As part of the agreement, Nokia will deploy Single RAN Advanced,...
The Chinese vendor said the own proprietary OS would be used as a Plan B if an eventual ban prohibits the use of Android and Windows
Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies confirmed that it has a proprietary operating systems for both smartphones and computers, which the...
The South Korean telco also unveiled its Mobile Edge Computing Open Platform for enterprise customers
SK Telecom and Samsung Electronics have completed a network device interoperability test that applies dual connectivity technology, using both 4G and 5G networks provided by Samsung.
This technology is also known...
The Parliament said European states should develop guidance on how to tackle cyber threats when procuring 5G equipment
The European Parliament has passed a resolution calling for the European Union to take action on potential security threats linked to China's growing technological presence in Europe,...
Germany recently implemented stricter measures for all vendors but ruled out a ban of Huawei equipment
The U.S. government has told German authorities that it would limit intelligence sharing between the two countries if Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies is allowed to take part in Germany’s...
China’s three mobile carriers are currently carrying out 5G field trials in urban areas across the Asian country
China is expected to invest CNY900 billion-CNY1.5 trillion billion ($134 billion - $223 billion) in the deployment of 5G networks during the 2020-2025 period, Digitimes reported, citing...
