The Indian telco will own 30 megahertz in the 2.3 GHz band once the acquisition if fully completed.
Indian telecommunications company Bharti Airtel signed an agreement to acquire Tikona Digital Networks' 4G business for $244 million. The acquisition will allow Bharti Airtel to increase its...
SoftBank 5G tests ongoing in 4 GHz and 4.5 GHz bands
Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank recently acquired a license to expand tests of 5G communications in the 28 GHz band. The company already has already begun testing 5G in the 4 GHz and 4.5 GHz...
Regulator looks to open up 5G spectrum during 2019 and 2020.
Hong Kong’s Communications Authority announced plans to open up new spectrum for "5G" services in the 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands in 2019, and in the 3.4 GHz to 3.7...
China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom initially began launching LTE services in 2013.
China’s three largest mobile telecommunication operators count more than 800 million LTE subscribers, according to the latest available figures from carriers China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom. ...
The LPWAN solution uses IoT, cloud computing and big data technologies.
ZTE announced its new smart street solution, dubbed “Smart Street 2.0. The solution was unveiled at the CeBIT exposition in Hannover, Germany, and is the second generation of ZTE’s low-powered wide area network solution...
Reliance and Aircel initially signed a merger agreement in September 2016.
Indian telecommunications firms Reliance Communications and Aircel obtained approval to merge their operations from the Securities and Exchange Board of India. The deal has already garnered approval from the Bombay Stock Exchange...
Vast majority of BSNL’s current customer base are connected to the carrier’s 2G network.
Indian state-owned mobile network operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited announced plans to replace approximately 28,000 legacy 2G base stations with new 3G/4G-compatible equipment, Indian press reported. According to BSNL...
The subsea cable solution will use Retelit’s AAE-1 landing station in Bari, Italy.
Retelit, a provider of infrastructure and data services, and global voice carrier BICS announced a joint subsea cable connectivity solution that will link Europe via Bari, Italy, to...
Huawei focus areas include connected drones, cloud VR, AR, wireless robotics and connected cars.
BARCELONA, Spain – Huawei unveiled details about the operation of its X Labs during a roundtable at the Mobile World Congress 2017. A number of companies including Intel, GE, Bosch Connected...
Connected factory trial is currently focused on production line monitoring and materials tracking use cases.
China Mobile and Ericsson said they are carrying out a connected factory trial at the plant of Ericsson’s subsidiary Ericsson Panda Communication, in the city of Nanjing,...
Nokia said the data center interconnect solutions will link seven facilities.
Nokia said it is providing Chinese phone maker and internet service provider Xiaomi with a fiber optic network to link seven data centers in the Beijing region.
For the project, Nokia is providing...
China Mobile states plans to begin large-scale precommercial 5G technology trials in 2019.
BARCELONA, Spain – China Mobile said it will launch a new phase of its “5G” field trials this year, according to Liu Guangyi, CTO of wireless development at China...
Huawei claims the SOC 2.0 5G solution will provide on-demand services for all vertical industries.
BARCELONA, Spain – Huawei launched its Service-Oriented Core 2.0 platform, which it explained is a “5G” core solution for commercial use cases.
Huawei said the SOC 2.0 platform...
Telecom giant NTT DoCoMo said it's looking to launch commercial 5G services in 2020.
BARCELONA, Spain – NTT DoCoMo confirmed plans to launch a “5G” trial in May covering two districts in Tokyo.
During a presentation at the Huawei Digital Transformation Forum at...
Transaction will see Bharti acquire full control of Telenor India and is expected to close within the next year.
Indian telecommunications provider Bharti Airtel agreed to acquire full control of Telenor's Indian operation. The transaction is expected to allow Bharti Airtel...
The combined entity, led by Vodafone India, would have almost 400 million subscribers.
Vodafone and Indian operator Idea Cellular are reportedly close to reaching an agreement to merge their India operations, according to local press.
According to the reports, both operators are expected to announce...
The move is part of the Chinese firm to expand operations in the APAC region
Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has more than doubled the capacity of its data center in Hong Kong to help the firm meet...
Huawei is using the upgrade to pave the way for the commercial launch of 5G services
China Mobile Hong Kong (CMHK) and Chinese vendor Huawei have successfully migrated the telco’s services to a NFV-based cloud core network for commercial use.
China Mobile Hong Kong claims to...
Japanese firm EneCom will distribute Nokia G.fast fixed ultra-broadband access technology.
Nokia signed a distributor agreement with Energia Communications to sell its G.fast fixed broadband access technology in Japan.
G.fast is designed to deliver fiber-like speeds over copper cable over short...
5G trial reached a peak rate of 3.6 Gbps for a connected car traveling at 170 kph.
SK Telecom, Ericsson and BMW Korea witnessed peak data rates of 3.6 gigabits per second to a connected vehicle traveling at 170 kph. The test was...
The Asia-Pacific region is currently very active in terms of "5G" trials as vendors and mobile operators are carrying out tests with the aim to launch commercial networks before 2020.
South Korean operators are among the most active players in the field, with the country's...
SK Telecom reported operating revenue of $3.82 billion.
South Korean operator SK Telecom said it ended 2016 with 21.07 million LTE subscribers, surging 11.1% year-on-year, according to the telco’s earnings release. SK Telecom also said 21.87 million of its customers were using smartphones at...
5G technology is currently being reviewed by ITU member countries.
Korean telecommunications operator KT said its pilot "5G" technology has been adopted as the draft international standard by the International Telecommunication Union.
KT said the networking technology being adopted was introduced last March at...
Vodafone said its share in Indus Tower will not be included in a deal
UK mobile telecommunications group Vodafone confirmed it is negotiating about potentially merging its Indian business with rival mobile operator Idea Cellular.
Vodafone issued a brief statement in which the telco said it is...