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Chinese tech company OPPO has established a pre-research team to conduct preliminary research on yet-to-be-standardized 6G service and technology requirements, key technologies, and system features, the firm said in a …

Japanese carrier Rakuten Mobile said it has successfully verified data transfer on a 5G Standalone (SA) mobile network with the collaboration of Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) at Tokyo …

Chinese operators have already deployed a total of 916,000 5G base stations, accounting for 70% of the world’s total, according to Chinese newspaper Global Times. Also, according to data provided …

Approximately 520 mobile users in Korea have recently filed a joint lawsuit against the country’s three main mobile operators due to the alleged low quality of 5G mobile services, local …

China Broadcast Network (CBN), China’s newest mobile carrier, has launched a tender for the radio access portion of its national 5G network, Chinese press reported. The tender, which seeks the …

Taiwan is expected to reach a 5G penetration rate of nearly 30% by the end of this year, local new site Digitimes reported, citing industry sources. According to the report, …

South Korea ended May with a total of 15.84 million 5G subscribers, local newspaper Korea Herald reported, citing data from the Ministry of Science and ICT. 5G subscribers at the …

South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT has announced it will award 28 GHz and sub-6 GHz spectrum in November to boost the use of 5G-related services across the country, …

5G connections globally are forecast to reach 1.8 billion by 2025, according to a new study by the GSMA. The study, “The Mobile Economy 2021”, revealed that 5G technology will …

Australian operator Telstra said that its current 5G coverage footprint currently reaches 75% of the country’s population. “After starting our initial 5G rollout across major cities, a big effort has …

Japanese company NEC and Taiwanese company Microelectronics Technology (MTI), a network RF solutions provider, announced a collaboration focused on boosting the Open RAN (O-RAN) ecosystem. The strategic partnership, the two …

Australian carrier Optus, in partnership with Ericsson, has carried out a trial in which it delivered coexistence of narrow band IoT (NB-IoT) and Ericsson Spectrum Sharing between 5G and 4G …

South Korea aims to deploy the world’s first commercial “6G” network in 2028, and announced a program to develop the core standards and technologies within the next five years, local …

Japanese company NEC announced the joint development of RAN Intelligent Controllers (RIC) with compatriot firm NTT Docomo in support of intelligent Radio Access Networks (RAN). The two companies said they …

China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added 16.65 million 5G subscribers in May, according to the carrier’s latest available figures. The carrier said it ended last …

China telecommunications infrastructure firm China Tower has deployed over 100 5G base stations in 17 competition venues for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing as well as along the Beijing-Zhangjiakou …

5G subscriptions in India are forecast to reach 330 million in 2026, according to Ericsson’s latest Mobility Report. This technology will account 26% of total mobile subscriptions in the Asian …

The Finnish 6G Flagship research program coordinated by the University of Oulu and the Beyond 5G Promotion Consortium of the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications have signed an agreement …

Ericsson and Taiwanese operator Far EasTone (FET) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand their 5G partnership, Ericsson said in a release.     As part of the agreement, Ericsson …

South Korea ended April with a total of 15.15 million 5G subscribers, local news agency Yonhap reported, citing data from the Ministry of Science and ICT. 5G subscribers at the …

Ericsson said that the decision by the Post and Telecommunication Authority (PTS) to exclude Chinese vendors’ products from 5G network rollouts in Sweden may negatively impact the company’s business in …

Singaporean operator Singtel announced the launch of its 5G Standalone (SA) network in the country. The Asian carrier says that 5G SA will enable applications like self-driving cars, real-time immersive …

China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added 16.5 million 5G subscribers in April, according to the carrier’s latest available figures. The operator said it ended April …

China ended the first quarter of the year with a total of 819,000 5G base stations, up from 771,000 5G sites at the end of 2020, according to a report …

The Covid-19 pandemic would potentially delay the launch of 5G technology in India, Gopal Vittal, CEO of Indian telecommunications company Bharti Airtel said during a press conference. India has been …