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The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has decided to allow the proposed merger between mobile operator O2, owned by Spanish telco Telefonica, and fixed operator Virgin Media. The regulator …

C-Band auction winnings not enough for AT&T, Verizon to catch T-Mobile on mid-band 5G Despite the more than $80 billion its competitors AT&T and Verizon dropped in the recently-wrapped C-Band …

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 …

Nordic operator Telenor Group has partnered with Enea to deploy the latter’s cloud-native data management system in the operator’s multi-vendor Standalone (SA) 5G core initiative. Under the terms of the …

Vodafone UK exec: ‘This is a direct example of how [5G] can revolutionize the healthcare industry’ Clinicians and surgeons at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff and University Hospital Llandough …

Japanese carrier Rakuten Mobile signed two different agreements with compatriot companies Fujitsu and NEC to carry out joint efforts to develop and promote Open RAN solutions for the global market. …

AT&T acquired Time Warner assets for $85 billion in deal that close June 2018 Following a flurry of weekend reports of a rumored mega-deal, AT&T and Discovery announced early on …

UK mobile operator O2, owned by Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica, announced that its 5G network already reaches part of 180 towns and cities across the country. “O2 continued to invest …

Dish has selected Oracle to enable a Service-Based Architecture (SBA) for its 5G core, the former said in a release. SBA, part of the 3GPP 5G standard, enables network services …

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Japanese mobile operator Rakuten Mobile said its 4G network already reaches 80% of the country’s population, with plans to reach 96% this summer. In a conference call with investors, Rakuten …

U.K. carrier EE, part of telecom group BT, has doubled its 5G footprint in the recent fiscal year, with its next-generation offering currently available in 160 towns and cities across …

IBM president: ‘The solution to the [chip] shortage involves exploring alternative ways to meet consumer demand’ Towards the end of April, Intel and TSMC the indicated that the global shortage …

South Korea’s mobile operators added a total of 2.61 million 5G subscribers in the first quarter of the year, according to data from the carrier’s earnings statements. Korean carrier KT …

Helios will lease nearly 3,000 cell sites from Omantel for 15 years With its agreement to lease roughly 3,000 cell sites for $575 million from Omantel, Helios Towers is officially …

Chilean mobile operator Movistar, owned by Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica, has selected Nokia to provide its AirScale portfolio to launch the operator’s 5G network in Chile. In addition, Nokia will …

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) rejected the appeals by the three main Chinese mobile carriers to a delisting related to a presidential order blocking U.S. investment in companies considered …

Verizon Business CEO: ‘The work-from-anywhere model will continue to be a major factor for businesses’ Verizon Business and RingCentral are teaming up to deliver a co-branded, cloud-based enterprise communication service …

The global telecom and pay-TV markets saw flat revenues in 2020 and an overall “neutral” impact from the global pandemic after a rebound in the second half of the year, …

The initial commercial deployments of 6G technology are forecast to take place between 2028 and 2029, according to global tech market advisory firm ABI Research. The research firm also said …

German operator Telefónica Deutschland/O2, which is controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, is bundling frequencies using carrier aggregation (CA) technology to raise speeds for customers on its 5G networks. “We are …

Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom expects to end 2021 with over 10,000 5G stations across Taiwan, the company’s president, Harrison Kuo, said during a conference call with investors. Kuo said that …

American Tower Corporation (ATC) and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a global investment group, announced that the latter will acquire a 30% stake in ATC Europe. ATC …

Canadian telecoms operator Telus announced plans to expand its next-generation 5G network to an additional 529 new urban and rural communities across the country by the end of the year. …