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French operator Orange has already activated 5G in 160 cities across the country, the operator’s CEO Stéphane Richard said in an interview with local newspaper Jornal du Dimanche. Some of …

Spanish operator Telefonica’s 5G network already reaches 80% of the country’s population, local press reported. The operator’s goal was to provide 5G coverage to 75% of the Spanish population by …

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In October T-Mobile expanded on a pilot project by opening up an LTE-backed fixed wireless access home internet service to some 20 million households. This week CEO Mike Sievert provided …

Hong Kong’s smallest mobile operator, SmarTone, said that its 5G network already provides coverage throughout Hong Kong, currently covering over 95% of the population. SmarTone’s 5G network coverage has been …

Alaska Communications paid Macquarie, GCM a $6.8 million break-up fee After taking advantage of its right to solicit “superior proposals” from third-parties, Alaska Communications has backed out of its previous …

Nokia said that it is expanding its strategic 5G partnership with Zain KSA to include a roll out of 60,000 5G Gateway 3.1 with eSIM across Saudi Arabia over the …

Singapore carrier Singtel has deployed 5G connectivity at its iconic payphone booths at Tong Building on Orchard Road. Named “Unboxed Lite”, the payphone booths have been transformed into multimedia kiosks, …

Middle East telecom group Ooredoo Group and Ericsson have signed a global framework agreement for the supply of 5G radio, core and transport products and solutions, as well as related …

South Korea reached nearly 11 million 5G subscribers as of end-November, local news agency Yonhap reported. The Asian nation had 10.9 million 5G users last month, accounting for 15.5% of …

CEO Steve Mollenkopf retiring after 26 years with Qualcomm Qualcomm’s Board of Directors unanimously selected company President Cristiano Amon to take over the CEO position from Steve Mollenkopf effective June …

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) announced just before the end of 2020 that it had begun proceedings to delist China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom’s shares from the …

Spectrum auction covers low- and mid-band frequencies for 5G The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) announced that six companies have applied to participate in the upcoming multi-band spectrum …

Nokia announced that it has been selected by Thai mobile operator, dtac, part of Telenor Group, as its first 5G RAN partner in a three-year deal covering the North and …

German operator Deutsche Telekom said its technical teams have already upgraded a total of 45,000 antennas for 5G services during 2020, the telco said in a release. Deutsche Telekom also …

Taiwanese carrier Taiwan Star Telecom said that its 5G subscribers already represent 5% of the company’s overall mobile base and that it will step up its efforts to push the …

Chinese operators have installed around 580,000 5G base stations this year, local press reported, citing statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Wen Ku, spokesperson for the ministry …

Korean operator SK Telecom announced the launch of “SKT 5GX Edge,” which claims to be the first 5G edge cloud service in Korea, built in collaboration with Amazon Web Services …

Australia awarding mmWave spectrum in the 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands Australian media and communications regulator ACMA announced that a total of 15 applicant companies have all been offered …

China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added 18.6 million 5G subscribers in November, according to statistics published on the carrier’s website. The operator said it ended …

Vodafone Germany said its 5G network is now available to 16 million people across the country. In a release, the operator said it has activated the 5G network for another …

Ericsson and Singtel have announced they are deploying 5G New Radio (NR) Standalone and dual-mode 5G core network products and services. The 5G network will operate on Singtel’s 3.5 GHz …

The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) confirmed that its planned 5G spectrum auction will finally take place on January 19. The regulator won an appeal against an injunction granted …

Samsung and IBM have announced plans to jointly advance Industry 4.0 by providing new enterprise mobile edge computing and private 5G networks solutions that run on Samsung’s 5G-enabled Galaxy devices. …

Canadian operator Rogers Communications announced that it is starting to roll out what it claims to be the country’s first 5G Standalone core network. The new network, with solutions from …