More Huawei subsidiaries added to "entity list"
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) renewed a special temporary general license (TGL) allowing Chinese vendor Huawei to continue doing business with U.S. companies and serving existing customers for another 90 days.
In May,...
U.K. mobile operator Three has launched 5G services in the country with the initial offering of a high-speed 5G broadband service in parts of London, the company said in a release.
Three said that customers in London can have access to one single 5G home...
Chinese vendor ZTE and Austrian telco Drei have announced a partnership to use real 5G technology for digitization, tourism and the environment in Austria’s state of Carinthia.
As a result of the declaration of intent, live operation of 5G technology in Pörtschach/Wörthersee began on August...
Amid 5G rollouts, 53% of carriers expect to be using AI in their networks by the end of next year
Intel and Lenovo have entered a multiyear, global collaboration that will accelerate the convergence of high-performance computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to address some...
French telecom group Orange expects customers in France to start testing the first 5G devices under real conditions and with network equipment soon, Arnaud Vamparys, 5G sponsor and senior vice president for radio networks at Orange, told RCR Wireless News.
“In the pre-commercial phase, Orange...
Microsoft cloud revenue surges 39% in fourth quarter
Microsoft experienced a record fiscal year, reporting revenue of $33.7 billion and net income of $13.2 billion. Q4 showed that commercial cloud revenue increased 39% year-over-year to $11.0 billion, which, according to Microsoft CFO Amy Hood, represents the...
Huawei officially unveiled its own developed operating system HarmonyOS (HongmengOS in Chinese) which can be used on a variety of devices including smartphones, smartwatches and in-vehicle systems.
Huawei’s new OS was announced at the company’s developer conference. Richard Yu, CEO of the vendor’s Consumer Business...
China Mobile, the world's largest mobile services provider, plans to leverage base station sites and transmission facilities used for 4G services to deploy its 5G network cost-effectively, Chinese press reported the company’s Chairman Yang Jie as saying.
During a press conference on the company’s quarterly...
Indian mobile carriers will require another 12 to 18 months in order to deploy 5G networks across the country, Akhil Gupta, vice chairman of Bharti Enterprises told CNBC.
Bharti Enterprises is the parent company of major Indian telecommunication operator Bharti Airtel.
The executive said that despite...
Ronan Dunne discusses Verizon 5G coverage and capacity plans
Verizon's ongoing mobile 5G network deployment, slated to hit parts of 30 cities by the end of the year, taps the operator's millimeter wave spectrum holdings and has delivered downlink speeds in excess of 2 Gbps....
LTE demand weakening as operators ramp 5G investment
The pace of 5G network deployments is markedly faster than with LTE. Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf expects more than 20 operator network and OEM device launches 12 months after the first compared to four operators and three...
John Stephens calls out 5G for hospitals, manufacturing
AT&T currently has its millimeter wave-based 5G service, dubbed 5G+, available in 21 cities with plans for 29 by year-end and nationwide coverage by mid-2020. As the build out continues, company Chief Financial Officer John Stephens highlighted...
Korean carrier SK Telecom expects to reach 1 million subscribers in the 5G segment in August, the company’s CFO Poong-Young Yoon said on a conference call with investors.
The operator, which launched commercial 5G services on April 3, ended June with 530,000 5G subscribers, the...
AT&T TV pilot starting this summer; HBO Max to launch in 2020
With its $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner and its massive portfolio of video content, AT&T made a big bet on serving as the producer and distributor of media hopefully made even more...
Sprint reports $111 million net loss in Q1 2019
Sprint took a non-traditional approach to reporting its first quarter results last week, providing a "message from management" given the recent approval from the U.S. Department of Justice for the Overland Park-based carrier to go forward...
Intel has already applied for licenses to sell some components to Chinese vendor Huawei, Intel’s CEO Bob Swan said in an interview with CNBC.
The executive said that Intel had been selling some products to Huawei in the second quarter after determining what products were...
U.K.-based telecom group Vodafone announced it has completed the full sale of Vodafone New Zealand Limited (VFNZ) to a consortium comprising Infratil Limited and Brookfield Asset Management Inc. for a cash consideration equivalent to an enterprise value of NZ$3.4 billion ($2.23 billion).
Vodafone and VFNZ...
Sprint and T-Mobile US will stay put until at least 2030 timeframe
With the Department of Justice recently giving Sprint and T-Mobile US the go ahead on a $26 billion merger, the companies are set to embark on a long-term network integration project, as well...
Chinese vendor Huawei recorded revenues of CNY 401.3 billion ($ 58.3 billion) in the first half of the year, climbing 23.3% compared to the same period the previous year, the company said in its earnings statement.
Huawei’s net profit margin for the first six months...
Divestiture of Sprint/T-Mobile US assets gives DISH market entrée
The U.S. Department of Justice last week removed a major barrier to finalization of Sprint and T-Mobile US' plan for a $26 billion merger. Including in the consent decree are conditions that require Sprint to get...
Network infrastructure market to become more competitive as 5G rolls out
As second quarter results were revealed, network infrastructure vendors Ericsson and Nokia both reported a growth in revenue, driven by increased sales in North American and interest in 5G technology.
Ericsson’s sales adjusted for comparable units and currency increased...
T-Mobile COO: Combined company will go after AT&T and Verizon "like they've never seen before"
Ahead of the company's quarterly earnings call, T-Mobile US got the go-ahead from the U.S. Department of Justice to merge with Sprint. While there are still some obstacles to overcome,...
Congratulations to T-Mobile US and Sprint on finally getting DoJ merger approval. This has been one helluva ride, and it’s not over yet, but we are closer than ever. Now that the deal is done, what comes next? Let’s take a closer look at...
The U.K.’s Vodafone Group has confirmed that it will create a separate business to house its tower infrastructure in Europe.
Vodafone said the new entity, dubbed TowerCo, woill be the largest tower company in Europe. Its assets include 61,700 towers across ten markets, with 75%...
