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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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

  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 …

  Indian carriers Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea will probably not take part in the country’s 5G spectrum sale scheduled to take place in the second half of the year, …

2,200 Intel employees set to join Apple workforce It’s official: Pending regulatory approval, Intel has agreed to sell its modem business to Apple for $1 billion and 2,200 Intel employees …

Nokia CEO: Strong 4G essential to delivering high performance in 5G Finnish telecom network infrastructure vendor Nokia reported a stronger-than-expected second quarter with a 7% rise in revenue from the previous year, boosted by …

  U.K. operator O2, owned by Spanish telecommunications group Telefonica, has announced plans to launch 5G in the country in October. The telco said it aims to cover a total …

FirstNet build 60% complete; 70% completion by year end, AT&T CEO says AT&T continues to grow the reach of its LTE network dedicated to first responders with company executives reporting …

Small cell construction a priority for Crown Castle Network infrastructure provider Crown Castle released its second quarter results at the end of last week. After a strong quarter, the company, …

  Mobile subscribers in South Korea are complaining about the quality of the nation’s 5G service, according to a report by the Financial Times. Users say that the 5G services …

  The Italian government confirmed it will drop emergency legislation aimed at strengthening state powers to intervene in the country’s 5G infrastructure market, Reuters reported, citing Italian lawmakers. Last week, …

  U.K. telecommunications group Vodafone has announced the launch of 5G technology in eight additional cities across the country, the telco said in a statement. The service is now live …

Ericsson has 23 publicly announced 5G contracts With its gear supporting 23 publicly announced 5G contracts, including with the four Tier 1 U.S. carriers and all three Korean mobile network …

  French telecommunications regulator Arcep has launched a public consultation on its draft procedure for awarding licenses to use frequencies in the 3.4-3.8 GHz band in France. Arcep said that …

  U.S. companies could be allowed to resume shipments of components and services to Chinese vendor Huawei in approximately two weeks, Reuters reported, citing a representative for a U.S. manufacturer. …

  Chinese vendor Huawei has not yet seen any benefit from President Donald’s Trump recent decision to allow U.S. firms to sell components to the company and urged the U.S. …

  The authorities of Chinese city Guangzhou announced plans to reach full coverage with 5G technology by 2021 with the deployment of 65,000 5G base stations, according to a report …

Nokia announced that China Unicom has selected the Nokia optical fronthaul solution to power its 4G and 5G networks in China’s capital Beijing, supporting the operator’s commitment to deliver 5G during …

  U.S Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross confirmed that the U.S. government will issue licenses to local companies seeking to sell components to Chinese vendor Huawei where there is no threat …

  Chinese vendor Huawei is currently involved in the deployment of 5G networks in the U.K., according to a report by U.K. paper The Observer. According to the report, major …

  Telecom Italia (TIM) expects to provide 5G technology in at least 120 cities and 200 tourist destinations across Italy by 2021, the operator said in a release. By that …

  Japanese operators KDDI and SoftBank have reached an agreement for the shared use of their base station assets to jointly promote the rapid deployment of 5G networks in Japan’s …

  The United States Department of Commerce has recommended to the government of India that it not purchase equipment from Chinese vendor Huawei over security concerns, Indian newspaper The Economic …