FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s recent announcement that he supports the merger of Sprint and T-Mobile with their commitments is welcome news. The merger will create a better-resourced combined company with a renewed focus on disrupting wireless with competitive prices and new innovations, and I...
Have you been following the incredible transformation and growth of AT&T in the last several years? It is becoming a giant in the fields of wireless with AT&T Mobility, telecom, Internet, pay TV with DirecTV, DirecTV NOW, Uverse, news and entertainment with WarnerMedia and...
U.K.-based chip designer Arm has instructed its staff to suspend business with Chinese vendor Huawei, the BBC reported, citing an internal memo.
In the internal document, Arm urged employees to halt "all active contracts, support entitlements, and any pending engagements” with Huawei and its subsidiaries,...
U.K. operator EE has confirmed that it will launch commercial 5G services on May 30.
5G services will be initially available in London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham and Manchester.
In a second phase, the carrier will also launch 5G in the busiest areas of Glasgow, Newcastle,...
An export ban recently imposed by the U.S. government on Huawei will not have a huge impact in the company’s capacity to serve customers, Huawei’s founder Ren Zhengfei said during an interview with Chinese media.
“We will certainly be able to continue serving our customers....
Chinese vendor ZTE Corporation has officially launched its cybersecurity laboratory in Rome, Italy.
The vendor said that the establishment of the cybersecurity laboratory in Italy is an important measure for ZTE to promote transparency and enhance mutual trust with all third parties.
ZTE also said that...
European semiconductor makers said they would still keep on supplying to Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies, following an export ban implemented by the U.S. government last week, according to a report by Bloomberg.
A spokesman for German firm Infineon Technologies AG - one of Europe’s largest...
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced that it would ease certain export restrictions recently imposed on Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies, in a move to give operators time to make other arrangements, the entity said in a release.
The BIS...
Google has suspended the transfer of hardware, software and technical services to Chinese vendor Huawei following a recent order by the U.S. government to put Huawei in an export blacklist, Reuters reported, citing a source familiar with the matter.
The U.S. giant said that it...
Japanese operator KDDI expects to launch pre-5G services in September 2019, the company’s president, Makoto Takahashi, said on a conference call with investors.
The executive
said that KDDI will start to sell 5G phones in March 2020.
Takahashi said that the company’s 5G coverage will reach...
Chinese vendor Huawei has been preparing for years for the scenario of a ban which would not allow the company to buy components from U.S companies, according to a report by CNN Business.
"This decision is the latest move in the campaign against Huawei,...
The U.S. Department of Commerce confirmed that it is adding Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies and 70 affiliates to its so-called "Entity List", a decision that effectively bans the Chinese company from buying parts and components from U.S. companies without U.S. government approval.
The decision...
Vodafone announced that it will commercially launch its 5G network in seven cities across the U.K. on July 3.
The telco said that the new
technology will be commercially available for both consumers and business
customers.
Vodafone also said that it will also offer 5G roaming in...
The design of some 5G auctions is
artificially inflating prices or inefficiently
distributing already scarce spectrum resources, industry association GSMA said
in a release.
“Auctions can and do fail when poorly designed,” said Brett Tarnutzer, head of spectrum for the GSMA. “We’re seeing a worrying trend of badly...
U.K. carrier EE will be launching 5G services imminently, its parent company BT said in a financial release.
BT said EE is on track to launch 5G technology in 16 cities across the U.K. with a range of device partners.
“Our aim is to deliver the...
Sprint "optimistic" merger with T-Mobile US will clear regulatory review
Sprint invested some $5 billion into its network in fiscal year 2018, according to company executives, which marks a significant increase over 2016 and 2017 capex of $2 billion and $3.3 billion respectively. But, despite...
Korean carrier LG Uplus aims to
deploy a total of 25,000 5G base stations by June to reach a total of 50,000
base stations nationwide, Koran press reported.
The country's third-largest mobile operator is aiming for a deployment total of 80,000 5G base stations across South...
Service providers are in the unenviable position of trying to stay profitable in a highly competitive, capital-intensive market that consistently demands new services, new technologies and lower prices. Business and consumer customers want to pay less for more calls and minutes in their bundles,...
Product announcements from Dell Technologies World
Dell Technologies has been telling the "hybrid, multi-cloud" story for some time and this year, at the company's flagship event in Las Vegas, reiterated that messaging and layered end the need for an IT modernization strategy that considers the...
The
Spanish government has issued the permits for two 5G pilot programs in the
country, which will be funded by financial resources from the state and the
European Union (EU).
The
two 5G trials will require a total investment of over $40 million. Around
$11 million will be co-funded by...
Korean telco KT has gained more than 100,000 5G subscribers since the company launched commercial services at the end of April, the carrier’s CFO Kyung-Keun Yoon said during a conference call with investors.
The executive said that more than 80% of 5G subscribers are selecting...
Intel announced that Chinese vendor ZTE selected Intel eASIC devices for its 5G wireless products.
The U.S. chipmaker said ZTE selected Intel eASIC devices to meet the critical cost and power requirements demanded by large-scale 5G deployments.
“Intel’s alliance with ZTE marks a major milestone in...
Chinese vendor ZTE posted a CNY860 million ($128.2 million) profit for the first quarter of the year, compared with a loss of CNY5.4 billion in Q1 2018.
Operating revenue of CNY22.2
billion in Q1 2019 was down 19.3% from CNY27.5 billion in the same quarter...
Dutch telecom provider KPN has signed a preliminary agreement with Chinese vendor Huawei to start preparations for the construction of KPN’s new mobile Radio Access Network in the Netherlands, Huawei said in a release.
The RAN project is part of KPN’s mobile network modernization, with...
