Korean carrier SK Telecom signed agreements with Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung Electronics for joint research and development in advanced 5G and "6G" mobile network technologies.
Under the agreements, SK Telecom will work closely with each company on the advancement of 5G network technologies. They will...
Dish pushing to pick-up Boost Mobile if regulators approve Sprint/T-Mobile deal
Looking to get the go ahead from federal regulators to merge, Sprint and T-Mobile US have agreed that T-Mo will divest its prepaid MVNO Boost Mobile. Amazon is rumored to be a potential buyer,...
VALENCIA--Chinese vendor ZTE and Spanish carrier Orange have carried out a number of demonstrations of the potential of 5G technologies in the fields of automation, robotics and entertainment.
The demos were unveiled at the Global 5G event, taking place this week in Valencia, Spain.
The first...
Spanish telecommunications operator Telefonica and compatriot bank Banco Santander have inked an agreement to launch a joint initiative to apply 5G technology to the banking sector.
The two partners have developed three 5G use cases that customers can already experience at two bank offices in...
Germany’s Federal Network Agency Bundesnetzagentur announced that the auction for 2 GHz and 3.6 GHz mobile spectrum has come to an end after 52 days and 497 rounds of bidding.
The government confirmed it will raise a total of EUR 6.5 billion ($7.31 billion) for...
Italian carrier Vodafone announced the launch of commercial 5G services in five cities across the country.
Initially, the 5G service will be available in Milan, Turin, Bologna, Rome and Naples. The company used equipment from Nokia and Huawei for the deployment of commercial 5G.
The telco,...
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has officially issued licenses for the launch of commercial 5G networks in the country.
The 5G permits were granted to state-run carriers China Mobile, China Unicom, China Telecom and state-owned broadcaster China Broadcasting Network.
At the end of...
Nokia confirmed it has already signed a total of 42 commercial 5G deals with operators around the world, of which 22 are with named customers such as T-Mobile, Telia and Softbank, the Nordic vendor said in a statement.
Including these agreements, Nokia's 5G deals, trials...
Chinese vendor Huawei has opened its first 5G OpenLab in Seoul, South Korea, the company said in a release.
Through the OpenLab, Huawei aims to drive 5G and ICT development in South Korea, and provide 5G testing environments and interoperability services for SMEs and start-ups....
U.K. operator EE has officially launched commercial 5G services in a number of U.K. cities, the telco said in a release.
The carrier said that 5G services are initially available in London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham and Manchester.
EE will also be introducing 5G across the...
Chinese vendor Huawei has filed a motion for summary judgment in a U.S. court, as part of the process to challenge the constitutionality of a section of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
In the legal claim, Huawei argues that Section 889 of 2019...
Huawei Technologies said that the recent decision by a number of standards and industry organizations to partially suspend collaboration with the company will not have an impact in Huawei’s daily operations.
Huawei said in a statement that the suspension of technical collaboration between these entities...
ZTE and Nokia have announced deals with Malaysian telecommunications companies to carry out 5G trials in the country during 2019.
ZTE inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with telecom operator Digi Telecommunications to carry out a 5G trial this year.
Under the terms of the deal,...
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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,...
