The Middle East telco also announced its first customer in the 5G segment
Vodafone Qatar has announced the activation of its 5G network in the country, which would enable a wide range of new applications including remote healthcare and driverless cars, the telco said in...
Qualcomm stock passes $69 per share
With the close of an initial round of stock repurchases at midnight Aug. 27, Qualcomm is set to spend $5.1 billion to buyback more than 76 million shares of common stock for "at or below" $67.50 per share, according...
CWA: 28,000 jobs lost if Sprint/T-Mobile US merger goes forward
Contrary to what the companies are telling federal regulators, the Communications Workers of America union says a Sprint/T-Mobile US merger will "result in massive job losses totaling more than 28,000," according to CWA President Chris...
The South African telco said it is ready to launch 5G in its home market once the government assigns spectrum in the 3.5GHz band
South African telecom operator Vodacom Group has launched what it claims to be Africa’s first commercial 5G service in Lesotho, the...
Loan to Nokia follows $300 million in financing for Ericsson
The Investment Plan for Europe, also called the Juncker Plan after European Commission President Jean-Claud Juncker, is designed to jumpstart private investment in European business development by providing public funds via the nonprofit European Investment...
Service providers key link between enterprises and multi-cloud opportunity: 451 Research
Cloud infrastructure vendor VMWare on Aug. 23 reported a 13% year-over-year increase in Q2 revenues to $2.17 billion, which CEO Pat Gelsinger chalked up to the expanding adoption of cloud-based solutions as enterprises, service...
The Australian authorities said the 5G equipment from these two vendors would poise a risk to the country’s national security
The Australian government confirmed that Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE have been banned from supplying equipment for 5G networks in the country.
"Government has expectations of...
Airtel is already working to develop industry-specific solutions for its future NB-IoT offering
Indian telecommunications firm Bharti Airtel expects to launch a narrowband internet of things network in the country in the short term, local newspaper the Economic Times reported.
With this move, the telco aims to...
Verizon and AT&T aim to launch commercial 5G services in certain US markets before the end of this year
North America seems to be leading the race to launch commercial 5G services, according to a new study by IHS Markit.
The study revealed that 82% of...
China Unicom is also testing 5G technology in other Chinese cities such as Nanjing, Guiyang, Chengdu, Shenzhen and Fuzhou
Chinese telecom giant China Unicom's Beijing subsidiary has launched its 5G initiative with the aim of paving the way for the deployment of 5G networks, Chinese...
Licensing rate capped at €3 per 5G NR device
Standardized telecommunications technologies are developed collaboratively, through bodies like the 3GPP, based on the input of stakeholders from the industry. As technology and standards develop in tandem, contributions from individual companies is often incorporated into the final...
The U.S. government said companies doing business with Iran will be barred from making deals with American firms
German telecom operator Deutsche Telekom (DT) has halted all business operations in Iran, following the new wave of sanctions imposed by the U.S government to the Asian...
The Chinese vendor aims to start selling 5G equipment next year
Chinese vendor ZTE has completed tests of indoor 3.5 GHz and core 5G wireless network technology in the third phase of China’s national 5G testing program, Chinese press reported.
ZTE said that the first phase...
The South Korean firm recently announced a large investment in AI, 5G and automotive electronics components
Samsung Electronics announced plans to invest KRW 1.5 trillion ($1.3 billion) through 2022 to finance a range of studies about future technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), internet of...
The Chinese government said it will review the impact of the measure
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, which includes new regulations that ban government agencies doing business with Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE.
The bill prohibits the U.S....
FCC taking comments on potential $59 billion combination of Sprint and T-Mobile US
Since opening up the public input period last month, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received more than 300 comments on the proposed merger of T-Mobile US and Sprint. While some...
AT&T said this development in Texas will be one of the first connected communities in the U.S. built from the ground up with 5G technology
Frisco Station, a 242-acre, mixed-use development in Frisco, Texas, announced plans to deploy integrated connectivity from AT&T.
The future deployments will...
FirstNet subscribers also boosting AT&T service revenues
As it expands the reach of its gigabit LTE (5G Evolution) offering and turns up standards-based 5G beginning later this year, AT&T will simultaneously create new revenue opportunities while beginning to reap the benefits of its long-term investment...
The Chinese carrier ended the first half of the year with 384 million IoT connections
China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator in terms of subscribers, will continue to carry out tests on its 5G network in the second half of 2018, the firm’s chairman...
Samsung sees 5G and AI as key to the future digital economy
As 5G is deployed and matures, a huge variety of use cases commanded an equally diverse set of connectivity requirements will require the tandem introduction of network automation processes for operators to effectively...
AT&T said it had invested $1 billion to upgrade wireless and wireline infrastructure in certain areas across Florida during the 2015-2017 period
AT&T has installed new distributed antenna systems (DAS) and improved existing DAS in the Florida state during 2017 as part of the carrier’s...
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son said the group is working towards a listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Japanese telecommunications group SoftBank is considering seeking a valuation of about $90 billion for its domestic wireless business in a planned initial public offering (IPO), international press reported,...
AT&T, Time Warner combo anti-competitive, DOJ says
In June, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled that AT&T's $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner could proceed with no concession or restrictions. In his opinion, Leon wrote, "If there ever were an antitrust case where the parties...
Boingo said it has 78 DAS venues and 11,500 DAS nodes in backlog
Revenue from the distributed antenna system (DAS) segment accounted for 37% of Boingo Wireless’ overall revenue in the second quarter of the year, slightly down from a contribution of 38% in the...
