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Local regulator TRAI has recommended a cut in the base price of 5G spectrum by nearly 39% compared to the initial recommended price The government on India may further reduce …

Comcast activated the first 5G radios during the first quarter  Comcast expects to launch an employee field test of 5G in June, the company’s president and CEO Brian Roberts said …

One of the O-RAN principles stipulates open disaggregation, allowing elements of the RAN to be sourced from different suppliers The U.K. government announced a set of principles for the development …

With consumer markets saturated, communications service providers (CSPs) are eyeing the enterprise for ways to monetize the 5G networks they’ve poured billions into building. The good news: The opportunities are …

As operators’ “To-Do” lists get longer, Cisco is positioning itself as a “one-stop shop” for services Just as humans evolved from Ramapithecus to Australopithecus to Homo Erectus to Homo Sapiens …

5G coverage in Japan stood below 40% as of the end of fiscal 2020 The government of Japan expects 5G coverage to reach 99% of the population by the end …

US Cellular expects to expand the new service to additional cities in urban and rural areas of the country US Cellular, in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies and Inseego, has launched …

Note, this article is continued from a previous entry, under the title, The big 5G problem – not networks, not spectrum, but devices (Talking 5G Blues). Asimakis Kokkos, chair of …

Carrier adds 589,000 postpaid phone customers, 338,000 home internet subs T-Mobile US says it is largely wrapping up the integration of Sprint this year, both in terms of the network …

In February, America Movil launched 5G services in 18 of Mexico’s largest cities, reaching more than 48 million people Mexican telecom group America Movil expects to double the number of …

T-Mobile US will initially deliver 4G LTE connectivity to Lucid Drone Technologies industrial spraying drones Lucid Drone Technologies has selected T-Mobile US as the exclusive provider of IoT connectivity and …

‘More than 30% of overall traffic is leveraging C-band,’ says Verizon SVP and chief engineer On January 19th 2022, Verizon — along with AT&T — turned on its C-band networks, …

Huawei is diversifying its portfolio as well as increasing R&D spending and focusing on operational efficiency, given the growing challenges faced by the vendor this year, which are even higher …

GSA said that nearly 1,000 of these 5G devices are commercially available The global number of 5G devices that have been announced rose by 3.2% in March 2022 to 1,334 …

The four Italian carriers had launched their 5G networks between June 2019 and December 2020 The European Commission (EC) approved an Italian government program to allocate 2 billion euros ($2.14 …

The good news is the wireless industry looks like it is finally getting back to its core business and focused on real growth. However, some service providers are doing a …

Local telcos aim to build 600,000 new 5G base stations this year across China, including 134,000 already built in the first quarter Chinese operators recorded a net gain of 55.5 …

Greetings from Missouri, Nebraska, and the Dominican Republic, where the staff enjoyed a corporate retreat over the Easter holiday.  There’s a lot to cover this week, so we will be …

Note, for more on this topic, join the Enterprise IoT Insights webinar on Industrial 5G (From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard) on April 28, featuring speakers from ABI Research, MFA …

HPE said the RAN automation solution is ready for demos and early trials   Hewlett Packard Enterprise unveiled HPE RAN Automation, a service management and orchestration solution that provides multi-vendor …

Fixed wireless access emerging as battleground for Verizon, T-Mobile US…and cable companies While not as flashy as 5G applications like autonomous drones or precision robotics, fixed wireless access is proving …

Transmissive Metasurface will help deliver high-frequency millimeter-wave 5G and 6G to places where communication is impossible due to obstacles Japanese company Kyocera said it has developed a “transmissive metasurface” technology …

ATC currently operates 15,000 communications sites in Germany German carrier 1&1 has signed a framework contract with ATC Germany Holdings, a subsidiary of U.S. tower firm American Tower Corporation (ATC), …

Dish Wireless and Cisco, in partnership with Internet2, have launched a Neutral Host Network (NHN) pilot at Duke University using Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) shared spectrum. Stephen Bye, chief commercial …