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Jan. 19 C-Band activation will cover 100 million PoPs with mid-band 5G In the run up to its activation of C-Band spectrum for consumer and business services, Verizon executives discussed …

T-Mo’s CFO on its three areas of focus this year T-Mobile US reported preliminary numbers on another strong quarter, but the carrier does expect to see higher churn during the …

Note, this article is continued from a previous entry, under the headline: ‘A “different beast” in the telco pack – often it’s not about 5G at all, says Orange’. For …

Chinese operators have deployed a total of 56,400 5G base stations in Beijing at the end of 2021, local news agency Xinhua reported. Local authorities have said that the number …

Stakeholders involved in the early phase of 6G research should work in a collaborative way with the aim of creating momentum in research activities towards next-generation technologies, Ali Khayrallah, senior …

French mobile operator Free Mobile, a subsidiary of Illiad, said its 5G footprint currently covers 77% of the population, up from 52% in May 2021. Free Mobile said that its …

Telecom infrastructure provider BAI Communications has recruited Mavenir to supply 5G radio and core network software to the City of Sunderland in the UK as part of its 20-year contract …

Orange’s supply of a non-cellular Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) indoor tracking system for aerospace manufacturer Safran Aircraft Engines in France, announced in November, is the jumping off point for a …

T-Mobile US and Crown Castle International have signed a new 12-year agreement to support the continued build-out of T-Mobile’s nationwide 5G network with increased access to Crown Castle’s towers and …

Chinese government-backed institute Purple Mountain Laboratories said that a research team had achieved a 6G-level wireless transmission up to a speed of 206.25 gigabits per second for the first time …

AT&T CEO John Stankey previews Q4 numbers, 2022 strategy at Citi conference AT&T CEO John Stankey previewed AT&T’s fourth-quarter customer numbers and spoke about seeing a back-to-bundles trend in how …

Korean carrier KT and Japanese tech company Fujitsu have completed a verification facility at the KT Research and Development Center in Seoul, South Korea, at which the two companies leveraged …

South Korea’s ICT ministry confirmed it will launch an auction next month to award additional 5G network spectrum for the country’s major mobile carriers, local news agency Yonhap reported. Last …

C Band launch on Jan. 19 will make 5G available to 100 million PoPs Despite an ongoing back-and-forth with the airline industry, FAA and FCC around the impact C Band-based …

Telecom infrastructure provider UTStarcom announced progress with China Unicom Research Institute in their cooperative development and field testing of a disaggregated networking solution for 5G transport networks. China Unicom Research …

Carriers now plan to start C-Band operations on Jan. 19 After putting out a firm statement rejecting requests from the Federal Aviation Administration to further delay activation of C-Band spectrum, …

Huawei rotating chairman Guo Ping said in an annual internal New Year’s message that the vendor’s carrier business remained stable and its enterprise segment booked solid growth last year. However, …

The NZ $1.7 billion deal between 2degrees and Orcon would make them New Zealand’s third-largest integrated telecommunications company New Zealand’s telecom provider 2degrees and internet provider Orcon have revealed plans …

France had a total of 31,650 authorized 5G sites as of January 1, of which 22,180 were declared technically operational by the local mobile carriers, according to the latest information …

The Whitehill & Bordon Regeneration Company (WBRC), a joint venture between real-estate investment firm Dorchester Regeneration and house-building company Taylor Wimpey, has appointed local system integrator Electronic Media Services (EMS) …

SK Telecom has the largest 5G subscriber base in South Korea The total number of 5G subscribers in South Korea reached 20.19 million in November 2021, accounting for around 28% …

6G pilot comes ahead of planned commercialization in 2030 timeframe Japanese operator Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT) aims to build a pilot 6G network to serve the venue for the …

Taiwan Mobile announced that it has officially completed the signing of a merger agreement with rival operator Taiwan Star Telecom, the former said in a release. Taiwan Mobile, which ended …

Global challenges in the 5G supply chain will continue during 2022, according to a new white paper published by research firm ABI Research. The white paper, dubbed “70 Technology Trends …

Spanish operators have been accelerating 5G deployments during 2021 and all carriers already offer 5G in the country’s main urban areas as well as in medium-sized cities. In this article, …