Carriers

The UK division of car brand Volvo has selected a 2G-based stolen vehicle tracking solution from Vodafone. The new solution provides vehicle tracking and recovery via Vodafone’s network of ‘secure …

Verizon and Google Cloud have confirmed a partnership on 5G and multi-access edge computing (MEC). Verizon said it is the first US operator to offer “5G mobile edge computing” with …

Digital transformation, distributed computing and the democratisation of spectrum are driving significant interest in private 5G. Corporate networks are becoming the backbones of businesses. As enterprises digitize business processes, they …

German telco Deutsche Telekom said that over 63,000 antennas across the country are already transmitting with 5G, of which 6,000 were installed during 2021, the telco said in a release. …

Note, this article is taken from a new Enterprise IoT Insights report, called The Role of Hyperscalers in 5G and Edge. To read the full article – including about Google …

2021 was a wild one for the 5G market. It was kind of like a roller coaster; exciting and ultimately rewarding, but also filled with a lot of unexpected twists …

Airspan Networks, Padtec and Trópico have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to offer 5G network solutions in the Brazilian market. The agreement is part of Padtec’s and Trópico’s …

European tower company Vantage Towers has entered into a long-term contract with German telco 1&1 for the provision of passive infrastructure to build Germany’s fourth mobile network. Under the terms …

Samsung and Viettel will demonstrate the vendor’s latest 5G solutions including 64T64R Massive MIMO radio Samsung Electronics and Viettel have initiated 5G commercial trials in Da Nang, central Vietnam’s largest …

Verizon now provides 5G phone service to parts of 87 U.S. cities, 5G Home to parts of 65 cities and 5G Business Internet to parts of 62 cities Verizon says …

Over 53% of the German territory is covered by at least one provider supplying 5G as of the end of October, according to data from the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur). …

Brazilian carrier TIM confirmed that Ericsson and Huawei will be the suppliers of equipment for its 5G network, according to Brazilian press reports. The operator’s CTIO, Leonardo Capdeville, confirmed that …

Headquartered in Hays, Kansas, Nex-Tech Wireless is considered to be an early adopter of 5G in rural America Ericsson is extending its relationship with Nex-Tech Wireless to bring commercial 5G …

California private networks startup Celona has said it has proposed new geofencing specifications for 4G (LTE) and 5G to the OnGo Alliance, formerly the CBRS Alliance, representing the supply-side ecosystem …

Over 80 percent of (more than four in five) chief information officers and “senior leaders” plan to deploy private 5G networks within the next 24 months. So says a new …

The use of CBRS spectrum in Verizon’s LTE network boosts average speeds by as much as 80% in the urban areas where the carrier has deployed those midband airwaves, according …

Hans Vestberg on 5G mobile edge: ‘We’re probably two years ahead of anybody else in the market, in the world even’ Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg presented at the 2021 UBS …

“Mid-band and especially low-band 5G solutions may not be enough to deliver a smooth experience in crowded situations,” RootMetrics says The omicron variant notwithstanding, crowds are gathering once again across …

German carrier Deutsche Telekom said over 87% of the country’s households can now access its 5G network. In a release, the telco said it has built up 5G capacities at …

Virgin Media O2 has announced the completion of their nationwide gigabit broadband buildout with the connection of 15.5 million homes.

Alaska Airlines has picked T-Mobile as its preferred wireless provider and will migrate most of its wireless business to the Un-carrier.

France had a total of 30,963 authorized 5G sites as of December 1, of which 20,954 were declared technically operational by the local mobile carriers, according to the latest information …

The kaleidoscope has been shaken, and the pieces are in flux; it is a quote from when British politics was supposed to change forever. But it captures very well an …

Vodafone Business and Microsoft have announced a five-year deal on private 5G, edge computing, and IoT for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The arrangement, extending a long-running partnership between the …

IoT chip and module maker Sequans Communications has said its Monarch 2 module, offering dual-band LTE-M and NB-IoT connectivity, is available as a GSMA-compliant integrated SIM (iSIM / iUICC) unit. …