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French operators are deploying 5G in the 700 MHz, 2.1 GHz, and 3.5 GHz bands France had a total of 26,084 5G authorized sites as of July 1, of which …

The U.K. government launched a £30 million ($41.6 million) competition to fund R&D projects with the main aim of accelerating the adoption of Open RAN (O-RAN) in the country. Funded …

Amy McCune, the head of managed services for Ericsson North America, delivers insight into what CSPs think about AI and offers her own perspective on why it’s a must for managing 5G networks. She also shares some of the silver linings of being one of the only women in the room, like shorter bathroom lines at tech conferences.

By 2026, over three-quarters of enterprise small cells will be deployed and operated by private network operators or neutral hosts, according to Small Cell Forum (SCF). Deployments in shared spectrum …

French rail company SNCF, in partnership with Orange and Nokia, has extended a state-sponsored industrial 5G testbed utilising the 26 GHz millimeter wave band at a train station Rennes, in …

South Korea ended May with a total of 15.84 million 5G subscribers, local newspaper Korea Herald reported, citing data from the Ministry of Science and ICT. 5G subscribers at the …

Ericsson has inked a three-year deal with Chilean operator Entel Chile which will pave the way for the launch of 5G and IoT services, the companies said in a joint …

SMBs feel that enterprise providers are just trying to “sell them stuff and move on” and as a result, “overpromise and underdeliver” In a recent report, conducted by Accenture, 49% …

After all the false starts and funny looks, is it time to take MulteFire seriously? Nokia says so. And, as the mainstream telecoms market wakes up to the Finnish firm’s …

South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT has announced it will award 28 GHz and sub-6 GHz spectrum in November to boost the use of 5G-related services across the country, …

As part of the deal, Microsoft will require AT&T’s carrier-grade Network Cloud platform technology AT&T and Microsoft have announced a strategic partnership that will see the carrier’s 5G mobile network …

Brazil is expected to carry out its 5G spectrum auction in August and not in July as had been previously announced, local news site Teletime reported, citing the country’s Communications …

5G connections globally are forecast to reach 1.8 billion by 2025, according to a new study by the GSMA. The study, “The Mobile Economy 2021”, revealed that 5G technology will …

Ciena’s photonic technology is expected to enhance user experiences on Bharti Airtel’s impending 5G network India’s Bharti Airtel announced that it deployed Ciena’s 600G and 800G photonic technology in several …

German operator Deutsche Telekom has switched on its first Open-RAN (O-RAN) network in the country, the telco said in a release. The so-called “O-RAN Town”, which has been deployed in …

Australian operator Telstra said that its current 5G coverage footprint currently reaches 75% of the country’s population. “After starting our initial 5G rollout across major cities, a big effort has …

Sigfox operator iWire Connect has raised $34 million in Series A funding to build Sigfox networks in 12 countries in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. It has earmarked launches …

Orange has banded together with hardware, software, design, and manufacturing companies in the IoT space to accelerate deployment of cellular IoT in Europe. Canadian module maker Sierra Wireless, French-Italian chip …

Ireland-based core network vendor Druid Software has announced a go-to-market deal on private 5G with system integrator Siticom. The Germany-based firm has an agreement with US-based Airspan Networks on 5G …

Japanese company NEC and Taiwanese company Microelectronics Technology (MTI), a network RF solutions provider, announced a collaboration focused on boosting the Open RAN (O-RAN) ecosystem. The strategic partnership, the two …

Australian carrier Optus, in partnership with Ericsson, has carried out a trial in which it delivered coexistence of narrow band IoT (NB-IoT) and Ericsson Spectrum Sharing between 5G and 4G …

China-based IoT module maker SIMCom is offering its SIM7070 series NB-IoT device with an embedded SIM (eSIM) from German chipmaker Infineon, making the 24 mm x 24 mm SIM7070 the …

Busy Belgian private network provider and industrial connectivity specialist Citymesh has acquired local Sigfox operator ENGIE M2M. The firm said the addition of ultra-narrowband (UNB) low-power IoT connectivity rounds-out its …

The U.K. government announced the launch of a new high-tech lab designed to accelerate the adoption of Open RAN in the country. The new SmartRAN Open Network Interoperability Centre (SONIC …

U.K. carrier Vodafone launched a commercial pilot of 5G Standalone service in London, Manchester and Cardiff, the company said in a release. The commercial pilot will focus on testing new …