Carriers

Some quick (perhaps not fully-formed) thoughts on the supply and management of private 5G networks for industry. These come from a series of conversations for an upcoming report (and webinar) …

German operator Deutsche Telekom has carried out a video call at its first 5G Standalone site, the company said in a statement. The company installed a 5G Standalone site in …

China Tower’s business last year was positively impacted by the accelerated deployment of 5G sites across China, the company said in its earnings release. During 2020, the company’s net profit …

Vodafone has 82,000 macro sites across 10 European countries Vodafone is seeking to raise 2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) in an initial public offering of its European mobile-phone towers unit in …

The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) is putting focus on edge-based private 5G networks for enterprises, as it narrows its scope from “connecting the unconnected” with wide-area cloud-based open infrastructure to …

A break in the clouds from the COVID stay-at-home: For our neighbors: homemade cheesecake. For us: homemade boerewors (traditional South African farmer’s sausage) and the Editor’s chakalaka. Silver Linings. After covering this week’s …

Taiwan Star Telecom expects to reach 550,000 subscribers in the 5G segment at the end of the year, local new site Digitimes reported. This figure will represent nearly 20% of …

Nokia has announced a deal with Danish network operator and internet provider Cibicom to deploy an LTE network in the 450MHz band to underpin mission critical services and “mass volume …

German test and assurance company Rohde & Schwarz has combined with Germany’s Industrial Radio Lab (IRL) in Dresden to investigate industrial 5G for mobile robots and automated guided vehicles (AGVs), …

France had a total of 21,714 5G authorized sites as of March 1, of which 12,310 were declared technically operational by the local mobile carriers, according to the latest information …

Telia and Ericsson have launched what it claims to be the first 5G carrier aggregation trial in Norway, with the aim of supporting Telia’s nationwide 5G rollout, Ericsson said in …

Taiwan’s National Communications Commission (NCC) gave conditional approval for Asia Pacific Telecom Co (APT) to share Far EasTone Telecommunications Co’s (FET) 5G frequencies using its own 5G network, local newspaper …

Deutsche Telekom has said it is now offering NB-IoT connectivity in 20 countries and LTE-M in 10 countries. The company has outlined new cellular IoT contracts for water irrigation with …

Ericsson, China Broadcasting Network Corporation (CBN) and Unisoc say they have have successfully completed a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) downlink speed test showing the enhanced network capability of the 700 MHz …

Indian telecommunications operators committed to pay INR778 billion ($10.6 billion) for additional spectrum to expand 4G across the country. India’s latest spectrum auction ended after two days of bidding, although …

Bluebird will deploy fiber to over 500 cell towers Regional operator Bluebird Network plans to extend fiber access to more than 500 towers in order to support the expansion of …

The move will expand Verizon’s global footprint in esports With the expansion of its partnership with Riot Games — first established in mid-2020 — Verizon has become the official 5G …

Altice USA has agreed to acquire North Carolina-based Morris Broadband, which serves about 36,500 customers in the western part of the state. The transaction values Morris at $310 million. Altice …

In conversation with Robert Boyanovsky, Vice President of Enterprise Mobility and IoT, AT&T During the recent 5G Transformation Forum, industry experts convened to parse the business and technology strategies that …

U.S. distributed antenna system (DAS) and Wi-Fi provider Boingo Wireless says it has agreed to be acquired by an affiliate of Digital Colony Management in a deal worth $854 million. …

Blair Crawford, vice president of National Accounts & Marketing at Vertical Bridge, discusses the company’s recent deal with Dish and shares her perspective on what’s in store for 2021 as …

Taiwanese operator Far EasTone Telecom (FET) has selected Ericsson as its vendor for 5G Standalone (SA) and Non-standalone (NSA) dual-mode 5G Core and Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services, the latter …

Canadian operator TELUS has launched a global cellular IoT roaming service with IoT connectivity management provider Eseye, and pumped £15 million (CAD$26.3m, USD$20.88m) of investment into the UK-based firm at …

The National Advertising Review Board has made two recent recommendations that U.S. carriers AT&T and T-Mobile US make changes to their 5G advertising, following disputes over the extent of the …

South Korea ended January with 12.87 million subscribers in the 5G segment after a net addition of almost 1 million subscribers in the first months of the year, local news …