Carriers

Three initially launched 5G services in the U.K. in August 2019 U.K. operator Three announced that its 5G network currently covers 60% of the population. In a release, the carrier …

Reliance Jio is offering its 5G service through a mix of wireless spectrum across 700 MHz, 3.5 GHz, and 26 GHz bands Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm announced the launch …

The head of Nokia’s unit in India said that Vodafone Idea is in ongoing talks with local banks to obtain funds for 5G deployments Finnish vendor Nokia is engaged in …

T-Mobile US buys Mint, Ultra Mobile and wholesaler Plum T-Mobile US is acquiring actor Ryan Reynolds’ Mint Mobile prepaid MVNO, its parent company and two other associated brands for up …

Ericsson said the new deal will improve 5G coverage in cities including Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Belfast Ericsson and Virgin Media O2 announced they will boost …

The state with the highest number of 5G base stations as of March 5 was Maharastra, with 15,394 Indian operators Reliance Jio Infocomm and Bharti Airtel have already deployed 102,215 …

ZTE said the partnership will focus on technologies such as bare metal containers, SDN-based architecture, hardware acceleration, CUPS, and 3-layer decoupling Telekom Malaysia (TM) and Chinese vendor ZTE have entered …

Vodafone Group currently connects 159 million IoT devices on over 580 networks in 190 countries Vodafone ended 2022 with over 5 million active IoT lines in Spain in the IoT …

Ofcom said it expects to receive responses to the consultation to award mmWave spectrum by May 22 U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom has confirmed that it will make millimeter wave (mmWave) …

Barcelona, Spain – ZTE Corporation, a global provider of information and communication technology solutions, in partnership with Guangzhou Metro Group and China Mobile Guangzhou Branch, has been awarded the “Best …

Telecom Egypt will adopt IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps deployed on RedHat OpenShift and implement IBM Robotic Process Automation Telecom Egypt (TE) working with IBM to adopt intelligent automation technologies for the operations support …

Greetings from the Southeast and the Midwest as winter transitions into spring.  In this Brief, after a full market commentary, we will provide a retrospective on larger macro trends since …

AT&T counts 4.4 million FirstNet subscribers with room for more growth If you look at marketing copy from a wide swath of telecoms vendors, 5G is billed as a silver …

Vodafone had initially announced merger talks with Three UK in October 2022 U.K. operators Vodafone and Three UK are reportedly working on the final details to announce a merger that …

Jio said its 5G network currently reaches 331 cities across India Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm announced the launch of 5G services across 27 cities in 13 states, taking the …

Verizon EVP and CFO Matt Ellis, who’s leaving the post on May 1, provided an update on the carrier’s strategic priorities this week at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and …

In July last year, Orange and Masmovil had signed a binding agreement to combine their operations in Spain The competition authorities of the European Commission will make an in-depth review …

Mobile operators plan to add around 600,000 5G base stations across China this year China is forecasted to end this year with a total of 2.9 million 5G base stations, …

Airtel said its ‘5G Plus’ service is now available to customers in over 265 cities in India Indian operator Bharti Airtel continues to rapidly expand its 5G footprint in the …

Orange had initially launched its 5G SA network in Spain last month Spanish operator Orange Spain expects to reach 11 cities with 5G Standalone (SA) by the end of the …

As the 5G Standalone transition stalls, “Carriers, because of lack of foresight, may cause themselves to miss badly”  5G Standalone is the “real” 5G, and the “real” 5G is coming. …

Value-add applications supported by the Nokia WiFi Beacon 10 include cybersecurity and gaming optimization For many communications service providers (CSPs), offering Wi-Fi connectivity is table stakes. But, in an era …

Deutsche Telekom said a total of 8,200 antennas are alraedy providing 5G in the 3.6GHz band German carrier Deutsche Telekom said its 5G network already reaches 95% of the country’s …

Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio Infocomm aim to complete their 5G network deployments within the next 15 months India will achieve 100% coverage for 5G services by the end of …

Telkomsel and its partners started a 5G FWA trial with sub-6 spectrum and mmWave extended range Indonesian telco Telkomsel announced a partnership with Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies to continue with …