Ooredoo said it aims to upgrade 100 base stations to 5G within the next three months
Qatar-based telecommunications group Ooredoo has announced the launch of what it claims to be the world’s first live 5G home broadband devices.
The devices, which are currently being tested on...
BT chief executive Gavin Patterson has been sacked, after shareholders finally lost patience with the beleaguered British group's strategy and performance. BT's stock has slumped to a six-year low on the back of slowing performance, job cuts, regulatory fines, and accounting scandals.
BT chief executive...
The DAS will provide cellular coverage and capacity for French carriers Orange, Bouygues Telecom and SFR
Wireless communications solutions provider JMA Wireless has delivered its distributed antenna system to provide improved cellular coverage and capacity at 10 Grenelle, an office complex comprised of over 30,000...
The U.K. carrier said five businesses and five homes will be connected to 5G technology during the trial
The United Kingdom's largest mobile carrier, EE, plans to launch what it claims to be the U.K.’s first live 5G trial network in East London in October.
Under...
Amazon's ground-breaking deal for Premier League football rights has compounded a difficult period for BT chief executive Gavin Patterson, which has included massive job cuts, accounting scandals, record fines, and slower revenues.
BT has had its grip loosened on Premier League football rights in the...
5G testbed will be established at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Ericsson, together with Telia and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, has announced an agreement to foster the development of 5G in Sweden.
Through the new 5G project, Telia and KTH will build an...
TIM, Huawei and Fastweb showcased a virtual reality solution for tourists and an augmented reality tool for ship engines maintenance
Italian telecom operators TIM and Fastweb, together with Chinese vendor Huawei, have announced the first field applications based on a 5G mobile network.
In March this...
Regulator Agcom said the 5G spectrum auction will allow the government to raise $2.9 billion
Italian telecom regulator Agcom announced plans to hold a 5G spectrum auction to award frequencies suitable for next-generation services in September. The watchdog said the sale of 5G spectrum will...
Agreement backed by a group of Nordic vendors and telcos including Ericsson, Nokia, Telenor and Telia
The prime ministers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden have signed a letter of intent to foster the development and adoption of 5G technologies.
“The Nordic region is one...
Chinese company estimates losses of $3.1 million due to the ban imposed by the U.S Department of Commerce
President Donald Trump said he was considering a new set of penalties for Chinese vendor ZTE to replace a seven-year export ban imposed last month that is...
Telefonica said carriers launching the technology before that year will probably need to update software and equipment
Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica is unlikely to announce the commercial launch of 5G services prior to 2020 since any equipment used would have to be changed and the...
Deutsche Telekom planning commercial 5G services in 2020
Deutsche Telekom urged the German authorities to auction frequencies for 5G services on reasonable terms to ensure that there is enough money left over to invest in infrastructure.
"We can only spend each euro once - either on...
Verizon and Comsol said the trials, which will take place in Johannesburg will be operational in Q3 2018
New York-based Verizon Communications will partner with South African mobile operator Comsol and South Korea’s Samsung to launch fixed wireless trials in South Africa, initially using Verizon's...
Spectrum auction will take place at the beginning of 2019
Germany’s Federal Network Regulator (BNetzA) said it plans to auction spectrum in the 2 GHz and 3.6 GHz frequency bands for the provision of 5G services.
"The mobile network operators need additional frequencies for network expansion...
CommScope deployed a DAS solution as well as an intelligent lighting solution in its Madrid office
Last year, CommScope decided to consolidate several offices in Madrid, Spain, to a single facility that opened in June 2017. As it made that change, the company faced the...
New 5G network will also allow Ooredoo to launch driverless cars as well as VR/AR services
Middle East telecom group Ooredoo announced that the company has launched what it claims to be first the world’s first live 5G network on the 3.5 GHz spectrum band.
Ooredoo...
BT secured spectrum in the 3.4 GHz band and plans to bid in 700 MHz spectrum auction
U.K. telecom group BT says it will launch commercial 5G services before the end of next year, the company’s CEO Gavin Patterson said during a recent conference call...
The South African telco said the 5G trial, which took place in Pretoria, used Huawei’s 5G CPE
South African telecommunications group MTN and Chinese vendor Huawei have announced what they claim to be the first live outdoor 5G trial in the African continent with an...
British telecoms group Vodafone finally completes €18.4 billion ($21.8bn) monster deal for Liberty Global cable and broadband assets in Germany and eastern Europe to complete its decade-long journey from mobile-only carrier to the region's multi-play champ.
Vodafone has struck a deal to purchase Liberty Global’s...
JMA Wireless deployed a DAS at the railway station to guarantee cellular coverage and capacity for passengers, businesses and railway workers
Roma Termini, the main railway station of Italy’s capital Rome, is one of the largest and busiest train stations in Europe and is also...
The Finnish vendor and French telco SFR completed the 5G test at Nokia’s facilities in Paris
Nokia and French telecommunications company SFR confirmed they have successfully completed a 5G call, using the Third Generation Partnership Project-compliant 5G New Radio system over the air on the...
German telco says it will deploy additional 5G cells across more than 20 sites in Berlin
Deutsche Telekom announced the deployment of the first 5G antennas to test the technology in downtown Berlin.
The antennas, which are based on 5G New Radio (5G NR), allowed Deutsche...
U.K. connectivity provider SSE Enterprise Telecom will be in charge of Three’s network transformation project
U.K. mobile operator Three has signed an agreement with compatriot connectivity provider SSE Enterprise Telecoms to pave the way for the future launch of 5G services.
In the first phase of...
Nokia’s CEO Rajeev Suri said the vendor expects sales to be boosted by deals for large-scale 5G deployments in the U.S
Finnish vendor Nokia experienced a challenging first quarter due to lower sales in the North American region, which negatively impacted the vendor’s quarterly earnings....
