The telco ended Q1 with almost 4 million subscribers in the Arab country
Kuwait-based telecom operator Zain launched voice-over-LTE technology in the Kuwaiti market through its LTE-Advanced network, the telco said in a statement.
Reps for the telco said VoLTE is currently fully compatible with the...
China’s three telcos sign lease agreements with China Tower
Chinese mobile operators China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom signed lease agreements with telecom tower joint venture China Tower, local press reported.
The operators are paying an average site lease fee of approximately 26,000 yuan ($2,890)...
International expansion continues for FreedomPop, which launched its free MVNO service in Spain to claims of strong demand
U.S.-based mobile virtual network operator FreedomPop continued its international expansion, announcing the availability of service in Spain.
The operator, which launched its MVNO service in 2012, said its...
German telco said LTE-V is a potential enabler for road safety and traffic efficiency apps
German telecom operator Deutsche Telekom, Chinese vendor Huawei and car makers including Audi and Toyota are currently testing LTE-Vehicular in Germany.
The German telco said that technical tests are underway on...
In partnership with UnaBiz and Engie, internet of things network will be fully operational by early 2017
Sigfox, a French provider of global communications service for the “internet of things,” announced plans to deploy its dedicated IoT network in Singapore in partnership with IoT network...
The deal with Bouygues for an initial 230 telecom towers stipulates the ultimate acquisition of up to 500 sites
Spanish wireless infrastructure operator Cellnex Telecom announced plans to enter the French market with the acquisition of 230 telecommunications towers from French telco Bouygues Telecom.
Cellnex confirmed...
In a live commercial network demo, Ericsson and Vodafone Ireland hit 136 Mbps uplink using Qualcomm processor
Swedish vendor Ericsson and Vodafone Ireland have implemented what the companies claim to be Europe’s fastest uplink speeds in a commercial network using uplink carrier aggregation and 64 quadrature...
The first 400G fiber route will link Denmark and Frankfurt
As carriers around the world work to meet consumer and business demand for high-speed connectivity, transport providers and fiber network owners are similarly upgrading the backbone infrastructure to support the evolving industry.
The latest upgrade, currently...
French firm aims to expand internet of things network coverage to the rest of the country next year
Sigfox, a French provider of global communications service for the "internet of things," announced the deployment of its dedicated IoT network in Mexico in partnership with its Latin American...
Mobilink and Waird combined entity to serve 50 million mobile subscribers
International telecom groups VimpelCom and Global Telecom Holding together with Warid Telecom Pakistan and Bank Alfalah, a subsidiary of the Dhabi Group, completed the merger of Pakistani telecom operators Mobilink and Warid Telecom.
The combined...
Mobile edge computing is seen as an important part to alleviating network congestion and improving cloud-based applications for both current 4G and future 5G networks. In the approach to 5G commercialization, Ericsson and Vodafone conducted a 5G mobile edge proof of concept, connecting separate...
Beyond technological transformation, 5G will require that operators reinvent themselves to support vertical industries
LONDON--The step change from 3G to 4G was relatively straightforward: delivering better mobile broadband. With 5G, it is a whole different story. The industry consensus is that the implications of 5G...
Commercial 5G could come sooner than expected. An exclusive interview with Volker Held, head of 5G Market Development at Nokia.
The search for commercial 5G use cases was some sort of a catchphrase at this week’s 5G World conference in London. 5G promises a sea...
Use cases for 5G are still on the drawing board but global standards and network slicing expected to be key to 5G
LONDON – We can easily envision multiple plausible use cases for "5G" technology, but many of them will probably be proved wrong as...
Tele2 already operates limited LTE-450 network in 2 regions
Russian mobile operator Tele2 Russia announced the launch of a new LTE-450 network to provide services in St Petersburg. The telco also announced it will roll out LTE-450 technology in Moscow in July, following its previously launched, small-scale LTE-450 network at...
IHS expects VoLTE subs to reach 310M by the end of 2016
The number of Voice-over LTE users worldwide is expected to reach 1 billion by 2020, according to research firm IHS, which said there were 185 million VoLTE users at the end of last year....
Ericsson will upgrade MTS network to support LTE-U, IoT
Russian mobile operator MTS and Swedish vendor Ericsson have successfully tested a "5G" technology solution, LTE-Unlicensed, by aggregating two frequencies – 10 megahertz in the 1800 MHz spectrum band and 20 megahertz of unlicensed 5 GHz band...
MegaFon said its 5G trial achieved internet speeds of more than 1 Gbps
Russian mobile operator MegaFon demonstrated mobile internet speeds of more than 1 Gbps during the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
The test used Huawei network equipment and a prototype user device based on the Qualcomm...
Connected vehicles are part of the Huawei smart city portfolio
Chinese ICT services provider Huawei signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SamTech Middle East, a regional systems integrator specializing in smart vehicle tracking systems.
Under the terms of the deal, SamTech will develop customized applications...
Stockholm tops Ericsson’s Networked Society City Index 2016, a global smart city index measuring both sustainable urban development and ICT maturity in 41 cities around the world.
Ericsson’s global smart city league table, the Networked Society City Index 2016, ranked Stockholm as the leading smart...
Swisscom and Ericsson aim to launch commercial 5G in 2020
Swiss mobile operator Swisscom has partnered with Swedish vendor Ericsson to launch the "5G for Switzerland" initiative in collaboration with local university Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne.
The three parties involved in the "5G" program are currently...
US-based MVNO FreedomPop launched an OTT application in the UK providing access to its unique 'free' service to any customer
FreedomPop continued its push into the U.K. market, launching an over-the-top application designed to expand availability of its unique “free” service offering.
The mobile virtual network...
The French IOT firm expects to connect 1M devices across the country by 2017
French provider of global communications service for the "internet of things," and Irish telecom provider VT Networks, announced the nationwide availability of the Sigfox IoT network across Ireland.
The firms said that...
Nokia will make smart home product commercially available for operators by year end
Finnish vendor Nokia launched a new smart home solution that will enable network operators to offer new services to residential customers seeking a digital home solution for the "internet of things."
Nokia said the new solution...
