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German operator Telefónica Deutschland/O2, controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, is currently reaching 60 cities with its 5G technology, the operator said in a release. The telco said that its current …

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has decided to allow the proposed merger between mobile operator O2, owned by Spanish telco Telefonica, and fixed operator Virgin Media. The regulator …

Nordic operator Telenor Group has partnered with Enea to deploy the latter’s cloud-native data management system in the operator’s multi-vendor Standalone (SA) 5G core initiative. Under the terms of the …

UK mobile operator O2, owned by Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica, announced that its 5G network already reaches part of 180 towns and cities across the country. “O2 continued to invest …

U.K. carrier EE, part of telecom group BT, has doubled its 5G footprint in the recent fiscal year, with its next-generation offering currently available in 160 towns and cities across …

German operator Telefónica Deutschland/O2, which is controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, is bundling frequencies using carrier aggregation (CA) technology to raise speeds for customers on its 5G networks. “We are …

France had a total of 24,219 5G authorized sites as of May 1, of which 13,332 were declared technically operational by the local mobile operators, according to the latest information …

American Tower Corporation (ATC) and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a global investment group, announced that the latter will acquire a 30% stake in ATC Europe. ATC …

Canadian telecoms operator Telus announced plans to expand its next-generation 5G network to an additional 529 new urban and rural communities across the country by the end of the year. …

German operator Deutsche Telekom has built up 5G capacities at 75 locations across Germany in the past eight weeks, the carrier said in a release. Deutsche Telekom said it had …

Finnish operator Elisa said its 5G network already reached over 100 locations across the country, covering half of Finland’s population. During the first months of the year, Elisa’s 5G network …

Ericsson said it is launching a three-sector dual-band radio to help communications service providers (CSPs) increase their Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) 5G frequency capacity. In a release, the Swedish vendor …

U.K. operators O2 and Vodafone have announced a new deal to trade airwaves to create more efficient blocks of 5G spectrum. The two operators already share mast infrastructure in parts …

U.K. telco Vodafone has announced the launch of an Open RAN (O-RAN) test and validation laboratory on its Newbury campus, the operator said in a statement. The operator said that …

The Danish Energy Authority has announced the conclusion of the auction of 5G frequencies that began on March 11. In a release, the agency said that total revenue from the …

Spanish operator Telefónica has extended the coverage of its 5G network to over 80% of the country’s population as of the end of the first quarter of 2021, having installed …

Spanish telecom operator Masmovil is now offering 5G service in over 200 towns and cities in 35 provinces across Spain for the customers of its Yoigo brand, the company said …

The U.K.’s competition authority dismissed concerns that a merger of mobile operator O2 and fixed operator Virgin Media would have negative implications on wholesale services, provisionally clearing the proposed deal …

Vodafone Germany launched its 5G standalone (SA) network in partnership with Ericsson, Nokia, Qualcomm and OPPO. Vodafone upgraded 1,000 sites to SA 5G, covering 170 cities and municipalities via 3.5 …

U.K. carrier EE, part of telecom group BT, announced that it has switched on 5G technology in 35 additional cities and towns across the country. Some of the new cities …

The GSMA announced this morning that registered attendees coming to Spain for MWC Barcelona 2021 will be considered part of the “highly qualified worker” exceptions to the international travel ban …

France had a total of 22,857 5G authorized sites as of April 1, of which 12,213 were declared technically operational by the local mobile operators, according to the latest information …

Huawei reports it was up 3.8% year-over-year in 2020 with China accounting for 65% of revenues Chinese vendor Huawei reported its sales revenues reached CNY 891.4 billion (USD 136.7 billion) …

Telefonica Deutschland building out 5G using 3.6 GHz; plans to deploy in 700 MHz and 1800 MHz German operator Telefónica Deutschland / O2, controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, is currently …

Qatar’s Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) published a public consultation on its website related to the Wireless Local Area Network (Wi-Fi 6) and CRA’s proposed policy for assigning the full frequency …