Rogers vowed to pursue its purchase of Shaw, commenting that the pair will work together to 'highlight the many benefits of the merger'
After two days of mediations with Canada’s Commissioner of Competition, Canadian telco Rogers Communications failed to negotiate its way to acquiring Shaw...
Tethys Mobile, formerly Virgin Mobile South Africa, has been in business rescue since September 2020
Huge Group will acquire the remaining assets belonging to Tethys Mobile, formerly Virgin Mobile South Africa. The telco was the country’s first mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), but it hit tough...
GSMA forecasts that 5G connections will represent 14% of total mobile connections in the APAC region by 2025
5G connections in Asia Pacific (APAC) are expected to reach 430 million in 2025, up from 200 million at end-2021, according to a recent report by industry...
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Text messaging surges
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Rakuten Mobile holds a 51% interest in Rakuten Mobile Infrastructure Solutions, while Tepco owns the remainder
Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile has established a joint venture company with Tokyo Electric Power Grid (Tepco), with the aim of deploying base stations on the power company’s network assets.
The...
TSMC captured nearly 70% share of the global chipset market share, according to Counterpoint
According Counterpoint’s latest Foundry and Chipset Tracker, several factors contributed to a decline of 5% YoY in Q1 2022 in the global smartphone chipset (SoC/AP+Baseband) shipments, including weaker demand in China...
Telefonica provides 5G coverage to 38 million people in 1,431 towns and cities across Spain
Spanish telecom operator Telefonica’s 5G network currently covers 82% of the Spanish population, the telco said in a release.
The operator said its 5G network provides coverage to 38 million people...
Two Senators are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to pursue more information about just how much TikTok data is available to company representatives in China or Chinese security services, after recent press reports contradicted assurances given by a TikTok executive to Congress during...
The Government of Canada expects to award spectrum in the 3.8 GHz band to boost 5G services during 2023
The government of Canada has set rules for its auction of 3.8 GHz spectrum, which is expected to happen in 2023. François-Philippe Champagne, minister of innovation,...
China ended May with a total of 899.3 million subscribers in the 5G segment
China's telecommunication industry recorded revenues of CNY 665 billion ($99.46 billion) in the first five months of the year, up 8.5% compared to the same period the previous year, local news...
Ice currently has over 700,000 customers and its 4G and 5G network covers 95% of the population in Norway
Nokia announced that it has secured a five-year contract with Norwegian mobile operator Ice to upgrade and expand its 5G radio network infrastructure nationwide.
In a release,...
An Ohio man formed a broadband company on paper that used association with the federal EBB program to defraud consumers, the FCC says
The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a fine of more than $220,000—the maximum it can impose—for an Ohio man whom the agency...
umlaut CEO touts the 'perfect test environment'
German test and analytics company Umlaut has begun operating a private 5G Standalone Open RAN network, aimed at providing companies a place to test private 5G solutions without having to build their own private network or purchase spectrum...
Analysts remain optimistic that the job cuts don’t suggest larger problems brewing beneath the surface
Open RAN vendor Parallel Wireless reported widespread layoffs earlier this week, citing economic conditions and the slower-than-expected pace of Open RAN adoption. While the company has not disclosed a number,...
Virgin Media O2 launched services in June 2021 as a joint venture between Liberty Global and Telefónica in the U.K.
U.K. carrier Virgin Media O2 said it installed more than 1,300 small cells across London, claiming the largest deployment of any major operator in the...
Hong Kong operators have secured 700MHz frequencies in a spectrum auction last year
Mobile operators in Hong Kong are set to gradually activate their mobile base stations in the 700 MHz band to provide 5G services, the Hong Kong’s Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA)...
NEC said that the acquisition is expected to be fully completed this month
Japanese tech giant NEC has increased its capacity to deliver end-to-end Open RAN (O-RAN) ecosystems with the acquisition of Irish firm Aspire Technology, the former said in a release.
Aspire Technology is a...
The general-purpose test equipment market is expected to grow at nearly 6% per year through 2026, reaching $1.95 billion by the end of the forecast period, according to new numbers from TechNavio. This market segment includes oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, arbitrary waveform generators,...
