5G networks were activated at a rate of almost two cities per day during 2021, according to Viavi Solutions
5G continues its deployment momentum around the world, while the shift toward Standalone is picking up, according to newly released figures from Viavi Solutions. As of...
Microsoft CEO: 'In the past year, subscribers have played billions of hours of games on the platform'
During Microsoft’s most recent earnings call, CEO Satya Nadella revealed that more than 10 million users — or 40% of the 25 million Xbox Game Pass subscribers —...
Comcast activated the first 5G radios during the first quarter
Comcast expects to launch an employee field test of 5G in June, the company’s president and CEO Brian Roberts said during a conference call with investors.
The executive also noted that Comcast had lit the first...
One of the O-RAN principles stipulates open disaggregation, allowing elements of the RAN to be sourced from different suppliers
The U.K. government announced a set of principles for the development and deployment of Open RAN (O-RAN) equipment.
In a statement, the government noted that there is...
Private networks are expected to be one of the primary ways in which 5G services are monetized. A recent IDC forecast estimated that on a worldwide basis, private LTE/5G wireless infrastructure revenues will reach $8.3 billion by 2026, compared to $1.7 billion in 2021...
Nokia reported a better-than-expected first quarter, but CEO Pekka Lundmark warned investors that the company is being impacted by rising input prices and the global chip shortage.
While Lundmark said that Nokia's first-quarter results were a "strong start to the year," he added that...
Oracle exec: 'The 5G standalone core network was always the main act in this show'
Andrew De La Torre, group vice president of technology at Oracle Communications, expressed some disappointment that the industry hasn’t moved faster on 5G Standalone (SA), mostly because doing so is...
As network operators navigate a multi-pronged transformation that encompasses 5G, fiber proliferation, increasingly cloud-based and virtualized networks, one of the challenges that they face is that of radio frequency interference.
RF interference is not a new issue in wireless networks, and in fact, some of...
5G coverage in Japan stood below 40% as of the end of fiscal 2020
The government of Japan expects 5G coverage to reach 99% of the population by the end of fiscal year 2030, the Japan Times reported.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced this goal at...
US Cellular expects to expand the new service to additional cities in urban and rural areas of the country
US Cellular, in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies and Inseego, has launched its 5G mmWave high-speed internet service in parts of 10 U.S. cities.
The carrier says that...
In January, the Korean government said it was working with local telcos on 6G network development strategies
The new government of South Korea expects to come up with a 6G communications prototype in 2026, Korean press reported.
The Presidential Transition Committee said that the incoming...
Nextivity said the Cel-Fi QUATRA 4000e is an all-digital, multi-carrier active DAS hybrid solution
Nextivity recently announced that Nordic distributor Tura Scandinavia AB is in the process of installing the first European deployment of Cel-Fi QUATRA 4000e.
The new multi-carrier hybrid active DAS for the EMEA...
Teledyne Technologies reported a record quarter, with sales up 64% compared to the first quarter of 2021, to $1.32 billion. Profits, meanwhile, jumped 151% year-over-year, from $84.7 million to $212.6 million.
"We began 2022 with the greatest first quarter sales, earnings and adjusted operating...
Episode 2: "Deployment models and technology options"
In the latest episode of this series, Nextivity's Stephen Kowal, chief commercial officer, goes over the company's unique approach to hybrid active DAS and how this differs from traditional DAS. Kowal provides a walk-through of how this solution...
Carrier adds 589,000 postpaid phone customers, 338,000 home internet subs
T-Mobile US says it is largely wrapping up the integration of Sprint this year, both in terms of the network and customers. The carrier reported 589,000 postpaid phone net additions in the first quarter and...
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AT&T sets data...
'More than 30% of overall traffic is leveraging C-band,' says Verizon SVP and chief engineer
On January 19th 2022, Verizon — along with AT&T — turned on its C-band networks, and in doing so, finally shook up the dynamic in which T-Mobile was the...
Cellular positioning was first introduced in the mid-nineties to meet regulatory requirements of emergency call positioning; since then, the possibilities for this feature have drastically expanded to address the needs of industrial verticals and use cases such as logistics, smart factories, autonomous vehicles, digital...
Huawei is diversifying its portfolio as well as increasing R&D spending and focusing on operational efficiency, given the growing challenges faced by the vendor this year, which are even higher compared to 2021, rotating chairman Ken Hu said in his keynote presentation at the...
EY will be the quantum secured network’s first commercial customer and will use it to connect two of its sites in London
Yesterday, BT and Toshiba announced the launch trial of what they claimed to be the world’s first commercial quantum secured metro network. Connecting...
On January 19th 2022, Verizon and AT&T activated their C-band networks, and in doing so, finally shook up the 5G dynamic in the U.S.
At the end of last year, an Ookla report positioned the U.S. as the world leader for 5G availability, but when...
