The new 5G spectrum will be assigned for 20 years, according to the DoT
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) issued demand notices to India’s three private carriers — Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea (Vi) and Reliance Jio — which had acquired 5G spectrum in the recent...
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According to TRAI, 5G data usage was 8,891 PB in the first quarter of the year
5G data usage accounted for 16.89% of the total mobile data usage in India during the first quarter of 2024, according to the latest data released by the Telecom...
Under the agreement, Edotco will provide U Mobile with access to its tower infrastructures
Malaysian telco U Mobile and compatriot telecommunications infrastructure company Edotco announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the rollout of a 5G network under the government’s dual-network model.
U Mobile noted that the...
Ookla found that T-Mobile US has the fastest 5G median download speed at 265.80 Mbps
According to Ookla data from January through June 2024, T-Mobile US emerged as the leader when it comes to key mobile KPIs in the U.S, while AT&T achieved top marks...
Huawei said its new facility is located in in Jinze, a town in Shanghai’s Qingpu district
Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies has completed the construction of its CNY10 billion ($1.4 billion) research and development (R&D) center in Shanghai, Chinese press reported.
According to the report, the new...
Samsung said that the coordination group will be responsible for defining the process for developing 6G technology standards
Samsung Electronics confirmed that its researcher HyoungJin Choi was named chair of the Coordination Group on IMT-2030 (6G) at the International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) Working...
SGH's Penguin Solutions focuses on integrated AI data center solutions
Korean operator SK Telecom has signed an agreement to invest $200 million in Smart Global Holdings (SGH), which designs and develops high-performance solutions for data centers and enterprises.
SK Telecom has made clear its ambition...
Brokerage firm Jefferies also suggested that Jio might debut with a valuation around $112 billion
Indian telecommunications firm Reliance Jio Infocomm is exploring the possibility of a major initial public offering (IPO) in 2025, Indian newspaper Business Standard reported, citing a note by investment company...
Atlas already has a 29% stake in Millicom, and two weeks ago, offered to purchase the remaining shares for $24 each
An independent committee representing Millicom’s board urged shareholders to turn down the offer from Xavier Niel’s Atlas Investissement to buyout the Latin America-focused operator group.
Atlas...
EchoStar said that the new O-RAN facility is housed at the company's data center in Cheyenne
EchoStar Corporation announced the launch of the Open RAN Center for Integration and Deployment (ORCID), a state-of-the-art Open RAN (O-RAN) testing and evaluation lab.
The company said that the new...
Ericsson and Oppo will also work together on several 5G-related projects, including device testing and marketing
Ericsson and Oppo have entered a multi-year cross-licensing patent agreement that covers patents related to standards for cellular technologies, including 5G. Per the agreement, the handset vendor will make...
Signals Research Group report dives into 5G gaming with comparisons of 5G NSA, SA, 5G mmWave, 5G FWA and more
How do the various flavors of 5G compare when it comes to gaming? Network testing and analysis firm Signals Research Group took a stab at...
Telecom Egypt secured the country's first 5G license earlier this year
Telecom Egypt said it will deliver Egypt’s first 5G network later this year, beginning with services in the cities of Alexandria, Aswan, Cairo, Giza and Luxor. For the groundbreaking deployment, the carrier selected 5G...
Demand 'remains challenged in many markets,' IDC said; gen AI smartphones expected to grow rapidly
The second quarter of 2024 marked the fourth consecutive quarter of growth for the smartphone market, according to preliminary quarterly data from IDC, with global shipments up 6.5% since the...
The reduction in the forecast is caused by severe economic headwinds and the slow adoption of 5G SA networks by mobile network operators
The global mobile core network (MCN) market is expected to decline by 10% during the 2024-2028 period, according to a newly published...
The union also urged the Indian government to accelerate the deployment of BSNL's 4G and 5G mobile services
Indian workers union Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) has demanded a rollback of the increase in mobile tariff recently implemented by local carriers Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel...
The network has achieved a significant improvement in key communication metrics such as capacity, coverage and efficiency
A group of Chinese telecom engineers have established what they claim is the world's first field test network for 6G communication and intelligent integration, Chinese newspaper China Daily...
An AT&T workspace cloud platform provided by third-party vendor Snowflake was 'unlawfully accessed'
AT&T has revealed in a new filing that during a six-month period in 2022, it fell prey to a major hack of customer data impacting nearly all of its subscribers. In a...
Eckholm defends API strategy in the wake of Vonage impairment, but says lack of 5G monetization is impacting the NEM
Ericsson saw sales growth in the North American market for the first time since 2022, to the tune of a 14% increase over last year....
CelcomDigi said that AiX also houses a collaborative space that serves as a live lab environment for startups, large enterprises, academia and government
Malaysian telco CelcomDigi launched its AI experience center, dubbed AiX, with the aim of creating digital solutions across a range of sectors...
German operators will have to stop using critical components made by Huawei and ZTE in its 5G networks by end-2026
Germany’s Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (BMI) has reached individual agreements with local operators Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and O2 Telefonica on the use...
O2 Telefonica said that the new site has been deployed in Bavaria
German operator O2 Telefónica has put into operation the first mobile site that operates completely independently of the general power supply.
The site has been deployed in the small town of Sindlbach, in the...
New integrated solution includes 5G RedCap OTA test support
Test companies Rohde & Schwarz and Emite are continuing to work together on integrated solutions for over-the-air testing, extending that work to put Rohde's CMX500 signaling tester's latest capabilities to work in conjunction with Emite's OTA...
