Vodafone Germany noted that the first compact antenna is on a parking garage in Düsseldorf
German operator Vodafone Germany has started to deploy compact base stations developed by Swedish vendor Ericsson to boost 5G coverage in the country.
In a release, Vodafone Germany noted that the...
GSMA says smartphone affordability is the most significant connectivity barrier for those living in low- and middle-income countries
Mobile operators and vendors, the World Bank Group, ITU and several other institutions have joined a new global coalition spearheaded by the GSMA focused on making smartphones...
MasOrange said its 5G network will reach almost 3,700 municipalities by the end this year
MasOrange, Spain’s largest mobile operator as a result of the merger between local carriers Orange Spain and Masmovil, plans to continue with the extension of its 5G network this year...
Zayo said that its North American fiber network is now "nearly 90% 400G-enabled"
Fiber network provider Zayo has five new 400G wavelength routes that it has completed in the past few months, which it says provide route diversity that is unique to its network.
Zayo,...
Telefonica noted that the new agreement with Digi has a duration of 16 years
Spanish telco Telefónica and compatriot telco Digi have signed a new long-term mobile network agreement to extend their ongoing relationship, the former said in a release.
Telefonica noted that the new agreement...
When Vodafone tested the use of 1024 QAM tech in Spain, it recorded peak download speeds of just under 1.8Gbit/s
Vodafone Group tested the use of 1024 QAM technology on its 5G infrastructure with partners Qualcomm and Xiaomi to improve its network capacity.
Conducted in...
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The Olympics PTT service will be prioritized over other voice traffic on the 4G network to ensure reliability, said the CTIO of Events at Orange
Orange, which is an official partner and supplier of the Paris Olympics Games 2024, will use a Push-To-Talk (PTT) service...
Silo AI counts Nokia among its partners on AI projects
Semiconductor company AMD has announced that it is buying the largest private artificial intelligence lab in Europe for $665 million in cash, to bolster AI solutions for enterprise that will leverage AMD's chips.
The move is...
Ericsson said it has extended the collaboration with KAUST for an additional two years
Swedish vendor Ericsson has announced the extension of its research and development partnership with King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia for an additional two years.
Following the...
MasOrange said that the deployment of this 5G virtual private network will require a total investment of 3.6 million euros over the next five years
The new private 5G Standalone (SA) network deployed at the Port of Barcelona, Spain by Spanish telecom group MasOrange is...
The 6G facility was developed in partnership with Keysight and is based on Keysight instruments and software
The University of Sheffield announced the launch of the "National 6G Radio Systems Facility" in the city of Sheffield, which aims to support the U.K. in becoming a...
The federal CHIPS for America program has released info about a new funding round of up to $1.6 billion, focused on bolstering advanced semiconductor packaging manufacturing in the United States.
The funding will be focused in five related research and development areas: Equipment, tools, processes...
Roughly 30% of sites are impacted in six south Texas counties; carriers focus on refueling generators at hundreds of sites
As mobile network operators work to restore service in the wake of Hurricane Beryl's strike upon southeastern Texas, the Federal Communications Commission says that roughly...
In an interview with RCR Wireless News, Indosat's President and CEO, Vikram Sinha said that the telco has alread launched 5G services in eight cities across Indonesia, including Jakarta, Makassar, and Bali
Indonesian telco Indosat has the main priority of strengthening its 4G network to...
The three Korean telcos will support small and medium-sized enterprises by sharing 5G IoT-related tech specs
Korean operators SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus and the Radio Promotion Association of Korea (RAPA) have signed an agreement to foster the ability of small and medium-sized manufacturers...
Viavi's Automated Lab-as-a-service for Open RAN (VALOR) solution gets official TIP authorization
Viavi Solutions' Lab-as-a-service for Open RAN, otherwise known as VALOR, is getting expanded test capabilities through a new collaboration with the Telecom Infra Project (TIP).
VALOR has been established as the first authorized test...
Smartphone users are consuming and creating short-form videos at astonishingly high rates
Vodafone Group and Meta Platforms are deepening their network traffic optimization partnership by addressing the capacity needs of short-form video on 11 of the carrier’s European mobile networks.
Smartphone users are consuming and...
Huawei noted that more than 60 operators have unveiled their plans to commercialize 5G-A
Chinese vendor Huawei has launched what it claims to be the world's first commercial "5.5G", or 5G-Advanced (5G-A) network platform based on 3GPP Release 18.
The launch of the so-called Apollo version...
Vodafone partnered with a Glastonbury Festival drink vendor to demonstrate how network slicing can enable faster payment transactions
Vodafone partnered with EBC, an onsite drink vendor at the Glastonbury Festival — a music event in Somerset, U.K. — to demonstrate how network slicing can enable...
Test is the first demonstration of 50G PON in a live network in the U.S., Nokia says
Nokia and Google's GFiber Labs have achieved 50 Gbps broadband speeds over an existing fiber network, using Nokia's 50G Passive Optical Networking (PON) technology.
PON is a way...
The purchase would have led to 'significant impediments to competition and consumer harm,' said Portugal’s competition authority
Following a draft decision thwarting Vodafone Portugal’s proposed acquisition of Cabonitel, including Nowo Communications, the country’s competition authority Autoridade da Concorrencia (AdC) this week officially prohibited the deal...
5G infrastructure also covers over 90% of all Chinese villages
5G networks deployed by Chinese operators have already reached all cities and towns across the country, local news service Xinhua reported.
5G infrastructure also covers over 90% of all Chinese villages, according to data from the...
SK Telecom and Singtel will explore the use of artificial intelligence (AI), orchestration tools and deepen the domain knowledge of network virtualization
Korean carrier SK Telecom and Singaporean telco Singtel have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim of collaborating on building next-generation...
