Nokia will provide MEO with Massive MIMO, baseband and remote radio head solutions from its 5G AirScale portfolio
Nokia has signed a multi-year contract with Altice Portugal’s telecoms brand MEO to modernize the carrier’s existing radio access network (RAN) infrastructure, a deal the pair said...
5G networks in India already reached more than 700 districts across the country, with 446,000 5G base stations
The upcoming union budget may announce initiatives for the development of India's 5G ecosystem, as well as funds for more research and development in the 6G field,...
Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 said the new agreement includes plans for the latter to purchase spectrum at market value from the entity resulting as a result of the merger between Vodafone and Three UK
Vodafone UK and Virgin Media O2 have agreed to extend...
Ericsson’s innovation lab showcases several 5G use cases, including Automated Mobile Robots (AMR), an automated production machine and 360-degree wearable CCTV cameras
Swedish vendor Ericsson announced the launch of a new 5G facility in Thailand with the aim of boosting digital transformation in the Asian...
Claro said the 5G-A trial was carried out in partnership with Chinese vendor Huawei
Brazilian operator Claro has completed a test of 5G-Advanced (5G-A) in the country’s capital Brasilia, local press reported.
The trial, which was carried out in partnership with Chinese vendor Huawei, used a...
The tests were conducted in the field on live network spectrum at Adastral Park, BT Group’s headquarters for R&D
Nokia and U.K.-based BT Group announced that they have successfully aggregated 5G Standalone (SA) spectrum using 5CC carrier aggregation (5CC CA).
In a release, Nokia noted that...
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For telco AI workloads, on-prem data centers are the future, according to Dell Technologies
At the recent Telco AI Forum, Dell Technologies and silicon partner AMD announced the Dell PowerEdge XE9680 Server with AMD Instinct MI300X Accelerator and ROCm 6 open software platform. Optimized for...
Vodafone has put more than 500 new construction sites into operation and installed additional antennas for LTE, 5G and 5G SA at almost 900 other locations
German telco Vodafone said it has completed over 1,400 construction projects in the LTE and 5G networks during...
The telcos which completed the SSAs with DNB include CelcomDigi, Maxis, U Mobile and YTL
Malaysia’s state-run 5G network Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) has announced that four operators have completed the share subscription agreement (SSA), with each obtaining a 16.3% stake, local press reported.
The telcos...
Optus said that an average increase in user throughput of 22% was achieved during pilot testing of this technology
Australian carrier Optus, together with Swedish vendor Ericsson, has completed a pilot in a live network using Ericsson’s 5G-Advanced (5G-A) Interference Sensing technology, designed to improve...
ZTE said that the new facility is now formally recognized as part of the GTI 5G-A x AI Open Labs network
Chinese vendor ZTE Corporation, along with Qualcomm, Siemens and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, has announced the inauguration of the GTI 5G-A x AI Open...
O2 Telefonica said highway operator Autobahn GmbH will search for and provide suitable federal land
German telecom operator O2 Telefonica, controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica and local highway operator Autobahn GmbH have signed a cooperation agreement to expand additional mobile phone sites with 5G technology...
Telcos are under increasing pressure to scale their network operations and to see the return on their 5G investments
As telecommunications providers continue the shift towards multi-vendor, multi-cloud and cloud-native architectures, their operations are only become more and more complex. There is increasing need to...
Xavier Niel’s investment firm already has a 29% stake in Millicom
French businessman Xavier Niel’s Atlas Investissement is looking to buyout Latin America-focused operator group Millicom, offering to purchase the shares it doesn’t already own in a deal valuing the carrier at roughly $4.1 billion.
Millicom,...
Artificial intelligence isn't entirely new — although its manifestation as generative AI certainly is — and the telecom industry has been pursuing it in one way or another for some time. So why is it difficult to fully realize AI for telecommunications providers' businesses?
During...
The update is the result of the work carried out by the European carriers under the a previously signed Open RAN MoU
European carriers Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, TIM and Vodafone Group have released an update on the technical priorities of Open RAN, the telcos...
Following positive trial results and performance, Vodafone Idea said it has decided to expand Samsung deployments
Indian operator Vodafone Idea said it is actively discussing new technologies with Korean vendor Samsung, including virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) solutions, for its 4G and 5G deployments.
Over the...
What's in the way of telco AI adoption?
The telecom industry is anxious to figure out artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI, and how it can be applied to their businesses and either create new revenues or reduce costs. The will is there, but the...
The report said 5G subscriber numbers continue to grow in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand
5G subscriptions in South East Asia and Oceania 5G are forecast to reach around 560 million by the end of 2029, according to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report.
The updated report...
5G-A technology is seen as a key upgrade to the 5G network in terms of both functionality and coverage
China will boost efforts to commercially launch 5G-Advanced (5G-A) technologies, which will enable a wide range of applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in many sectors and...
O2 Telefonica now reaches more than 95% of the German population with its 5G service
German carrier O2 Telefónica said it has deployed a total of 1,200 transmitters across Germany during the first half of the year, the telco said in a release.
The company also...
'The mobile AI era is here,' said Huawei SVP and president of ICT sales and services at MWC Shanghai 2024
SHANGHAI — Business model innovation and capability integration are key elements for carriers in order to maximize return on investment in ‘5.5G’ or 5G-Advanced (5G-A)...
According to Rakuten, the 700 MHz band offers better indoor building penetration and underground connectivity
Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile announced the launch of commercial services using the so-called “platinum band” previously allocated by the Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in 2023.
In a release,...
