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T-Mo brings 5G slicing to NYC high-speed sailing race

5G-equipped cameras will ride under racing catamarans T-Mobile US will be supporting a high-speed sailing race in New York City this weekend with a hybrid 5G-Advanced network that includes network slicing capabilities, in order to ensure high-performance data transfers for live broadcasting. The Mubadala New...

Test and Measurement: Spirent adds CNF testing to Landslide

Spirent Communications has added cloud-native function (CNF) resiliency testing to its Landslide solution, which it said enables continuous testing of the impact of CNF performance on 5G Standalone services. The test company said that the new feature will address operator and NEM needs as...

Amazon, AWS announce new investments in Germany

Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to make a €8.8 billion investment in Germany by 2026 Amazon announced a plan to invest an additional €10 billion ($10.7 billion) into its cloud infrastructure and logistics network in Germany, as part of the company’s efforts to expand its...

UK regulator kicks off investigation on HPE-Juniper deal

HPE confirmed had agreed a deal to acquired Juniper Networks for $14 billion in January 2024 The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority confirmed it has started a preliminary investigation into the potential implications of cloud and edge solutions provider Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)’s $14 billion...

Orange’s private 5G to boost connectivity at Paris Olympic Games

Orange said that it will connect more than 120 venues as well as airports, railway stations and training facilities during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games French telecom group Orange announced it will provide dedicated mobile offers for French and foreign tourists, as well as...

Securing networks in the age of AI (Reader Forum)

Technology advancement means both unprecedented opportunities and significant security challenges The digital era is hurtling towards a hyper-connected future fueled by advancements like 5G and the looming promise of 6G. While these next-generation networks unlock a treasure trove of possibilities – from the ubiquitous Internet...

Samsung proves out RedCap’s energy efficiency features

Longer battery life is one of 5G RedCap's advantages 5G Reduced Capability, or RedCap, got a boost this week with Samsung's announcement that it successfully tested the technology's energy-saving features, which are one of its major selling points. Samsung plans to make its RedCap solution...

Vodafone sells 18% stake in Indus Towers

Following the placing, Vodafone holds 82.5 million shares in Indus Towers, equivalent to a 3.1% shareholding U.K.-based Vodafone Group announced that it has sold 484.7 million shares in Indian tower company Indus Towers, representing 18% of Indus’ share capital, through an accelerated book-build offering. In a...

Telia uses drone for remote forestry machine control via 5G

Telia said that the project aims to investigate how drone technology and 5G could enable the use of remote-controlled vehicles in remote areas around Sweden Nordic telco Telia and a number of partners used a drone with its own portable mobile base station to extend...

LatAm to reach 125mn licensed cellular IoT connections by 2030

The number of licensed cellular IoT connections in the region had reached 73 million last year Licensed cellular IoT connections in Latin America are forecast to reach 125 million by 2030, according to a recent report by the GSMA. The report stated that the number of...

#TBT: Midband 5G roll-outs in Canada; Dish hits coverage milestone; More C-Band spectrum on the way … this week in 2022

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Rogers rolls out...

Deutsche Telekom operates 11,900 5G antennas via 3.6 GHz band

Deutsche Telecom said its 5G technology will reach 99% of the population by the end of 2025 German telecom operator Deutsche Telekom said that a total of 11,900 of its 5G antennas in over 900 cities are currently transmitting on the 3.6 GHz spectrum band. In...

Chile raises $90 million in its second 5G spectrum auction

Local carrier Claro was the sole winner in the 5G auction Chile raised nearly $90 million following the conclusion of a new spectrum auction, in which local carrier Claro obtained additional spectrum for 5G services. In a release, Chilean telecom regulator Subtel confirmed that local telco...

Vodafone Idea seeks bank loans to expand 4G, deploy 5G

Vodafone Idea previously said it aims to launch its 5G network in India later this year India’s third-largest telecom operator, Vodafone Idea, announced its intention to borrow INR 230 billion ($2.75 billion) in term loans and sought an additional INR 100 billion in bank guarantees,...

Expanded ‘CBRS 2.0’ access expected by late this summer

CBRS' continued evolution likely to set the roadmap for sharing in other bands The Citizens Broadband Radio Service's three-tiered spectrum-sharing framework has essentially set the current standard for an automated approach to sharing between the federal government and the private sector. However, the system isn't...

Rakuten Mobile surpasses 7 million mobile subscribers

Rakuten Mobile previously highlighted that it plans to continue to expand 4G and 5G infrastructure across Japan Rakuten Mobile announced that the number of subscribers for its mobile carrier service has surpassed 7 million as of June 16, 2024. In a release, the telco noted that...

O2 Telefonica activates 5G street lighting mast in Cologne

O2 Telefonica had recently activated similar 5G street lighting masts in Frankfurt am Main and Würzburg German operator O2 Telefónica, controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, and compatriot infrastructure provider 5G Synergiewerk have activated what they claim to be the first 5G street lighting mast in...

Vodafone seeks to sell its entire stake in Indus Towers: Report

Vodafone currently owns 21.5% of Indus Towers via various group entities U.K.-based Vodafone Group is looking to sell its entire $2.3 billion stake in Indian tower company Indus Towers through stock market block deals, local newspaper Business Standard reported, citing sources with knowledge of the...

Telenor creates new company with focus on cybersecurity

Telenor Cyberdefense will offer businesses a Security Operations Centre (SOC) for 24/7 monitoring, prevention, detection and response to all types of cyber threats Nordic operator Telenor announced the creation of a new firm dubbed Telenor Cyberdefense, with the aim of helping Norwegian businesses to deal...

BT warns about negative effects of Vodafone-Three merger

The U.K.'s competition regulator launched the initial phase of an antitrust investigation in January after the entity was notified by the two carriers about the proposed merger U.K. operator BT believes that the proposed merger between local telcos Vodafone and Three will have a negative...

Where is airport connectivity the best? Ookla weighs in

Wi-Fi is fast, but mobile networks are even faster: Ookla Airports are notorious for the intensity and density of data usage. Just as summer travel is ramping up, Ookla has reassessed both Wi-Fi and mobile network airport connectivity at more than 50 airports around the...

South Korean government set to cancel Stage X’s license

The South Korean government expected Stage X to become the country's fourth mobile operator South Korea's Science Ministry said it will revoke the license of newcomer operator Stage X for failing to meet legal requirements to run the business, including paid-in capital of KRW 205...

Test and Measurement: Anritsu, ETS-Lindgren partner on NTN testing

Anritsu and fellow test equipment company ETS-Lindgren have collaborated on a new Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) testing solution, which combines Anritsu’s MT8821C Radio Communication Analyzer with ETS-Lindgren’s EMQuest antenna measurement software and supports narrowband IoT NTN testing. The MT8821C has a wide dynamic range, supports cellular technologies and...

T-Mobile selected by U.S. Navy for $2.67bn 10-year contract

This new contract will give all Department of Defense agencies the ability to place orders for wireless services and equipment from T-Mobile for the next ten years T-Mobile US has been selected as a wireless solutions provider by the U.S. Department of the Navy as...