Last year's race saw 53.3 million connections in a 12-hour period, according to Verizon Associate Director of Network Operation
Verizon is coming down the back stretch of its year-long preparation for this weekend’s Preakness Stakes, the annual American thoroughbred horse race held at the Pimlico Race...
Zain said it will expand its current 5G network coverage to 122 cities across the country
Saudi telco Zain KSA announced plans to invest a total of SAR1.6 billion ($427 million) to expand its 5G network and digital services ecosystem in Saudi Arabia, local press...
Qualcomm noted that the deal aims to boost advanced technologies for industrial use cases in the country
Qualcomm Technologies and Saudi energy firm Aramco signed an agreement for the joint contribution to connectivity, artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced computing technologies for industrial use cases in...
NTT Docomo said it will launch the new subsidiary in July this year
Japanese telco NTT Docomo announced plans to create a new subsidiary, dubbed NTT Docomo Global, with the aim of expanding the telco's global presence. In a release, the Japanese operator said that...
Honda and IBM will research specialized semiconductor technology and open software solutions to address software-defined vehicle challenges
Honda Motor Co. and IBM are collaborating on the research and development (R&D) of next-generation computing technologies to address emerging processing, power and design challenges for software-defined vehicles...
ATLANTA, GA—The changes across the telecom infrastructure market are well beyond that of "just" a jump from one G to the next—although some of them are being driven by 5G. Fiber proliferation, fixed wireless access as a mainstream internet access technology being offered and...
Boliden said it has been working to digitize and automate its mining operations in order to increase productivity and safety
Boliden, a Swedish multinational metals, mining and smelting company, has joined the NorthStar 5G innovation program launched by Ericsson and Telia last year.
Under this program,...
The acquisition of Vodafone Spain is valued at EUR5 billion
The Spanish government has approved the acquisition of 100% of the Vodafone Spain Group by U.K.-based investment firm Zegona Bidco, a fully owned subsidiary of Zegona Communications, the Council of Ministers said in a statement.
The...
Virgin Media O2 will be able to leverage a unified 360-degree customer view across all channels
Netcracker Technology, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, said it has extended its partnership with U.K. telco Virgin Media O2 in an ongoing expansive digital transformation program.
In a release,...
The C-band signal booster is FCC-certified for immediate deployment, says SureCall
SureCall today announced the SpeedLink 5G, a new C-band signal booster that the company called a significant industry milestone. In addition to being FCC-certified for immediate deployment, it is also the only C-band booster...
Huawei carried out this project in Thailand in partnership with Midea, AIS and China Unicom
Chinese vendor Huawei, together with appliance manufacturer Midea, Thai telco AIS and Chinese operator China Unicom have jointly implemented what it claims to be the first 5G fully-connected factory in...
Intel has chip plants in several countries including the U.S., China, Malaysia, Vietnam and Israel
According to reporting from The Wall Street Journal, Intel is in discussions with U.S. investment company Apollo Global Management for $11 billion in funding for a chip manufacturing plant in the...
During the demo, e& UAE said it aggregated multiple carriers across high-band and mid-band spectrum
Emirati-based operator e& UAE claimed a record speed of 30.5 Gbps on its live 5G network, which, according to the carrier, represents a significant milestone in its evolution towards 5G-Advanced...
Vodafone and Three should establish a national security committee within the joint entity under the terms approved by the government
The U.K. Secretary of State has approved the proposed merger between local carriers Vodafone and Three UK, subject to certain conditions, the U.K. government said...
Airtel is training more than 300 experts on Google Cloud services at a managed services center in Pune
Indian telco Bharti Airtel announced today a long-term partnership with Google Cloud to develop and provide cloud and generative AI products to its existing business customers, which...
The investment from Microsoft will go towards building infrastructure, workforce training and support for French start-ups
Microsoft has pledged to inject $4.3 billion into its French cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) operations by the end of 2027. The plan involves building advanced infrastructure, AI training...
KT and Nokia agreed to collaborate on developing advanced Open RAN technology for 6G mobile communications
Korean carrier KT has partnered with Finnish vendor Nokia to carry out research in the 6G field, Korean press reported.
The two companies agreed to collaborate on developing advanced...
1&1 said that around 700,000 customers were already using its O-RAN network as of the end of March
German operator 1&1, which is owned by United Internet AG, had constructed a total of 1,334 antenna sites by the end of the first quarter of the...
T-Mobile US is rumored to be considering the purchase of UScellular spectrum licenses for more than $2 billion
T-Mobile US is in discussions to purchase a piece of UScellular, a move that would give the telco access to additional spectrum, according to reports from...
LG Uplus said its overall mobile user base climbed 27.8% y-o-y to 26.26 million in Q1
Korean operator LG Uplus ended the first quarter of 2024 with 7.19 million 5G subscribers, up 13.2% year-on-year, according to the company’s latest earnings statement.
The telco added a total...
Rakuten Mobile started using JTower's solutions in January 2020
Japanese carrier Rakuten Mobile and compatriot telecom infrastructure company JTower announced that Rakuten Mobile has adopted JTower’s indoor infrastructure-sharing solutions for its network in more than 100 facilities and buildings across Japan.
In a release, Rakuten Mobile,...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Spectrum, driving innovation and openness. From Samsung Networks' view, these are the three things that the U.S. government should be focusing on to bolster the country's global leadership in wireless technologies.
"We've got a lead in this country. We are at a crossroads....
SoftBank and KDDI will aim to jointly build out a total of 100,000 base stations each by the fiscal year 2030
Japanese telecom operators SoftBank and KDDI Corporation said they have agreed to start discussions to potentially expand the scope of their ongoing collaborative initiative...
Virgin Media O2 said that the first customer implementations in the U.K. will take place in the coming months
U.K. carrier Virgin Media O2 and Accenture have announced a new collaboration to seek opportunities in the U.K.’s mobile private network market, the former said in...
