China Mobile ended September with 539 million 5G network customers
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, has ended the third quarter of the year with over 1 billion mobile customers, of which more than half are 5G customers. In the 5G...
Rohde & Schwarz says that it now has "full coverage" for the test plan to certify narrowband IoT Non-Terrestrial Networks (NB-NTN) devices on NTN provider Skylo's satellite network.
The testing also covers NTN SMS capabilities. Texting capabilities for emergency situations have been one of...
The existing agreement has allowed Qualcomm to create its own chips — including its Snapdragon products — based on standards owned by Arm
The ongoing legal battle between Arm and Qualcomm took another turn this week when the former reportedly took first steps to terminate a...
Nokia reported mixed results for the third quarter of 2024 but is optimistic about signs of a slow recovery from the telecom industry's pull-back on network-related investments.
CEO Pekka Lundmark said during the quarterly call: "The market is turning, but it's turning slowly. We see...
ZTE said its R&D expenses accounted for for 20.7% of operating revenue during the period
Chinese vendor ZTE announced revenues of CNY 90.04 billion ($12.64 billion) for the first three quarters of 2024, representing an increase of 0.7% year-on-year. In a release, the vendor noted...
Nokia highlighted that it is currently manufacturing 5G gear locally in Vietnam
Nokia and Vietnamese operator Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), announced a new partnership to deploy 5G technology across the Asian nation.
As part of this agreement, Nokia will deploy equipment from its 5G...
As UScellular proceeds with a proposed $4.4 billion acquisition of its wireless operations by T-Mobile US—which would essentially turn the mobile network operator into an infrastructure company—the last of the large regional MNOs has struck a deal to sell some of its remaining spectrum...
Ericsson has entered API partnerships with both Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio Infocomm
Ericsson has announced an increased focus on network application programming interfaces (APIs) at its R&D centers in India, the vendor said in a release.
Network APIs enable various industry sectors to tap...
Vodafone Idea said it will initially offer 5G services in Delhi and Mumbai
Indian carrier Vodafone Idea expects to begin rolling out commercial 5G services by March 2025 across 17 priority circles across the country, starting with Delhi and Mumbai, according to local press reports.
Vodafone...
The new contracts with the CWA cover nine U.S. states and 23,000 AT&T employees
AT&T has ratified two separate agreement with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) in Southeast and West unions more than two months after facing accusations of unfair labor practices. The new contracts cover...
DigitalBridge said that it has successfully completed its buy-out offer for Japanese infrastructure provider JTower, and that it now has a more than 75% controlling interest that was acquired for JPY 70.1 billion or about $466.4 million.
JTower is expected to be delisted from...
Non-terrestrial networks, or NTNs, will be a native component in 6G networks, according to 6G-NTN project member Dorin Panaitopol
For those behind Europe’s 6G-NTN project, non-terrestrial networks, or NTNs, are the only way to achieve ubiquitous coverage, project member Dorin Panaitopol told 6G Forum...
Vodafone Germany launched its 5G SA network in 2022 in partnership with Ericsson, Nokia, Qualcomm and Oppo
German telco Vodafone said it has completed more than 1,500 construction projects in the LTE and 5G networks during the third quarter of the year.
In a release, Vodafone...
Airtel IQ Business Connect, powered by Vonage, is part of Airtel’s cloud communications suite dubbed Airtel IQ
Airtel Business, the enterprise arm of Indian operator Bharti Airtel, has teamed up with Vonage, a global cloud communications specialist and subsidiary of Ericsson, to introduce Airtel IQ...
T-Mobile US collaborated with consumer electronics manufacturer TCL on the 5G RedCap USB-C dongle
T-Mobile US has launched TCL LINKPORT IK511, a 5G RedCap USB-C dongle, in collaboration with consumer electronics manufacturer. The new device features the Snapdragon X35 5G Modem-RF System, offers peak data rates of...
Viettel said it has installed more than 6,500 base stations to provide 5G services to all 63 localities in Vietnam
Vietnamese telco Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) launched what it claims to be Vietnam’s first commercial 5G service.
Viettel said it has installed over...
The vendor noted that the contract covers a full range of Ericsson 5G RAN portfolio, including ultralight remote radios
Swedish vendor Ericsson has been awarded a 5G contract with Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom with the aim of modernizing its network, the former said in a...
Q Link Wireless of Dania Beach, Florida and its CEO, Issa Asad, have both pleaded guilty to defrauding the federal Lifeline program that provides discounted connectivity services to low-income people, in a scheme that stole more than $100 million from the program over about...
The number of small-to-medium-sized businesses that are using artificial intelligence has more than doubled compared to last year, according to Verizon Business' fifth annual survey of SMBs. The survey also found a revival in SMB tech spending, concluding that as SMBs conduct more and...
SK Telecom defines the key elements for 6G infrastructure evolution as ‘Cloud-Native, Green-Native and AI-Native'
Korean operator SK Telecom released its latest white paper, ‘SK Telecom 6G White Paper: View on Future AI Telco Infrastructure,’ laying out the evolution direction of the next-generation telco network...
Jio reached 148 million 5G subscribers as of the end of September
Jio Platforms, the parent company of Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm, has reported revenue of $4.43 billion in the second quarter of its fiscal year 2025, up 17.7% year-on-year, the company said in...
Service management and orchestration company Axon Networks is buying software company DZS' service assurance and Wi-Fi management software portfolio that includes CloudCheck, Expresse and TruSpeed.
Axon is making the acquisition as an all-cash, $34 million transaction. The products will then be integrated into Axon's...
The private network is expected to improve base defense and battleship and base operation support capabilities
The Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy has selected Samsung Electronics and KT Corporation (KT) to deploy a private 5G network for its ‘Smart Naval Port’ project. The first deployment...
Wireless and wireline service providers continue to make progress in repairing and restoring connectivity in the wake of hurricanes Helene and Milton.
According to figures reported to the Federal Communications Commission as of Monday, 7.2% of sites continued to be out in affected areas...
