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MTN, Huawei claim first 5G-Advanced trial in Africa

MTN said that the 5.5G trial took place at its headquarters in Johannesburg South African telco MTN, in collaboration with Chinese vendor Huawei, said it has successfully completed the first 5G-Advanced, or 5.5G network trial in Africa. The telco said that...

Turkcell is actively investing in AI: CEO

Turkcell has identified AI as one of its four strategic focus areas Turkish operator Turkcell is actively investing in the artificial intelligence (AI) field in order to keep up with the rapid development of this technology, the operator’s CEO Ali...

Ericsson, FPT ink 5G collaboration deal in Vietman

Ericsson and FPT intend to harness the capabilities of 5G in connectivity and data management to enable the creation of advanced AI-driven solutions Swedish vendor Ericsson and Vietnamese technology giant FPT have inked a partnership with the main aim of...

SK Telecom to introduce AI-powered customer service

SK Telecom collaborated with leading global LLM companies to develop a sophisticated AI system specifically tailored for telecommunications applications Korean telco SK Telecom announced the successful completion of its AI Customer Service Support System beta service. The system, powered by...

e& UAE, Ericsson expand 5G network with dual-band radios

Ericsson noted that its AIR 3229 dual-band radio enables e& UAE to deliver 5G services simultaneously on both the 2.6 GHz and 3.5 GHz spectrum layers using a single unit Ericsson and Emirati-based operator e& UAE have completed what it...

Turkcell to launch 5G-Advanced in 2026, says CEO

Turkcell CEO Ali Taha Koç told RCR Wireless News that the Turkish government is currently awaiting appropriate market conditions for a 5G launch Turkish operator Turkcell aims to enter the 5G era with the provision of 5G-Advanced (5G-A) services, the...

Autonomous public safety robots on patrol, connected by Verizon

KnightScope deal means Verizon will connect a fleet of autonomous public safety robots ASHBURN, Virginia—Stacy Stephens was watching the Sandy Hook school shooting unfold on television in 2012 and listening to his friend William Li get increasingly agitated about why...

Viettel uses Qualcomm 5G platforms to launch O-RAN network

Viettel said it will deploy more than 300 sites across various Vietnamese provinces by the first quarter of 2025 Vietnamese telco Viettel announced the commercial launch of its Open RAN (O-RAN) 5G network using a platform provided by Qualcomm Technologies,...

Swisscom gets new approval for Vodafone Italia deal

Swisscom reiterated that it expects the transaction to complete in the first quarter of 2025 Italy’s communications authority AGCOM has cleared the acquisition of Vodafone Italia by Swisscom with regard to the effects of the transaction on the Italian market. In...

LG Uplus tests energy efficiency tech for 6G networks

LG Uplus said this test was carried out in collaboration with Infinera and Juniper Networks Korean telco LG Uplus said it recently tested the All-Photonic Transport Network, which is a key technology designed to reduce power consumption in the era...

Zain KSA secures new spectrum to expand 5G SA services

Zain is in the process of launching 5G-Advanced technology in Saudi Arabia Saudi telco Zain KSA has announced the acquisition of new spectrum in the 600 MHz band with the aim of boosting its 5G Standalone (5G SA) mobile services....

Ericsson, e& UAE sign MoU for 6G collaboration

Ericsson noted that the new agreement will serve as an early engagement for defining the next generation of future mobile network evolution Ericsson and Emirati-based telco e& UAE have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the collaborative exploration of...

Ericsson to invest $453 million to boost R&D in Canada

Over the course of the five-year agreement, Ericsson aims to create almost 200 new high-skilled jobs Swedish vendor Ericsson and the Government of Canada have signed an expanded funding agreement under which Ericsson will invest more than CAD $630...

Ofcom takes next steps to award mmWave spectrum in the UK

Ofcom will award spectrum in the 25.1-27.5 GHz and 40.5-43.5 GHz bands next year U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom announced the publication of the text of the final regulation for the upcoming spectrum of mmWave frequencies. This text, which may be...

ZTE, Turkcell claim Europe’s fastest 5G-A speed in new trial

ZTE said a recent 5G-A trial in Istanbul reached a record speed of more than 32 Gbps Turkish carrier Turkcell and Chinese vendor ZTE announced that they have achieved a record for Europe's fastest 5G-Advanced (5G-A) speed, surpassing 32 Gbps...

AT&T to buy $1 billion in spectrum from UScellular

UScellular will sell a chunk of its remaining spectrum assets to AT&T for a little more than $1 billion in cash, including 1,250 million MHz-POPs of 3.45 GHz and 331 million MHz-POPs of 700 MHz B/C block licenses. "We are...

BSNL launches tender for 5G infra in New Delhi

BSNL plans to leverage the 900 MHz and 3.3GHz frequency bands to deliver 5G SA connectivity at a number of locations in New Delhi Indian state-run operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is paving the way to introduce 5G services...

UK telco Virgin Media O2 claims first deployment of 5G SA small cells

Virgin Media O2 said that the first 5G SA small cells in the U.K. had been recently deployed in central Birmingham U.K. carrier Virgin Media O2 claimed to be the first operator in the country to switch on 5G Standalone...

T-Mobile US achieves new record in 5G uplink speed using 5G DC

5G DC enables T-Mobile US to aggregate 2.5 GHz and mmWave spectrum, allowing for a huge boost to uplink throughput and capacity T-Mobile US claimed a new world record with its 5G standalone (SA) network, leveraging an emerging feature called...

UK telco EE aims to reach nationwide 5G coverage by 2028

In an interview with RCR Wireless News, Greg McCall, chief networks officer at BT said that EE's 5G network currently reaches nearly 80% of the U.K. population U.K. carrier EE, owned by BT Group, expects to reach countrywide coverage with...

SK Telecom’s 5G subscriber base grows 10.5% y-o-y in Q3

During the third quarter of the year, the Korean operator added nearly 400,000 5G subscribers SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest telecom operator, ended the third quarter of the year with a total of 16.57 billion subscribers in the 5G segment,...

Nokia secures contract to upgrade Taiwan Mobile’s 5G network

Nokia has most recently supported Taiwan Mobile in the deployment of its nationwide 5G infrastructure including over 3,000 new cell sites Finnish vendor Nokia has signed a one-year 5G contract extension with Taiwan Mobile with the aim of boosting the...

SK Telecom targets North American market with AI personal assistant

SK Telecom said that its Aster service is scheduled to launch a closed beta in North America later this year, with a full market launch planned for 2025 Korean carrier SK Telecom unveiled ‘Aster(A*)’, an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven personal assistant...

CMA shows path for Vodafone-Three UK merger

The regulator said it will announce its final decision on the Vodafone-Three merger on December 7 The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally found that a multi-billion-pound commitment to upgrade the network of the new entity resulting from...

UScellular continues to lose mobile customers amid sell-off

UScellular says FWA customer base saw growth, a bright spot in its results UScellular reported a continued downward slide in its total operating revenues, service revenues and net income, as it proceeds with selling assets and shifting its business into...