Earlier this month, the European Commission approved unconditionally the proposed acquisition of Juniper Networks by HPE
The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) gave Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) the green light to move forward with the $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks, following European Commission...
China Tower added a total of 9,000 sites during the first half of 2024
China Tower ended the first half of the 2024 with a total of 2.07 million towers under management, after a new addition of 9,000 sites during the period.
In a release, the...
Huawei noted that there are now more than 20 commercial 5G-A devices on the market
Chinese carrier China Unicom Beijing and Huawei have deployed a large-scale commercial 5G-Advanced, or ‘5.5G’ 3CC network in Beijing, the latter said in a release.
Huawei noted that the 5.5G network...
US Cellular is the first customer in the world to deploy the Ericsson Router 6671, which was showcased at MWC Barcelona 2024
US Cellular announced this week that it will use products from the Ericsson 5G Router 6000 portfolio, including the vendor's most recently announced...
AST's Bluebird satellites are approved for operation in the U.S.
Direct-to-cellular satellite company AST SpaceMobile is getting closer to the launch of the first five Bluebird satellites for its commercial service, with the news that the Federal Communications Commission has granted it an initial license...
American Tower reported revenues up 4.6% to $2.9 billion in the second quarter of 2023, with its profits seeing a jump due to the sale of assets as it exits the Indian market.
AMT said that its property revenues were up 4.6% year-over-year to...
Ericsson may become the sole 5G supplier of MasOrange from the 2028-2029 period, according to a local press report
MasOrange, Spain’s largest mobile operator as a result of the merger between local carriers Orange Spain and Masmovil, has decided to significantly reduce the presence of...
The states of New Mexico and Virginia recently had their "Internet for All" plans for the implementation of the federal Broadband Access, Equity and Deployment (BEAD) program accepted by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, which is overseeing the BEAD program.
This means that New...
The government said Stage X had failed to raise the fully required paid-in capital to launch operations
The government of South Korea confirmed that it has revoked the license of Korean company Stage X as the country's fourth mobile operator, due to the company's failure...
GSA report expects global 2G/3G network shutdowns to peak in 2025
With operators globally seeking to shut down legacy network technology and repurpose 2G and 3G spectrum for 4G and 5G, the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) has been tracking the progress and plans for...
New agreement provides Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 with access to Cellnex's UK towers
Cellnex UK, Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 have reached a new long-term agreement under which Cellnex UK will provide the two mobile operators with tower infrastructure and associated services.
In a release,...
The decline in the RAN market is expected to moderate after 2024, according to Dell'Oro
The global radio access network (RAN) market is forecast to decline at a compound annual rate of -2% during the 2024-2028 period as continued 5G investments will be offset by...
Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) 5G is defining the U.S. broadband market, empowering U.S. mobile network operators (MNOs) to rapidly expand their footprints and effectively absorbing all broadband subscriber growth in the market since mid-2022, according to a recent report from OpenSignal.
For instance, AT&T reported...
The AST SpaceMobile satellites will depart from a launch site in Cape Canaveral, Florida in September
Satellite direct-to-cellular company AST SpaceMobile has completed construction of its first five Bluebird low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, and announced a shipment scheduled for the first week of August, followed by...
5G base stations accounts for 33% of the total number of mobile base stations across China
Chinese mobile operators had deployed a total of 3.92 million 5G base stations by the end of June, local news agency Xinhua reported, citing the latest available data from...
Earlier this week the Schwab Network news program with Nicole Pettalides invited me on the show to discuss Verizon quarterly earnings. I took the conversation wider and deeper onto the changing wireless industry. I’ve been offering comment on the always changing wireless industry for...
Court ruling reverses an earlier panel decision on USF constitutionality
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that the mechanism by which the Universal Service Fund is funded and administered is unconstitutional, which imperils the existence of the program that supports...
T-Mobile US is acquiring a 50% stake in Metronet for $4.9 billion
T-Mobile US and investment firm KKR have entered a joint venture (JV) to purchase Metronet, an Indiana-based ISP that provides internet service to more than 2 million households across 17 states. According to...
Vodafone has been minimizing its ownership of Vantage Towers for the past several years
Vodafone Group has sold a further 10% stake in Vantage Towers for 1.3 billion euros ($1.4 billion), a decision the company said is “in line” with its operating targets. Proceeds from...
The use of mmWave links in Wi-Fi 8 is expected to deliver higher bandwidth and data rates
Even though the certification for Wi-Fi 8, or 802.11bn, is still several years away, vendors and standards bodies are already formulating plans around what Wi-Fi 8 will be...
BSNL is currently deploying its 4G network in partnership with TCS, Tejas Networks and the C-DOT
The Government of India will soon set up a project management unit (PMU) for state-run telco BSNL, through which the carrier will be monitored on a daily basis with...
Crown Castle reported profits of $251 million for the second quarter of 2024, down 45% from the same period last year amid an ongoing pullback in capital expenditures by mobile network operators.
Net income was also impacted by a $45 million charge related to...
Some quick thoughts on the big IT outage today, which grounded planes, trains, banks, hospitals, shops, telcos, and broadcasters around the world. Reports on the radio this morning – when the story was breaking, as I drove the kids to school – led on...
Amphenol will buy CommScope's outdoor and indoor cellular infrastructure units for $2.1 billion
CommScope has struck a deal to sell its Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) business unit and its Outdoor Wireless Networks (OWN) unit to Amphenol for about $2.1 billion.
The transaction is expected to...
