The telco claimed to be the first operator to launch 5G Standalone technology in Argentina
Telecom Argentina said it has already activated 68 5G antennas using the 3.5 GHz band in different cities across the country.
The telco claimed to be the first operator in the...
American Tower has a portfolio of around 78,000 sites across India
American Tower has signed a definitive agreement with Data Infrastructure Trust (DIT), an infrastructure investment trust associated with an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management, for DIT to acquire 100% of the equity interests in...
Newly launched Starlink satellites will support reciprocal access services with MNOs
On Tuesday evening, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California with 21 Starlink satellites in tow.
Those satellites included the first six Starlink satellites with direct-to-cellular capabilities, essentially acting...
The sustainability North Star— “zero traffic, zero watt”
The radio access network (RAN) is the biggest energy draw in a mobile network. Because of this, network infrastructure vendors and operators are primarily focused on reducing power consumption in the radio domain. Doing this successfully has...
Mobile carriers in France are currently providing 5G services through spectrum in 700 MHz, 2.1 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands
France had a total of 44,134 authorized 5G sites as of January 1, 2024, of which 35,510 were declared technically operational by local carriers, according...
Vodafone Idea needs to obtain fresh financing in order to be in a position to launch its 5G network
Indian carrier Vodafone Idea may face financial challenges as lenders are refusing to extend fresh loans to the telecom operator, according to Indian press reports.
The reports...
Orange reported its 5G network currently covers 83.2% of the country’s overall population
Spanish telco Orange ended 2023 with a total of 2,463 towns and cities covered by its 5G network, according to the telco’s latest available data.
Orange reported that its 5G network currently covers...
BT said that all 4G and 5G data sessions and voice calls are now delivered by non-Huawei core equipment'
U.K carrier BT Group missed the deadline previously imposed by the government to move data flows off core network equipment made by Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies,...
China Mobile said that a total of 360,000 5G base stations were deployed in 2023
The penetration of 5G technology in China is expected to reach 90% as of the end of 2023, local newspaper Global Times reported, citing an executive from local carrier China...
Cellnex will install small cells on the famous Ramblas in Barcelona
European telecommunications infrastructure provider Cellnex has signed an agreement with Urban Service Point (USP) to install small cells in newspaper stands especially in areas with greater population density and high demand for data consumption,...
Chinese operator ended November with 771 million 5G users
Chinese operators have installed a total of 3.28 million 5G base stations nationwide as of the end of November, local press reported citing official data.
The figure accounted for 28.5% of China’s total mobile base stations, according...
O2 Telefónica has added 5G technology to around 3,000 locations since the beginning of the year
German telecom operator O2 Telefonica, controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, said its 5G network currently reaches 95% of Germany’s population.
O2 Telefónica implemented a total of around 7,000 expansion measures...
Deutsche Telekom highlighted that its 5G network currently covers 96% of the German population
German telco Deutsche Telekom said it has achieved its targets in terms of fiber optic deployment. The carrier said it made more than 2.5 million new fiber optic connections possible in...
Iliad said its 5G coverage rate in France currently reaches over 94.4% of the population
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted French operator Iliad a new €300 million ($329 million) loan to finance its 5G network rollouts, the company said in a release.
This is...
Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica Deutschland and Vodafone each covered an area of between 59% and 77% with 5G
5G networks covered 90% of Germany’s territory as of October, up from 5G coverage of 79% in October 2023, according to data from the country’s Federal Network Agency...
T-Mo, Verizon are gaining cable, DSL customers
Fixed Wireless Access services offered by telecom carriers are succeeding in winning customers away from cable and DSL service providers, according to new analysis from Ookla, but competition in the space is expected to ramp up in the...
Total mobile shipments in the January-October period surged 4.2% year-on-year to 230 million units
China's mobile phone shipments surged 19.7% year-on-year to over 29.16 million in October, local press reported, citing data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT).
According to the report,...
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) technology has drawn increasing attention in academia and industry due to the potential technical advantages it may provide to future wireless communications systems like the upcoming 6th generation of mobile communications. This technology shows promise as a way to control...
Saving energy, in a network context, ultimately means that somewhere along the line, user experience could be impacted. Perhaps coverage or throughput ticks downward, or users are shifted from one cell to another.
In a session at the recent Telco Sustainability Forum virtual event...
The deal is part of the MoU signed by Nokia and Deutsche Telekom at MWC 2023 in Barcelona
Nokia and Deutsche Telekom (DT) announced that they have begun to deploy a multi-vendor Open RAN (O-RAN) network with Fujitsu in Germany.
The partners explained that the technology...
The Huawei facility will be located near Strasbourg, according to the report
Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies is planning to start building its mobile network equipment factory in France in 2024, Chinese press reported, citing a source with knowledge of the matter.
The French factory would be...
Nokia says it has been planning for a new market reality
Nokia laid out its long-term strategy in a business update today that came in the wake of AT&T choosing Ericsson as the foundational vendor in its shift toward open networks. Investors responded by...
IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur and SAMEER have been working to develop a 5G RAN sub-system at a local 5G testbed
A 5G radio access network (RAN) technology developed by an Indian multi-institutional team has been licensed to local firm Tejas Networks, part of the Tata...
du highlighted that 5G SA will allow local enterprises to leverage network-slicing technology
United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier du confirmed the launch of its 5G Standalone (5G SA) network in the contry.
The Arab telco said that the adoption of 5G SA technology brings many benefits...
