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German Interior Ministry seeks ban on Huawei, ZTE: Report

Germany's interior ministry has proposed forcing local carriers to restrict their use of equipment made by Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE, Reuters reported, citing a government official. According to the report, the interior ministry is seeking to impose these new restrictions on 5G networks after...

Qualcomm partners with Charter, EE on Wi-Fi 7

'Wi-Fi 7 matters more than any other Wi-Fi generation in the past,' says Qualcomm exec Qualcomm has announced two new Wi-Fi 7 partnerships: one with Charter Communications in the U.S. and another with EE in the U.K. Both service providers are working with the chip company...

NTIA supports longer reauthorization periods for CBRS devices

Federal agency says that the change will provide more stability for CBRS use The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has indicated its support for a change to the operations of Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) Spectrum Access Systems (SAS): Longer duration of the period in...

1&1 gets ready to launch its own mobile network in Germany

1&1 said it expects to launch 5G services with its own network infrastructure during 2024 German operator 1&1, which is owned by United Internet AG, has been working in recent months to create the conditions to launch mobile services using its own network infrastructure, the...

Satellites: The next frontier of connectivity in agriculture (Reader Forum)

Ten percent of Americans still lack broadband access, and 39% of those without access reside in rural areas. But connectivity is a necessity for all areas of modern life. And even though the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is working tirelessly to increase access through...

Ericsson to get funds for development of 6G radio microelectronics

Ericsson Antenna Technology Germany will lead the development of this project at the Rosenheim R&D site in Germany Swedish vendor Ericsson said is set to receive a five-year funding award from Germany’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action for its European Microelectronics and Communication...

Indian telco Jio launches 5G-based FWA offering

Jio initially launched its 5G FWA service in eight cities across India Indian telco Reliance Jio Infocomm announced the launch of its 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) service in eight cities across the country. The new offering, dubbed JioAirFiber, will be initially available in the cities...

India forms working group to promote telecom exports

Some of the working groups announced by the government of India will seek to promote exports of 4G, 5G and future 6G systems India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has formed eight working groups with the aim of positioning the country as a leading exporter of...

Standalone 5G monetization requires charging system modernization 

As operators face a pressing need to monetize 5G services, Mavenir is focused on a converged charging system to bridge the gap between 4G, NSA 5G and SA 5G As operators navigate the numerous technological and business model evolutions needed to  deliver the full 5G feature...

Huawei’s eLTE solution improves efficiencies at hydropower plant in Ghana

The Bui Power Authority (BPA) hydro-solar hybrid power plant in Ghana has significantly boosted its operational management services and improved its critical communications capacities through the implementation of an evolved Long Term Evolution (eLTE) broadband network provided by Huawei Technologies. Huawei explained that one of...

Tata Consultancy Services aims to sell 5G gear in the US market

Tata Consultancy Services noted that Tejas' N78 5G radios are compatible with 3.3 GHz spectrum India's largest IT services firm, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), is considering plans to start selling its locally-developed and manufactured 5G radio network gear to other markets, particularly to the U.S.,...

Thai telco AIS to lease RAN equipment to National Telecom for 5G

Under the terms of the agreement, AIS will lease 13,500 base stations which the carrier expects to deploy over the next two years Thai carrier Advanced Info System (AIS) has signed an agreement to lease Radio Access Network (RAN) equipment to state-run operator National Telecom...

The ‘new Wi-Fi benchmark’ — Wi-Fi 7, 6 GHz and OpenRoaming

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) today released a new report called Get Ready for Wi-Fi 7: Applying New Capabilities to the Key Use Cases. The report is led by WBA members Broadcom, CableLabs, Cisco and Intel and looks at Wi-Fi 7’s most impressive features...

Entel completes final phase of its 5G rollout in Chile

As of the end of June, Entel had 1.20 million active customers in the 5G segment Chilean operator Entel said it has completed the second and final phase of its 5G rollout project. Entel claimed to be the first carrier in Chile to fully complete the...

American Tower aims to sell part of its Indian business soon: CFO

American Tower's CFO said the company was in the final stage of negotiations to sell a majority stake in its tower unit in India American Tower is confident of finalizing the sale of its towers business in India soon, the company’s CFO, Rod Smith, said...

The 5G and Wi-Fi symbiosis

Wireless communications have transformed nearly every application space, from smart home security and personal computing to mobile phones, audio, and video streaming, and factory-floor automation. Benefiting from decades of rapid innovation, almost every electronic product on the market today is a connected device. The technologies...

Editorial Webinar: Test, measure, monitor, learn— how operators can make sense of data in a new era of observability

There is a dizzying array of data available to telecom operators on the status, performance and health of their networks; at various speeds and levels of granularity; focused on end-user-experience, or peak network capability. How do you make the best use of that data and...

AT&T says it’s seen 30% traffic increase in the past three years

AT&T President of Network Chris Sambar says the "network is the killer app" and details 5G SA services Killer application? We don't need your killer application. Or rather ... the network itself is the killer application, in that it enables multiple services and lets users...

Deutsche Telekom demos 5G network slicing

Deutsche Telekom noted that slices are implemented as a dynamic and automated end-to-end service offering that is activated in minutes across the 5G network Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Mavenir and Blue Planet (which is a division of Ciena) said they have jointly demonstrated the benefits of...

MTN selects American Tower to manage its towers in Nigeria

MTN had launched 5G service in the country using equipment from Swedish vendor Ericsson Africa’s largest mobile operator, MTN Group, said U.S. wireless infrastructure provider American Tower will take over its Nigerian tower operations from IHS Holdings, starting in 2025. In a stock exchange filing, MTN...

Uruguay’s Antel activates 5G across all departmental capitals

In June, Antel started to deploy 5G technology in Uruguay via spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band Uruguayan state-run operator Antel has announced it has completed the activation of 5G services in the country’s 19 departmental capital cities, local press reported. The telco noted that it...

Malaysia says 5G adoption remains low despite growing coverage

The current penetration of 5G in Malaysia is 4.2% according to communications minister Fahmi Fadzil Malaysia’s Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil said that 5G adoption rate In Malaysia remains low despite the growing network coverage, local newspaper The Star reported. The official said that the...

Will 5G Change the World? Jillian Kaplan, Dell Technologies (Ep. 60)

In the latest episode of Will 5G Change the World, Jillian Kaplan, head of global telecom thought leadership for Dell Technologies, goes through the company's approach to fostering community and collaboration to drive open architectures into market. Kaplan stresses the importance of maintaining laser...

UK carrier EE boosts 5G coverage on London Underground

EE also noted it will soon be delivering 4G and 5G at other London Underground stations U.K. mobile operator EE, which is part of the BT Group, has already deployed 5G connectivity at 18 stations on the London Underground, the operator said in a release. The...