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BAI Group wraps acquisitions under new Boldyn Networks brand

After several years of acquisitions that broaden the telecom infrastructure footprint of BAI Group in the U.S. and abroad, the company is re-branding under the name Boldyn Networks. The companies that will be wrapped under the Boldyn Networks brand include Mobilitie, which BAI Group...

‘Making the complex, simple’ — Boingo to provide converged network at new Vegas venue

Dream Las Vegas will house 531 hotel rooms, 12,000 square feet of meeting and event space and a 20,000-square-foot casino Boingo Wireless has been selected to design, build and manage extensive DAS and Wi-Fi 6E networks at Dream Las Vegas, a new hotel and casino...

EU to launch in-depth review of Orange-MasMovil merger

In July last year, Orange and Masmovil had signed a binding agreement to combine their operations in Spain The competition authorities of the European Commission will make an in-depth review of the proposed merger between Spanish operators Orange and MásMóvil, according to a Reuters report. According...

China to end 2023 with 2.9 million 5G base stations: Report

Mobile operators plan to add around 600,000 5G base stations across China this year China is forecasted to end this year with a total of 2.9 million 5G base stations, local state news agency Xinhua reported, citing the Minister of Industry and Information Technology Jin...

Nokia Bell Lab’s cellular moon shot

A moon rover + base station will launch later this year Amid rising interest in what non-terrestrial networks might mean for communications on Earth, Nokia Bell Labs is taking space-based networks a step further, and collaborating on a NASA project to put LTE on the...

Orange to reach 11 Spanish cities with 5G SA by end-2023

Orange had initially launched its 5G SA network in Spain last month Spanish operator Orange Spain expects to reach 11 cities with 5G Standalone (SA) by the end of the year, news service DPL News reported, citing the carrier’s Director of Network Strategy Miguel Angel...

Qualcomm 5G infrastructure momentum on display at MWC

To propel Open RAN, vRAN and public and private 5G networks, Qualcomm is drawing on domain expertise in connectivity and low-power compute Qualcomm again demonstrated the ongoing strength of its diversification push during Mobile World Congress with a number of partner announcements highlighting the semiconductor...

Nokia helping CSPs monetize Wi-Fi beyond connectivity

Value-add applications supported by the Nokia WiFi Beacon 10 include cybersecurity and gaming optimization For many communications service providers (CSPs), offering Wi-Fi connectivity is table stakes. But, in an era of hybrid working, latency-sensitive applications, and rapidly evolving technologies, carriers have a two-fold challenge: keep...

Deutsche Telekom’s 5G infra reaches 95% of German population

Deutsche Telekom said a total of 8,200 antennas are alraedy providing 5G in the 3.6GHz band German carrier Deutsche Telekom said its 5G network already reaches 95% of the country’s population. The European telco has said that it expects that its 5G technology could reach 99%...

Telkomsel, Ericsson and Qualcomm boost 5G FWA collaboration

Telkomsel and its partners started a 5G FWA trial with sub-6 spectrum and mmWave extended range Indonesian telco Telkomsel announced a partnership with Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies to continue with its 5G trials in the Asian nation. Telkomsel noted that the new 5G trial will use...

China Tower ends 2022 with 2.05 million telecom towers

China Tower said it added a total of 17,000 new towers last year China Tower ended 2022 with a total of 2.05 million towers under management, after a new addition of 17,000 sites during the full year. In a release, the company said that total...

ZTE and China Telecom unveil 5G solution for B2B, B2C

MWC, Barcelona—ZTE has released a 5G-Advanced solution, dubbed Cluster DFS, in partnership with Chinese carrier China Telecom. According to ZTE, the new offering will facilitate the development of specific B2B and B2C services using a single 5G network. China Telecom claims to have deployed the...

Orange gets financing from EIB to expand 4G, 5G infra in France

Orange said the new financing will enable the telco to boost 4G networks in rural parts of France French operator Orange has secured financing for a total of 500 million euro ($530 million) from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to partly finance the deployment of...

Cisco and NTT collaborate on private 5G solutions for global enterprises

Cisco and NTT announced a deal to collaborate on private 5G in the automotive, logistics, healthcare, retail, and public sectors. They said they will “co-innovate”, and combine to bring to market both “technology and managed services”. Specifically, they said they would combine NTT’s managed...

China ramps up 6G R&D focus to spur Industry 4.0 drive

The Chinese government is to put major focus on 6G technologies, according to Chinese state newspaper Global Times. It reckons China has a competitive advantage in cellular because of its technology capability and application scenarios, said the report. An official from the Ministry of Industry...

Editorial Report: Fighting the newest breed of DDoS attacks on data centers

Over the last few years, the threat posed by Distribute Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks has increased at an alarming pace. The frequency, magnitude and sophistication of DDoS attacks has grown as botnets and automated attack tools are readily available to cyber criminals. Today,...

‘Is it fair?’ Burdened telcos bemoan ‘contradictory’ risk-and-reward delta

The CEO of Orange said that European operators considered that the huge investments in network infrastructure was being hard to monetize MWC, BARCELONA: European telcos face intense pressure on two fronts, said Christel Heydemann, chief executive of French group Orange at MWC – to support...

FiberLight survey highlights innovation imperative

The current economic climate might be uncertain, but one thing is not: companies are still heavily investing in high-bandwidth network services. FiberLight recently surveyed 1,750 corporate and IT executives, and a resounding 88% said that they are still very much investing in high-bandwidth network services...

Executive insights: Shaping digital innovation

We are now experiencing a surging digital wave. Digital transformation is changing the world faster than ever before, driving new growth in various fields, from life to production, from individuals to organizations. Digital economy is gaining vitality despite the uncertainty. Driven by digitalization, networking, and...

MWC 23: Mobile broadband’s ‘usage gap,’ 5G adoption trends and the big question of monetization

New GSMA report looks at how many people have access to mobile broadband but do not use it BARCELONA—You've heard of the digital divide, but how about the "usage gap"? In a new report from GSMA Intelligence, the usage gap in mobile internet refers to...

Cisco selects Federated Wireless AFC system for Wi-Fi 6E APs

AFC is a spectrum use coordination system designed specifically for 6 GHz operation BARCELONA, SPAIN - Cisco has announced that it will integrate Federated Wireless’ Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) solution into its wireless 6 GHz-capable access points. The pair said the collaboration will help bring Wi-Fi 6E capabilities...

Editorial Report: Getting to ubiquity: the urban and rural digital divide

Will the billions of federal dollars being poured into closing the digital divide actually close the gap? RCR Wireless News looks at the status of fixed and mobile broadband deployments to extend access in rural environments as well as urban settings, and examines the...

ZTE launches new all-scenario 5G solution

ZTE said that this new solution, dubbed UniSite, aims to help carriers build a future-oriented 5G network offering capabilities for all spectrum bands BARCELONA—Chinese vendor ZTE has released its new all-scenario 5G solution at Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2023. The vendor noted that the new...

Nokia secures 5G network extension deal in Singapore

Nokia deploy a 5G Standalone (SA) network for both indoor and outdoor coverage Finnish vendor Nokia secured a ten-year extension to its existing nationwide 5G network deal with Antina, the joint venture formed by Singapore mobile network operators M1 and StarHur. The vendor said it won...