BT said the Emergency Services Network (ESN) is a critical communications system designed to deliver secure, mission-critical voice, video and data across the 4G network
BT Group has announced a new £1.29 billion ($1.63 billion) contract with the UK’s Home Office to provide mobile services...
In India, Vodafone Group operates via its partially owned telco Vodafone Idea
Vodafone Group announced that it has launched a placing of its remaining 79.2 million shares in Indian tower company Indus Towers Limited representing 3.0% of Indus' outstanding share capital through an accelerated book...
The pair claim Liberty is the first telco to in Puerto Rico and Latin America to introduce 5G vRAN and Open RAN tech
Puerto Rican operator Liberty is collaborating with Samsung Networks Latin America to test the vendor’s O-RAN compliant virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) and radios in Puerto Rico. The companies claim Liberty is the first telco to in Puerto Rico and...
O2 Telefonica and AWS had also launched a new cloud-based core network this year, which is now available to one million customers
German operator O2 Telefonica is integrating quantum technologies into its mobile network to improve performance and explore new data security standards.
In a release,...
Three workload distribution models are emerging for AI-RAN — RAN-only, RAN-heavy or AI-heavy
In November, SoftBank announced that it successfully piloted the world’s first combined AI and 5G telecom network using the NVIDIA AI Aerial accelerated computing platform in an outdoor trial conducted in Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture....
Stc noted that this solution boosts operational speed by 200% compared to earlier models
Saudi telco stc and Huawei have announced the commercial rollout of SuperLink, a digital solution designed to enhance 5G connectivity across remote areas in Saudi Arabia.
SuperLink is a multi-band wireless transmission...
MTN and ZTE noted that the 5G-A showcase achieved a download speed of 9.2 Gbps
ZTE Corporation, in partnership with MTN South Africa, unveiled a 5G-Advanced (5G-A) public demonstration at a MTN store in V&A Waterfront, in Cape Town.
In a release, the vendor said the...
CelcomDigi said its network integration and modernization initiative is now close to 70% complete
Malaysian carrier CelcomDigi strengthened collaborations with its infrastructure partners with the aim of accelerating the modernization and digitalization of its network infrastructure.
In a release, the telco said it renewed its strategic...
Under the deal, Nokia will supply equipment from its O-RAN-compliant 5G AirScale portfolio
Nokia announced that it has been awarded more than 3,000 sites by German carrier Deutsche Telekom (DT) to support the operator’s multi-vendor Open RAN (O-RAN) network in Germany.
The deal, which includes Japanese...
AT&T says it will shift 70% of its network traffic onto open and interoperable platforms by 2026 as part of its RAN modernization plan
Last year, AT&T announced a roughly $14 billion plan to shift 70% of its network traffic onto open and interoperable platforms...
Broadcom demonstrated the power of 320 MHz channels live last May at the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance Summit in Geneva
Wi-Fi 7’s support of 320 megahertz (MHz) channels, double the 160 MHz of Wi-Fi 6E, has long been a headline feature, delivering unprecedented reliability and...
Telkomsel said its 5G network covered more than 1,000 points spread across 56 cities as of the end of August
Indonesian telecom operator Telkomsel has partnered with Chinese vendor ZTE Corporation to launch a new artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) based solution to...
Docomo noted it expects to accelerate 6G R&D and contribute to 6G's global standardization and commercialization
Japanese telco NTT Docomo, working in cooperation with NTT Corporation, Nokia and Korean carrier SK Telecom announced the completion of a test using AI technology for future 6G systems.
In...
Hughes said that the 5G O-RAN network will feature a RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC)
EchoStar Corporation said that its subsidiary Hughes Network Systems was awarded a $6.5 million contract to deploy a 5G Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) prototype at Fort Bliss in El Paso,...
Finnish vendor Nokia said it has secured a multi-year extension deal from Indian operator Bharti Airtel to deploy 4G and 5G equipment across key Indian cities and states
Under the terms of the new deal, Nokia will deploy equipment from its 5G AirScale portfolio including...
Huawei said that this large-scale commercial three component carrier (3CC) network covers over 10 million people in Beijing with 5G-Advanced technology
China Unicom Beijing and Huawei announced the deployment of what they claim to be the world's first large-scale integrated 5G-Advanced intelligent network.
In a release,...
With all BEAD state plans approved, vendor selection is starting
As of this week, all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the five U.S. territories which are participating in the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program have had their plans for connecting all...
Nearly 70% of the more than 400,000 CBRS sites are in rural areas, according to a new NTIA report on CBRS usage
Use of the shared Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum continues to rise, according to a new CBRS usage report published by...
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 Taha Koç, told RCR Wireless...
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 claims to be one of...
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 telco’s CEO, Ali Taha Koç,...
Telco networks that run AI and 5G workloads at the same time are referred to as AI-RAN
NVIDIA and SoftBank Corp. have announced several AI tie-ups at the NVIDIA AI Summit taking place this week in Japan. Most notably, the Japanese company said it has...
Data center industry sees strong growth continuing, driven by AI
LANSDOWNE, Virginia—The data center industry is seeing explosive growth, and some market observers have called 2024 a "turning point" for the space.
Citi Research has estimated data centers’ market size at 33 Gigawatts (GW) in...
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 during a recent trial in...
