TIM Brasil will utilize equipment from the Nokia 5G AirScale portfolio, including baseband and Massive MIMO radios
TIM Brasil (TIM) has tapped Nokia for its 5G RAN expansion across 15 Brazilian states, bringing next-gen connectivity to a wider population and supporting the region’s enterprises as they...
$60 million in recent grants will support V2X deployments in Utah, Arizona and Texas
The U.S. Department of Transportation has officially released a national V2X plan for vehicle-to-everything communications and infrastructure, which envisions nationwide deployment of wireless technology in the 5.895-5.925 GHz band by 2036....
Airtel aims to launch FWA using 5G SA architecture in the short term
Indian carrier Bharti Airtel said its fixed wireless access (FWA) offering has reached over 1,300 towns and cities across India, local press reported.
The telco noted it is currently upgrading its networks to...
Three currently has 10.9 million subscribers in the U.K
U.K. operator Three announced that its 5G network covered 62% of the country’s population as of the end of June, an increase of 1 percentage point compared to the end of the first half of 2023.
In...
AST SpaceMobile provided a business update this week, as it preps for the launch of its first five satellites to support a commercial direct-to-cellular service. That long-anticipated launch is expected in the first half of September.
"We stand at a pivotal moment for AST...
JTower said that the tender offer will be open until October 10
U.S. investment firm DigitalBridge Group is offering a 152% premium for Japanese tower company JTower in a deal that values the Asian telecom infrastructure company at around JPY93 billion ($630 million), according to...
EE highlighted its first 5G small cells are now live as part of a trial taking place in the London Borough of Croydon
U.K. telco EE, owned by BT Group, confirmed it has already deployed over 1,000 small cells across the country, with 400 new...
Pixel 9 devices are the first with Google's Satellite SOS, supported by Skylo
Satellite direct-to-cellular provider Skylo announced that its Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) connectivity is integrated into the new Google Pixel 9 smartphone series, to support emergency communications when a terrestrial cellular network is not...
Europe is forecast to account for 15-20 percent of the global O-RAN revenues by 2028, according to the report
North America is expected to lead the Open RAN (O-RAN) market during the 2023-2028 period, according to a recent report by Dell’Oro Group.
Dell’Oro highlighted that North...
Starlink owns about 60% of the approximately 7,500 satellites orbiting Earth
The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) has issued a license to Starlink, the satellite unit of SpaceX, to provide the country with satellite broadband services.
Reports from Reuters revealed that Starlink had approached...
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved the initial plans of the states of New York and Wyoming, for how they expect to use their respective portions of federal funding to expand broadband services.
New York was allocated more than $664 million...
TIM holds an indirect stake of only 3% in Inwit through its 10% stake in holding company Daphne 3
Telecom Italia (TIM) signed an agreement with Impulse I, a consortium led by private equity group Ardian, to sell its remaining stake in mobile tower company...
Rakuten Mobile said it will continue to manage and operate these mobile network assets in Japan
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Group and Macquarie Asset Management announced that Rakuten Mobile will raise between JPY150-300 billion (around $1-2 billion) in funds for the sale and leaseback...
China Mobile plans to launch 5G-Advanced (5G-A) technology in over 300 cities across China this year
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, recorded operating revenues of CNY546.7 billion ($76.3 billion) in the first half of the year, up 3% year-on-year, the...
NARB concurs with recommendation that AT&T 'discontinue or modify' claims about the availability of NTN coverage
The National Advertising Review Board (NARB) has agreed with the previous recommendation made by a panel of the BBB National Programs’ National Advertising Division (NAD) that AT&T “discontinue or...
Anyone in networking understands that bandwidth growth is a constant. We’ve had to adapt to meet the increasing demand from consumers for data; from the now-minor transmission of email to the streaming of videos in 4k to the access and analysis of big data,...
Telecom infrastructure company CommScope reported year-over-year lower sales during the second quarter, with its connectivity and cabling business a bright spot and weak sales in its access network and its Networking, Intelligent Cellular & Security Solutions (NICS) unit.
The company saw improvements in sales from...
Two Indian institutes signed the 6G collaboration agreement with the Center for Development of Telematics (C-DOT)
Two Indian technology institutes are partnering with the country's Department of Telecommunications to work on developing "cell-free" access points as a potential part of future 6G systems.
The...
Brookfield Asset Management will acquire 100% of ATC India for $2.5 billion
The Competition Commission of India has cleared the takeover of American Tower Corp (ATC) Indian operations (known as ATC India) by Brookfield Asset Management for $2.5 billion. The acquisition, announced in January, will see the...
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...
