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5G to fuel mobile data traffic growth in Europe, GSMA study finds

The GSMA report noted that 5G will become the dominant mobile technology in Europe within the next three years, driven by growing adoption in Germany and the U.K. Mobile data traffic in Europe is forecast to almost triple over the next five years, chiefly boosted...

Rogers turns on 5G for its customers at all Toronto subway stations

In August, Rogers Communications deployed its 5G technology in tunnels and stations in the busiest sections of Toronto’s subway Canadian operator Rogers Communications said that it has activated 5G for its customers at all remaining stations in the Toronto subway system (TTC). In a release, the...

Verizon Business to build new 5G private network at Port of Virginia

Verizon said the new private 5G network will cover 270 acres of the NIT campus with dedicated Ultra Wideband spectrum Verizon Business and the Norfolk International Terminal (NIT) announced an agreement to build a Verizon private 5G network at their Virginia facility, the former said...

O-RAN Alliance adds open testing centers in the US, Korea

OTICs are vendor-independent, open, and qualified labs approved by the O-RAN Alliance The O-RAN Alliance ecently accredited two new Open Testing and Integration Centers (OTIC) which adds to the existing O-RAN ecosystem. The O-RAN Alliance said in a release that the new OTICs are MITRE in...

O-RAN Alliance awards seed funding O-RAN research platforms

Seed funding of $200,000 has been awarded by O-RAN Alliance to the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things at Northeastern University The O-RAN Alliance announced the result of its call for proposals for seed funding of platforms that support research and development of next...

Europe’s 6G-SANDBOX inks MoU with Taiwan’s ITRI

6G-SANDBOX aims to develop a large-scale EU-wide experimental platform for 6G emerging technologies 6G-SANDBOX has signed of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to foster research in the 6G field, the former said in a release. 6G-SANDBOX is a pan-European...

Palo Alto Networks makes two security-related acquisitions

Palo Alto Networks recently entered into definite agreements to Acquire Talon Cyber Security and Dig Security Cybersecurity specialist Palo Alto Networks is expanding its security capabilities through the recent acquisition of two firms. In a release, the firm said that it has entered into a definitive...

5G-Advanced to boost connectivity in industrial settings: Huawei

Huawei believes that 5G-Advanced technology will enable wireless production and flexible manufacturing with its low latency and high reliability 5G-Advanced technology, or "5.5G", will pave the way for a wider adoption of connectivity for industrial settings, John Gao, President of Huawei’s 5.5G domain, told RCR...

Huawei, China Unicom to install 5G-Advanced production line

Huawei highlighted that 5G-Advanced networks provide ultra-high reliability and ultra-low latency China Unicom and Huawei claim that they are installing a commercial 5G-Advanced production line that features ultra-high reliability and ultra-low latency at the Baoding automation technology branch of Chinese firm Exquisite Automotive Systems (EA),...

5G-Advanced to help telcos monetize 5G networks: ABI Research

The ABI Research director explained that 3GPP Release 18, which is branded as 5G-Advanced, will be frozen in March 2024 5G-Advanced is expected to introduce many new features that can help operators monetize their 5G networks, Dimitris Mavrakis, senior research director at ABI Research, told...

Korea announces development program for future 6G networks

The government of South Korea said the 6G plan also involves the development of technologies for the upper-mid band South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT unveiled its KRW440.4 billion ($324.5 million) research and development plan for future 6G networks, local news agency Yonhap reported. The...

5G-Advanced to improve performance aspects of 5G: SoftBank

The SoftBank executive noted that he expects 5G-Advanced technology to gradually be implemented into commercial network equipment after 2025 The main features of future 5G-Advanced networks are expected to include further improvements in the fundamental performance aspects of 5G, such as coverage, capacity and mobility,...

Ericsson unveils software toolkit to boost 5G network capabilities

Ericsson said the toolkit is designed for telecommunications services providers to deliver use cases with high requirements on throughput, reliability and latency at agreed performance levels Swedish vendor Ericsson has launched a new software toolkit with the main aim of strengthening 5G Standalone (SA) network...

KDDI, Cisco and Fujitsu start operation of metro network in Japan

The Fujitsu OLS “1FINITY” series adopted for the metro network's inter-station transmission lines Japanese telco KDDI, Cisco Systems and Fujitsu announced the recent launch of operations of a metro, regional network that combines the IP layer network and optical transmission layer network for streamlined...

LIST to coordinate Horizon Europe project on 6G mobile networks

The 6G-TWIN consortium includes partners such as Ericsson, Proximus and Viavi The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) confirmed it will coordinate a project, dubbed 6G-TWIN, on future 6G mobile networks which will be funded by the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS...

Mavenir, Deutsche Telekom show progress in 5G network slicing

Mavenir said that one of the projects is 5G Live Video Production Service, which is aimed at providing stable broadcasting of live events using 5G SA and network slicing technologies Network software provider Mavenir, together with Deutsche Telekom, announced advancements across two projects both focused...

Parallel Wireless wins open network competition in the UK

Parallel Wireless confirmed it would expand its U.K.-based team U.S. Open RAN (O-RAN) company Parallel Wireless said it has won the U.K.’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)’s Open Network Competition (ONE) with its project AURA (Agile Universal Radio Architecture). Parallel Wireless said this...

Vodafone Germany’s 5G network reaches 90% of population

Vodafone said its 5G Standalone network (SA) currently serves 45% of the German population Vodafone Germany's 5G network currently reaches 90% of the country’s population, the telco said in a release. Meanwhile, the operator’s 5G Standalone network (SA) serves 45% of the German population, the carrier...

US, UK, Canada, Japan and Australia form global telecom coalition

New global organization will focus on "shared priorities" including open networks and diversifying the telecom supply chain The United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Japan have joined together to form the new Global Coalition on Telecommunications (GCOT). The partners say that they will...

China Broadnet selects Huawei, ZTE for 5G core project

In June, China Broadnet said it had reached 9 million 5G package subscribers twelve months after launching the service Chinese operator China Broadnet shortlisted local vendors Huawei and ZTE for the second phase of a 5G core project, Chinese press reported. According to the report, the...

InterDigital signs 6G research agreement in India

InterDigital said the agreement will be critical for enabling 6G networks to scale and meet increased bandwidth and coverage demands The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K) has announced a research partnership with U.S. company InterDigital with the aim of developing 6G enabling technologies...

Global NTN mobile connections to reach 175m by 2030: ABI Research

ABI Research revealed that the total annual satellite services revenues at a global level will reach $124.6 billion by the end of the decade Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) mobile connections worldwide are forecasted to reach 175 million by 2030, according to new research from analyst firm...

Orange Spain’s 5G SA network reaches 32 cities

Orange said its overall 5G network reached a coverage of 82% of the Spanish population Spanish telecom operator Orange's 5G Standalone (SA) network currently reaches 32 cities across the country, the telco said in a release. Orange’s 5G SA network was initially launched in Madrid, Barcelona,...

UK carrier EE to fully shut down its 3G network by March 2024

EE said the process to switch-off its 3G network is expected to start in January 2024 BT Group said it expects to fully complete the switch-off of U.K. carrier EE’s 3G network by March 2024, BT’s chief networks officer Greg Mccall said in a blog...