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Elisa to continue expanding 5G, explores O-RAN tech

Elisa currently covers 95% of Finland’s population with 5G Finnish telecom operator Elisa now covers 95% of Finland’s population with 5G and has plans to expand the coverage even further in the coming years, the telco's Head of Mobile Access Tiina Höckert told RCR Wireless...

Reliance Jio slows 5G expansion, prioritizes 4G user upgrades

A Jio spokesperson confirmed that the company’s future investments in the 5G field will be determined by demand Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm is taking a more measured approach to its 5G network expansion due to low capacity utilization and the delayed monetization of the...

KT, KT SAT claim world’s first with NTN technology

The test was conducted at KT SAT’s Geumsan Satellite Center in collaboration with Rohde & Schwarz Korea and Viavi Solutions Korea South Korea's KT and its satellite subsidiary KT SAT announced the successful integration of KOREASAT 6 with a terrestrial 5G network, utilizing the 5G non-terrestrial...

Deutsche Telekom operates 12,800 5G antennas via 3.6 GHz band

Deutsche Telekom previously said its 5G technology will reach 99% of the German population by the end of 2025 German telecom operator Deutsche Telekom said that a total of 12,800 of its 5G antennas in 950 cities and municipalities are currently transmitting on the 3.6...

China reaches over 4 million 5G base stations

5G mobile subscribers in China reached 966 million China had surpassed 4.04 million 5G base stations as of the end of August, according to data released by the country’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. This figure represents 32.1% of all mobile base stations across China. Additionally,...

BSNL targets 100,000 4G sites across India by mid-2025

BSNL has already deployed a total of 35,000 4G sites across India Indian state-run operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) aims to have a total of 100,000 4G sites across India by mid-2025, local press reported, citing Jyotiraditya Scindia, India's Union Telecom Minister. Thirty-five thousand...

ZTE embraces digital solutions to connect rural, isolated regions

ZTE and China Mobile previously connected world’s highest UNESCO natural heritage site with 5G technology Chinese vendor ZTE claimed that its digital solutions are helping to bring connectivity to some of the world’s most remote and underserved regions. At the United Nations Summit of the...

Nokia secures 5G deal with Viettel in Vietnam

Nokia said that the 5G project with Viettel will cover 22 provinces across the country Finnish vendor Nokia announced that it has signed a new commercial deal with Vietnamese state-run telco Viettel Group to deploy 5G equipment for the first time nationwide in Vietnam. In a...

Global 5G connections exceeds 2 billion at end-Q2

Currently, there are 329 commercial 5G networks worldwide, according to 5G Americas Global 5G connections exceeded 2 billion connections at the end of the second quarter of the year, with the addition of 192 million connections during the period, according to a new report by...

Airtel reaches 140,000 villages in India with 5G services

Bharti Airtel ended its first fiscal quarter of 2025 on June 30, with a total of 90 million 5G subscribers Indian operator Bharti Airtel’s 5G network currently reaches 140,000 villages, while its 4G network coverage extends to 800,000 villages across India, according to local press...

Huawei, du claim first indoor 5G-A network in the Middle East

Huawei said it used three carrier aggregation (3CC) technology for this new deployment Huawei, in partnership with United Arab Emirates telco du, has deployed what it claims to be the first indoor 5G-Advanced (5G-A) network in the Middle East. In a release, the Chinese vendor...

Nokia, SoftBank to research AI-RAN and 6G network tech

Nokia and SoftBank plan to conduct field testing using centimeter waves, considered a key enabler of 6G Japanese operator SoftBank signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nokia for joint research on new communications technologies, the former said in a release. The agreement scope includes...

ZTE, Smartfren partner on AI RAN integration

ZTE noted that the integration of AI into the Radio Access Network (RAN) allows the network to allocate resources based on real-time service and terminal needs Chinese vendor ZTE Corporation has partnered with Smartfren in Indonesia with the main aim of implementing a commercial deployment...

Maxis partners with HPE to offer ‘AI-powered’ networking

Maxis will leverage HPE Aruba Networking Central with AI for IT operations (AIOps) in its enterprise networking offerings Malaysian telco Maxis confirmed it has become a managed service provider (MSP) for Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) in Malaysia, with the aim of boosting the offering of...

Operators in 15 countries already investing in RedCap: GSMA

Asia Pacific is leading in trials and deployments of RedCap, according to the GSMA As of the end of June, operators in 15 countries were already investing in Reduced Capability (RedCap) technology through trials and deployments, according to Richard Cockle, Head of IoT, Identity and...

Ericsson, Telstra, pave way for 5G-Advanced in Australia

Ericsson said that this deployment lays the groundwork for forthcoming 5G-A and associated technologies Swedish vendor Ericsson and Australian telco Telstra claimed the first deployment of Ericsson’s 4th generation of Radio Access Network (RAN) purpose-built compute platform in Australia, "paving the way" for a 5G Advanced...

Airtel, Nokia achieve 300 Mbps upload speed in 5G trial

Airtel said that the trial was conducted at its tech lab and achieved uplink speeds of 300 Mbps Airtel, MediaTek and Nokia announced the successful completion of trials combining Time Division Duplex (TDD) and Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) mid-band spectrum on a time basis utilizing...

Industry keenly aware of RedCap technology: ABI Research

RedCap is a reduced set of 5G capabilities intended for devices like wearables and low-cost hotspots The telecom industry is already well aware of the benefits of RedCap technology for a number of use cases such as IoT and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), Jonathan Budd,...

Hughes, Boost Mobile carry out new test for US Navy

Hughes said the demo tested remote network orchestration, wide area network (WAN) resiliency as well as secure Radio Access Network (RAN) sharing Hughes Network Systems and Boost Mobile, both owned by EchoStar, said they successfully demonstrated multi-transport network management for the U.S. Navy. The demonstration, which...

Deutsche Telekom operates 12,500 5G antennas via 3.6 GHz band

Deutsche Telekom previously said its 5G technology will reach 99% of the German population by the end of 2025 German telecom operator Deutsche Telekom said that a total of 12,500 of its 5G antennas in 940 cities and municipalities are currently transmitting on the 3.6...

Singtel targets advanced network architectures including L4S

In an interview with RCR Wireless News, Tay Yeow Lian, managing director of networks at Singtel Singapore, noted that the telco currently offers nationwide 5G SA services with a network of more than 1,500 5G mobile base stations Singaporean telco Singtel plans to explore...

Nokia secures 5G contract with Claro Argentina

Nokia said that the first phase of Claro's 5G implementation will reach Argentina's largest cities Finnish vendor Nokia has signed an agreement with Argentine carrier Claro Argentina to deploy 5G infrastructure across the country, the former said in a release. Claro Argentina is owned by Mexican...

Vodafone Germany, 1&1 launch national roaming partnership

Last year, Vodafone and 1&1 had signed a preliminary contract to work together from this summer German carriers Vodafone and 1&1 confirmed they have launched their national roaming partnership to offer mobile communications across the country. Last year, both operators had already agreed in a preliminary...

Mobile core network market declines 15% in Q2: Dell’Oro

The 5G MCN market growth stalled for the first time, declining 8% year-on-year in the second quarter, Dell’Oro said The global mobile core network (MCN) market experienced a decline of 15% year-over-year in the second quarter of the year, marking a historic low point in...