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Nokia to sell its device, service management unit to Lumine Group for $203m

Nokia has agreed to sell its Device Management (DM) and Service Management Platform (SMP) businesses to Canadian telecom and media software company Lumine Group for $185 million euros (approximately $203 million). Nokia said that its Device Management software capabilities help communication service providers...

Qualcomm partners with Airties for 5G FWA

The two companies are collaborating to optimize Airties’ managed Wi-Fi solutions to integrate more easily on broadband carrier platforms, featuring Qualcomm 5G FWA platform French company Airties, which provides managed Wi-Fi for broadband service providers, announced a collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies for fixed wireless access...

Balancing network efficiency, cost and performance

AT&T said it is looking at trying to turn some circuits down as users migrate from legacy technologies such as DSL to fiber Operators are facing the challenge of having to deploy more hardware to meet the appetite of users for more data while at...

Hughesnet’s new satellite bumps offered speeds as high as 100 Mbps

Satellite broadband provider Hughes Network Systems, aka Hughesnet, which is part of Echostar, has begun offering service plans with speeds up to 100 Mbps using capacity from its new Jupiter 3 satellite. That's a big bump in speeds for Hughesnet service. Depending on how...

Lynk signs letter of intent to become publicly-listed

Under the terms of the agreement, the combined company would operate as Lynk Global Satellite-direct-to-standard-phone (sat2phone) telecoms provider Lynk and Slam, a special purpose acquisition company, announced that they have signed a non-binding letter of intent for a potential business combination. Under the terms of the...

The big Scope 3 challenge – next steps to tackle indirect emissions upstream and downstream in the supply chain

Australian telco Telstra said that the bulk of its scope 3 emissions relate to the carrier's supply chain Companies operating in the telecommunications field are currently facing challenges when measuring Scope 3 emissions, said Alessandro Gropelli, deputy director general at European Telecoms Association (ETNO) and...

Jio’s 5G FWA service already available in 514 Indian cities: Report

Jio initially launched its 5G FWA offering in September in eight Indian cities Indian telco Reliance Jio Infocomm’s 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) offering, dubbed JioAirFiber, is already commercially available in 514 cities in 25 states across India, according to local press reports. JioAirFiber is available...

A truly green future? Gazing into the crystal ball – 6G, AI, ML, data sufficiency…

Weaver Labs said it is currently working on a 6G project funded by the U.K. government with universities and vendors The telecommunications industry is in a good track in order to deliver its really ambitious objective of reaching sustainability in the whole sector, according to...

Vodafone explains its sustainability efforts

Vodafone aims to use fully use renewable sources to power its networks by 2025 U.K. telco Vodafone is implementing a number of actions in order to be in a position to fulfill with its sustainability goals, according to Erik Kling, president and head of IoT...

India to reach 130 million 5G subscriber by end-2023: Ericsson

Ericsson said that India will have 860 million subscribers in the 5G segment by end-2029 5G subscriptions in India are expected to reach 130 million by the end of 2023 and are forecast to grow to 860 million by 2029, according to the latest edition...

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...