Singapore telecom regulator IMDA recently announced a new SGD30 million ($22.5 million) fund to accelerate the adoption and commercialization of 5G solutions in the country.
The fund is part of IMDA’s 5G Innovation Program and will support solution providers and technology developers commercializing 5G solutions,...
Five Fraunhofer Institutes are cooperating to conduct research activities on "6G" technology under the leadership of Fraunhofer IIS. With the project, called 6G Sentinel, the research institutes aim to develop key technologies for the future 6G mobile communications standard.
The focus of their work will...
Once again, I gave in and updated a MacBook Air to the newest MacOS operating system called Big Sur. And once again, Apple screwed me. And as I read online, quite a few Apple users feel the same way. There are both good and...
In 2020, Chinese operators accelerated the deployment of 5G SA networks across the country and now operate more than 700,000 5G sites nationwide. New, massive deployments are expected to occur this year, to further expand 5G coverage in urban and rural areas of the...
Korean operator SK Telecom expects to end 2021 with approximately 9 million 5G subscribers, the company’s CFO Poong Young Yoon, said during a conference call with investors.
The executive said that SK Telecom had 5.48 million 5G subscribers at end-2020.
The telco added a total of...
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South Korea ended 2020 with 11.85 million 5G subscribers, local news agency Yonhap reported, citing data from the Ministry of Science and ICT.
In December 2020, Korean operators added approximately 900,000 5G subscribers.
The country’s current 5G base accounted for 16.8% of the total 70.5 million...
Singapore carrier StarHub started to deploy a 5G Standalone network in the last quarter of 2020 and it will be commercially available later this year, Chong Siew Loong, CTO at StarHub, told RCR Wireless News.
“With 5G SA technology, StarHub can simultaneously connect a vast...
Chinese telcos expect to deploy 8,000 5G outdoor base stations in Shanghai this year, as part of efforts to boost 5G networks in this city, local news agency Xinhua reported.
Shanghai will focus on advancing digital transformation and accelerate the construction of a digital hub,...
Spanish operator Orange is already offering 5G services in 121 towns and cities in 39 provinces across the country, according to local press reports.
Some of the cities covered by Orange’s non-standalone (NSA) 5G network include Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Malaga, Zaragoza, Logroño, Leon, Santander,...
Crown Castle finished 2020 with approximately 50,000 small cells on air, and has increased its backlog of small cells committed or under construction to approximately 30,000, the company’s CEO Jay Brown said during a conference call with investors.
In the call, the executive also highlighted...
'Wonder Woman 1984' works wonders for HBO/HBO Max, but premium TV gets a $15.5 billion write-down
AT&T saw stronger than expected wireless additions during the fourth quarter of 2020, and the release of Wonder Woman 1984 helped drive its HBO and HBO Max subscriptions to...
Last year was an active year for U.S. wireless infrastructure company Mobilitie as the growing connectivity needs as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic boosted both wired and wireless infrastructure projects at a fast pace. To know more about the company?s outlook for 2021,...
Italian operator WindTre has activated its 5G network in 59 provinces and eight provincial capitals, reaching around 74% of the Italian population, up from 56% last month and 40%in November, according to a report by Italian news site Mondo Mobile Web.
WindTre has accelerated the...
Austrian operator Magenta Telekom, which is owned by German telecom group Deutsche Telekom, expects to cover 50% of the country’s households with 5G technology by the end of 2021, a company spokesperson told RCR Wireless News.
The telco ended last year with 1,200 5G sites...
Sweden concluded a 5G spectrum auction this week
Swedish operator Tele2 upgraded 5G services in over 30 Swedish locations enabling the carrier to provide access speeds of 1 Gbps, the telco said in a release.
Tele2's and Telenor's joint network company Net4Mobility secured important spectrum in...
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added 17.62 million 5G subscribers in December, according to statistics published on the carrier’s website.
The operator said it ended 2020 with a total of 165 million 5G subscribers, compared to 6.7 million 5G customers...
Will operator commitment to Open RAN catalyze vendor R&D?
European operators Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, and Vodafone are joining forces to support the rollout of Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) in future mobile networks across Europe.
The four carriers signed a memorandum of understanding...
The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) said that it completed a 5G spectrum auction through which it awarded frequencies to the country’s main operators.
In a statement, the regulator said that the total auction proceeds amount to SEK2.31 billion ($270 million).
PTS noted all 320...
The Lenovo AR glasses are equipped with Qualcomm’s Snadragon XR1 platform
While we might not have gathered in Los Vegas for this year’s CES, companies didn’t miss a beat when it came to announcing and showcasing their latest products and solutions. Lenovo used CES 2021...
IT services and consulting company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announced that it has been selected by mobile operator Three UK to configure its mobile network for its ongoing rollout of 5G services.
TCS explained that Three is currently in the process of deploying a new...
The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) confirmed its auction for licenses in the 3.5 GHz and 2.3GHz bands started today.
“The licenses are attractive for increasing capacity for mobile broadband services and are expected to be central for 5G development in Sweden,” the regulator...
Ericsson has been selected by Taiwanese operator Asia-Pacific Telecom (APT) to modernize its network and support with 5G Non-Standalone (NSA) Multi-Operator Core Network readiness, the Swedish vendor said in a release.
This includes integration with rival operator Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) on the 3.5 GHz...
It's perhaps fitting that the some of the last spectrum licenses at issue in the biggest dollar-figure spectrum auction that the U.S. government has ever held, were in a license area named for Franklin, NC, a little town of less than 4,000 people known...
