Australian operator Telstra said that its current 5G coverage footprint currently reaches over 50% of the country’s population.
Telstra’s Technology Development & Solutions Executive Channa Seneviratne said that Telstra was on track to hit its target to expand coverage to 75% of the population by...
T-Mobile US announced five-year, multi-billion-dollar agreements with Nordic vendors Ericsson and Nokia to continue expanding its 5G network nationwide.
Part of the network investment following last year’s merger with Sprint, these new deals will enable T-Mobile US to add 5G coverage, capacity, speed and advanced...
U.K. mobile operators O2 and EE expanded the footprint of their 5G networks in the country, both firms said in separate statements.
O2, owned by Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica, said that its nationwide 5G network now reaches 150 towns and cities across the UK.
The telco...
Singaporean operator M1 and Nokia have signed an agreement to deploy Nokia’s cloud-native core software in order to launch a 5G Standalone network in 2021.
Nokia's 5G Standalone core, developed with open-source and licensed software components, mainly consists of 5G cloud-native Core and Cloud Packet...
Spanish telecom operator Telefónica’s subsidiary Telxius Telecom has signed an agreement with American Tower Corporation (ATC) for the sale of its telecommunications towers businesses in Europe and Latin America.
Telxius has telecommunications towers in Spain, Germany, Brazil, Peru, Chile and Argentina.
Telefonica, which holds a 50.1%...
The U.S. Department of Transportation has laid out a comprehensive plan for the continued development and integration of autonomous vehicles into the U.S. transportation system -- including those which rely on cellular-vehicle-to-everything and other wireless technologies to enable their autonomous operations.
DOT says in...
French operator Bouygues Telecom announced the arrival of its 5G services in several new locations, saying that network coverage has reached 25 cities with a population of over 70,000 since the commercial launch of the technology.
Clermont-Ferrand, Valenciennes, Grenoble, Orleans, Saint-Etienne and Cachan are among...
Spanish operator Telefonica’s 5G network already reaches 80% of the country’s population, local press reported.
The operator’s goal was to provide 5G coverage to 75% of the Spanish population by the end of 2020.
Telefonica currently offers 5G connectivity to approximately 1,300 towns and cities across...
The U.K. telecommunications regulator Ofcom officially announced the confirmed operators due to take part in the upcoming 5G spectrum auction.
Ofcom said in December that BT Group's EE unit, Hutchison 3G UK, Telefonica UK and Vodafone had qualified to take part in the spectrum auction.
Following...
Hong Kong’s smallest mobile operator, SmarTone, said that its 5G network already provides coverage throughout Hong Kong, currently covering over 95% of the population.
SmarTone’s 5G network coverage has been extended to 65 rural areas, including country parks, cycle tracks, hiking trails, nature trails and...
The Japanese government will earmark 50 billion yen ($482 million) with the aim of promoting research and development on 6G advanced wireless communications services, Japanese news agency Jiji Press reported.
The Japanese government expects to boost public-private cooperation in 6G research and development to secure...
Nokia said that it is expanding its strategic 5G partnership with Zain KSA to include a roll out of 60,000 5G Gateway 3.1 with eSIM across Saudi Arabia over the next 12 months.
The gateways will deliver better connectivity and ultra-high data speeds to homes...
Singapore carrier Singtel has deployed 5G connectivity at its iconic payphone booths at Tong Building on Orchard Road.
Named "Unboxed Lite", the payphone booths have been transformed into multimedia kiosks, providing full access to a wide range of Singtel services and 5G-powered Wi-Fi connections.
Unboxed Lite...
Middle East telecom group Ooredoo Group and Ericsson have signed a global framework agreement for the supply of 5G radio, core and transport products and solutions, as well as related implementation and integration services.
The agreement includes Ooredoo Group’s operating companies in Qatar, Indonesia, Algeria,...
South Korea reached nearly 11 million 5G subscribers as of end-November, local news agency Yonhap reported.
The Asian nation had 10.9 million 5G users last month, accounting for 15.5% of the total 70.5 million mobile subscriptions in the country, according to data compiled by the...
CEO Steve Mollenkopf retiring after 26 years with Qualcomm
Qualcomm's Board of Directors unanimously selected company President Cristiano Amon to take over the CEO position from Steve Mollenkopf effective June 30, the company announced today.
Amon started working at Qualcomm in 1995. Mollenkopf has been...
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) announced just before the end of 2020 that it had begun proceedings to delist China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom's shares from the stock market.
The move follows an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on November...
Austrian operator Magenta Telekom, which is owned by German telecom group Deutsche Telekom, said its 5G service reached 1,200 locations across the country as of the end of 2020.
Magenta Telekom said it had reached around 40% of households and businesses in Austria with the...
5G network launches follow spectrum allocation in October
France was one of the latest countries in Western Europe to launch 5G. Mobile operators in the country announced their initial 5G deployments in November and December after telecommunications regulator Arcep made available suitable spectrum for 5G...
Spectrum auction covers low- and mid-band frequencies for 5G
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) announced that six companies have applied to participate in the upcoming multi-band spectrum auction.
The carriers that have submitted applications are all existing operators on the market: Cell C,...
China focused on 5G for industrial connectivity
China expects to build over 600,000 5G base stations in 2021, Chinese state news service Xinhua reported, citing Xiao Yaqing, minister of industry and information technology.
In 2021, the ministry said it aims to promote the construction of 5G...
Brazilian operator TIM Brasil has announced that its 5G network, which uses Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS), will be available in twelve Brazilian cities by March 2021.
The technology, which is activated on current 4G frequencies, has been launched in Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Belo Horizonte, Rio...
Nokia announced that it has been selected by Thai mobile operator, dtac, part of Telenor Group, as its first 5G RAN partner in a three-year deal covering the North and North Eastern regions of Thailand.
With this deal, Nokia said that it will ensure that...
