Nokia, Elisa and Qualcomm Technologies have achieved what they claim are the world’s fastest 5G speeds on a commercial network in Finland by delivering 8 Gbps for the first time serving two 5G mmWave devices connected simultaneously, Nokia said in a release.
The record speed,...
The 5G consumer market could be worth $31 trillion by 2030 globally, according to a new report from Ericsson.
The report estimates that communications service providers (CSPs) could earn $3.7 trillion of that total – a figure that could increase further as new adjacent digital...
Nokia announced that Swiss operator Swisscom will deploy Nokia FastMile 5G receivers, primarily in rural areas in Switzerland to offer ultra-fast broadband services.
The Finnish vendor also said that it will be Swisscom’s exclusive supplier for 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA).
The Nokia FastMile 5G receiver...
Danish operator 3 Denmark announced it will launch its 5G network next month in selected locations in the capital, Copenhagen, the company said in a statement.
By the summer of 2022, 5G will be rolled out across the operator’s entire network. The carrier will initially...
Spanish operator Telefonica has already activated its 5G network in 640 towns and cities across the country, local newspaper El Espanol reported, citing the telco’s CTO, Enrique Blanco.
According to the report, Telefonica already provides its 5G service to approximately 42% of the Spanish population....
The new Corning Optical Communications headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina boasts a gleaming, modern exterior. But it may be even more modern on the inside, in its approach to technology and in particular, wireless connectivity.
“It’s really a vast departure from the way that...
China has announced it has already installed nearly 700,000 5G base stations so far this year, exceeding the country’s original target of 500,000, South China Morning Post reported.
According to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) vice-minister Liu Liehong, this figure is more...
German operator Vodafone Germany announced that its 5G network currently covers 10 million people across the country.
In a release, the carrier said that its 5G technology has been recently activated in 300 new cities and municipalities across Germany.
"We launched the first 5G network in...
Huawei Technologies expects 5G users to account for 20% of total mobile users in China and South Korea by the end of June 2021, Ryan Ding, president of Huawei's carrier business group, said during a presentation at the company’s Global Mobile Broad Forum in...
Wireless network equipment company Cambium Networks says that it has joined the Qualcomm Smart Cities Accelerator Program to connect smart applications using its Gigabit wireless fabric solutions.
Cambium Networks delivers wireless broadband solutions to connect smart devices within enterprises, campuses, factories, and commercial and residential...
Qualcomm Ventures has announced new investments in four companies to help advance innovation and accelerate 5G adoption within the ecosystem.
The investments were made through Qualcomm Ventures’ 5G Ecosystem Fund.
The companies include Celona, an enterprise networking platform provider that brings 5G to enterprises; Cellwize Wireless...
Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile, a unit of e-commerce giant Rakuten, expects its 4G network to cover 96% of the population in Japan by summer 2021, the company said in a statement.
The operator said that the base station development rate is expected to increase from...
The University of Surrey in the U.K. has launched its 6th Generation Innovation Center (6GIC).
The new center aims to be a global research hub focused on advanced telecommunications engineering that brings together the physical and virtual worlds, enabling teleportation, the University said in a...
Djoliba is based on a terrestrial fiber optic network coupled with undersea cables
In an effort to address growing connectivity needs in West Africa, Orange and its subsidiaries have announced the commercial launch of Djoliba, a fiber backbone consisting of more than 10,000 km of...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) said that its board had approved an investment to set up a wholly-owned subsidiary in Arizona with an overall capital of $3.5 billion, according to a report by Reuters.
The investment is part of the plan that the chipmaker announced in...
The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) decided to put on hold a 5G spectrum auction scheduled to begin on November 10 after a court in Stockholm issued a ruling suspending parts of its decision that had excluded Chinese vendor Huawei from 5G networks.
“The...
Boingo Wireless added 300 new distributed antenna systems (DAS) nodes in the third quarter of 2020 and ended the period with a total DAS portfolio of 138 venues. Seventy-three of those venues are now live ,with another 65 in backlog, the company?s CEO Mike...
Korean carrier SK Telecom announced plans to form a joint venture with German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom (DT) this year with the main goal of developing 5G technology, SK Telecom said in a release.
They will each hold 50% of the joint venture and each...
Post-Election Day greetings from North Carolina where we are still counting votes. I included this screen shot of my YouTube TV commercial break because it has been a rarity in the Carolinas since Labor Day. The watchdog site Opensecrets.org reports that over $250 million was raised...
American Tower has agreed to acquire InSite Wireless Group, which owns, operates and manages approximately 3,000 communications sites, primarily in the U.S. and Canada.
The portfolio includes more than 1,400 owned towers in the U.S., over 200 in Canada and approximately 70 distributed antenna system...
Italian carrier TIM and cell tower company INWIT started a collaboration to deploy small cells in Italy’s major cities with the aim of supporting the development of 5G.
The two companies said that the collaboration will begin in the cities of Milan and Genoa where...
The Australian government expects to carry out two 5G spectrum auctions during 2021, the Ministry of Communications said in a release.
In April 2021, it has scheduled a spectrum tender to award high-band 5G spectrum (in the 26 GHz band), which will enable fast, high-capacity...
French telecommunications regulator Arcep said it will award 5G spectrum licenses to local mobile operators in the short term after a frequency positioning auction was recently completed.
The regulator said that 5G networks are formally allowed to begin commercial operations on November 18.
Last month, Arcep...
