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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 …

  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 …

  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 …

  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 …

  Brazilian mobile operator Claro, owned by Mexican telecommunications group America Movil, announced plans to expand its 5G service in 12 additional cities before the end of the year. Claro’s …

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 …

  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 …

  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 …

  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 …

  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 …

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The move to 5G is challenging traditional DAS design The global Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) market is forecast to generate revenues of $13.7 billion by 2025, up compared to $5.07 …

Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo has selected compatriot company NEC Corporation to supply a 5G mobile core network (5GC) compatible with standalone (SA) 5G. NTT DoCoMo aims to launch 5G services …

Rakuten Mobile CTO takes spot on O-RAN Alliance board Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile, a subsidiary of e-commerce giant Rakuten, announced it has joined the O-RAN Alliance, a worldwide community promoting …

  South Korea’s 5G subscribers exceeded 9 million in September, Korean news service Yonhap reported, citing data from the country’s Ministry of Science and ICT. The number of 5G subscribers …

  Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom has built over 3,000 5G base stations nationwide as of the end of last quarter, the company’s president, Shui Kuo, said during a conference call …

  India’s Department of Telecommunications is expected to carry out a 5G spectrum auction in the first quarter of 2021, Indian press reported, citing a top executive of telecommunications operator …

  Telenor Sweden has activated its 5G network in central Stockholm, marking the launch of nationwide roll-out using the new technology. The operator said the 5G network will provide internet …

  ZTE posted operating revenues of CNY 74.13 billion ($11 billion) in the first three quarters of the year, an increase of 15.4% compared to the year-ago period, the Chinese …

  BT has selected Ericsson as its 5G RAN provider in London, Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff and other major cities across the UK. Earlier this year, BT had selected the Swedish …

  Nokia announced that it is has deployed 5G radio, core and fixed network solutions across South African operator Vodacom’s network. In a release, the Finnish vendor said that Vodacom …

  Japanese vendor NEC will play a role in the development of next-generation 5G wireless networks in the U.K., according to reports published by Japanese newspapers. In a Twitter post …

  Ericsson and POST Luxembourg have expanded an existing partnership with a multi-year deal to deploy a 5G core and 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) in Luxembourg. Ericsson said that …

  5G millimeter wave specialist Movandi announced the deployment of a 5G extender indoor smart repeater built on the firm?s BeamXR mmWave technology. Movandi?s BeamXR claims to be the industry?s …

  Fiserv Forum, the home of the NBA?s Milwaukee Bucks basketball team, was looking to guarantee the best mobile communications in order to ensure powerful wireless connectivity across the 730,000-square-foot …