Central China's Hunan Province has deployed a total of 13,586 5G base stations since 2019, and the number is expected to hit 22,000 by the end of this year, Chinese state new agency Xinhua reported.
In the first half of 2020, the province built 10,986...
Revenue from the distributed antenna system (DAS) segment accounted for 38% of Boingo Wireless? overall revenue in the second quarter of the year, down from a contribution of 40% in the year-ago period, CFO Peter Hovenier said during a conference call with investors.
DAS revenue...
Chinese vendor Huawei is forecast to lead the global mobile base station market this year with a total share of 28.5%, up from 27.5% in 2019, according to a report by Taiwan-based research firm TrendForce.
The second position will be occupied by Swedish vendor Ericsson,...
U.K. regulator Ofcom announced plans to hold a 5G spectrum auction in January 2021, rejecting calls from some carriers which had suggested a direct allocation process rather than a traditional sale.
In a statement, Ofcom stated the auction would cover the sale of 80 megahertz...
Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo ended August with a total of 240,000 subscribers in the 5G segment after launching commercial services in March, the company’s President and CEO Kazuhiro Yoshizawa said during a conference call with investors.
At the end of the fiscal quarter ended June...
Australian carrier Telstra expects its 5G network to cover 75% of the country’s population by June 2021, the company’s CEO Andrew Penn said in a blog post.
Penn noted that Telstra’s 5G network already covers around one-third of the population.
The telco is already offering commercial...
Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom expects to end 2020 with over 4,000 5G stations across Taiwan, the company’s President and CFO, Shui-Yi Kuo, said during a conference call with investors.
“As of June 30, when we launched our 5G service more than 2,000 base stations covered...
The COVID-19 pandemic will delay the rollout of 5G networks in Europe by 12 to 18 months, according to a recent by PwC.
According to the report, European telcos’ investment spending over the next two years will fall by €6bn-€9bn ($7.1bn-$10.6bn).
“Telcos need to act urgently...
Taiwan Star Telecom and Asia Pacific Telecom have been issued 5G licenses, bringing the total number of licensed local 5G operators to five, Taiwan’s National Communications Commission (NCC) said..
Chunghwa Telecom, Far EasTone Telecommunications and Taiwan Mobile had secured 5G licenses last month and launched...
China’s capital Beijing built a total of 5,135 5G base stations in the first half of this year, state-run news agency Xinhua reported.
According to the report, Beijing will complete the construction of 13,000 5G base stations this year.
By June, the total number of 5G...
South Korea’s three major mobile operators aim to share 5G base stations in smaller administrative districts across the country to save costs and improve coverage, Korean press reported, citing government and industry sources.
SK Telecom, KT, and LG Plus will set up a consultative body...
Chinese operators built a total of 257,000 new 5G base stations in the first half of the year, local news agency Xinhua reported, citing data from  the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
The total number of 5G base stations in China had reached...
Worldwide 5G network infrastructure market revenue will almost double in 2020 to reach $8.1 billion, according to the latest forecast by Gartner.
However, total mobile infrastructure revenue is expected to decline 4.4% to $38.1 billion in 2020. Investment by communications service providers (CSPs) in 5G...
In its first seven months of full commercial deployment, most of the use of the shared Citizens Broadband Radio Service is being driven by two predictable use cases: Network capacity augmentation and fixed wireless broadband access, both on the networks of existing cellular operators...
Nokia and US Cellular announced a commercial deal to add 5G millimeter-wave capabilities in the 24 GHz and 28 GHz spectrum bands to the carrier's network, the European vendor said in a release.
Under the terms of the agreement, US Cellular will deploy Nokia’s AirScale...
German operator Deutsche Telekom confirmed that its 5G service currently reaches 3,000 towns and municipalities across the country, with nearly 30,000 5G antennas already in operation.
Deutsche Telekom said nearly 18,000 antennas have been upgraded for 5G and integrated into the live network in the...
Guangdong approaching 15 million 5G subscribers
South China's Guangdong Province has already deployed more than 78,000 5G base stations as of the end of June, according to Chinese press reports.
In the first half of the year, the province completed the construction of 41,401 stations, according...
External passive intermodulation (PIM) has always been a concern when deploying wireless networks. However, PIM has become even more of a challenge with the introduction of new 5G technologies and infrastructure. In the simplest definition, PIM occurs when two or more wireless signals mix together and...
The Priority Access License auction for the Citizens Broadband Radio Service spectrum begins today with a single, six-hour bidding period.
There are 271 qualified bidders participating in Auction 105, ranging from Tier 1 mobile network operators and cable companies to wireless internet service providers, electric...
Dutch telcos VodafoneZiggo, T-Mobile and KPN have all secured spectrum allocations in the first 5G auction held in the Netherlands.
In a release, the government said that the country’s three main mobile operators acquired a total of 26 separate licenses, spending €1.23 billion ($1.42 billion)...
German operator Deutsche Telekom has selected Ericsson for a new multi-year agreement to deploy the carrier’s 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) across Germany.
Under the terms of the deal, various mobile sites will be upgraded to the latest 5G technology standard over the next few...
China Mobile, the world’s largest operators in terms of subscribers, added 14.4 million 5G subscribers in June, the telco said in its website.
The carrier said it ended the first half of 2020 with a total of 70.2 million 5G subscribers, compared to 6.7 million...
China would consider imposing trade restrictions on European vendors Ericsson and Nokia’s businesses in the country if European nations continued to block Chinese vendor Huawei from participating in 5G contracts, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The newspaper stated China’s Ministry of Commerce is considering adding...
South African operator Rain has launched what it claims to be Africa’s first standalone 5G (SA 5G) network, in partnership with Chinese vendor Huawei, the latter said in a release.
Rain's standalone 5G is currently available in the South African city of Cape Town ,covering...
