Korean carrier SK Telecom has reached 1.5 million subscribers in the 5G segment, representing a share of 44% in the local 5G market, the carrier’s CFO Poong-Young Yoon said on a conference call with investors.
The executive said that the company expects to end this...
Initially open RAN value prop hinged on lower TCO
The dominant open RAN talking points focus on leveraging open interfaces and general purpose hardware to lower total cost of ownership while providing operators the ability to mix-and-match at radio sites while fostering competition in a...
John Stankey, CEO of AT&T WarnerMedia, discussed the launch of their new HBO Max streaming service and the future of AT&T. He talks about the changing industry, the changing company and the changing competition. This was a very eye opening and important conversation. Let...
Swiss telecommunications firm Sunrise said its 5G technology now covers 309 towns and cities across Switzerland.
The telco said that its current 5G coverage nearly doubles the coverage of its closest competitor. The carrier also highlighted that it is only counting cities and towns where at...
American Tower expects the deployment of 5G in the U.S. will have different approaches considering specific topographic and population characteristics, the company’s President and CEO James Taiclet said during a conference call with investors.
“In our view, 5G will likely have a number of layers...
China’s three state telecoms announced Thursday the launch of 5G services in the country, international press reported.
Chen Zhaoxiong, vice minister of Industry and Information Technology, officially kicked off the launch with representatives from the three carriers at PT Expo China in Beijing.
China Mobile, China...
Cincinnati Bell announced the availability of a fiber-based Distributed Antenna System (DAS) solution to deliver in-building cellular coverage, the company said in a release.
The company highlighted that the Cincinnati Bell DAS solution is designed for organizations with large, multi-floor buildings and outdoor areas that...
U.K. telecommunications regulator Ofcom has confirmed plans to release additional spectrum for the provision of 5G services in spring 2020.
In a statement, Ofcom said that the auction will include 80 megahertz in the 700 MHz band and 120 megahertz in the 3.6-3.8 GHz band...
The First Responders Authority will be receiving about $18 billion in payments from AT&T over the 25-year-term of the FirstNet contract. An estimated $16 billion of that is expected to be reinvested in the network, as is required under the law which established FirstNet....
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted in June 2019 to allow wireless carriers to automatically block unwanted robocalls for all subscribers – hoping that a shift from opt-in requirements would reduce the volume of incoming unwanted calls.
Addressing the rule approval, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai stated: "If there is one thing in our...
VIENNA, Austria- Chinese vendor ZTE is not concerned about the impact of the decision of state-run telecommunications operators China Telecom and China Unicom to share resources in the deployment of 5G infrastructure, ZTE’s President of Global Sales, Xiao Ming, told RCR Wireless News.
"With this decision...
Hong Kong’s Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA) announced that local carriers China Mobile Hong Kong and HKT secured spectrum in the 4.9 GHz band for the provision of 5G services.
In a statement, the regulator confirmed that 80 MHz of spectrum in the 4.9...
VIENNA, AUSTRIA — Chinese vendor ZTE has surpassed by far the milestone of 60 agreements with operators worldwide in the field of 5G, James Zhang, a senior VP at the Chinese vendor, told RCR Wireless News.
“We had cooperation agreements with 60 operators globally in...
VIENNA, AUSTRIA — Austrian telecommunications operator Drei said that the expansion of the company’s current commercial 5G network will be mainly driven by market demand in the country, the company’s CEO Jan Trionow told RCR Wireless News during ZTE’s Global Wireless User Congress and...
In-building wireless technology provider Advanced RF Technologies (ADRF) unveiled a suite of 5G wireless products, including millimeter wave repeaters, a digital distributed antenna system and millimeter wave support for its ADXV Series DAS.
The firm said that these solutions will enable carriers, enterprises, and building...
Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies is in early-stage negotiations with a number of U.S. telecommunications firm regarding the potential licensing of its 5G technology to them, Reuters reported, citing a company executive.
Vincent Pang, SVP and board director at Huawei, confirmed that some firms in the...
ZTE is getting ready for security assessments of its 5G products and solutions in the vendor’s cybersecurity lab in Brussels, Belgium, ZTE’s Chief Security Officer Zhong Hong told RCR Wireless News.
The announcement coincides with a recent report published by the European Commission (EC), in...
Sprint is adding two devices to its suite of indoor small cell solutions to improve data coverage and speeds in businesses and residences, the carrier said in a release.
Sprint said that the new offerings are a small femtocell and a new version of the?...
Crown Castle expects 5G technology to represent a growth opportunity for the company next year, the company’s CEO Jay Brown said during a conference call with investors.
“We expect the elevated level of tower leasing to continue into next year. As 5G becomes a reality...
Signal booster company SureCall said that its?platform of scalable 5G millimeter wave (mmWave) signal boosters and antenna kitting options?can be adapted to various solutions, which include in-building for hospitals, buildings and other venues,? Hongtao Zhan, CEO and founder at SureCall, told In Building Tech.
He...
U..K carrier O2, owned by Spanish telecommunciations group Telefonica, announced the launch of its commercial 5G network in the U.K.
O2’s 5G network is now available in certain areas of Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London, Slough and Leeds. O2’s initial focus for its 5G network is...
Deutsche Telekom, Covestro and the Swedish Umeå Institute of Design (UID) are currently cooperating in a pilot project to test new creative designs for 5G small cells, DT said in a release.
The German telco said that the partners are developing antenna housings that fit...
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Huawei Technologies posted revenues of CNY 610.8 billion ($86 billion) in the first three-quarters of the year, climbing 24.4% year-on-year, despite a trade ban imposed by the U.S. government earlier this year.
The company's net profit margin in this period was 8.7%, Huawei said in...
