American Tower currently operates around 68,000 towers in the Indian market
American Tower (ATC) has expanded its footprint in India through the completion of the acquisition of Indian carrier Idea’s tower business.
The local subsidiary of ATC has acquired a portfolio of around 9,000 towers in...
The first 5G networks may be commercially ready by the end of this year. Mobile subscribers are within sniffing distance of lightning-fast 5G, a truly exciting prospect after years of build-up, speculation, discussion and…yes…some hype. 5G will open up use cases and business revenue...
Today, Amazon is embarrassed and red-faced now that their Alexa AI smart speaker has been caught red-handed recording a private conversation, putting it into a message and sending it to someone in the address book of an unsuspecting user, without the user knowing what...
Investment in in-building wireless connectivity solutions in the hospitality industry is on an uptick. In-building wireless solutions allow hotels around the world to provide strong cellular coverage for guests demanding connectivity anytime and anywhere.
A robust voice/data network also allows guests to access the internet...
At the recent 5G North America and Big Communications Event in Austin, Texas, the fanfare about 5G was not surprising. However, what continues to surpass expectations is the level of eagerness for it among enterprises, the breadth of potential use cases, and the accelerated...
Verizon and Comsol said the trials, which will take place in Johannesburg will be operational in Q3 2018
New York-based Verizon Communications will partner with South African mobile operator Comsol and South Korea’s Samsung to launch fixed wireless trials in South Africa, initially using Verizon's...
Spectrum auction will take place at the beginning of 2019
Germany’s Federal Network Regulator (BNetzA) said it plans to auction spectrum in the 2 GHz and 3.6 GHz frequency bands for the provision of 5G services.
"The mobile network operators need additional frequencies for network expansion...
New 5G network will also allow Ooredoo to launch driverless cars as well as VR/AR services
Middle East telecom group Ooredoo announced that the company has launched what it claims to be first the world’s first live 5G network on the 3.5 GHz spectrum band.
Ooredoo...
President Donald Trump confirmed he has instructed the Department of Commerce to find a solution to an export ban which had forced ZTE to cease operations
President Trump said he's working with Chinese President Xi Jinping to find a solution to allow Chinese telecom equipment...
Japanese operator carried out the 5G trial with equipment provided by NEC
Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo announced that it has achieved a 28 GHz wireless data transmission between a 5G base station and a 5G mobile station in field trials using a car moving at...
The South African telco said the 5G trial, which took place in Pretoria, used Huawei’s 5G CPE
South African telecommunications group MTN and Chinese vendor Huawei have announced what they claim to be the first live outdoor 5G trial in the African continent with an...
JMA Wireless deployed a DAS at the railway station to guarantee cellular coverage and capacity for passengers, businesses and railway workers
Roma Termini, the main railway station of Italy’s capital Rome, is one of the largest and busiest train stations in Europe and is also...
The Finnish vendor and French telco SFR completed the 5G test at Nokia’s facilities in Paris
Nokia and French telecommunications company SFR confirmed they have successfully completed a 5G call, using the Third Generation Partnership Project-compliant 5G New Radio system over the air on the...
Boingo ended the first quarter with 41 DAS venues live and 84 DAS venues in backlog
Revenue from the distributed antenna system (DAS) segment accounted for 41% of Boingo Wireless’ overall revenue in the first quarter of the year, up from a contribution of 37%...
If FCC changes rules, rural fixed wireless service providers say they would be priced out of CBRS spectrum
Only on the job for a month, and already Claude Aiken is playing David to mobile carriers' Goliath. Aiken, who became the president and CEO of the...
Charter Communications aims to to launch a MVNO through a partnership with Verizon
U.S. cable operator Charter Communications expects to launch mobile services through a mobile virtual network operator by mid-year, the operator’s chairman and CEO, Thomas Rutledge, said during a recent conference call with...
T-Mobile, Sprint have agreed to merge into a $146 billion company to compete with AT&T, Verizon in 5G. Next stop, regulatory.
Sprint and T-Mobile announced today that they are merging into one $146 billion company, setting the company up to compete against AT&T and Verizon...
Qualcomm moves closer to NXP deal. Qualcomm tenders cash for all of NXP shares and does better than expected in Q2 results.
Qualcomm Incorporated has offered to buy all of NXP Semiconductors’ shares, as part of its bid to acquire NXP, tendering 12.7% of the...
CFO Matthew Ellis said Verizon is already deploying commercial nodes in initial markets
Verizon aims to launch residential broadband services through 5G fixed wireless access in additional geographies in 2019, the telco’s Chief Financial Officer Matthew Ellis said during a recent earnings call.
The executive said...
Nokia announces its AirFrame Open Edge computing server blade.
SAN JOSE, Calif.--Nokia revealed its building block for edge deployments and small data centers at the NFV World Congress yesterday. The Airframe Open Edge server is compact and uses open-source software to manage network functions.
The server...
It takes a whole country — government, industry, academics — to work out sticky issues with drone flight traffic control. Drone test trials continue.
Drones are becoming essential in many industries.
The real estate agents and journalists love the drone, especially when selling a ranch that...
Initiative is part of Indian government's plan to speed up the commercial 5G launches
India’s telecommunications ministry is in talks with South Korean authorities to set up joint 5G test laboratories in India, the Economic Times reports.
According to the report, the initiative was launched during...
AT&T adds parts of over 100 markets to its gigabit LTE-based 5G Evolution across the U.S.; plans 500 markets by year-end
AT&T announced on Friday that its gigabit LTE-based 5G Evolution is now in 117 additional markets, putting the LTE-based 5G Evolution in a total...
Qualcomm, NXP continue to pursue acquisition despite China's initial rejection
Qualcomm and NXP Semiconductors bought more time to complete the combination of their companies by withdrawing and refiling their notice of acquisition in China. They did so at the request of the Ministry of Commerce...
