Singaporean operator Singtel announced the launch of its 5G Standalone (SA) network in the country.
The Asian carrier says that 5G SA will enable applications like self-driving cars, real-time immersive entertainment, and massive IoT connections.
“We are thrilled to introduce supercharged connectivity on Singapore’s most powerful...
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added 16.5 million 5G subscribers in April, according to the carrier’s latest available figures.
The operator said it ended April with a total of 205.3 million 5G subscribers, compared to 43.74 million 5G customers in...
Spanish operator Orange is already offering 5G services in 442 towns and cities in 48 provinces across the country, the carrier said in a statement.
According to the European operator, its 5G network infrastructure already reaches 28% of the Spanish population.
Orange had said it expects...
Australian operator Optus has switched on its first six 5G mmWave commercial sites in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, as the carrier reached 1 million 5G-capable devices on its network.
Optus said that its mmWave sites are equipped with 800 megahertz of spectrum. For Optus customers,...
German operator Telefónica Deutschland/O2, controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, is currently reaching 60 cities with its 5G technology, the operator said in a release.
The telco said that its current 5G network coverage is being provided by a total of approximately 1,300 5G antennas, which...
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has decided to allow the proposed merger between mobile operator O2, owned by Spanish telco Telefonica, and fixed operator Virgin Media.
The regulator had issued a provisional approval of this merger last month.
Both Virgin and O2 sell wholesale...
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In this episode of Will 5G Change the World?, MEF President Nan Chen discusses the role of network automation in delivering end-to-end slices across a 5G network and links that to...
China ended the first quarter of the year with a total of 819,000 5G base stations, up from 771,000 5G sites at the end of 2020, according to a report published by Chinese paper Global Times.
For the full-year 2021, Chinese operators aim to install...
The Covid-19 pandemic would potentially delay the launch of 5G technology in India, Gopal Vittal, CEO of Indian telecommunications company Bharti Airtel said during a press conference.
India has been struggling for several months with a national wave of COVID-19 infections that has overwhelmed hospitals...
Nordic operator Telenor Group has partnered with Enea to deploy the latter’s cloud-native data management system in the operator’s multi-vendor Standalone (SA) 5G core initiative.
Under the terms of the deal, Enea provided Telenor with its cloud-native 5G data management solutions including its Unified Data...
Japanese carrier Rakuten Mobile signed two different agreements with compatriot companies Fujitsu and NEC to carry out joint efforts to develop and promote Open RAN solutions for the global market.
Rakuten Mobile and Fujitsu said they will collaborate to jointly develop 4G and 5G Open...
UK mobile operator O2, owned by Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica, announced that its 5G network already reaches part of 180 towns and cities across the country.
“O2 continued to invest in strengthening the network experience for its customers. The company secured a significant share of...
Dish has selected Oracle to enable a Service-Based Architecture (SBA) for its 5G core, the former said in a release.
SBA, part of the 3GPP 5G standard, enables network services to be rapidly incorporated into new applications by Dish or Dish customers through automated, intelligent...
Japanese mobile operator Rakuten Mobile said its 4G network already reaches 80% of the country’s population, with plans to reach 96% this summer.
In a conference call with investors, Rakuten Mobile’s President Yoshihisa Yamada said that the company has already reached limited 5G services in...
U.K. carrier EE, part of telecom group BT, has doubled its 5G footprint in the recent fiscal year, with its next-generation offering currently available in 160 towns and cities across the country, BT said in its earnings statement.
BT also said that EE’s “5G-ready customer...
North American mobile industry standards group ATIS’ Next G Alliance announced the launch of its technical work program and the formation of the key working groups.
The entity explained that the National 6G Roadmap Working Group acts as a coordination point across all other working...
South Korea’s mobile operators added a total of 2.61 million 5G subscribers in the first quarter of the year, according to data from the carrier’s earnings statements.
Korean carrier KT added 785,000 5G subscribers in the first quarter.
KT had a total of 4.4 million 5G...
Millicom has selected Parallel Wireless for the deployment of O-RAN-compliant Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) architecture in Latin America.
The O-RAN network will be deployed by Millicom’s subsidiary Tigo Colombia, with the aim of delivering 4G service coverage in 362 rural sites across the...
There are at least 468 5G devices commercially available around the world, according to a new update from the Global mobile Suppliers Association, up more than 7% in the past month and up nearly 30% since January of this year. A total of 756...
Chilean mobile operator Movistar, owned by Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica, has selected Nokia to provide its AirScale portfolio to launch the operator’s 5G network in Chile.
In addition, Nokia will upgrade Movistar’s 4G and "4G+" networks to strengthen the critical network backbone across Chile’s key...
U.S. distributed antenna system (DAS) and Wi-Fi provider Boingo Wireless ended the first quarter of the year with a total of 76 DAS venues live comprised of 41,500 DAS nodes and an additional 11,400 nodes in backlog, the firm said in its earnings statement....
The initial commercial deployments of 6G technology are forecast to take place between 2028 and 2029, according to global tech market advisory firm ABI Research.
The research firm also said it expects the first standards for 6G to be ready by 2026.
"X Reality (XR),...
German operator Telefónica Deutschland/O2, which is controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, is bundling frequencies using carrier aggregation (CA) technology to raise speeds for customers on its 5G networks.
"We are continuously working on the further development of 5G in order to be able to offer...
France had a total of 24,219 5G authorized sites as of May 1, of which 13,332 were declared technically operational by the local mobile operators, according to the latest information provided by France’s spectrum agency ANFR.
The agency said that almost all of the 5G...
