BROWSING: 4G

Nokia, Zain deploy 4G/5G femtocells for Saudi enterprises

Nokia said its smart nodes are expected to enhance indoor connectivity for Zain KSA’s enterprise clients Nokia and Zain KSA have announced a collaboration to address indoor mobile coverage challenges and optimize enterprise connectivity in Saudi Arabia. The partnership will introduce what it claims to be...

FWA revenues grew 7% in 2024: Dell’Oro

According to the Dell’Oro report, FWA has surged in recent years to support both residential and enterprise connectivity due to its ease of deployment Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) revenues are projected to grow by 7% in 2024, driven by rising residential subscriptions in North America...

Orange, Vodacom announce tower JV in Africa

Orange and Vodacom committed to jointly construct up to 2,000 new solar-powered base stations over six years, using 2G and 4G technologies Orange and Vodacom have signed a partnership to create a rural tower partnership in Africa, the former said in a release. Through this...

Blood on the tracks – weird Gartner review scrambles private 5G market

As Greil Marcus said of Bob Dylan, somewhere between Nashville Skyline and Blood on the Tracks: what is this shit? Because the newest ‘magic quadrant’ study from Gartner, which holds a Bob-like influence in the heritage pop canon of telecoms and IT research (partly...

Verizon Business to upgrade 4G/5G at 35 Air Force bases in the US

Verizon Business has been appointed by the US Air Force to upgrade 4G/5G infrastructure, including additional C-Band carriers and new “macro builds” and small cells, at 35 Air Force bases throughout the US. The contract is part of the Air Force’s so-called ‘offer-to-lease’ (OTL)...

Nokia says 4G moon mission is ready for take-off

Nokia and its partners took great care to ensure that the network survives the 239,000-mile journey to the Moon Nokia said it has completed the final integration of its Lunar Surface Communication System (LSCS) into Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission lander, called Athena. The milestone means...

Three trends shaping cellular IoT – Sequans on 2025

Cellular IoT is evolving rapidly, driven by three distinct trends: the growing demand for actionable data, advancements in edge processing, and the long-anticipated shift from 4G to 5G NR. These trends are not just reshaping the technology landscape, but redefining how businesses, networks, and...

BSNL nears milestone of 100,000 made-in-India 4G towers

BSNL has already installed over 62,000 4G towers across India Indian state-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is nearing its milestone of deploying 100,000 4G towers across the country, according to local press reports. The operator has relied on domestically developed technology for this massive...

BT wins new deal for UK’s emergency network expansion

BT said the Emergency Services Network (ESN) is a critical communications system designed to deliver secure, mission-critical voice, video and data across the 4G network BT Group has announced a new £1.29 billion ($1.63 billion) contract with the UK’s Home Office to provide mobile services...

Ericsson wins new 4G, 5G extension deal with Bharti Airtel

As part of the agreement with Airtel, Ericsson will also undertake the software upgrade of its current deployed 4G radios Swedish vendor Ericsson has won a multi-year extension deal from Indian carrier Bharti Airtel for 4G and 5G RAN products and solutions. Under the terms...

BSNL reaches 50,708 4G sites by end-October

BSNL noted that these 4G sites are 5G-upgradable Indian state-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) has installed a total of 50,708 4G sites across India as of the end of October, with 41,957 of these sites currently operational, local press reported, citing government information. The equipment...

Global 5G subscribers reach 2.1bn by the end of Q3: Ericsson

Ericsson said that 5G subscribers are expected to account for 25% of all mobile subscriptions by the end of 2024 Global 5G subscriptions reached 2.1 billion at the end of the third quarter of the year, with an increase of 163 million during the quarter,...

Nokia secures 5G extension deal from Bharti Airtel

Finnish vendor Nokia said it has secured a multi-year extension deal from Indian operator Bharti Airtel to deploy 4G and 5G equipment across key Indian cities and states Under the terms of the new deal, Nokia will deploy equipment from its 5G AirScale portfolio including...

Autonomous public safety robots on patrol, connected by Verizon

KnightScope deal means Verizon will connect a fleet of autonomous public safety robots ASHBURN, Virginia—Stacy Stephens was watching the Sandy Hook school shooting unfold on television in 2012 and listening to his friend William Li get increasingly agitated about why officers were taking so long...

BSNL launches tender for 5G infra in New Delhi

BSNL plans to leverage the 900 MHz and 3.3GHz frequency bands to deliver 5G SA connectivity at a number of locations in New Delhi Indian state-run operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is paving the way to introduce 5G services in the country by launching...

Nokia secures contract to upgrade Taiwan Mobile’s 5G network

Nokia has most recently supported Taiwan Mobile in the deployment of its nationwide 5G infrastructure including over 3,000 new cell sites Finnish vendor Nokia has signed a one-year 5G contract extension with Taiwan Mobile with the aim of boosting the performance and capacity of Taiwan...

Deutsche Telekom to shut down its 2G network by June 2028

Deutsche Telekom said the frequencies used for 2G will boost the telco's current 4G and 5G networks in the future German carrier Deutsche Telekom announced plans to shut down its 2G network infrastructure by June 30, 2028, with the aim of using current 2G frequencies...

Indian government confirms BSNL’s 5G launch for next year

BSNL also introduced several new services aimed at boosting network security, affordability and user accessibility Indian state-run operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has officially announced its anticipated 5G rollout, with services expected to launch in 2025 following successful network trials, according to local press...

Vodafone Idea to launch 5G in 17 regions by March 2025: Report

Vodafone Idea said it will initially offer 5G services in Delhi and Mumbai Indian carrier Vodafone Idea expects to begin rolling out commercial 5G services by March 2025 across 17 priority circles across the country, starting with Delhi and Mumbai, according to local press reports. Vodafone...

Vodafone Germany expands 5G, fiber optic infra in Q3

Vodafone Germany launched its 5G SA network in 2022 in partnership with Ericsson, Nokia, Qualcomm and Oppo German telco Vodafone said it has completed more than 1,500 construction projects in the LTE and 5G networks during the third quarter of the year. In a release, Vodafone...

Reliance Jio slows 5G expansion, prioritizes 4G user upgrades

A Jio spokesperson confirmed that the company’s future investments in the 5G field will be determined by demand Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm is taking a more measured approach to its 5G network expansion due to low capacity utilization and the delayed monetization of the...

Vodafone on Open RAN—’I don’t think we’ll ever go back’

Beyond cost reduction, Vodafone sees Open RAN as a vector for innovation; cites work with Cohere Technologies After six years of collaborative work, Vodafone has moved from a proto-Open RAN demo running on a laptop in the company’s stand at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona...

BSNL targets 100,000 4G sites across India by mid-2025

BSNL has already deployed a total of 35,000 4G sites across India Indian state-run operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) aims to have a total of 100,000 4G sites across India by mid-2025, local press reported, citing Jyotiraditya Scindia, India's Union Telecom Minister. Thirty-five thousand...

Global 5G connections exceeds 2 billion at end-Q2

Currently, there are 329 commercial 5G networks worldwide, according to 5G Americas Global 5G connections exceeded 2 billion connections at the end of the second quarter of the year, with the addition of 192 million connections during the period, according to a new report by...