Australian company TPG Telecom secured 60 megahertz of spectrum for $73 million.
Australian operator TPG Telecom is set to become Singapore’s fourth mobile operator after the country’s Infocommunications Media Development Authority awarded 60 megahertz of spectrum in a recent spectrum auction.
According to...
China's three largest carriers added approximately 289 million LTE subscribers between January and October.
China's three largest mobile telecom operators ended October with approximately 704.3 million LTE subscribers, according to the latest available figures from carriers China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom. During...
Consumers are using more and increasingly complex data than ever before. This creates the need for regulators to open up more spectrum for LTE services, operators to deploy in new spectrum as it comes available and vendors to support these efforts.
In Europe and the...
As discussion of 5G grows in the wireless industry, the question on everyone's minds is this: "When will 5G become a reality?"
Durga Malladi, Senior VP of Engineering at Qualcomm Technologies explains that the question can be approached in two different ways:
1. The standardization process...
The UK firm will initially deploy 50 LoRaWAN base stations to support digital startups and enterprises
Digital Catapult announced the deployment of a LoRaWAN network across London in order to allow digital startups and small- to medium-sized enterprises to embrace business opportunities in the internet of...
Ericsson said the new launch will help boost broadband coverage in underserved areas by decreasing total cost of ownership
Swedish vendor Ericsson said it has unveiled a new set of solutions to target emerging markets with a goal to help bridge the digital divide and bring mobile...
Asia leads in LTE subscriptions with a 57.7% share
Global LTE subscriptions totaled 1.45 billion at the end of the second quarter of the year, after a net addition of 160.3 million LTE connections during Q2, according to the latest report by the Global mobile Suppliers...
ZTE plans to deploy hundreds of LTE base stations for Spanish operator, as well as fiber
MADRID – The Spanish subsidiary of Chinese vendor ZTE expects to deploy between 400 and 600 LTE base stations in Spain’s Basque region, according to Mariano Almagro, head of...
As it continues to test three-channel carrier aggregation, Sprint this week reports that a recent trial using the LG G5 smartphone achieved peak data throughput speeds of 275 megabits per second.
The company said the carrier aggregation testing is part of its preparation for LTE...
While "5G" promises to bring multigigabit speeds to mobile, there's still a long runway for the development of innovative new LTE-based services like gigabit LTE. Claiming a world first, Finnish operator Elisa, in conjunction with equipment vendor Huawei, said it achieved a 1.9Â gigabits per...
Belize, a small nation in Central America, has been rapidly entering the digital age through a number of network deployments in partnership with Chinese information and communications technology vendor Huawei.
The latest is a subsea fiber optic cable project set for completion in the third quarter...
The trial used Nokia Flexi Zone Pico cell solution
U.K. telecommunications operator EE and Finnish vendor Nokia have carried out a trial to provide LTE services in rural areas of Scotland, Nokia said in a blog post.
Both companies have used drones to carry a Nokia...
A total of 192 telcos are deploying advanced LTE technologies
A total of 521 operators have commercially launched LTE, LTE-Advanced or LTE-Advanced Pro networks in 170 countries, according to a recent report focused on the state of LTE network reach released by the Global mobile...
Nils Paellmann, T-Mobile VP of investor relations, details plans to open 400 more postpaid stores by the end of 2016.
T-Mobile US' VP of investor relations, Nils Paellmann, in a recent interview discussed the carrier's success, as well as plans to expand its marketing/distribution footprint as it...
DTÂ ended June with 41.3M mobile subscribers in the German market; revenue up, net profit down
German telecommunications group Deutsche Telekom posted revenue of 17.81 billion euros ($19.86 billion) in the second quarter of 2016, surging 2.2% year-on-year. The operator’s net profits for the quarter reached...
China Mobile operating revenue for H1 2016 grew 7.1% year-over-year; now has 1.32M 4G base stations
China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator, ended the first half of the year with 428.5 million subscribers in the LTE segment, according to the operator’s latest available figures.
The telco recorded...
NTT DoCoMo ended June with 143,500 LTE base stations across Japan
Japanese telecom operator NTT DoCoMo has expanded its "Premium 4G" service to 1,203 cities across Japan, according to a company presentation. The service, launched in March 2015, offers download speeds of up to 370 megabits per second using LTE-Advanced...
Telefónica ended June with 50M LTE subscribers
Telefónica reported 12.7 billion euro ($14.07 billion) in revenue for the second quarter of 2016, down 7.7% compared to the same period last year. The telco’s net profit for Q2 reached 693 million euro, down 54.5% year-over-year.
“The performance of the...
Orange LTE coverage in France reaches 82% of the population
French mobile operator Orange reached 9.4 million LTE subscribers at the end of June, posting 1.4 million net additions during the second quarter of the year, the company said in its earnings statement. Overall mobile connections in...
Qualcomm this week reported strong quarterly earnings, and CEO Steve Mollenkopf said the chipmaker is poised to be a leader in "5G."
During an earnings presentation, executives explained that revenue for the third quarter, which ended June 26, amounted to $6.03 billion, beating Wall Street...
Qualcomm this week reported strong quarterly earnings, and CEO Steve Mollenkopf said the chipmaker is poised to be a leader in "5G."
During an earnings presentation, executives explained that revenue for the third quarter, which ended June 26, amounted to $6.03 billion, beating Wall Street...
Indian operator plans to acquire 20 megahertz of spectrum in the 2.3 GHz band
Indian telecom group Bharti Airtel received approval for the acquisition of "4G" spectrum from rival operator Aircel, local press reported. The total value of the acquisition is at 35 billion rupees ($521.2...
Last week, Verizon Wireless increased the size and cost of it's data buckets, immediately prompting social media responses from the CEOs of T-Mobile U.S. and Sprint. Now, T-Mobile US is launching a new promo that couples specific data plans with new smartphones.
Starting July 13,...
Mobilink and Waird combined entity to serve 50 million mobile subscribers
International telecom groups VimpelCom and Global Telecom Holding together with Warid Telecom Pakistan and Bank Alfalah, a subsidiary of the Dhabi Group, completed the merger of Pakistani telecom operators Mobilink and Warid Telecom.
The combined...
