Verizon noted that Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Virginia lead the carrier’s list
Verizon reported that the data usage on its 5G Ultra Wideband network has increased by 249% since January of 2021, the carrier said in a release.
Verizon also said it plans...
Telefonica Germany said its 5G network had around 10,000 antennas in the country
German operator O2 Telefónica said it was ready to start operating 60 new mobile radio stations, enabling the carrier to provide its customers with additional 4G/2G capacities as well as 5G on...
The Government of Canada said that local telcos will have time until June 2024 to remove 5G gear from these two vendors
Canada has decided to ban the use of equipment by Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE due to security concerns.
“The Government of Canada is...
Rakuten Mobile's CTO Tareq Amin said that the telco now aims to accelerate 5G deployments across Japan
Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile said it 4G network reached 97% of the country’s population as of the end of the first quarter of the year.
In its earnings statement,...
Virgin Media O2 launched services in June 2021 as a JV between Liberty Global and Telefónica in the U.K
U.K. operator Virgin Media O2 announced that its 5G network infrastructure had reached 400 towns and cities across the country as of the end of the...
T-Mobile Control Center will give Battle Motors the ability to view and manage the connectivity of their trucks
T-Mobile US announced that it has been selected by Battle Motors as the preferred provider of IoT connectivity and management for thousands of new Battle Motors battery...
Vodafone has launched a new ‘edge innovation programme’ (2.0) to offer enterprise customers and technology partners the chance to co-create new applications with on-premise edge and network-based edge multi-access edge compute (MEC) resources, as well as with standard centralise cloud functions. The UK operator...
Orange said it expects its 5G network to reach 1,500 localities by the end of 2022
Spanish operator Orange ended the first quarter of the year with a total of 1.11 million 5G subscribers after adding 228,000 in the period, the telco said in a...
In February, America Movil launched 5G services in 18 of Mexico’s largest cities, reaching more than 48 million people
Mexican telecom group America Movil expects to double the number of 5G sites in Mexico by the end of the year, America Movil’s CEO Daniel Hajj...
Mobile operators Brisanet, Claro, TIM and Vivo are partners in the O-RAN program
U.S.-based Open RAN company Parallel Wireless said it is partnering with Inatel, Telecom Infra Project (TIP), Brisanet, Claro, TIM, and Vivo to conduct a field trial enabling leading-edge 4G and 5G broadband...
Samsung said that the companies also completed the first 5G data call on Virgin Media O2’s commercial 5G network
Samsung Electronics and Virgin Media O2 announced they have successfully completed the deployment of multiple live 4G and 5G sites in the U.K.
In a release, Samsung...
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Ericsson is working with US real estate developer Hillwood to offer a tool for autonomous and connected vehicle companies to access “secure and constant” 4G and 5G connectivity at the Mobility Innovation Zone (MIZ) within the 27,000-acre AllianceTexas development in Fort Worth, in Texas....
KDDI-owned IoT provider Soracom has announced a deal with Orange to expand its network for IoT connectivity “around the world”. The arrangement allows Japan-based Soracom to take advantage of Orange’s roaming partnerships with 700 network operators in 220 markets, managed by its wholesale division...
BSNL aims to launch its 5G SA network in India in the third quarter of 2023
India’s state-owned telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) expects to launch commercial 4G services as well as its 5G network in Non-Standalone (NSA) mode in August, local newspaper The...
Despite the UK government announcement on the 8th December regarding the phasing out of 2G and 3G networks in the UK, there remains a lack of clarity in the future of these technologies for the IoT market. This is because most providers are still...
EE and Nokia have already installed small cells in Leeds, London and Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Liverpool, among other cities
UK carrier EE, part of telecom group BT, said it has successfully deployed 200 new small cells across its network to boost capacity in high...
Nokia will provide Indosat Ooredoo Hutchinson equipment including base stations and 5G Single RAN for both indoor and outdoor coverage
Indonesian telecom group Indosat Ooredoo Hutchinson has selected Nordic vendors Nokia and Ericsson to expand the telco’s 4G and 5G networks across the country.
In a...
Upgrade or disconnect? This is the stark choice facing 3G connected device users. The once-revolutionary mobile network is currently being rolled back across the world to make way for new and improved iterations. In doing so, however, millions of older devices face permanent disconnection.
This...
A new GSMA report forecasts that the number of 5G subscribers is expected to reach 1 billion this year.
5G is expected to account for around a quarter of total mobile connections by the end of 2025, and more than two in five people worldwide...
Samsung explained that SA Option 4 is a dual connectivity technology that connects both 5G and 4G radios to a 5G Core in advanced 5G SA mode
Korean companies Samsung Electronics and SK Telecom (SKT) announced they have successfully completed what they claimed to be...
The JV said it expects to reach nationwide coverage with its 5G infrastructure by the end of 2024
Swedish network company Net4Mobility, a joint venture created by local carriers Tele2 and Telenor, expects to reach 90% of the country’s population with its 5G network by...
The European Union has filed a case against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) for restricting EU high-tech companies from going to a foreign court to protect and use their patents.
In a release, the European Commission noted that China "severely restricts EU companies...
Australian rural carrier Field Solutions Holdings (FSG) has selected Nokia and Mavenir as its primary technology partners to build Australia’s fourth mobile network.
As part of the deal, the technology partners will supply 4G and 5G radio access networks and mobile core. Mavenir will provide...
