BROWSING: 4G

Rogers, Shaw sign deal to sell Freedom Mobile to Quebecor

With this transaction, Roger and Shaw believe that the merger of their operations should be approved by the Canadian government Canadian operators Rogers Communications, Shaw Communications and Quebecor have entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of Freedom Mobile to Videotron, a subsidiary of...

5G subscribers in MEA region to reach 263m by 2026: Nokia

At the end of March 2022, all countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council region had launched 5G services commercially, according to Nokia 5G subscriptions in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region are expected to reach 263 million by 2026, according to a new research...

Belgium completes final phase of spectrum auction

Orange Belgium, Proximus and Telenet Group have secures spectrum in the 1,400MHz band The Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT) concluded the final phase of the radio spectrum auction, which raised 216.5 million euros ($221.2 million) bringing the total amount for the two...

France ends Q1 with 4.13 million 5G lines

France had a total of 34,539 authorized 5G sites as of July 1 France had a total of 4.13 million 5G lines as of the end of the first quarter, according to a recent report by the country’s telecom regulator Arcep. During the first quarter,...

South Korea ends May with 24 million 5G subscribers

South Korea was the first country to launch commercial 5G networks in April 2019 and currently has 5G coverage across its 85 cities The total number of 5G subscribers in South Korea reached nearly 24 million in May, Korean press reported, citing data from the...

APAC to reach 430 million 5G connections in 2025: GSMA

GSMA forecasts that 5G connections will represent 14% of total mobile connections in the APAC region by 2025 5G connections in Asia Pacific (APAC) are expected to reach 430 million in 2025, up from 200 million at end-2021, according to a recent report by industry...

Rakuten Mobile forms JV with Japanese power firm Tepco

Rakuten Mobile holds a 51% interest in Rakuten Mobile Infrastructure Solutions, while Tepco owns the remainder Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile has established a joint venture company with Tokyo Electric Power Grid (Tepco), with the aim of deploying base stations on the power company’s network assets. The...

China’s telecom sector revenues reach almost $100bn in Jan-May

China ended May with a total of 899.3 million subscribers in the 5G segment China's telecommunication industry recorded revenues of CNY 665 billion ($99.46 billion) in the first five months of the year, up 8.5% compared to the same period the previous year, local news...

Virgin Media O2 claims lead in small cell deployments in the UK

Virgin Media O2 launched services in June 2021 as a joint venture between Liberty Global and Telefónica in the U.K. U.K. carrier Virgin Media O2 said it installed more than 1,300 small cells across London, claiming the largest deployment of any major operator in the...

Vodafone rigs-up 1.5 million Wimbledon strawberries with IoT monitoring, tracking

Vodafone is working with Hugh Lowe Farms to use IoT to deliver 1.5 million strawberries to Wimbledon, the UK grand slam tennis championship, which started in London this week. The 2022 supply of strawberries are sustainably produced, efficiently delivered, and the best-tasting, said Vodafone,...

Ericsson expects nearly 40 SA 5G networks globally by end-2022

Ericsson said that more than 20 5G SA networks were already operational globally by the end of 2021 The number of 5G Standalone (SA) networks at a global level could reach nearly 40 at the end of 2022, according to the latest edition of the...

5G to account for 40% of mobile lines in India by end-2027: Ericsson

The Government of India expects to award 5G frequencies during July 5G is projected to account for almost 40% of mobile subscriptions in India – 500 million – by the end of 2027, according to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report. According to the Swedish vendor, even...

5G to reach a penetration of 90% in North America in 2027: Ericsson

Ericsson noted that only around 20 carriers globally had already launched SA 5G networks by the end of 2021 5G subscription penetration in North America is forecasted to reach 90% in 2027, according to the latest edition of Ericsson Mobility Report. The report also predicts that...

1NCE doubles NB-IoT coverage with new roaming in Americas, Asia, Europe

Germany-based IoT provider 1NCE has said it has doubled its NB-IoT footprint with expansion into Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Norway, the Slovak Republic, Sweden, Taiwan, and the United States. The company claimed it has the “world’s largest NB-IoT coverage map, available at a single...

France ends May with 34,061 authorized 5G sites nationwide

Operators in France are currently using 700 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 3.5 GHz bands for 5G France had a total of 34,061 authorized 5G sites as of June 1, of which 24,949 were declared technically operational by the local mobile carriers, according to the latest monthly...

Verizon says usage on its 5G Ultra Wideband network grew 249%

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 to deploy 60 portable radio stations for 5G

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...

Canada to ban Huawei and ZTE from 5G networks

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 4G infra reaches 97% of Japanese population at end-Q1

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 reaches 400 U.K cities with its 5G network at end-Q1

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...

Battle Motors selects T-Mobile US to connect new EV software for trucks

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 expands 5G-MEC co-creation programme to include private edge

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 Spain ends Q1 with 1.11 million 5G subscribers

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...

America Movil plans to double 5G sites in Mexico by end-2022: CEO

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...