Huawei will provide 5G base stations to operate in different spectrum bands
Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies has secured over half of a major contract to deploy 5G mobile base stations for local carrier China Mobile, Chinese news site Yicai Global reported.
According to the report, the...
5G base stations in China currently account for 24.5% of total base stations across the country
Chinese operators continue to expand their 5G infrastructure across the country and have already installed a total of 2.73 million base stations, state news agency Xinhua reported, citing data...
Ericsson will support KDDI in deploying 'manhole-shaped' 5G base stations, supplying sub-terrain antennas
Japanese operator KDDI has selected Ericsson for the deployment of what it claims to be the country's first underground 5G base stations.
The Swedish vendor said it will support KDDI in deploying 'manhole-shaped'...
Telefonica activated nearly 1,000 new 5G sites nationwide during the first quarter of the year
German carrier Telefonica Deutschland is on track to reach 90% of the population with its 5G service by the end of this year, the telco said in its earnings statement.
The...
Reliance Jio Infocomm has expanded its 5G infrastructure to 346 new cities in recent weeks
Indian telco Reliance Jio Infocomm has already deployed its 5G service in 2,691 cities across 35 states in India, according to the carrier’s website.
In recent weeks, the telco has expanded...
Operators in China recorded a net gain of 59.17 million 5G subscribers in March
China ended the first quarter of the year with a total of 2.64 million base stations nationwide, local press reported, citing Zhao Zhiguo, a spokesperson at the country’s Ministry of Industry...
GSMA said that the number of 5G base stations in China exceeded 2.3 million at the end of 2022
China is forecasted to reach 1 billion 5G subscribers by 2025, while the number of 5G users by 2030 is expected to reach 1.6 billion, according...
China Mobile ended February with 639.1 million 5G package subscribers after the telco added a total of 16.6 million 5G subscribers during the month
China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator in terms of subscribers, will reduce its 5G capex this year, according to its...
Reliance Jio had started to deploy its 5G standalone (SA) network in October 2022
Indian operator Reliance Jio has already deployed 50,000 base stations and 300,000 cells to support its 5G service, local paper The Economic Times reported, citing the carrier’s CTO Shyam Mardikar.
“We want...
The state with the highest number of 5G base stations as of March 5 was Maharastra, with 15,394
Indian operators Reliance Jio Infocomm and Bharti Airtel have already deployed 102,215 5G base stations across the country, local press reported, citing data from India’s Department of...
Mobile operators plan to add around 600,000 5G base stations across China this year
China is forecasted to end this year with a total of 2.9 million 5G base stations, local state news agency Xinhua reported, citing the Minister of Industry and Information Technology Jin...
The city had over 64,000 5G base stations at the end of December
Shenzhen, a southern tech hub in Guangdong Province, aims to add 10,000 5G base stations this year as part of a plan to bolster internet connectivity and digital economic activity in the...
The total number of 5G base stations in Shanghai will reach 77,000 by the end of 2023
China’s main financial hub, Shanghai, will deploy an additional 10,000 5G base stations this year, local press reported, citing information by the Shanghai Communications Administration.
With this planned expansion,...
China Mobile has added a total of 227.2 million subscribers in the 5G segment during 2022
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added a total of 18.6 million 5G subscribers during December, the telco said on its website.
The carrier also...
Reliance Jio said that the 5G launch in Andhra Pradesh required an investment or $756 million
Indian telecommunications operator Reliance Jio Infocomm has launched its 5G services in Andhra Pradesh state, the telco said in a release.
The carrier said that 5G technology will be initially...
Free Mobile had the highest number of operational 5G sites in France as of the end of last month, with 16,346
France had a total of 37,571 authorized 5G sites as of December 1, of which 28,832 were declared technically operational by local carriers, according...
In December alone, the two carriers deployed around 10,000 5G base stations across India
Indian operators Reliance Jio Infocomm and Bharti Airtel have deployed nearly 33,000 base stations for 5G services as of the end of the year, local press reported.
In December alone, the two...
Chinese operators recorded a net gain of 34.33 million 5G subscribers in November
Chinese operators had deployed a total of 2.29 million 5G base stations nationwide as of the end of November, local state news agency Xinhua reported, citing data from China’s Ministry of Industry...
Reliance Jio Infocomm had deployed a total of 17,687 5G base stations across India
Indian operators have already deployed almost 21,000 5G base stations across the country as of the end of November, local newspaper Business Standard reported, citing data from the country’s Department of...
Vodafone said it had already deployed 3,000 base stations for the provision of 5G SA services
Vodafone Germany said its 5G network is already providing coverage to 65 million people across the country, representing nearly 80% of Germany’s population.
Since the beginning of the year, Vodafone...
Shanghai aims to reach 77,000 5G base stations by the end of next year
China’s main financial hub Shanghai has already deployed over 68,000 5G base stations so far, with all its 16 administrative regions covered by the 5G network.
By the end of October, the...
Over 4,000 major commercial buildings and key public institutions in Shanghai will have indoor 5G coverage by end-2023
China’s main financial hub, Shanghai, is expected to have more than 77,000 5G base stations by the end of 2023, Chinese press reported.
This number of base stations...
During the first nine months of the year, operators in China added 795,000 5G base stations
China ended September with a total of 2.22 million 5G base stations across the country, state news service Xinhua reported.
The figure represents a net increase of 795,000 5G base...
Reliance Jio has announced plans to reach nationwide coverage with 5G by December of next year, while Bharti Airtel aims to offer full 5G coverage across India by March 2024
Indian telecom operators Bharti Aitel and Reliance Jio are adding around 3,500 mobile sites per...