Operators in France are currently using 700 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 3.5 GHz bands for 5G
France had a total of 32,633 authorized 5G sites as of March 1, of which 23,566 were declared technically operational by the local mobile carriers, according to the latest monthly...
China expects local carriers to install nearly 600,000 5G base stations during 2022
The Chinese government expects to accelerate efforts to expand 5G infrastructure across the country this year, local newspaper South China Morning Post reported citing Xiao Yaqing, the head of the Ministry of...
KDDI recently claimed to have turned on the world’s first commercial 5G SA O-RAN site in Japan
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced that Japanese telco KDDI is using the HPE ProLiant DL110 Gen10 Plus Telco server for the commercial network operation of O-RAN compliant 5G...
Local carriers expected to deploy nearly 600,000 5G base stations across China this year
Chinese operators are expected to increase the number of base stations in the country by 42% this year, Chinese media outlet Yicai Global reported.
The Chinese government has set a goal to...
Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom ended 2021 with over 12,000 5G stations across Taiwan, the company’s CEO, Harrison Kuo, said during a conference call with investors.
“In the fourth quarter, the mobile market in Taiwan remained steady as operators focused on 5G migration and development. By...
China ended 2021 with a total of 1.43 million 5G base stations across the country, Chinese press reported citing data from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
The ministry said that Chinese operators have deployed a total of 654,000 base stations nationwide during...
Chinese operators recorded a net gain of 26.9 million 5G subscribers in December, according to the carriers’ latest available figures.
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added a total of 12.5 million 5G subscribers during the last month of 2021.The operator...
Shipments of 5G mobile phones in the Chinese market reached 266 million units in 2021, up 63.5% compared to shipments the previous year, local press reported, citing a report by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology.
According to the report, shipments of 5G...
Chinese operators have deployed a total of 56,400 5G base stations in Beijing at the end of 2021, local news agency Xinhua reported.
Local authorities have said that the number of 5G base stations in the Chinese capital is expected to exceed 60,000 by the...
China counts 497 million 5G users
Chinese operators have already installed more than 1.3 million 5G base stations across the country, state news agency Xinhua reported, citing data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
To date, the number of 5G users in China...
Entel, Movistar and Wow activating 5G networks
Chilean mobile operators Entel, Movistar and Wow have started to activate 5G networks in the country, the government said in a release.
According to the Chilean government's plans, the deployment of 5G will require 9,000 new base stations, of...
Shangdong is using 5G for applications in the media, transport and education sectors
Chinese operators have already deployed 100,000 5G base stations in Shandong Province, covering the urban areas of all its county-level areas, local news agency Xinhua reported.
Shandong is China’s second largest Province in...
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) unveiled plans to more than triple the number of 5G base stations over the next four years, targeting a total of 3.64 million by end-2025, local newspaper China Daily reported.
Under this plan, China aims to have...
Chinese mobile operators have already deployed a total of 47,000 5G base stations in China’s capital Beijing, local press reported.
According to data released by the Beijing Communications Administration, the 5G network infrastructure currently reaches almost the entire city.
The Beijing government recently said that there...
The number of 5G base stations in South Korea accounted for 11% of the total base stations in the country at the end of the second quarter, local news agency Yonhap reported, citing data from the Korea Communications Agency.
At the end of June, there...
Chinese mobile operators have already deployed a total of 45,700 5G base stations in China’s capital Beijing, local news agency Xinhua reported. According to data released by the Beijing Communications Administration, the city currently has 12 million 5G users.
The report also indicated that every...
5G "nomadic base stations" are geared toward industrial applications
Chinese vendor ZTE Corporation announced that it has exclusively won the bid for 5G nomadic base stations from China Mobile Research Institute.
In a release, ZTE noted that this new cooperation furthers its commitment to 5G industrial...
German telco Deutsche Telekom’s 5G network already reached 55,000 base stations across Germany, the operator said in a release.
According to the carrier, its 5G network infrastructure currently covers 85% of the German population.
Deutsche Telekom also said it aims to exceed the 90% mark by...
Masmovil is using 3.5 GHz for its 5G offering
Spanish telecom operator Masmovil is currently offering 5G service in 553 towns and cities in 39 provinces across Spain for the customers of its Yoigo brand, the company said in a release.
The carrier’s 5G service is...
Chinese operators have already deployed 993,000 5G base stations across the country, according to China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
5G base stations installed by local carriers have already covered all prefecture-level cities, more than 95% of counties and 35% of towns across...
China’s capital Beijing aims to expand 5G network coverage in key areas including hospitals, universities and train stations, The Beijing News reported.
The Chinese city has already deployed a total of 44,000 5G base stations, while 5G terminal users in the city have reached 11.52...
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) urged local mobile operators Far EasTone (FET) and Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) to accelerate the construction of 5G base stations, local news site Digitimes reported.
The Taiwanese government has recently approved FET's NT$5 billion ($179 million) investment in APT that...
Taiwanese operator Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) said it expects its 5G network to reach 90% of the nation’s population by the end of this year, local paper Taipei Times reported.
According to the report, the telco expects to have a total of 9,500 5G base...
Japanese companies NEC and Fujitsu have begun developing technologies for interoperability testing between 5G base station equipment conforming to O-RAN specifications at NEC's U.K. laboratories and Fujitsu's U.S. laboratories.
Both companies are expected to build a verification environment using these technologies in their respective laboratories,...
