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Nokia sees high demand for 5G gear in India in 2024-25: Report

In a recent conference call, Nokia President and CEO Pekka Lundmark said that the vendor’s business continued to see benefit from 5G deployments in India Finnish vendor Nokia is seeing a substantial demand for 5G equipment in India during the next two years, local newspaper...

American Tower’s Q3 revenues up 5.5% y-o-y

American Tower Corporation ended Q3 2023 with a portfolio of approximately 225,000 communications sites American Tower Corporation (ATC) reported overall revenues of $2.82 billion for the third quarter of 2023, climbing 5.5% year-on-year, the company said in its earnings statement. American Tower’s profits for the period...

NEC, Freshwave collaborate on O-RAN project in the UK

NEC explained that the Project NAVIGATE aims to design, deploy, test and validate a blueprint for deploying open and sharable, public mobile 4G and 5G capacity in High Density Deployment (HDD) environments NEC and Freshwave have been selected for Project NAVIGATE in the U.K. government's...

STC Group to expand 5G network in over 75 Saudi cities

STC is currently the largest operator in Saudi Arabia, with around 20 million mobile subscriptions Saudi Telecom Company (STC) announced plans to expand its 5G network in over 75 cities across Saudi Arabia, Arab News reported. According to the report, the project is an extension...

Costa Rica says Chinese vendors pose cybersecurity risks

The science, technology, and telecommunications minister of Costa Rica stated that Chinese vendors represented a security threat to the emerging digital network Costa Rican government officials have raised concerns about potential cybersecurity threats posed by Chinese vendors in the development of 5G networks in the...

Huawei focuses on 5G-A to help telcos maximize 5G investments

Huawei rotaing CEO Ken Hu said mobile operators have deployed about 260 5G networks globally, covering nearly half of the world’s population DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES—Chinese vendor Huawei is heavily focusing on 5G-Advanced, or "5.5G" technologies, to help the operators maximize the value of their...

Mavenir, Deutsche Telekom show progress in 5G network slicing

Mavenir said that one of the projects is 5G Live Video Production Service, which is aimed at providing stable broadcasting of live events using 5G SA and network slicing technologies Network software provider Mavenir, together with Deutsche Telekom, announced advancements across two projects both focused...

Shanghai ends August with highest density of 5G base stations

Shanghai authorities noted that that investments in 5G infrastructure represented 34.2% of total telecom investment in the first half of the year The city of Shanghai ended August with the highest density of 5G base stations in China after a net addition of 2,671 5G...

O2 Telefonica to activate its 5G SA network in Germany

O2 Telefonica said its 5G services are currently being provided through NonStandalone (NSA) architecture German operator O2 Telefonica announced the launch of its 5G Standalone (SA) network in the country under the 5G Plus brand, the telco said in a release. The telco said that the...

China Broadnet selects Huawei, ZTE for 5G core project

In June, China Broadnet said it had reached 9 million 5G package subscribers twelve months after launching the service Chinese operator China Broadnet shortlisted local vendors Huawei and ZTE for the second phase of a 5G core project, Chinese press reported. According to the report, the...

Entel completes final phase of its 5G rollout in Chile

As of the end of June, Entel had 1.20 million active customers in the 5G segment Chilean operator Entel said it has completed the second and final phase of its 5G rollout project. Entel claimed to be the first carrier in Chile to fully complete the...

Malaysia says 5G adoption remains low despite growing coverage

The current penetration of 5G in Malaysia is 4.2% according to communications minister Fahmi Fadzil Malaysia’s Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil said that 5G adoption rate In Malaysia remains low despite the growing network coverage, local newspaper The Star reported. The official said that the...

TDC NET, Ericsson claim first 5G SA deployment in Denmark

In September 2020, TDC NET went live with the first Non-Standalone (NSA) 5G network in Denmark Ericsson and Danish digital infrastructure provider TDC NET claimed to have switched on the first 5G Standalone (SA) network in Denmark. TDC NET and Ericsson said they have already achieved...

Jio seeks $2 billion funding to acquire Ericsson gear for 5G rollout

Jio recently said it will make a cumulative investment of $25 billion in the 5G field India's largest telecom operator, Reliance Jio Infocomm, is seeking to raise up to $2 billion in loans with French bank BNP Paribas as lead arranger of the initiative that...

Ericsson deploys 5G test network infra for German agency BSI

Ericsson said the base system includes components for a cloud-native 5G core network, as well as radio standards covering both 5G and 4G functions Swedish vendor Ericsson said it is supplying the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) with a full-scale 5G test network...

Jio to complete national 5G rollout by end-year

Jio said it currently has 50 million 5G subscribers Indian carrier Reliance Jio Infocomm expects to complete the national rollout of 5G by the end of this year, local newspaper Times of India reported Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Jio's parent company Reliance Industries, as...

China Broadnet reaches nationwide 5G coverage: Report

China Broadnet has deployed and is currently sharing 578,000 700 MHz base stations with rival operator China Mobile Chinese operator China Broadnet has reached nationwide 5G coverage using 700 MHz spectrum, according to Chinese news site DVBCN. The carrier said it now reaches all towns and...

Germany says high costs will not deter the removal of Huawei parts

The German government is considering a ban on certain 5G components made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE, according to previous reports The German government said that the potential high costs of removing components from Huawei from the country’s 5G networks will not be a...

Axiata aims to take part in Malaysia’s second 5G network: Report

The chairman of Axiata said the group was open to discuss how it could collaborate with the government in this project Malaysian company Axiata Group said it aims to take part in Malaysia’s second 5G network via its associate CelcomDigi, according to local press reports.  “There...

Telekom Malaysia terminates deal to acquire DNB stake

Telekom Malaysia said it is committed to continue playing an active role in the deployment of 5G across the country Telekom Malaysia announced its withdrawal from a deal to acquire a stake in Malaysia’s 5G network Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB), following the recent announcement by...

Malaysia’s DNB to keep deploying 5G infra until end-2023

DNB said its 5G network should reach 80% of the country's population by the end of the year Malaysia’s state-run 5G network operator Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB) will continue to roll out 5G network infrastructure in the country until 80% coverage is achieved by the...

Malaysia confirms plans to deploy second 5G network: Report

The government of Malaysia said this decision will foster competition in the 5G field The government of Malaysia confirmed it will enable the deployment of a second 5G network next year, amid concerns about pricing and competition with the current single state-run network, according to...

German government to fine 1&1 for missing 5G coverage goals

1&1 launched 5G services with fixed wireless access (FWA) technology earlier this year Germany’s federal network agency, Bundesnetzagentur, opened a fine proceeding against local telco 1&1 for failures in its 5G network coverage obligations, German newspaper Handelsblatt reported. As part of the 2019 frequency auction, the...

Bharti Airtel’s 5G footprint reaches 3,000 cities in India

Bharti Airtel initially launched its 5G offering in October 2022 Indian operator Bharti Airtel announced that its 5G service is now available to customers in 3,000 cities and towns in the country. In a release, the company said that all key urban and rural parts of...