BT has selected Ericsson as its 5G RAN provider in London, Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff and other major cities across the UK.
Earlier this year, BT had selected the Swedish vendor to provide the company’s next-generation cloud-native dual-mode 5G Core. Once the deployment is completed, Ericsson...
Nokia has been selected by Nordic telecommunications group Telia Company as the exclusive provider of its 5G Radio Access Network in Finland, the vendor said in a statement.
Telia Company also selected Nokia as the supplier of 5G standalone (SA) core in Denmark, Estonia, Finland,...
Finnish telecommunications service provider Elisa has announced new 5G agreements with Nordic vendors Ericsson and Nokia.
Ericsson has been selected for a comprehensive 5G technology deployment spanning 5G Core and 5G Radio Access Network (RAN). The new agreement includes both 5G Non-standalone (5G NSA) and...
Nokia announced it has been selected by U.K. telco BT as its 5G RAN vendor, the Finnish company said in a release.
As part of the agreement, which will make Nokia BT’s largest equipment provider, Nokia will provide equipment and services at BT radio sites...
5G end-to-end network slicing will allow for the creation of new services and business models
Samsung Electronics and KDDI completed a 5G end-to-end (E2E) network slicing demonstration with a RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) in Tokyo, Japan yesterday. The demo, which tied together Samsung’s virtualized core,...
True buying 5G massive MIMO macro stations for tri-band network
ZTE Corporation announced an agreement with True Move to build a commercial 5G network in Thailand, the former said in a release.
Under the terms of the deal, the Thai mobile operator will adopt ZTE's 5G...
The 5G services in Taiwan will be in the 3.5 GHz band are expected to be launched this summer
Taiwanese mobile operator Far EasTone (FET) has selected Ericsson to be its 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) vendor in a deal that will span all of...
Telenor 5G services in Trondheim are being delivered on the 3.6 GHz band
Ericsson and Telenor switched on Norway’s first commercial 5G services at the end of last week in the city of Trondheim as part of an ongoing partnership to develop and update Telenor’s...
Slovakia's largest operators, including Orange Slovensko, had previously revealed plans to postpone the launch of 5G networks
In July 2019, 4ka became the first and only provider to introduce 5G to Slovakia, even as the country’s most prominent operators—including the largest, Orange Slovensko—all revealed plans...
Release 17 will introduce "NR-Light" for IoT
The Third Generation Partnership Project has put together its list of approved work for 5G New Radio features in Release 17, which is slated for completion in the second half of 2021.
What's in the cards for 5G NR?...
LG U+ taps Ericsson as RAN vendor for NSA 5G network
Ericsson has been selected by Korean communication service provider LG U+ as a 5G radio access network (RAN) vendor for its 3.5 GHz Non-Standalone (NSA) 5G network, the Swedish vendor said in a statement.
Ericsson...
Ericsson will also help Telia Norway modernize its entire radio network
Ericsson will be the sole 5G radio access network (RAN) vendor for Nordic communications service provider Telia’s next-generation nationwide network in Norway. Ericsson will not only be supplying hardware and software products and solutions...
The 5G networking center will help CSPs and NEPs build next-gen communications solutions
Global R&D service provider Altran announced plans to launch a communications and advanced networking center in the company’s new Manhattan office, as well as hire additional experts in 5G and related technologies....
RAN Intelligent Controller development early focus of partnership
5G is often described as the first generation of cellular "born in the cloud," which describes a dynamic, flexible network that's increasingly automated through the use of NFV and SDN tools. This gives operators more flexibility while...
When we hear 5G, we automatically tend to think of incredibly fast connections with extraordinarily low latency for our mobile broadband experience. However, the 5G experience is more than just mobile broadband. 5G is a transformation that enables a multitude of services with diverse...
In this installment of Network Slicing 101, we’ll examine the basics of what is meant by end-to-end as applied to network slicing.
When we hear about network slicing, one of the most common attributes associated with the concept is the notion that the slices will...
There are four preliminary key takeaways with the T-Mobile and Sprint merger including 1) improved 5G momentum 2) capex synergies 3) three healthy players could be a positive 4) the deal will likely happen
The new company would increase the 5G momentum in the US...
