BROWSING: A1

Nokia, A1 deploy 5G edge cloud network slicing solution

The 5G edge cloud network slicing solution can be used by enterprises and industries across a wide range of use cases including retail, media, utilities, healthcare and transportation Finnish vendor Nokia and Austrian carrier A1 Austria announced that they have successfully completed what it claims...

How Industry 4.0 chilled out and got real (‘not with 5G’) – Software AG hails new dawn for IoT

A good – and overdue and delayed – catchup with Bernd Gross, chief technology officer at Software AG, at Hannover Messe some months back gave pause to reflect on broader developments with Industry 4.0, and with 5G as an adjunct to it, as well...

Software AG adds Maltese operator GO to its Cumulocity IoT telco roster

Maltese network operator GO has signed to use Software AG’s Cumulocity IoT platform for its enterprise customers. It is a minor win for the Germany-based firm, in a country with only around 500,000 inhabitants, but it is a win nonetheless, and GO joins the...

A1 Telekom Group awards Nokia single-vendor, three-country 5G deal

Nokia providing 5G standalone core for A1 Telekom Group operations in Serbia and Slovenia A1 Telekom Group has been working with Nokia on 5G deployment in its home market of Austria for some time and now the multi-national operator is working with the infrastructure vendor...

SIs in trouble, hyperscalers indifferent – the case for carrier-led private 5G

Note, this article is continued from a previous post, entitled ‘Software AG, StarHub and the blueprint for carrier-led industrial private 5G’, available here. Bernd Gross, chief technology officer at Software AG, is presenting the case for telcos as the go-to agents for private 5G. He...

Austria’s A1 bets on cloud gaming, intros Blacknut platform to subscribers

Research indicates that cloud gaming revenue will surpass $1 billion in 2021 According to some accounts, cloud gaming represents the full potential of 5G. As a result, mobile service providers are partnering up with game developers and other gaming companies to make sure they get...

Nokia secures multi-year 5G radio and core deal with A1 Austria

Finnish vendor Nokia announced that it has been selected by A1 Austria to provide 5G coverage across the country in a multi-year contract. Under the terms of the deal, Nokia will supply 5G radio access and core network services. The deployment of products and services...

Magenta Telekom’s 5G network reaches 1,200 sites across Austria

Austrian operator Magenta Telekom, which is owned by German telecom group Deutsche Telekom, said its 5G service reached 1,200 locations across the country as of the end of 2020. Magenta Telekom said it had reached around 40% of households and businesses in Austria with the...

Nokia deploys 5G private network in Austria’s Graz

Nokia has been selected by Citycom Telecommunication Graz to deliver a 5G network covering the City of Graz and the entire province of Styria, in Austria. Once the deployment if completed, Citycom Graz will offer autonomous industrial-grade private wireless networks for public services and local...

Austria raises $240 million in its second 5G spectrum auction

  Austria raised a total of 202 million euros ($240 million) in a new 5G spectrum auction, the Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications (RTR) said in a statement. In this second 5G spectrum auction, local operators obtained frequencies in the 700 MHz, 1.5 GHz...

UAE operator du white-labels Software AG’s Cumulocity IoT platform

Telecoms operator du, formerly Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has partnered with Germany-based Software AG to offer a subscription-based digital-change offer to UAE based enterprises. The pair called it a “first of its kind collaboration” and the “largest IoT partnership for business solutions” in...

Vienna announces subsidies for 5G deployments

  Austria’s capital, Vienna, plans to offer subsidies to mobile operators to boost 5G coverage across the city, local newspaper Der Standard reported. Starting in July, Vienna’s municipal government will subsidize each new station deployed by local carriers A1, Hutchinson Drei and T-Mobile Austria with a...

Austria’s A1 to launch commercial 5G network this week

  Telekom Austria's subsidiary A1 confirmed in a release that it will commercially launch 5G services this week. A1’s 5G network will cover 350 locations across 129 municipalities in Austria, the company said. The company claims its "A1 5Giganetwork" will be the largest 5G network in Austria,...