Nokia will deploy base stations in 19 Chinese provinces
Finnish vendor Nokia and Chinese state-owned China Telecom signed an agreement to expand the deployment of 4G technology in 19 provinces across China to allow the  operator to enhance coverage and capacity as well as the quality...
China Mobile operating revenue for H1 2016 grew 7.1% year-over-year; now has 1.32M 4G base stations
China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator, ended the first half of the year with 428.5 million subscribers in the LTE segment, according to the operator’s latest available figures.
The telco recorded...
The internet of things network currently covers 360 cities
China’s second largest mobile operator China Unicom ended the first half of 2016 with more than 20 million internet of things connection, after a net addition 10.5 million connections during the period, local press reported.
The Chinese operator...
Almost 98% of premises in the United Kingdom had outdoor 4G LTE coverage in May
The United Kingdom ended last year with a total of 39.5 million subscribers in the 4G LTE segment, up from 23.6 million at the end of 2014, according to a...
Huawei and China Telecom plan to deliver gigabit connectivity to homes in Shenzhen
Chinese ICT services provider Huawei and China Telecom Corporation signed a cooperation framework agreement to deliver gigabit connectivity to homes and communities in Shenzhen to lay the foundation for creating a smart city.Â
The...
Huawei said this technology improves the experience for subscribers on UMTS networks in the 900 MHz band
Chinese vendor Huawei and Vodafone Spain have completed what the companies claim to be the world's first commercial implementation of dual-band High Speed Downlink Packet Access technology.
Huawei said...
Singapore telco also demonstrated end-to-end low latency live video streaming over '5G'
Singapore telecommunications operator Singtel and Swedish vendor Ericsson carried out what the companies claim to be the first live demo of potential of 5G technologies in Southeast Asia.
The demo used Ericsson’s 5G radio...
The Singapore telco also demonstrated end-to-end low latency live video streaming over 5G
Singapore telecommunications operator Singtel and Swedish vendor Ericsson carried out what the companies claimed to be the first live demo of potential of 5G technologies in Southeast Asia.
The demo used Ericsson’s 5G...
The 'internet of things' network will be nationwide in 2018
Sigfox, a French provider of global communications service for the IoT, and UnaBiz, an IoT network operator in Asia, announced the creation of a global internet of things testbed in Taiwan.
The testbed, which will be based...
NTT DoCoMo ended June with 143,500 LTE base stations across Japan
Japanese telecom operator NTT DoCoMo has expanded its "Premium 4G" service to 1,203 cities across Japan, according to a company presentation. The service, launched in March 2015, offers download speeds of up to 370 megabits per second using LTE-Advanced...
See which countries are leveraging the internet of things to drive business transformation
A lot of vendors throw around the projection that by 2020 there will be some 50 billion "things" comprising the growing internet of things (IoT). But what about today; which countries are...
The plan is to offer LAAÂ service starting in 2017
Singapore telecommunications operator Singtel and Ericsson said they successfully conducted a live trial of prestandard license assisted access on Singtel’s network earlier this month.
The trial was completed after a two-week period of testing using multiple RBS...
The government selected 83 smart city initiatives to be implemented in 20 initial cities
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently launched a number of smart city initiatives under his government's Smart Cities Mission program.
The government said 83 smart city initiatives will be implemented in 20...
Working with Nokia, StarHub will commercially launch the service by the end of 2016
Finnish vendor Nokia and Singapore telecom operator StarHub have achieved peak upload speed of 150Â megabits per second over the operator's 4G network during a trial using carrier aggregation technology and the...
Huawei reported half-year revenue growth of 40% while the European firm saw declining sales in the period
Chinese ICT services provider again beat Swedish vendor Ericsson in terms of revenue during the first half of 2016.
Huawei reported sales of 245.5 billion yuan ($36.7 billion) in the first...
The government selected 83 smart city initiatives to be implemented in 20 initial cities
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently launched a number of smart city initiatives under his government's Smart Cities Mission program.
The government said 83 smart city initiatives will be implemented in 20...
Vodafone ends June with 52.5M LTE subscribers in 21 markets
U.K.-based Vodafone Group recorded 13.37 billion pounds ($17.55 billion) in revenue for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, a decline of 4.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Group service revenue was 12.27 billion pounds for...
Huawei generated revenue of $36.7 billion during the period
Chinese ICT solutions provider Huawei generated sales of CNY 245.5 billion ($36.7 billion) in the first half of 2016, representing an increase of 40% compared to the same period in 2015, the vendor said in a statement.
The...
Kuwaiti telco Zain recently expressed interest in local 4G license
China Telecom and Saudi Telecom have shown interest in acquiring a "4G" license to start operations in Egypt, international press reported citing unnamed government sources.
However, Egyptian officials said neither company had made any formal offer...
1. Verizon Communications could announce a deal to buy Yahoo as soon as next week. The carrier is expected to pay around $5 billion for Yahoo's core internet business, but take a pass on the company's patent portfolio. Verizon, which already owns AOL, can...
Swedish operations accounted for 44% of Telia business
Swiss telecom operator Telia – formerly TeliaSonera – posted a net profit of 1.43 billion kronor ($166.4 million) in the second quarter of 2016, down 55.8% compared to a net profit of 3.25 billion kronor in the same period...
The deal will allow Aeris to expand IoT business to India and Europe
Japanese telecom operator SoftBank and U.S-based internet of things (IoT) firm Aeris have agreed to form a joint venture in Japan to provide IoT and telematics services globally using the Aeris IoT...
Companies target industrial internet of things
Huawei is partnering with GE to develop solutions for the industrial internet of things. The two companies announced their partnership in Shanghai, where GE is launching an incubator for startups and software developers focused on connected machines.
The companies said...
Companies target industrial internet of things
Huawei is partnering with GE to develop solutions for the industrial internet of things. The two companies announced their partnership in Shanghai, where GE is launching an incubator for startups and software developers focused on connected machines.
The companies said...
