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The combined business to provide service to 45M subscribers Pakistan mobile network operators Mobilink and Warid Telecom announced they have reached an agreement to merge their operations. The combined business is …

The 5G R&D agreement will focus on radio and core technologies Swedish vendor Ericsson signed a memorandum of understanding with Japanese telecom operator KDDI to collaborate on “5G” research and …

Deployment of small cells is seen as a key avenue of boosting cellular capacity and adding network density, but commissioning have fallen short of projections, despite 2015 being viewed as …

Ericsson said it is ready to supply the first radios designed to enable mobile operators to conduct live field trials of “5G” network technology, with Japan’s NTT DoCoMo set to …

Japanese telco announced a contract with Smart Communications Japanese telecom operator NTT DoCoMo announced it will provide mobile network consulting services to overseas mobile operators. Starting Nov. 23, the Japanese operator …

SingTel ends latest fiscal quarter with 2M LTE subscribers in Singapore Singapore Telecommunications reported a net profit of SG$1.03 billion ($704 million) for its second fiscal quarter of 2016, which …

Telco confirms plans to launch ‘4G’ next month Indian mobile operator Vodafone counted 188.2 million subscribers at the end of the first half of its fiscal year 2016, which ended …

Chinese telecom equipment provider ZTE has opened a new research and development center in Tokyo to focus on creating next-generation “5G” mobile network technologies. The new facility will support ZTE’s …

Apparently expanding beyond its core business function of, you know, making and distributing sodas, Pepsi told Techradar it will release a line of mobile phones and accessories targeting the Chinese market. …

Ericsson buys Chinese IT firm Sunrise Technology WASHINGTON – Swedish telecom equipment and infrastructure provider Ericsson announced earlier this week its purchase of the mobile unit of Chinese IT firm …