Lower costs, higher investment have put China ahead in 5G deployment, Deloitte says
A new report from Deloitte puts some numbers on the scale of investment that China is pouring into 5G and concludes that in these early days of transition, China is ahead in...
The Chinese carrier ended the first half of the year with 384 million IoT connections
China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator in terms of subscribers, will continue to carry out tests on its 5G network in the second half of 2018, the firm’s chairman...
China Tower said it would use part of the proceeds to build new towers and upgrade existing infrastructure
Chinese state-owned telecommunications tower company China Tower has raised $6.9 billion after pricing its initial public offering (IPO) at the bottom of an indicative range, Reuters reported,...
Nokia will provide technology solutions to help the Chinese telco transition to future-oriented networks
Nokia and China Mobile have signed a one-year frame agreement to support the Chinese mobile operator's transition to a future-oriented network infrastructure. Nokia said the agreement is valued at up to...
The 5G interoperability test, carried out at China Mobile Research Institute, will be a key step towards the commercialization of 5G systems, the partners said
U.S. chipmaker Intel, together with China Mobile and Huawei announced the completion of 5G interoperability and development testing (IODT) in...
Under the terms of the agreement, both firms will establish a lab in Hangzhou
Nokia and China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile carrier in terms of subscribers, have signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to investigate the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning...
NTIA says that China Mobile's 2011 application to serve U.S. telecom market should be denied
The Federal Communications Commission should deny China Mobile’s pending application to enter the U.S telecommunications market, submitted in 2011, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration said in a filing.
NTIA, part...
A number of wireless and wireline industry associations are pushing back against a proposed rule by the Federal Communications Commission that would prevent Universal Service Fund money from being used to pay for equipment or services from companies that are considered a risk to...
Mobile operators from every region have backed the GSMA’s new IoT security guidelines. AT&T is the only US operator so far to have committed to the GSMA measures; it is joined by the leading operator brands in Europe and China.
The GSMA guidelines make 85...
The demo, carried out during MWC Shanghai, used vehicles provided by Chinese manufacturer SAIC
China Mobile, together with Huawei and Chinese state-owned automotive manufacturing company SAIC, have jointly demonstrated the application of intelligent and connected vehicles using a low-latency network enabled by "5G Era LTE"...
Ericsson, Intel, China Mobile complete standard-compliant call
Sticking to its aggressive timeline for finalization of the standalone 5G New Radio (NR) specification, the 3GPP yesterday approved the details of Release 15 building on the work completed in December related to non-standalone 5G NR.
Michael Thelander, president...
Nokia said its end-to-end 5G new radio data call used the 3.5 GHz frequency band
Nokia has successfully completed an end-to-end 5G New Radio data call as part of a 5G research and development trial being carried out by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and...
China Mobile said the trial is part of the plan to launch commercial 5G in 2020
China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator, announced plans to deploy 100 5G-ready base stations in Shanghai later this year as part of its plans to launch commercial 5G...
China Tower is seeking a valuation of up to $ 40 billion through the IPO
Chinese state-owned telecommunications tower company China Tower filed an application for an initial public offering (IPO) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE), seeking a valuation of up to $40...
Casa System’s CEO Jerry Guo said the firm is in negotiations with these telcos to expand to new product areas
Casa Systems is in the process to deploy of small cell solutions for Sprint, Telefonica and China Mobile, the company’s CEO Jerry Guo recently said...
Nuage Networks projects highlight progress toward network slicing with data center SDN
The long-term vision of 5G includes network slicing--using virtualized network functions and software-defined networking (SDN) to enable operator networks to automatically create service-specific data pipes that precisely meet the needs of a particular...
Chinese telcos will carry out 5G trials in at least 16 cities across the Asian nation
The government of China has given the green light to Chinese telecom operators to test 5G technology in major cities across the country, local press reported.
Under this initiative, state-run...
Operators in South Korea and China embrace network sharing to accelerate 5G deployment
As carriers ready an initial slate of commercial 5G services, it's apparent that the next-generation of mobile networks will require major capital investment in network densification to deliver on multi-gigabit mobile broadband,...
The two partners say the new facility will allow partners across all sectors to trial end-to-end 5G capabilities
China Mobile and Huawei have jointly set up an end-to-end Open Lab in Beijing, China, which claims to be the first end-to-end open lab in China based...
China Tower currently owns and operates a total of 2.5 million telecom towers across the Asian nation
Chinese state-run telecom tower company China Tower Corp has signed a cooperation agreement with compatriot firm State Grid Corp of China (SGCC).
Under the terms of the agreement, both...
Chinese firms say the new agreement will allow them to offer network slicing for IoT, internet of vehicles and industrial control
China’s second-largest mobile operator, China Unicom, has signed an agreement with Huawei for the development of 5G network slicing technologies.
The two companies said they...
Huawei said trial constitutes the third phase of China’s national 5G test plan
Huawei said it became the first vendor to pass China’s 5G non-standalone (NSA) core network test, which covers key core network technologies and service processes and marks the third phase of the...
China Mobile to leverage Nokia equipment to build optical transport network
China Mobile has chosen Nokia to supply equipment for its regional optical transport network.
An optical transport network serves as a protocol for forwarding network messaging across optical fiber networks. It consists of a collection...
Aryaka lands deal with China Mobile
Aryaka announced a partnership with China Mobile International (CMI) to deliver what the company claims to be the first compliant global SD-WAN service for international companies with locations in China, and Chinese companies with a global presence.
Under the agreement,...
