Builds on 5G MoU signed by Ericsson, China Mobile
Ericsson said it is joining China Mobile's 5G Joint Innovation Center program to accelerate development of next-generation wireless networks. The program looks to establish a cross-industry ecosystem and setting up an open lab to provide a...
Axiata paid $1.36 billion for a 80% stake of Ncell
Malaysia-based Axiata Group has entered the Nepal telecommunications market through the acquisition of the country's largest mobile operator Ncell.
The Malaysian telco paid a total of $1.36 billion for a 80% stake in Ncell. The previous...
Chinese ops accounted for 53% of ZTE overall revenue
ZTE generated RMB 100.19 billion ($15.45 billion) in full-year 2015 operating revenues, climbing 23% year-over-year. In the Chinese market, ZTE reported operating revenue of RMB 53.11 billion, accounting for 53% of the company’s overall operating revenue last...
Indian telecommunications operator Reliance Communications extended the exclusivity period by two months for talks with rival Aircel to consider the potential merger of operations. Â
Reliance entered into merger talks with Aircel shareholders Maxis Communications and Sindya Securities and Investments late last year. The parties initially...
Voice-over-LTE trial set for Henan province
ZTE launched a voice-over-LTE trial with China Unicom in China's Henan province. The deployment calls for ZTE to deploy an end-to-end VoLTE solution including voice over Wi-Fi, VoLTE high-definition video and audio, and rich communications services.
The VoLTE project is one of seven...
Builds on 5G MoU signed by Ericsson, China Mobile
Ericsson said it is joining China Mobile's 5G Joint Innovation Center program to accelerate development of next-generation wireless networks. The program looks to establish a cross-industry ecosystem and setting up an open lab to provide a...
On February 22-25th, the 2016 Mobile World Congress was held in Barcelona, Spain. Leading global operators, standards organizations, open source communities, analyst institutions, partners and media outlets gathered to discuss the future development of the Telco industry. A key theme of Huawei Services was...
APAC leads global LTE connections in market share
The global LTE and LTE-Advanced market reached 1.068 billion connections by the end of 2015, following 156 million net additions during the final three months of the year and 552.2 million for the full year, according to...
China to account for 24% of smartphone shipments
Total smartphone shipments are expected to reach 1.5 billion units this year, representing a 5.7% compared to 2015, according to a report from IDC. The research firm said total smartphone shipments hit 1.44 billion units last year,...
Both companies look to boost 5G cooperation this year
BARCELONA, Spain – Chinese vendor ZTE, together with compatriot telecom operator China Mobile, announced a "5G" high-frequency prototype.
“The ZTE-developed prototype operates on a 15-gigahertz carrier with a bandwidth of 500 megabits and boasts a hardware structure...
Xiaomi, Huawei and Apple led in market share
 A total of 117.3 million smartphones were shipped to China in the last quarter of 2015, an 8% year-over-year increase according to a recent study by IDC. The growth was mainly driven by China’s annual singles day online...
KT uses Nokia Flexi Multiradio 10 in its LTE network
South Korean operator KT and equipment provider Nokia recently conducted what the companies say is the industry's first enhanced machine type communications field trial.
The trial was conducted on KT's LTE network using Nokia's Flexi Multiradio...
LTE represents almost 38% of China Mobile overall base
China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator, ended 2015 with 312.2 million LTE subscribers, according to the operator’s latest available figures.
The telco recorded nearly 222 million LTE net addition since December 2014, with the network currently...
The telcos tested VoLTE roaming between Japan to Hong Kong
Mobile operator 3 Hong Kong has completed a bilateral international voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) roaming trial with Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo.
The trial involved S8 Home Routed (S8HR) architecture, which is an LTE data roaming-based technology that...
Joint NFV lab focused on NFV, SDN research
Hewlett Packard Enterprise and China Telecom Beijing Research Institute said they opened a joint lab in Beijing focused on network functions virtualization research with the intent of helping China Telecom plan for implementing NFV technologies.
The joint NFV...
Apple stock peaked back in April at a per share value of $134.54, which has now fallen to $106.03 per share as of Friday representing a collective loss of $160 billion in value. Based on a perceived decline in demand for iPhones, Apple is...
5 things to know today ...
1. AT&T's plan to swap spectrum with Telefónica in Mexico has been approved by the Mexican government. The Federal Telecommunications Institute authorized AT&T to use the 1.7/2.1 GHz band in certain areas of Mexico, according to Reuters. Telefónica will...
China Mobile plans to deploy 300,000 base stations next year, expand VoLTE, carrier aggregation
The world’s largest mobile operator China Mobile aims to reach 500 million LTE subscribers by the end of 2016, according to Chinese press reports.
China Mobile initially launched LTE services in December...
French telecoms vendor Alcatel-Lucent announced the deployment of its 7950 XRS IP core router in the China Mobile national IP backbone network and metro networks.
The equipment provider affirmed that this deployment will enable the Asian operator to meet the growing demand for data in...
5 things to know today in mobile and wireless ...
1. Consumers say T-Mobile US is the best nationwide wireless carrier. The latest Consumer Reports survey puts the "uncarrier" ahead of Verizon Wireless, AT&T Mobility and Sprint, but behind U.S. Cellular, Virgin Mobile and Jitterbug....
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 a key year for small cells adoption.
As the heterogeneous network solutions continue to gain...
Ericsson Mobility Report shows subscriber and data traffic growth
India and China are often thought of as the fastest-growing mobile markets, but the latest Ericsson Mobility Report shows the rest of the Asia-Pacific region growing faster than these two giants combined. Excluding China and India,...
This week on IoT Innovation, RCR Wireless News takes a look at Horizon 2020 IoT and 5G, the European Union's €80 billion plan to drive job and economic growth while keeping the EU competitive globally
IoT Innovation is sponsored by Anritsu and Telecomcareers, a leading...
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 partnerships with operators and academic institutions in Japan on the deployment of ZTE proprietary Pre5G...
