Elisa currently covers 95% of Finland’s population with 5G
Finnish telecom operator Elisa now covers 95% of Finland’s population with 5G and has plans to expand the coverage even further in the coming years, the telco's Head of Mobile Access Tiina Höckert told RCR Wireless...
The main goal of the working group is to prepare Finland's national 6G roadmap
Finland’s Ministry of Transport and Communications confirmed that a specific working group has started its work to promote 6G communication technologies.
In a release, the ministry noted that the main goal of...
Elisa said the 5G-Advanced demo was held at the Nokia Arena in Tampere, in Finland
Finnish communications service provider Elisa and Nokia claimed to be the first to showcase 5G-Advanced L4S technology for real-time applications in congested network environments in the Nordics.
Nokia and Elisa explained...
Ericsson and Elisa carried out the test using a mobile test device powered by a Qualcomm's Snapdragon X75 5G modem-RF system
Ericsson has partnered with Finnish communications service provider Elisa and Qualcomm Technologies to demonstrate high uplink speeds in a commercial 5G Standalone (SA) network,...
Elisa will walk away with a 37.5% stake in MVC Mobile VideoCommunication’s international video-conferencing business
Elisa intends to sell the majority stake in its workplace collaboration subsidiary Elisa Videra to MVC Mobile VideoCommunication. The deal is a share swap, and so, the Finnish operator will...
When it comes to real-world examples of how operators have leveraged automation based on network data, here are two: Nordic operator Elisa in Finland and its “lights-out” network operations center (NOC), and Rakuten Mobile (both in terms of utilizing automation itself, and helping other...
California-based compute software vendor Wind River has announced a couple of notable deals; it has deployed a fully-automated edge data centre for Finnish telco Elisa, and also struck a deal with China-based Horizon Robotics to collaborate on edge systems for advanced driver assist systems...
First impressions count – and the trains are late, the stairs are broken, and the food is wrong. This is not the fabled German efficiency we came here to discuss – and see projected into the digital age across 17 cavernous halls of the...
Open RAN has been the subject of earnest development for a number of years and has seen large-scale commercial deployment by three major global operators building new networks with significant commitments from many large brownfield CSPs. Reducing TCO through vendor competition, component commoditization and...
Finnish telco Elisa has acquired a majority stake in Belgium-based industrial health and safety software provider TenForce, as part of the continuing expansion of its smart factory business. While continuing as an independent company, TenForce will be part of Elisa’s newly-formed IndustrIQ business, which...
Finnish operator Elisa said its 5G network already reached over 100 locations across the country, covering half of Finland’s population.
During the first months of the year, Elisa's 5G network was expanded in various parts of Finland. Recently, the construction of new mobile technology has...
Elisa and Lounea will begin developing pilot sites early this year
Elisa and telco Lounea, which operates in Western Finland, have established a joint nationwide fiber network venture. The pair will begin developing pilot sites early this year. Elisa will provide services and perform the...
Finnish mobile operator Elisa is to acquire Germany-based industrial software provider camLine Group, in order to enhance its smart manufacturing expertise and portfolio. The fee has not been disclosed; Elisa restated its strategy to expand beyond localised mobile services, in Finland, to capture an international audience with...
Nokia, Elisa and Qualcomm Technologies have achieved what they claim are the world’s fastest 5G speeds on a commercial network in Finland by delivering 8 Gbps for the first time serving two 5G mmWave devices connected simultaneously, Nokia said in a release.
The record speed,...
HUS Helsinki University Hospital is working with Finnish carrier Elisa to lay the ground for 5G-enabled ‘video robots’ to enable doctors and nurses to interact with coronavirus (Covid-19) patients remotely.
The pair have already deployed a prototype video robot that uses the hospital Wi-Fi network....
Finnish telecommunications service provider Elisa has announced new 5G agreements with Nordic vendors Ericsson and Nokia.
Ericsson has been selected for a comprehensive 5G technology deployment spanning 5G Core and 5G Radio Access Network (RAN). The new agreement includes both 5G Non-standalone (5G NSA) and...
Finnish telco Elisa has turned a mass-produced tractor into a “5G remote-controlled work machine” that can carry out tasks that would otherwise put human lives at risk. The work follows a deal with tractor maker Valtra, signed earlier this year, to develop 5G-controlled tractors.
Elisa...
Ericsson and Finnish mobile operator Elisa have established what they claim to be the first end-to-end 5G Standalone connection in Finland, the vendor said in a release.
Ericsson also said that this milestone also represents the first 5G standalone pilot in the Nordic region and...
The Finnish 5G spectrum auction included three 800 megahertz blocks in the 25.1-27.5 GHz range
The second Finnish 5G spectrum auction was completed today, with the only bidders being operators Telia, Elisa and Telenor-owned DNA. They all walked away as winners.
Today’s auction included three 800...
Nokia announced that its liquid cooling 5G AirScale Base Station solution has helped Finnish mobile operator, Elisa, reduce the potential energy expenses of its base station as well as CO2 emissions.
In a release, the Finnish vendor noted that is the first time that a...
Elisa has added 5G coverage to Hyvinkää's city center
Elisa has added 5G coverage to Hyvinkää, the 19th location in Finland offering the carrier’s next-generation services. 5G coverage in Hyvinkää is currently limited to the city center and Hakalanmäki, but will be expanding this spring,...
A new IoT innovation centre in Finland has been rigged up with private 5G from Elisa and IoT devices from Qualcomm. The facility will be opened shortly by new Finnish tech firm UROS, alongside US chip maker Qualcomm, as a “next generation” IoT showroom...
Rakuten's virtual RAN and Elisa's lights-out NOC
The flexibility 5G enables requires a similar level of flexibility in the underlying network infrastructure. Proprietary, single-purpose hardware is giving way to general-purpose hardware running virtualized network functions. This allows operators to lower capital and operational expenses while...
