India's Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that direct allocation of 5G frequencies to tech companies was a complex issue
The government of India is analyzing the potential direct allocation of 5G spectrum to local companies and will make a final decision on this issue after...
mmWave 5G was the subject of some industry skepticism in its earlier days, particularly around the ability to support mobility use cases and the sheer economics of densification required to provide a workable degree of coverage. mmWave has since been the subject of significant...
Bharti Airtel spent a total of $5.4 billion to secure 19,800 megahertz of spectrum in several bands to launch 5G
Indian carrier Bharti Airtel has signed 5G network agreements with Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung to start 5G deployments in the country.
In a release announcing the...
Telecom companies have a major role to play in delivering impactful metaverse experiences
The metaverse is kind of a funny thing. It’s not really real just yet but given what we do know about it--a combination of connectivity, compute, graphics rendering, immersive user interfaces and...
The “preemptive support service” leans on AI and ML to improve efficiency at a Foxconn factory in Hungary
Ericsson and Vodafone on Tuesday announced a service continuity solution for private networks aimed at improving manufacturing and industrial efficiency. It’s described as a “preemptive support service” that uses...
The latest release of the 5G New Radio (NR) standard has, at last, fixed a problem for cellular-based sensor comms with the emergence of a cut-down version of 5G for massive-scale IoT deployments. On paper, anyway; in reality, the news only confirms a waypoint...
Metaverse for metacasts, metaservices, and metaproducts
While the metaverse is still very much a nascent concept, it seems increasingly clear that telecom service providers and vendors ranging from device OEMs to cloud computing firms stand to generate significant revenues from delivering on what the concept...
Some new light on the murky, creeping digital change taking place in the automotive sector, long-considered the flashiest venue for Industry 4.0 (but highly secretive and deeply conservative), and specifically at one of its blue riband manufacturers, in the original home of Industrie 4.0; German...
Singtel had announced the launch of its 5G SA network in the country in May of 2021
Singaporean carrier Singtel's 5G Standalone network currently covers over 95% of the country’s territory, the telco said in a release.
Singtel noted that the milestone comes more than three...
In November 2021, Ericsson announced the acquisition Vonage in a $6.2 billion deal
Ericsson said it has completed its acquisition of Vonage Holdings, which will enable the vendor to offer a full suite of communications solutions including, Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS), unified communications-as-a-service...
The lab test was carried out at 5TONIC, a Madrid-based open research and innovation laboratory founded by Telefónica and IMDEA Networks
Spanish operator Telefónica and Ericsson have demonstrated end-to-end, automated network slicing in 5G Standalone, the telco said in a release.
Telefonica said that the proof-of-concept...
Ericsson will close the deal later this month, after passing muster with U.S. Committee on Foreign Investments
Ericsson said Friday that federal regulators have approved its acquisition of enterprise cloud services company Vonage. The $6.2 billion all-cash deal met with the approval of both company’s...
The 4CC data trial combined Optus’ low-band spectrum and 2,100MHz FDD bands with 2,300MHz and 3,500MHz TDD bands
Australian operator Optus has completed what it claims to be the first four component carrier aggregation 5G standalone data call in the country.
To achieve this milestone, Optus...
Supply chain woes and inflation are to blame for lower gross margins, said Ekholm
Ericsson stocks tumbled as much as 10% on Thursday, following the company’s latest earnings report. The Swedish telecom equipment maker posted an increase in second-quarter earnings, but missed Wall Street analyst’s...
mmWave-backed fixed wireless access is making gains outside of dense urban areas
Fixed wireless access is emerging as a primary driver of new revenues for mobile operators. It’s how Verizon initially went to market with 5G and has since evolved to a significantly larger geographic...
According to the Head of Automotive at Ericsson Magnus Gunnarsson, the auto industry is undergoing a speedy transition into new business models that are driven by software and underpinned by cloud connectivity and the advancement of electric vehicles (EVs). He told Enterprise IoT Insights,...
This is article is taken from a recent editorial report on Industrial 5G Innovation – From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard; the previous instalment in this serialised version of the report is available here. Subsequent instalments are listed below (linking either to the original...
5G connectivity delivered via low Earth orbit satellites could lead to 'global coverage' for 5G smartphones, said the companies
Ericsson, Qualcomm and French aerospace company Thales announced a collaboration to test and develop 5G connectivity using low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations. The companies said...
Ericsson had announced the acquisition of Vonage in November 2021
Ericsson said it expects the completion of its deal to buy U.S. cloud communications company Vonage to occur before the end of July, as the vendor continues to work with the Committee on Foreign Investment...
The government of India recently confirmed that some 5G frequencies will be reserved to enable enterprises to deploy private mobile networks
Indian enterprises view 5G as the key enabler of their digital transformation, according to a recent research conducted by Omdia for Ericsson in India.
According...
CHT is in process to upgrade mid-band 5G base stations in an estimated 2,000 sites in Taiwan
Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), the largest telecoms company in Taiwan, has begun upgrading its installed Ericsson base of mid-band Massive MIMO radios, the latter said in a...
Ericsson said that more than 20 5G SA networks were already operational globally by the end of 2021
The number of 5G Standalone (SA) networks at a global level could reach nearly 40 at the end of 2022, according to the latest edition of the...
The Government of India expects to award 5G frequencies during July
5G is projected to account for almost 40% of mobile subscriptions in India – 500 million – by the end of 2027, according to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report.
According to the Swedish vendor, even...
Ericsson noted that only around 20 carriers globally had already launched SA 5G networks by the end of 2021
5G subscription penetration in North America is forecasted to reach 90% in 2027, according to the latest edition of Ericsson Mobility Report.
The report also predicts that...
