The French government is not planning to exclude Chinese vendor Huawei from its 5G networks, Reuters reported, citing a high-ranking official.
“We do not target one equipment maker,” Secretary of State to the Minister of Economy and Finance, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, told a French TV channel....
More than 350 cellular sites in northern and southern California have been impacted by the widespread electrical grid shut-downs by utility PG&E, as well as wildfires burning across the state.
The FCC activated its disaster reporting program for 32 California counties across the state, from...
Previous generations of cellular technology have focused on establishing macro-site-based, outdoor coverage as quickly as possible and then increased capacity later, based on traffic demand. But in 5G, the customers and applications using 5G may end up having a significant influence on when and...
Public safety agencies are increasingly relying on the use of cellular devices and mobile broadband to augment their land mobile radio voice networks. Carriers who have previously focused primarily on the consumer and enterprise market are giving this segment new attention, from AT&T's contract...
Hurricane Dorian continues to crawl along the coast of Florida, and communications providers along the Southeast coast are braced for its impacts. The slow-moving storm has been downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane, with winds of about 105 miles per hour, after battering the...
According to the FCC, the current national broadband map just isn’t cutting it anymore
Across the U.S., individuals have varying levels of access to fast, reliable broadband service depending on location. In general, those living in rural communities have fewer connectivity options and slower internet...
The Chinese government told India that there could be consequences for Indian firms with operations in China if Huawei Technologies was banned from the deployment of 5G in the country, Reuters reported, citing sources with knowledge of the matter.
During a recent meeting with India’s...
The Italian government confirmed it will drop emergency legislation aimed at strengthening state powers to intervene in the country’s 5G infrastructure market, Reuters reported, citing Italian lawmakers.
Last week, Italy approved a decree to increase the government’s powers to intervene in the critical 5G market,...
ZTE considers that the co-evolution of 4G and 5G networks is a key issue as these two technologies will be sharing many resources and will be offering each other a strong support in the next decade.
This is why, ZTE believe that it is essential...
Cambium Networks is making an initial public offering of its stock, paying down debt and continuing its focus on providing economical wireless network equipment to mid-size network operators around the world.
The company, based in the Chicago, Illinois area, will trade under the symbol CMBM....
Wireless data use continues to climb, with the latest analysis from industry group CTIA showing an 82% increase in mobile data use between 2017 and 2018.
According to CTIA's newly released annual survey of the U.S. wireless industry, "wireless use was up across nearly every...
Chinese vendor Huawei has filed a motion for summary judgment in a U.S. court, as part of the process to challenge the constitutionality of a section of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
In the legal claim, Huawei argues that Section 889 of 2019...
Fiber provider Zayo Group has agreed to be acquired by infrastructure investment firms Digital Colony and the EQT Infrastructure IV fund, which will take the company private in a transaction valued at $14.3 billion.
The transaction includes the assumption of $5.9 billion in debt...
Company execs say they are still confident, enthused about Sprint merger
T-Mobile US continues to outstrip the rest of the industry on customer gains while delivering strong financial performance. T-Mo added 1.7 million total net additions during the quarter, up 15% from the same period...
Germany’s telecoms regulator Bundesnetzagentur confirmed that Chinese vendor Huawei will not be excluded from 5G contracts in the country, the Financial Times reported Jochen Homann, the president of the agency, as saying.
“The position the
Bundesnetzagentur takes is that no equipment supplier, including Huawei,
should, or may,...
China’s government said at a meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that Australia’s restriction on Chinese 5G technology was “obviously discriminative” and appeared to break global trade rules, Reuters reported.
China’s representative at the WTO’s Council on Trade in Goods said measures to restrict...
COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND -- As wireless operators push forward with aggressive 5G roll-out plans, they will need a workforce that understands how to deploy increasingly complex network technologies, according to the Wireless Infrastructure Association.
WIA President and CEO Jonathan Adelstein said during a Wireless...
As mobile network operators begin to roll out their initial 5G markets, there isn't a lot of overlap between their top-performing cities for LTE and where they are making their forays into 5G.
Analysis from Rootmetrics, which recently released its network performance rankings of 125...
Last month, the U.K. National Cyber Security Center reportedly said the country had tools to mitigate any risk from using Huawei’s technology in 5G networks
The U.K. government is working to impose strict new security regulations on telecom operators to prevent them using equipment from...
The Chinese vendor said the new product supports 200G bandwidth
ZTE has unveiled what it claims is the industry’s first 5G fronthaul 200G outdoor optical transport network product.
The Chinese vendor said that the ZXMP M721 OD62 is easy to install and maintain and can be applied to the metro...
As more countries scrutinize Huawei, the government is currently assessing potential security threats for local telecom network infrastructure
A government review into telecoms security which will recommend whether Huawei should be banned from U.K. telecom networks is expected to be completed in March, Sky News...
The city of Bellevue, Washington, is preparing for 5G with the adoption of a new process to make small cell deployment easier.
The city, where T-Mobile US is headquartered, said that its reexamination of its city code and processes were a response to the new...
Huawei's Futurewei unit in Silicon Valley reportedly faces potential export ban
In a rare press conference with international journalists, Ren Zhengfei, Huawei's founder and CEO, said that his company does not spy for the Chinese government and that it would not respond to improper government...
Poland has arrested two telecom employees on suspicion of spying for the Chinese state: a Chinese employee of infrastructure vendor Huawei and an employee of Orange Telecom, according to published reports.
As reported by The New York Times, the Huawei employee is the head of the...
