Reliance Jio currently offers 5G services in 257 cities across India
Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm aims to reach a minimum of 100 million 5G customers by the end of financial year 2024, local press reported.
The telco also said it aims to reach all Indian...
Yes, the market for Macro and Massive MIMO infrastructure will drop dramatically through 2027. But that drop will be offset by small cells, software, millimeter wave, and private cellular investments. In fact, with a rebound expected from new spectrum bands in 2028, our new...
Extended, expanded partnership tap Palo Alto Networks for private 5G security
Based on a partnership initially announced in February 2022, Kyndryl and Nokia now tally 100 “active engagements” around private 5G and 4G networks, as well as mobile edge computing (MEC) technologies, for enterprises. To...
Increased productivity, better operational resilience and improved worker safety – Industry 4.0 digitalization has proven to be a game-changer for many industries. To unlock the benefits of digital transformation, enterprises first need a robust foundation of high-performance connectivity throughout their operating site.
A great way...
Orange said that 5G SA technology will be initially offered in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Seville
Spanish telecom operator Orange announced the activation of its 5G Standalone (SA) network in the country.
In a release, the telco said that the new technology will be initially offered...
Charging systems are critical network components when it comes to monetizing new services and capabilities. But as Nokia’s Head of the Charging Business Line Jonah Pransky told RCR Wireless News, the introduction of 5G and cloud-native networks is widening the ecosystem of potential value...
DNB had selected Ericsson as its 5G vendor in July 2021
Malaysian state-backed 5G wholesale provider Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) could potentially select a second vendor for its 5G network, local press reported, citing a report by Singaporean investment bank UOB-Kay Hian.
The report revealed that...
Nokia has expanded its private 4G/5G test lab facility, called ‘Lab-as-a-Service’, to validate third-party industrial equipment and devices connecting on its Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) and Modular Private Wireless (MPW) private LTE (4G) and 5G network solutions. The service, free to customers, supports device...
LG Uplus added a total of 1.48 million 5G subscribers during last year
Korean operator LG Uplus ended the fourth quarter of 2022 with 6.11 million 5G subscribers, up 32.11% year-on-year, according to the company’s latest earnings statement.
The telco added a total of 1.48 million...
Reliance Jio said its 5G service is being offered through spectrum in the 700 MHz, 3.5 GHz, and 26 GHz bands
Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm announced the launch of 5G services across 34 cities in 13 states, taking the total of towns and cities...
Cohere Technologies has developed Universal Spectrum Multiplier (USM) software for existing networks and Open Radio Access Networks
U.S. network software firm Cohere Technologies announced it has received investment funding from Bell Ventures, which is the corporate venture capital arm of Canadian telco Bell.
Cohere Technologies...
Reliance Jio already launched 5G in 191 towns and cities across India
Indian carrier Reliance Jio announced the launch of its 5G services across all six states of the North-East circle, the company said in a release.
The telco’s 5G offering was activated in the cities...
Rail infrastructure operator Adif Alta Velocidad (Adif AV) has handed Cellnex Telecom and Nokia a €20.5 million contract to build private 5G and public 5G networks to connect, digitalise, and automate its rail logistics centres in Spain. They have just over five years (62...
While there are numerous security safeguards and specialized functions within the 5G standards, they are not enough to fully protect the network, according to Mike Hawley, Nokia’s head of packet core research and development. By enabling a variety of new services, 5G increases the threat...
SFR currently provides 5G services in 6,200 municipalities across France
French telco SFR announced it has selected Finnish vendor Nokia for the deployment of its 5G Standalone (SA) core network, the former said in a release.
As part of its ongoing 5G deployment, SFR has signed...
Nokia added 45 new customers for its private networks products in the fourth quarter of 2022, outrunning its third-quarter total (30 new customers) by 50 percent, and taking its total customer count beyond the 560 mark, the company said. It had closed the third...
In August 2022, Spark had completed what it claimed to be the first end-to-end 5G SA network trial in the country
New Zealand telco Spark, together with Ericsson and Red Hat, announced the successful completion of a 5G Standalone (5G SA) trial in New Zealand.
Spark...
Reducing network energy consumption has become central to communication service providers’ (CSPs) business operations and can help them drastically reduce operating costs. In fact, according to Nokia, energy consumption accounts for nearly half of all telco network operations cost, and as a result, an...
India's telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the 5G platform will be exported to other markets starting in 2024
India expects to start deploying its locally-developed 4G and 5G technology in the country this year, local press reported, citing India’s telecommunications minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
Vaishnaw also...
Nokia claims ownership of more than 20,000 patent families, 4,500 of which are considered 'essential' to 5G
Nokia and Samsung have solidified a new 5G patent deal to replace the previous one that expired at the end of 2022. According to press documents, the deal...
Brazilian oil and gas giant Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) is multiplying its private LTE operations across its offshore and onshore facilities, according to a report in Latin American business publication BNamericas. LTE networks have so far been deployed on 11 out of 29 offshore oil...
Nokia said that the test showed that 25G PON can co-exist with Telefonica’s existing GPON solution
Nokia announced that Spanish operator Telefonica has successfully trialed 25G PON technology.
The Finnish vendor said in a release that the trial, the first in Spain to demonstrate symmetric speeds...
Singapore operator StarHub has embarked upon a new multi-cloud network transformation project to boost the delivery, scalability, and performance of its mobile, broadband, and entertainment services. AWS, Google Cloud, NAVER Cloud, and Nokia have been appointed for support. The project goes under the name...
2023 is shaping up to be a year of uncertainty for communications service providers (CSPs). Between inflation, rising energy costs and continued pressure to cut costs while launching new services, speed and cost savings remain the name of the game.
Speed to launch new services...
