New numbers, just in (further discussion here); analyst group Dell’Oro Group says private 4G/5G RAN revenues jumped around 40 percent in 2023, compared to 2022, with Nokia, Ericsson, and Huawei leading global sales during “this initial phase” – and Nokia, Ericsson, and Samsung dominating...
Or three lies it has told, and is being forced to take back.
Ask Future Technologies – which appears, directly or indirectly, to have its fingerprints across every-other big private 5G deployment in the US – about the hype in the market, and it will...
Nokia Bell Labs and Vodafone’s Fixed Access Center of Excellence recently performed what it claims to be the world’s first demonstration of L4S running over PON in Vodafone’s lab in Newbury
Nokia and Vodafone announced they are currently collaborating to test the viability of L4S...
Network service providers are growing their home broadband customer base rapidly, as a result of fiber expansion, new technologies including 5G-based Fixed Wireless Access and boosts from government subsidies to close the digital divide.
Whether the last mile to the home is fiber- or wireless-based,...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
AT&T Wireless begins...
Service provider Bahrain Telecommunication Company (Batelco) has signed a deal with Nokia to sell the Finnish vendor’s various private LTE and 5G systems, plus edge componentry and industrial devices, to public agencies and private enterprises in the Kingdom of Bahrain, in West Asia. The...
The Nvidia 6G research cloud platform is comprised of Nvidia's aerial omniverse digital twin for 6G
Nvidia announced the availability of a 6G research platform that will allow researchers to develop the next phase of wireless technology.
The Nvidia 6G Research Cloud platform is open, flexible...
Nokia revealed 5G users in India consumed 17.4 exabytes per month in 2023
5G users in India are using approximately 3.6 times as much mobile data traffic compared to 4G users since October 2022, according to a recent Nokia report.
Nokia’s Mobile Broadband Index (MBiT) revealed...
Evidence, or indication at least, that the burgeoning market for private networks in Industry 4.0 is as much about local knowhow and boots-on-the-ground as it is about global corporate reach; busy US-based system integrator Future Technologies has just stuck out a press note about...
Philadelphia-based managed private cellular provider Velaspan is targeting enterprises in global markets with Nokia’s private 4G/5G solution. It is the one of the first managed service providers to be authorised by the Finnish vendor as an enterprise solution partner, it said. Velaspan, founded in...
Is there an echo in here? Swedish vendor Ericsson has established a new federal division in the U.S. to deliver “5G-driven digital transformation” across multiple agencies in the U.S. federal government. It follows a similar move by Finnish rival Nokia in January to launch...
Nokia is preparing an ultra-compact version of its private cellular network solution to pitch to the small-and-medium sized enterprise (SME) market, particularly as it aligns with its focus on selling edge-based network-and-compute solutions to Industry 4.0 sectors. Speaking with RCR Wireless at Mobile World...
Although the 5G-Advanced era does not officially begin until the freeze of 3GPP's Release 18, which is expected in June of this year, mobile network operators are already busy testing of related technology and features in the lab and even in the field.
Here...
Maxis recently engaged Nokia as a key partner to build part of its 5G Core ecosystem to meet future connectivity needs
Malaysian telco Maxis and Nokia have inked a partnership with the aim of expand their collaboration and focus on next-generation connectivity.
As part of the...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
C-block spectrum tussles
WASHINGTON-The...
Nokia has struck a deal with enterprise infrastructure provider Eurofiber to integrate its private LTE (4G) and 5G macro products into the Dutch firm’s “open digital infrastructure” offer, which utilises its own proprietary fiber optic network in Belgium, the Netherlands, and France. Eurofiber is...
Zain KSA recently said it aims to accelerate the deployment of 5G-Advanced (5G-A) services from 2024
Saudi carrier Zain KSA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nokia with the aim of collaborating on 5G cloud RAN infrastructure, the former said in a release.
Through the...
Nokia said that the trial demonstrated an augmented reality use case for industrial applications
Finnish vendor Nokia and Saudi carrier stc announced that they have successfully tested a 5G private wireless network based on cloud-native O-RAN technology.
In a release, Nokia noted that the trial was...
The members of this new quantum alliance will also launch a consultative body
Korean carrier SK Telecom and six other companies including Finnish vendor Nokia formed an alliance aimed at promoting developments in the quantum ecosystem.
The partners said they will explore joint investment opportunities...
What did we write about MWC last week – that it was enterprise, enterprise, enterprise, and that operators failed to show (for RCR Wireless, anyway; to talk private 5G, at least)? Well, that’s not entirely true; some of them did. Verizon Business did, and...
Under the partnership, Nokia and IISc will work together in Nokia’s newly inaugurated 6G Lab in Bengaluru
Finnish vendor Nokia announced it is expanding its 6G commitment to India by partnering with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to jointly research 6G technologies and 6G...
UK-headquartered neutral host provider Boldyn Networks Boldyn Networks has completed its acquisition of private network specialist Edzcom from Spanish tower company Cellnex Telecom. The deal is for Cellnex’s entire private networks business, which mostly equates to Finland-based Edzcom. Cellnex has owned Edzcom since July...
The Japanese government granted this spectrum band to Rakuten Mobile in October 2023
Japanese telco Rakuten Mobile announced that it will deploy base stations using mobile network radios developed by Nokia operating in the 700 MHz band, also known as the "platinum band”, the telco...
The members of the AI-RAN Alliance will collaborate to advance RAN capabilities through AI to improve spectral efficiency
MWC, Barcelona— Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung Electronics, Microsoft and other major players launched the AI-RAN Alliance, a body aimed at integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into cellular technology to...
