Cable magnate John Malone's Liberty Global is buying Swiss telecom company Sunrise Communications AG in an all-cash takeover that will combine Liberty's UPC Switzerland cable operator with a wireless network operator that has one of the world's leading 5G networks.
Sunrise's board is recommending that...
Swiss Association of Telecommunications (Asut) has called on politicians and public authorities in Switzerland to accelerate the switch to 5G technology in the country.
According to the association, the upgrade of the mobile networks with the latest 5G technology is making little progress due to...
Swiss state-controlled telecoms group Swisscom said that the rollout of its 5G network was experiencing some obstacles due to the government’s resistance to installing upgraded antennas.
“In Switzerland, there is a big debate on 5G, a lot of fake news around 5G. And the government,...
German telecommunications operator Deutsche Telekom (DT) has signed its first narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) roaming agreements with several European operator partners, the carrier said in a release.
The cooperation with Swisscom, Telia Company and Vodafone brings mobile IoT roaming services to a further nine European countries....
Addressing the capacity loss question around Dynamic Spectrum Sharing
Dynamic spectrum sharing is seen as a key technology operators will employ to scale out 5G coverage by using software-based scheduling to transmit LTE and 5G NR signals in the same band at the same time....
Ericsson says 80% of customers testing its Dynamic Spectrum Sharing solution plan to deploy in next 12 months
While there's criticism around the technology's overall impact on network capacity, a number of major global operators are current or have said they will implement Dynamic Spectrum...
Sprint announced collaborations with Swiss operator Swisscom and Nordic carrier Telia to extend the Sprint Curiosity Internet of Things (IoT) platform to Europe.
Sprint said that thanks to this new deal, Swisscom and Telia Company customers will now be able to better serve their customers...
Ericsson announced that its Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS) solution is commercially available, stating that the new technology is already live in a number of 5G networks around the world.
Ericsson said that its spectrum sharing solution allows both 4G and 5G technologies to be deployed in...
Dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) allows for LTE and 5G NR transmission in the same band at the same time.
Ericsson Spectrum Sharing product being tested by Swisscom, Telstra, Verizon.Â
DSS is key to scaling 5G coverage and easing transition to standalone 5G.Â
Qualcomm...
Dynamic spectrum sharing allows operators to avoid re-farming
Dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) is a software-based functionality that allows a base station to simultaneously transmit LTE and 5G NR communications at the same time in the same band. This means operators can avoid the costly, time-consuming...
Ericsson and OPPO entered a global patent license agreement in February
Ericsson and Chinese technology firm OPPO have established a joint lab in Shenzhen, China, which will focus on 5G innovation, the Swedish vendor said in a release.
Under the new agreement, both companies will combine...
5G health concerns have slowed 5G deployment in Switzerland
ZURICH--The internet has served as a revolutionary tool to connect people, facilitate the exchange of ideas, help us access the latest, dankest memes and let fringe ideologies gain share of voice--case in point, the startling number...
Comparing 5G plans for Swiss operators Salt, Sunrise and Swisscom
Speed testing authority Ookla maintains a handy global map tracking various categories of 5G deployments--pre-release, limited availability and commercial availability. Even the most topical glance would tell you that Europe clearly has most of the...
SK Telecom, Swisscom, Elisa announce 5G roaming agreements
LTE users can travel around the world and, thanks to a litany of roaming agreements struck by operators, their phones work. With commercial 5G service popping up in markets on six continents, how will 5G roaming work?...
AT&T, KPN, Orange and Swisscom have switched on LTE-M roaming across their respective IoT networks in North America and Europe.
The deal means LTE-M modules activated with any of the carriers will be able to roam on AT&T’s networks in the US and Mexico,...
Ericsson and carrier Swisscom have switched on what it claims to be the first large-scale commercial 5G network in Europe to support commercially available smartphones, the vendor said in a statement.
The partners went live with the network on April 17, following
Swisscom’s securing of a...
Analysts: Huawei continued to grow telecom equipment market share lead in 2018
As the Chinese company continues to grow its lead in the telecom equipment market, Huawei came on strong last week at Mobile World Congress Barcelona, hitting back at U.S. allegations focused on the...
Local carriers Swisscom, Salt and Sunrise secured spectrum for the future launch of 5G technology in the country
Switzerland’s Federal Communications Commission (ComCom) has raised CHF380 million ($379 million) after it awarded 5G frequencies to local mobile operators Salt, Sunrise and Swisscom, the regulator said...
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 Nordic carrier is working with Ericsson to launch the new trial in Q2 2019
Nordic telecom operator Telenor Group announced plans to expand its 5G piloting in Norway, the telco said in a statement.
The new pilot will be carried out by Telenor Norway in...
The number of LoRaWAN network operators jumped by more than 60 per cent in 2018, according to the LoRa Alliance. It said its global operator count stands at more than 100, as of the end of December. These include operators of both private and...
Vodafone and Predictable Network Solutions are leading a new Broadband Forum project that focuses on connection quality features including latency and reliability, as part of wired networks' preparation for 5G.
Broadband Quality Experience Delivered, or Broadband QED, uses the Quality Attenuation framework "to look beyond just...
The Swiss regulator aims to announce the results of the auction in Q2 2019
Swiss telecommunications services regulator Ofcom  said it aims to kick off a 5G spectrum auction this month, according to Reuters. The country’s main carriers, including Swisscom, Sunrise and Salt Mobile are expected to...
Swiss carrier Swisscom has expanded the number of 5G test locations to six with Lucerne, Zurich, Bern, Lausanne and Geneva joining its initial site in Burgdorf. The European telco announced that it has connected to its test system a smartphone prototype equipped with a...
