O2 Telefonica said it had deployed a total of 1,000 5G sites in the first quarter of the year
German telecom operator O2 Telefonica, controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, said its 5G network currently reaches 82% of Germany’s population. In a release, the carrier said...
The carrier aggregation trial was supported by Nokia and MediaTek
At O2 Telefónica's Innovation Cluster near Berlin, the carrier has successfully aggregated sub-6 GHz spectrum frequencies in a two-component carrier uplink Carrier Aggregation (CA) trial on 5G Standalone. The trial, which was supported by Nokia and MediaTek,...
Telefonica Germany said it has been testing Nokia's cloud RAN tech in Potsdam
German carrier O2 Telefónica, which is controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, said it is currently using cloud RAN technology from Nokia in its 5G network.
The telco noted that cloud RAN allows parts...
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries said that a merger of its Virgin Media UK brand with Telefonica’s local mobile operator O2 was on track to be completed this year, citing positive progress being made with regulators.
The executive noted the transaction was expected to meet...
The U.K. is one of the most developed markets in Europe in terms of 5G deployments. The country’s four mobile operators have already launched 5G technologies in the U.K.’s main cities as well as in several small and medium-sized cities.
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Spanish operator Orange is already offering 5G services in 45 cities across the country, the telco said in a blog post.
Some of the cities covered by Orange’s non-standalone (NSA) 5G network includes Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Malaga, Zaragoza, Logroño and Pamplona.
Orange also said it...
O2 expects the commercial deployment of OpenRAN to accelerate over the next 18-24 months
O2, the U.K. operator owned by Telefonica, will work with Mavenir, DenseAir and WaveMobile to deploy 4G and 5G networks over OpenRAN solutions in dense environments and more isolated rural communities....
UK telco O2 has signed an
agreement to provide 5G connectivity for the testing of connected and
autonomous vehicles (CAVs) in the Smart Mobility Living Lab (SMLL) in London,
the carrier said in a release.
O2 said that its 3.4 GHz "5G-ready" spectrum will enable car manufacturers, self-driving...
The carrier is currently working to deploy the trials in the cities of Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, London and Manchester
Vodafone has announced plans to carry out 5G trials in seven cities across the U.K during the last quarter of the year.
The telco said...
HetNet densification requires robust fiber infrastructure
LONDON – At the Small Cells World Summit, Telefonica O2 CTO Brendan O’Reilly risked offending delegates when he claimed the technology “isn’t that important.” But, O’Reilly was addressing the topic of commercializing the heterogeneous network from the consumer standpoint.
It...
Vasona Networks has announced that it is teaming up with Telefónica UK for a pilot deployment of its platforms for mobile network capacity, resource management and intelligence. The deployment follows successful trials allowing for real-time network traffic visibility resulting in active session management across individual...
Sky set to add mobile to platform beginning in 2016
U.K.-based satellite television provider Sky said it plans to add mobile services to its portfolio through a mobile virtual network operator agreement with Telefónica UK, which offers wireless services under the O2 brand.
The multiyear deal...
World Economic Forum: Vodafone CEO questions if spectrum should be free
Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao raised questions surrounding spectrum at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Thursday. Colao reportedly compared spectrum to oxygen and water, and questioned if there is any need for the government...
Hutchison Whampoa in talks to acquire Telefónica's O2
Hutchison Whampoa is reportedly weighing the purchase of Telfónica SA's United Kingdom unit, O2. Hutchison is reportedly considering paying as much as $13.6 billion for O2. Sources report that the plans are in early stages and that no deal is imminent.
Hutchison,...
•NTT DoCoMo is teaming up with China Mobile to offer customers traveling to China outbound roaming on the TD-LTE China Mobile network. DoCoMo customers will see speeds up to 150 megabits per second on the LTE network. The company also is planning to partner with other...
Popular topics seem to always include LTE news, government oversight concerns (see the view in Germany) and customer service complaints. So we’ll go with these for today’s commentary.
LTE
Although it seems LTE deployments are moving slower in Europe then in the United States, there still...
Spirent Communications studied more than 47,000 calls and 170,000 data tests on iPhone 5C devices across wireless operators in the United Kingdom and found that the main differences among operators came down to data speeds, while all operators performed well in call and file upload/download completions.
The...
