EE, BT and O2 all have commercial 5G services
The main cities across the U.K started to receive 5G coverage during the second half of 2019 as local carriers rapidly launched the technology for both residential and corporate customers.
EE, owned by telecommunications group BT, recently...
The 400 largest cellular IoT deployments at a global level together account for 279 million units, according to a recent study by Swedish consultancy firm Berg Insight.
The study includes various types of projects deployed across all types of vertical markets, including aftermarket automotive, fleet...
Alejandro Cadenas, IoT strategy manager, Telefónica:
“Deployment of private networks is giving way to a radical change in industries, especially suited for campus-type industrial deployments like mines, ports, airports or manufacturing plants. Thanks to this connectivity technology, companies will work faster, safer and in a...
Spanish telecom giant Telefonica has awarded part of the contract to deploy its 5G core network to Chinese vendor Huawei, Spanish newspaper Expansion reported, citing sources with knowledge of the matter.
According to the report, the decision to award this contract to Huawei will pressure...
France-based Orange has followed Spanish telecoms operator Telefónica to announce a major strategic overhaul that places analytics and automation, to underpin both internal efficiencies and external services, at the heart of its its operations.
Orange, like Telefónica, said a major part of its future growth,...
Telefónica has revealed a five-point reinvention plan to set it for “the next 100 years”. The strategy leans heavily into the digital transformation of industry and society, and sees the Spanish operator establish a brand new digital change unit, called Telefónica Tech, which it...
Initially open RAN value prop hinged on lower TCO
The dominant open RAN talking points focus on leveraging open interfaces and general purpose hardware to lower total cost of ownership while providing operators the ability to mix-and-match at radio sites while fostering competition in a...
VIENNA, AUSTRIA — Chinese vendor ZTE has surpassed by far the milestone of 60 agreements with operators worldwide in the field of 5G, James Zhang, a senior VP at the Chinese vendor, told RCR Wireless News.
“We had cooperation agreements with 60 operators globally in...
Combo of open RAN, edge compute central to 5G service delivery
LOS ANGELES--Today 5G is quite possibly the hottest topic in Los Angeles County, which would place it high in the running for hottest topic worldwide. But sometimes there's a topic, sometimes, there's a technology....
Telefonica Innovation Ventures invests in open RAN provider Altiostar
ZURICH--As Telefonica continues to enhance its network and crystallize 5G plans, the Spanish-based multi-national operator this week, through its Telefonica Innovation Ventures investment arm, announced an investment in open radio access network infrastructure Altiostar, which specializes...
U..K carrier O2, owned by Spanish telecommunciations group Telefonica, announced the launch of its commercial 5G network in the U.K.
O2’s 5G network is now available in certain areas of Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London, Slough and Leeds. O2’s initial focus for its 5G network is...
The mining industry continues to recruit operators and vendors to deploy new industrial LTE and 5G networks on the promise of industrial change. Here is a summary of recently announced deployments.
1 | Minera Las Bambas, Peru
Minera Las Bambas in Peru, the ninth largest copper mine...
Chinese vendor Huawei has denied press reports suggesting that it may partner with China Mobile in a bid to acquire Brazilian telecom operator Oi.
"Huawei has no plans or interest to acquire Oi or any other Brazilian carrier. With more than 20 years in Brazil,...
IoT system includes drone imagery and real-time data processing
Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica, the
Directorate General for Traffic (DGT) and Spanish car marker SEAT have
presented two cases in which IoT technology is used to increase road safety by
helping to reduce accidents on Spanish roads.
The
aim of the...
The mining industry continues to recruit operators and vendors to deploy new industrial LTE and 5G networks on the promise of industrial change. Minera Las Bambas in Peru, the ninth largest copper mine in the world, is the latest to make the call, appointing...
Ericsson is to be carrything-through with its promise to fall in line with operators for rollout of private networks, as new 5G slicing projects in the automotive manufacturing space have emerged with Vodafone and Telefónica.
The Swedish vendor is working with Telefónica Germany to enable...
UK operator Telefónica O2 has joined with the UK Space Agency on a new four-year public-private sector partnership to test 5G and satellite communications for autonomous vehicles.
Project Darwin, announced by the UK government, is co-funded via the UK Space Agency’s investment in the European...
Spanish telecommunications operator Telefonica and compatriot bank Banco Santander have inked an agreement to launch a joint initiative to apply 5G technology to the banking sector.
The two partners have developed three 5G use cases that customers can already experience at two bank offices in...
Telefónica and Schindler
announced a global partnership under which the Spanish telco will be the IoT
and network connectivity partner for Schindler’s digital offering for smart elevators
and escalators.
Telefonica will provide the services under its Telefonica Business Solutions unit.
The cloud-based digital platform Schindler Ahead is a...
The
Spanish government has issued the permits for two 5G pilot programs in the
country, which will be funded by financial resources from the state and the
European Union (EU).
The
two 5G trials will require a total investment of over $40 million. Around
$11 million will be co-funded by...
Spanish telecom giant Telefónica has launched the IoT Cybersecurity Unit, a new project focused on the securing the internet of things, the telco said in a release.
The new unit combines the company’s capabilities in both the cybersecurity and IoT fields.
Telefonica’s
IoT Cybersecurity Unit will have the...
Among telecoms operators grappling with the concept of private industrial networks, and ways to coexist with enterprises seeking control of their own LTE and 5G infrastructure, Telefónica cuts an assured figure. It has been developing its strategy around private networks for 18 months at...
The smart lockers allow firms with large field engineering teams to gain more efficiency
BT’s supply chain business, Final Mile, said that it has deployed 1,000 smart delivery lockers across the UK.
Following a number of customer contract wins, the U.K. carrier said that the business...
LTE-based cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology will launch in earnest in the next months, as new automotive chipsets and platforms are released. The first vehicles to feature 5G-based C-V2X, enabling autonomous control of critical driving functions, will come off the production line in 2022, said...
