Telecom Argentina’s first 5G SA antennas were deployed in large urban concentrations in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area
Telecom Argentina said it recently activated its first 5G antennas using the 3.5 GHz band, thus becoming the first telco in the country to launch 5G Standalone...
Barcelona-based satellite IoT provider Sateliot, building an NB-IoT satellite system based on Release 17 specs in the 5G NR cellular standard, has announced a deal with freight software and analytics company t42 to deploy “thousands of 5G-IoT sensors” in shipping containers for “more than...
At the center of the Industry 4.0 ecosystem, agreed Industrial 5G Forum panelists, are the use cases
The complexity of the Industry 4.0 ecosystem, coupled with the disparate needs of different verticals, means that a variety of technology players have entered the arena. However, while...
Telefónica currently holds approximately 71.81% of the shares in Telefónica Germany
Spanish operator Telefónica has made a voluntary public acquisition offer to the shareholders of German telco Telefónica Germany to acquire up to 28.19% of Telefónica Deutschland shares, which are not already held by Telefónica.
The...
Vodafone CEO describes sale as part of "right-sizing" effort
Vodafone is existing the highly-competitive Spanish market with the sale of its business there to Zegona Communications. According to Vodafone, it's receiving €4.1 billion in cash and €900,000,000 in "redeemable preference shares...for an amount comprising the...
The Argentine government would obtain $875 million for the frequencies, less compared to the initial expectation of $1.05 billion
Argentine operators Claro, Movistar and Personal have all secured spectrum for the provision of 5G services in a tender carried out by the government.
The government will...
If the Vodafone-Three merger is approved, the new entity will reach 99% of the U.K. population with 5G Standalone (SA) networks
Executives from U.K. telcos Vodafone and Three UK unit said their $18 billion merger would benefit Britain's consumers, infrastructure and jobs, according to a...
Through this 5G spectrum auction, the Argentina government aims to raise around $1.1 billion
Argentine telecommunications regulator Enacom confirmed it would carry out an auction to award 5G frequencies on October 24, local press reported.
Through the move, the cash-strapped government aims to raise around $1.1...
Note: this the second part of an introduction to a forthcoming editorial report on smart meters, covering how ‘IoT has changed up a gear in the utilities market’. The report will be available next month. RCR Wireless will host a webinar on the same...
Under the terms of the deal, Telefónica and Ericsson will also explore how to deploy Cloud RAN sites with a high degree of automation
Swedish vendor Ericsson and Spanish operator Telefónica have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate the adoption towards an...
The Argentine government had said that the 5G spectrum auction is expected to take place during the first days of November
Argentine mobile carriers Personal (owned by Telecom Argentina), Movistar (owned by Spain’s Telefonica) and Claro (owned by Mexican telecommunications group America Movil) have expressed...
Earlier this week, Enacom’s board approved the terms of the auction for the provision of 5G services
Argentine mobile operators issued a joint statement opposing to the terms recently approved by the government to auction 5G spectrum.
In a release, mobile carriers Personal, owned by Telecom...
The business arm of UK-based operator Virgin Media O2, owned by Liberty Global and Telefónica, is offering a Nokia-made private standalone 5G (5G SA) network-and-compute system in a portable hold-all for “businesses of all sizes”. The logic is to make private cellular accessible to...
Sateliot noted that this achievement paves the way for massive access to connectivity everywhere in the planet
Satellite-based 5G narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) wholesaler Sateliot, which operates a Low-Earth orbit (LEO) 5G IoT satellite constellation, and Spanish operator Telefónica said they have successfully extended the reach...
O2 Telefonica aims to achieve nationwide coverage with 5G by the end of 2025
German telecom operator O2 Telefonica, controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, said its 5G network currently reaches 90% of Germany’s population.
In its earnings statement, the telco said that it is on course...
Global revenues from cellular IoT networks increased 24 percent to reach €10.8 billion in 2022, calculates analyst firm Berg Insight. However they account for just two percent of total mobile revenues among the largest operator groups, it said, and are in general decline, with...
Dell'Oro said the O-RAN segment already comprises a mid-single digit share of the broader RAN market
Open RAN (O-RAN) revenues are forecasted to account for more than 15% of the global RAN market by 2027, as the market is experiencing a slower growth than initially...
Vodafone Spain has said it has won a €25 million deal to supply 315,000 water meters over five years to Canal de Isabel II, the local government-owned water utility in the Madrid region. Vodafone was one of four winners in the tender; it is...
Movistar initially launched 5G SA in 11 cities across the country
Spanish operator Movistar, which is part of telecom group Telefonica, has launched 5G Standalone (SA) coverage in Spain.
Movistar currently covers a total of 11 cities with 5G SA technology: Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, Seville, Palma...
Capgemini said that other partners including Juniper, Intel, Casa Systems, Microsoft and Blue Planet participated in the trial
French IT services company Capgemini and Spanish telecom group Telefónica designed and implemented a proof-of-concept for an end-to-end 5G Standalone (SA) network slicing solution entirely provisioned and...
The ministry will publish the planned mechanism for the 5G auction process in August
Colombia is expected to auction 5G frequencies in December, according to the country’s Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (MinTIC).
The ministry reported that the 5G auction is expected to begin on...
Movistar said it currently has a total of 4 million accesses over IPv6
Spanish mobile operator Movistar, owned by telecom group Telefonica, has completed the deployment of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) in its entire mobile network, claiming to be the first Spanish telco to...
Telcel already owns 100 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band
Mexican mobile operator Telcel, owned by telecommunications group America Movil, is considering whether to participate in the upcoming auction process through which the Mexican government expects to award 5G frequencies, local newspaper El...
The Spanish government said the consultation period on the move will remain open until June 12
Spain’s Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation has launched a public consultation on potentially extending the length of time that current spectrum license holders have access to radio...
