SÃO PAULO--TIM Brazil, a subsidiary of Telecom Italia, is engaging with startups to speed up the adoption of internet of things solutions. The carrier will have a startup internally and will create a co-working space to invite external startups to team up. In a...
Latest 5G trials will be carried out by TIM and Fastweb with the support of Huawei
Italian operators TIM and Fastweb, together with Chinese vendor Huawei, said the Ministry of Economic Development (MISE) has awarded  spectrum in the 3.6-3.8 GHz frequencies to trial 5G technologies...
Proximus offers gigabit LTE coverage in parts of seven Belgian cities with plans for expansion
With gigabit LTE service, also called 4.5G, available in parts of seven cities in Belgium, operator Proximus says "coverage is expected to increase significantly in the coming weeks and months."...
As the 5G arms race continues in earnest around the world, an unlikely contender is poised to boast the title of world's first nationwide 5G network. Telecom Italia has launched the "operational phase" that the company says will lead to nationwide 5G coverage in...
TIM partnered with Qualcomm and Ericsson for the trial.
Italian mobile operator TIM said it achieved download speeds of up to 700 megabits per second and upload speeds of 75 Mbps on a live mobile network in a test carried out with Qualcomm...
The deal is said to build on a previous 3G and LTE network enhancement agreement between Nokia and TIM Brazil.
Nokia said it extended an infrastructure deal with TIM in Brazil to use 700 MHz spectrum in support of the carrier’s LTE network....
Vendors and key mobile operators across Europe are already carrying out trials of 5G technology ahead of the expected standardization and commercial launch, which is expected to occur at a very limited scale in 2018.
In France, local telecommunications provider Orange and Ericsson recently said they...
The telco expects its LTE network to reach 99% of the Italian population by the end of 2019.
Telecom Italia announced plans to invest 11 billion euros ($11.8 billion) over the next three years to launch premium digital services and improve its network infrastructure across Italy....
Global 5G trials in Korea, Canada, Italy, Melbourne and the U.S.
The deployment of 5G networks is set to be a reality by 2020, with vendors and mobile operators getting ready for the new technology with trials around the world. Some operators, mainly in Asian...
The Italian telco expects to carry out a trial 5G system in Turin in 2018.
Working towards a "5G" network deployment, Italian mobile operator TIM said it carried out live test of the virtual radio access network technology.
The architecture had been...
In partnership with Ericsson, the 4.5G test reached access speeds of more than 500 Mbps
Italian mobile operator TIM completed a field trial of "4.5G" technology in Turin, with download speeds of more than 500 megabits per second on a single data connection on a live LTE...
SÃO PAULO – Oi is not selling assets in Brazil as it continues to work on a restructuring plan, CEO Marco Norci Schroeder told journalists at the Futurecom event, held last week in São Paulo. “We don’t intend to sell assets in Brazil, but we...
Amdocs paid $260 million for Vindicia, Brite:Bill and Pontis
BERLIN – Amdocs believes the recent acquisition of three private companies will allow the firm to boost its digital strategy, the company’s Shuky Sheffel, president for the customer business group, said during a keynote at the Amdocs Experience...
In partnership with Commvault, a U.S. provider of enterprise backup, recovery, archive and cloud services, Chinese information and communications technology solutions provider Huawei unveiled plans to create a joint lab in Chengdu, China.
The new facility will allow the two companies to develop data backup,...
The Italian telco will develop the waste management project with two other companies
Italian mobile operator TIM and AlmavivA, with Agriconsulting, won a tender organized by the Ministry of the Environment for the deployment of a waste management system geared toward waste tracking.
The agreement, worth...
5G network program to focus on industry pilots including smart cities, IoT, transport and smart agriculture
Italian telecom operator TIM and equipment vendor Ericsson signed an agreement to start the "5G for Italy" program designed to create an open ecosystem for research and implementation of innovative...
5G network program to focus on industry pilots including smart cities, IoT, transport and smart agriculture
Italian telecom operator TIM and equipment vendor Ericsson signed an agreement to start the "5G for Italy" program designed to create an open ecosystem for research and implementation of innovative...
The mobile operators are currently evaluating Nextel Brazil financial condition
Brazilian mobile operators Claro and TIM, as well of a number of foreign investment companies, are among the firms interested in acquiring Nextel Brazil, which if fully owned by NII Holdings, local paper Folha de Sao...
The full duplex relay trial was carried out in the city of Turin
Italian mobile operator TIM carried out what it claims to be the world’s first test of the full duplex relay technology, which doubles the transmission capacity of the current LTE network and...
Ericsson and Russian telco MTS have partnered to trial 5G mobile network during global event
Russian mobile network operator Mobile TeleSystems and Swedish vendor Ericsson signed a cooperation agreement on the research and deployment of "5G" networks in Russia. The two companies plan to conduct network...
Trial blends licensed and unlicensed spectrum; reached access speeds of more than 274 Mbps
Mobile operator Vodafone Netherlands said it carried out a trial delivering LTE services on a commercial network by aggregating both licensed and unlicensed bands.
The trial was carried out in cooperation with...
The Brazilian mobile landscape is undergoing a transformation with the potential for heightened competition in the coming years. Driving the market shift is the reduction of a termination rate imposed by telecom regulator Anatel, which wants the discount applied to customers, plus the massive use...
SÃO PAULO – Three years after having sales banned by telecom regulator Anatel due to customer complaints, TIM is undertaking a customer experience management transformation.
Luis Minoru Shibata, who has recently assumed the position of chief strategy officer at TIM, provided RCR Wireless News...
SÃO PAULO – More-efficient use of spectrum is one of the challenges telecom operators face around the globe. As the demand for data services increase and turn toward discussions of "5G," carriers are looking at their internal operations to understand how their infrastructure can...
