Vodafone noted that the cumulative benefits of 5G for economic output in Northern Ireland stand at $3.42 billion between 2026 and 2030
U.K. operator Vodafone said it aims to roll out its 5G Standalone (5G SA) technology to Northern Ireland as part of its proposed...
Orange said that Samsung provided its specialized vRAN software for the trial, which supports multi-RAT - 2G, 4G and 5G and O-RAN compatible radio equipment
Orange and Vodafone have expanded a shared Open RAN (O-RAN) 4G network pilot project in some rural areas of Romania,...
Vodafone and Three should establish a national security committee within the joint entity under the terms approved by the government
The U.K. Secretary of State has approved the proposed merger between local carriers Vodafone and Three UK, subject to certain conditions, the U.K. government said...
During the O-RAN demo, Nokia said that the data calls were successfully conducted using commercial user devices
Nokia and Vodafone announced the successful completion of an Open RAN (O-RAN) trial in collaboration with partners Arm and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE).
The Finnish vendor said that the...
UK tower company Cornerstone is to build an outdoor neutral host 5G and IoT platform across UK cities by deploying cellular-connected luminaries from Dutch lighting firm Signify in street lighting infrastructure. The firm, a radio infrastructure joint-venture originally between Telefónica and Vodafone in the...
Pairpoint, the blockchain-based trading venture owned by Vodafone and Japanese trading company Sumitomo Corporation, is working with smart label pioneer Sensos, a spin-off from Sony Semiconductor Israel, to combat supply chain fraud. They have combined the former’s so-called Economy of Things platform with the...
Vodafone is also an active member of LF Edge’s parent body the Linux Foundation
LF Edge, an umbrella organization within the Linux Foundation, announced that Vodafone has joined the project as a new member, the former said in a release.
Additional members of LF Edge include...
Last year, Vodafone UK and Three UK had announced a new joint venture agreement to merge their operations
U.K. carrier Vodafone said it aims to roll out its 5G Standalone (5G SA) technology to rural Wales as part of its proposed merger with rival telco...
Spirent Communications, which is in the process of being acquired, gave a market update this week that indicated the company is still facing a tough trajectory.
"Market conditions remain challenging, with market drivers in line with the previous 12 months," the company said in...
Analyst house Omdia has ranked the top mobile network operators in the world for their various progress with ‘tech-co’ reinvention, and placed a trio of Asia Pacific (APAC) firms in the top spots in the league table, leading the charge from their peers in...
Note, this article is a continuation of a previous post, which can be found here.
Funny thing about telecoms, and telcos specifically, so often derided in the Industry 4.0 market for not ‘getting’ enterprise, is that they have listened and changed, arguably, and are selling...
Through this process, Ofcom aims to award spectrum in the 26 GHz and 40 GHz bands
U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom has provided updates on how it will make mmWave spectrum available in the 26 GHz and 40 GHz bands.
In September 2023, Ofcom had announced...
When news broke in January of Vodafone’s double deal with Microsoft to dichotomize and nebulise its airtime service operations, so its ancillary IoT unit is spun-off as a joint venture and its mainstream 5G business is reprogrammed in the cloud, there was lots of...
The report highlighted a $31.2 billion investment gap, integral to the roll out of 5G Standalone (SA) networks
The ambition of the U.K. government to reach widespread adoption of 5G technology at a national level is at risk of being missed if actions outlined in...
The CMA recently highlighted that it has concerns that the proposed Vodafone-Three merger could lead to mobile customers facing higher prices and reduced quality
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has confirmed it will launch, as expected, a Phase 2 investigation into the proposed...
Nokia Bell Labs and Vodafone’s Fixed Access Center of Excellence recently performed what it claims to be the world’s first demonstration of L4S running over PON in Vodafone’s lab in Newbury
Nokia and Vodafone announced they are currently collaborating to test the viability of L4S...
Digital Catapult, organising national tech innovation centres on behalf of Innovate UK, the UK government’s innovation agency, has recruited operator Vodafone to connect up its newest 5G innovation lab in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in the northeast of the country. Vodafone has been appointed as “delivery partner”...
Vodafone Spain said the hub will have 1,000 employees at the end of 2024
Spanish telco Vodafone announced plans to locate what it claims to be Spain's largest laboratory for Open RAN (O-RAN) networks in its technology center in Malaga.
The telco noted that this plan...
Vodafone said that the 5G lab will be located in Newcastle and will be operational from September this year
U.K. carrier Vodafone has partnered with Digital Catapult to launch a 5G immersive laboratory in the country, with the aim of helping local startups overcome barriers...
The CMA recently highlighted concerns that the Vodafone-Three UK deal could lead to mobile customers facing higher prices and reduced quality
U.K. carriers Vodafone and Three UK said that the recent decision by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to carry out a new...
Last year, Vodafone and Three UK had announced a deal to merge their operations
The proposed merger between U.K. telcos Vodafone and Three could lead to higher prices for customers and affect investment in local mobile networks, according to the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority...
Vodafone said that the deployment of 5G SA networks in Scotland will benefit for several sectors including healthcare, agriculture, education and energy
U.K.-based carrier Vodafone said it aims to provide 5G Standalone (5G SA) technology to nearly 90% of Scotland by 2034 as a result...
Although the 5G-Advanced era does not officially begin until the freeze of 3GPP's Release 18, which is expected in June of this year, mobile network operators are already busy testing of related technology and features in the lab and even in the field.
Here...
Vodafone and Intel are working alongside the Telecommunication Institute of University of Málaga on an O-RAN project
U.K. telecom group Vodafone announced an extension of its cooperation with Intel on optimizing advanced algorithms for use in Open RAN (O-RAN) platforms, the former said in a...
