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Indian operators submit applications for initial 5G field trials

  Indian carriers Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and BSNL have submitted their applications for 5G field trials with the Department of Telecom (DoT), The Economic Times reported. According to the report, Vodafone Idea and Airtel have submitted their applications with Ericsson, Nokia, Huawei and ZTE, while Reliance Jio has submitted an application for...

Qualcomm and ZTE claim 5G landmark with Voice Over New Radio call

  Qualcomm Technologies and ZTE have achieved a 5G-enabled Voice over New Radio call, the U.S. chipmaker said in a release. The call was performed in compliance with 3GPP Release 15 specifications over the 2.5 GHz spectrum band by utilizing a ZTE’s 5G NR base station...

China expects 5G to reach all prefecture-level cities by the end of 2020

There are already 126,000 5G base stations deployed in China All the 300 prefecture-level cities in China are expected to be covered by a 5G network by the end of 2020, according to China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). “We are planning to firmly...

Drei to reach 100 5G base stations in Austria by end-2019

  Austrian telecommunications company Drei expects to operate a total of 100 5G base stations across the country by the end of the year, the telco said in a release. The carrier also said that the city center of Linz is already fully covered with 5G...

China moves to ban foreign computer equipment and software: Report

  The Chinese government has instructed all government offices and public institutions to remove foreign computer equipment and software within the next three years, The Financial Times reported. The decision by Beijing would certainly impact U.S. firms including Microsoft, Dell and HP, according to the report. The...

Huawei files lawsuit against FCC’s Universal Service Fund restrictions

  Huawei Technologies filed a legal challenge against the new U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule barring domestic carriers from using U.S. government subsidies to purchase the Chinese company’s equipment In a petition filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Huawei...

Huawei to file lawsuit against FCC following US subsidy ban: Report

Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies has decided to challenge a recent decision by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that further restricted the company’s current business in the U.S. by banning local  rural carriers to use a government fund to purchase equipment from the Chinese...

FCC blocks Huawei, ZTE gear from USF funding; requires rip and replace

FCC bars carriers which receive USF funding from buying ZTE, Huawei gear or services The Federal Communications Commission has unanimously moved to block the use of Universal Service Fund monies to buy telecommunications equipment and services from companies that "pose a national security threat," and...

Live a smart life with All-In-One home media terminal

  As Moore's Law predicts the future of technologies, the performance of processors improves exponentially at regular intervals without changing the price, thus reducing the popularization threshold and cost of various new technologies. This also happens to AI technologies. With the improvement of NPU computing capability...

China Mobile already operates 50,000 5G base stations: report

  Chinese state-owned mobile carrier China Mobile has already deployed nearly 50,000 5G base stations across the country, state news agency Xinhua reported the company’s  chairman Yang Jie as saying. China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile services provider in terms of subscribers, currently provides 5G services...

ZTE, China Telecom, Unicom complete 5G ‘co-build co-share’ verification

  ZTE, in partnership with China Telecom and China Unicom, has completed the network verification based on the "co-build co-share" mode in the commercial 5G environment, launching 5G Nonstandalone co-build/co-share sites which support 1.8 GHz/2.1 GHz/3.5 GHz in Hangzhou, China, the vendor said in a...

Chinese government kicks off research on 6G technologies

6G announcement follows major 5G network launch China has officially started researching 6G technology a few days after state-run telecom operators  launched 5G networks in the country. According to reports by Chinese state media, government ministries and research institutes met this week with the aim of...

Chinese state-run operators officially launch 5G services

  China’s three state telecoms announced Thursday the launch of 5G services in the country, international press reported. Chen Zhaoxiong, vice minister of Industry and Information Technology, officially kicked off the launch with representatives from the three carriers at PT Expo China in Beijing. China Mobile, China...

ZTE’s revenues up in H1 as vendor secures 35 5G contracts

ZTE reports net profits up more than 150% year-over-year ZTE Corporation posted revenues of CNY 64.2 billion ($9.1 billion) in the first three quarters of the year, an increase of 9.3% compared to the year-ago period, the Chinese vendor said in a statement. During the period,...

ZTE facilitates 4G and 5G co-evolution with a comprehensive set of solutions

  With a current wave of initial 5G deployments in certain geographies, ZTE offers a complete portfolio of solutions aiming for facilitating the otherwise laborious and burdensome migration of telecommunications operators globally from 4G to 5G through a more holistic and efficient process. “All the main...

ZTE not concerned about 5G network sharing deals in China

VIENNA, Austria- Chinese vendor ZTE is not concerned about the impact of the decision of state-run telecommunications operators China Telecom and China Unicom to share resources in the deployment of 5G infrastructure, ZTE’s President of Global Sales, Xiao Ming, told RCR Wireless News. "With this decision...

ZTE significantly expands number of 5G cooperation deals: executive

  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...

Drei Austria to expand current 5G network based on market demand: CEO

  VIENNA, AUSTRIA — Austrian telecommunications operator Drei said that the expansion of the company’s current commercial 5G network will be mainly driven by market demand in the country,  the company’s CEO Jan Trionow told RCR Wireless News during ZTE’s Global Wireless User Congress and...

ZTE preparing for 5G security assessments in Brussels lab: Executive

  ZTE is getting ready for security assessments of its 5G products and solutions in the vendor’s cybersecurity lab in Brussels, Belgium, ZTE’s Chief Security Officer Zhong Hong told RCR Wireless News. The announcement coincides with a recent report published by the European Commission (EC), in...

ZTE takes part in 5G-based smart factory project in China

  ZTE and China Telecom assisted Australian firm Bluetron in commissioning what they claim is China's first 5G Standalone site, which put 5G slicing, edge computing and smart manufacturing into trial to help Bluetron build a new 5G smart factory. In order to meet data requirements...

Huawei started research on 6G ‘a long time ago’, CEO says

  Chinese vendor Huawei has already begun research on future "6G" technology, according to its chief executive Ren Zhengfei, CNBC reports. Huawei’s founder told a CNBC-hosted panel on Thursday that the company began to carry out research activities on 6G “a long time ago,” and has parallel...

US lawmakers propose $1 billion fund to replace Chinese network gear

  A U.S. House panel has unveiled bipartisan legislation that would authorize $1 billion for small and rural wireless providers to remove network equipment acquired from vendors including Huawei Technologies and ZTE, which lawmakers believe could pose national security risks. In a statement, leaders of the...

Orange Spain selects ZTE to deploy part of its 5G network: Report

  Spanish telecommunications operator Orange has selected Chinese vendor ZTE for the provision of 5G infrastructure in certain Spanish cities, local newspaper Expansion reported, citing market sources. Under the terms of the agreement, ZTE will deploy 5G infrastructure in the cities of Bilbao, San Sebastián, Vitoria,...

ZTE H1 revenues up 13.1% year-on-year

ZTE counted 25 commercial 5G deals Chinese vendor ZTE reported operating revenue of CNY 44.6 billion (6.2 billion) in the six months ended June 30, climbing 13.1% compared to the same period the previous year, the company said in a statement. The company also said that...