BROWSING: EMEA

  Arqiva said the small cell pilot will allow carriers to test 5G capabilities in Hammersmith and Fulham districts UK communications infrastructure firm Arqiva and compatriot fiber provider CityFibre have launched a pilot of wholesale, 5G-ready small cell infrastructure in London. The two partners said that the...

  Telia has already launched pre-commercial 5G in two cities in Finland and aims for full commercial rollout in 2019   Nordic carrier Telia has launched a 5G network at Helsinki Airport in Finland in partnership with airport operator Finavia. The telco said that Finavia will be its...

  The Spanish carrier’s CEO said he was not satisfied with the growth levels experienced by the company over the last years Spanish telecom giant Telefonica has unveiled “Reconnect”, an internal program aimed at boosting growth over the next three years. Telefónica's Chairman and CEO José María...

Network operators can be masters of their own destinies, provided they hold their nerve, invest heavily and refresh their entire infrastructure. This is Nokia’s verdict on the challenge facing operators, as the industry in Europe and the US appears split on the rollout of...

Should telecoms operators stick to airtime provision, honing their networks and eking out business, or should they reinvent themselves with 5G as content and services providers for a new digital age? This was the start point for The Great Telco Debate in London, presenting...

The 5G-based service will deliver a maximum download speed of 2 Gbps, Huawei said Chinese vendor Huawei and U.K. carrier Three showcased a 5G home broadband demonstration using Three's 100 megahertz of C-Band spectrum last week at the vendor's Global Mobile Broadband Forum in London. The...

The GSMA said current terms include unrealistic conditions for existing operators German telecom regulator Bundesnetzagentur has approved the final conditions and auction rules for the 5G spectrum auction scheduled for next year. With this approval, the regulator said that the qualification procedure for admission to the...

700 MHz auction originally set for Q1 next year The Spanish government confirmed that the auction to award spectrum in the 700 MHz band in will take place in the first months of 2020 and not in the first quarter of 2019 as it had...

O2 said the two trials will pave the way for the future launch of 5G U.K. carrier O2, owned by Spanish telecom group Telefonica, said it is currently working with Nokia on two massive MIMO trials in London aimed at enhancing connectivity for the telco’s...

The two carriers intend to reach a final 5G agreement in Q1 2019 Italian carriers Vodafone and Telecom Italia (TIM) are currently in talks to jointly build a 5G network in Italy, according to a report by Bloomberg. The main goal of the construction of a...

The UK carrier said initial 5G services will be available in London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham and Manchester UK carrier EE has announced plans to launch 5G sites in 16 UK cities in 2019. The telco, which is part of BT Group, said 5G services...

  The live demo, which took place in Istanbul, is the result of a MoU signed by the two companies in February of this year Turkish carrier Turkcell and South Korean company Samsung have carried out a live trial of 5G technology in Istanbul. The two companies...

  ZTE’s Common Core is already helping mobile operators globally to evolve from existing networks to target 5G networks, Jason Tu, principle scientist of NFV/SDN products for ZTE, told RCR Wireless News. Commenting on the main features of ZTE Common Core and how this technology can...

  The company also sees opportunities in the 4G/LTE segment in Eastern Europe and Asia Pacific NetScout Systems expects to see increasing business opportunities from 5G in the next fiscal year, the company’s President and CEO Anil Singhal said during a conference with investors and analysts. “Longer...

  The Spanish government had already awarded frequencies in the 3.6 GHz-3.9 GHz range last year   Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez confirmed that the government plans to auction spectrum in the 700 MHz band in the first quarter of 2019, Spanish press reported. The 700MHz band is...

  Vodafone Germany also announced that Deutsche Bahn and automobile firms e.GO, Audi and Continental have become its first 5G partners Vodafone Germany has announced the activation of its first 5G mast in the country, German press reported. The 5G mast is located in the city of...

  BMW, Volkswagen and Daimler have already expressed interest in operating private 5G networks for their plants German car makers are looking to deploy their own 5G networks in order to start manufacturing self-driving cars by 2021, German press reported. Under such a scenario, car makers would...

  A recent GSMA study said the Russian market will have 48 million 5G subscribers by that time Russian 5G networks will provide coverage to over 80% of the country’s population by 2025, according to a new study by the GSMA. Russian mobile operators are expected to...

  Arcep confirmed plans to kick off a 5G tender by mid-2019 French telecom regulator Arcep has kicked off a public consultation period on the 5G auction process for the 3.4-3.8 GHz, 26 GHz, and 1.4 GHz frequencies, the regulator said in a statement. The watchdog called...

  Vodafone said it aims to trial 5G technology in seven UK cities this year U.K telecom operator Vodafone claimed to be the first carrier in the country to carry full 5G over a commercial network. The telco said that live mobile data traffic is now being...

  Deutsche Telekom and SK Telecom will invest in areas including edge computing and quantum cryptography German telco Deutsche Telekom and Korean carrier SK Telecom have entered into a cross=investment agreement, aiming to strengthen their competitiveness in 5G. Under the agreement, SK Telecom plans to invest in...

  The German government said it has existing mechanism to ensure security Germany’s government is not considering a ban on foreign vendors supplying 5G equipment, as existing law is sufficient to ensure security, the country's interior minister said in response to a question in Parliament from...

  Huawei will help the Saudi telco to upgrade its existing infrastructure towards 5G Saudi Arabian carrier Mobily has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chinese vendor Huawei focused on the deployment of future 5G networks in the country. The companies announced a five-year plan to...

  Samsung had previously announced an investment of $22 billion over the next three years in AI, 5G, automotive electronics components and biopharmaceuticals South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics announced the acquisition of Spanish artificial intelligence-based network and service analytics startup Zhilabs, aiming to enhance its...