BROWSING: Network Infrastructure
Vodafone Idea successfully closes FPO to fund 4G, 5G rollouts
Vodafone Idea recently said it expects to use the equity and debt funding to deploy its 5G service within six to seven months of securing the funds
Indian operator Vodafone Idea said it has concluded its $2.16 billion follow-on public offer (FPO), which closed successfully...
stc, PIF sign deal to create Saudi tower giant
The combined new entity will be owned 54% by PIF and 43.1% by stc Group
The Public Investment Fund (PIF), the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia, and Saudi telecom group stc announced the signing of definitive agreements whereby PIF will acquire a 51% stake...
Kagan: Mixed thoughts on Huawei Annual Analyst Summit 2024
After the Huawei Annual Analyst Summit, there are still so many questions. This was their 21st such gathering, and once again, it was very impressive. The theme was “Thrive with Intelligence." They did a great job of explaining how new technology would change our...
The future of 5G: elevating connectivity with non-terrestrial networks (Reader Forum)
In today’s evolving telecoms landscape, providers are faced with mounting competition and growing pressure to provide the best, most reliable service. Many experts in this sector understand the limitations of existing networks, realizing that the true way to establish the most seamless connectivity is...
Nokia reports ‘slow start’ to 2024, but expects stronger second half
Nokia reported a 20% decline in Q1 2024 net sales
Nokia has reported a “slow start” to 2024 but said this was expected, and that it anticipates things to pick up in the second half of the year. Company President and CEO Pekka Lundmark...
Dell, NVIDIA offer operators a ‘one-stop shop’ for gen AI
Combining Dell infrastructure and services with NVIDIA GPUs and software, operators can bring gen AI to bear across OSS, BSS, core and RAN
Operators have access to a wealth of highly-contextualized data that, with the right approach, could be leveraged for a range of internal-facing...
Bringing vRAN anywhere with liquid cooling
There’s a disconnect between network infrastructure miniaturization and air-cooling techniques; liquid cooling is key to delivering vRAN for public and private networks
Operators globally are undertaking major radio access network (RAN) modernization projects with an emphasis on new distributed and open architectures and RAN virtualization...
Ericsson Q1 results: ‘RAN market to continue its decline’
Ericsson President and CEO Börje Ekholm said customer spending will increase in the second half of the year
Ericsson has beat forecasts for the first quarter of 2024, with operating profit — excluding restructuring charges — hitting approximately $394 million, despite a 15% sales drop....
Editorial Report: The new space race? The outlook for NTN standardization and commercialization
From emergency texting to revolutionizing agriculture, explore the promises and challenges of cellular coverage into space in RCR Wireless News' new report.
In the report we explore the intricacies of space-based cellular connectivity and delve into the status of NTN standardization and commercialization.
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Bharti Airtel reaches 3 million 5G subscribers in Mumbai: Report
Bharti Airtel previously said it was on track to cover the entire country with 5G technology by March 2024
Indian carrier Bharti Airtel said it has already reached a total of 3 million 5G customers in Mumbai, according to local press reports.
The operator noted it...
Swisscom expands strategic partnership with Ericsson
Ericsson said it will continue to supply the hardware and software for Swisscom’s network under the extended deal
Swiss telco Swisscom and Swedish vendor Ericsson announced they have extended their strategic partnership for another three years.
In a release, the vendor said it will continue to...
Redefining the best 5G network—energy efficient, high performing and sustainable
Ericsson sustainable smart 5G site brings together solar generation, lithium-ion batteries, hybrid energy management and more for opex reduction
Operators are facing two fundamental challenges: first, the global economy is predicated on the idea that durable, long-term growth is imperative and achievable; however, operators are...
Vodafone Idea to launch $2.16 billion FPO in India
Vodafone Idea said its FPO will be open for public bids between April 18- 22
Indian carrier Vodafone Idea is planning to launch a follow-on public offering (FPO) to raise a total of INR180 billion ($2.16 billion) through a sale of new shares, according to...
BSNL seeks help from Nokia, ZTE to stabilize its 4G network
BSNL said the core of its 4G network is being developed by the Center for Development of Telematics (C-DoT)
Indian state-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is reportedly seeking technical assistance from Nokia and China's ZTE to help integrate previous technology into its new...
Mobile UK report urges government to further support 5G rollouts
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...
Rogers partners with CableLabs to develop 5G cable network infra
Rogers Communications has more than 11.3 million subscribers in Canada and is the second-biggest telco in the country
Canadian carrier Rogers Communications announced it is collaborating with CableLabs to deploy new technologies for its network.
This partnership includes a plan for CableLabs to develop and deliver...
Deals, demos, delays and disappointments in 5G NTN (Part 2)
The interest in cellular non-terrestrial network technology and the business opportunity is reflected in the amount of activity in the space in recent years, as 3GPP 5G standards work has built momentum toward convergence of satellite and cellular networks and raised the possibility of...
O2 Telefonica, 5G Synergiewerk activate 5G street lights
O2 Telefonica said that the 5G infrastructure combines street lights and cell phone sites
German operator O2 Telefónica, controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, and compatriot infrastructure provider 5G Synergiewerk have activated what they claim to be the first 5G street light in operation in Würzburg,...
Accelerating Industry 4.0 with an edge-to-cloud continuum
Dell Technologies, Microsoft and Vodafone Business are combining private 5G and hybrid cloud at the on-premise edge in managed service offering
The needs of modern enterprises are becoming increasingly complex, increasingly quickly. The digital transformation imperative clearly involves leveraging hybrid cloud architectures extended all the...
China ends February with over 3.5 million 5G base stations
According to MIIT data, 5G technologies have been integrated into 71 major economic categories in China
Chinese operators have deployed over 3.5 million 5G base stations across China as of the end of February, local news agency Xinhua reported, citing the latest available data from...
Qualcomm readies ‘micro-power’ Wi-Fi system and ‘AI-ready’ IoT platforms
Qualcomm will also expand its portfolio to address the safety, operating environment and mechanical handling requirements for industrial grade solutions
Qualcomm Technologies has released a “breakthrough micro-power” Wi-Fi system-on-chip (SoC) for battery-powered IoT, plus new “AI-ready” IoT and industrial platforms at this year's Embedded World,...
Dell, Intel enabling open, vRAN
The latest Dell Technologies PowerEdge XR8000 telco-grade servers feature the Intel 4th Gen Xeon Scalable Processors with optional vRAN Boost
With RAN modernization in the U.S. ongoing, and significant investment ramping in Europe and other markets, operators are increasingly focused on virtualization of radio access...
5G core power management for a lower cost, more sustainable solution
Casa Systems, Dell Technologies and Intel collaborate on a scale-up/scale-down approach to 5G core power management that doesn’t impact network performance
Whatever the 5G use case is, one of the results for operators is the need to serve more throughput per subscriber. At the same...
AMD-powered Dell telco cloud servers to get NEBS certification
The Dell PowerEdge R7615 features AMD x86 cloud-native CPUs for telco cloud and network in power- and space-constrained environments
At the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, a primary theme was the accelerating cloudification of telco networks in the move to 5G Standalone and decentralization...