February 2024

BARCELONA—Open radio access networks have been a major theme at this week’s Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2024. Not only was an O-RAN Alliance meeting held in conjunction with MWC, but …

Palo Alto Networks has said its 5G security software is now pre-integrated into the private 5G offerings from a number of core network and other service providers. The initial intake …

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Utility metering specialist Itron has struck a deal with German enterprise software and data orchestration firm Software AG to use its Cumulocity IoT platform for management of low-power IoT devices. …

Ericsson and DNB said they will collaborate for use cases enabled by end-to-end network slicing Ericsson and Malaysian state-run 5G network Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) have announced plans to collaborate …

AWS said it has also joined NTT Docomo’s OREX initiative to promote O-RAN efforts at a global scale Japanese operator NTT Docomo has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) to commercially …

The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence(AI) is revolutionizing various industries, ushering in a new era of innovation. Pioneering AI models such as ChatGPT and Sora by OpenAI, and Gemini by …

BARCELONA—As 5G continues to evolve, the telecom industry is setting its sights on a new frontier: achieving global service ubiquity through a combination of cellular terrestrial networks and space-based, non-terrestrial …

MWC 2024: Bleary-eyed and dead-on-our-feet, after 72 hours in Barcelona and 24 hours in briefings… MWC is not just a telco show, anymore; it is not even a telecoms show, …

Ericsson claimed the deployment is the first cloud RAN project in Europe Swedish vendor Ericsson and German operator O2 Telefonica will start deploying Cloud RAN technology to support the latter’s …

ZTE said that the collaboration will cover 5G field trials of live use case applications in Sarawak using 5G-A tech MWC Barcelona—Chinese vendor ZTE signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) …

The project, dubbed “5G-A Country”, seeks to accelerate the digital transformation of the Arab country MWC Barcelona–Chinese vendor Huawei and Emirati-based telco du signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to …

The Japanese government granted this spectrum band to Rakuten Mobile in October 2023 Japanese telco Rakuten Mobile announced that it will deploy base stations using mobile network radios developed by …

MWC, Barcelona: Cellular IoT provider 1NCE has introduced a high-power broadband IoT data service to its portfolio for higher bandwidth IoT applications. It is charging a flat fee of $5 …

BARCELONA—Artificial intelligence is dominating conversations and sessions at Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2024, with telecom companies and their vendors all working to figure out—or support the exploration of—just what AI …

Renesas Electronics has terminated its proposed $249 million purchase of France-based cellular IoT module maker Sequans Communications. It said the decision was down to an “adverse Japanese tax ruling”, apparently …

US operator Verizon has struck a deal with Japan-based counterpart KDDI to provide connectivity in North America to a forthcoming electric vehicle from Sony Honda Mobility (SHM), a joint venture …

Huawei had previously said that it planned to launch a complete set of commercial 5.5G network equipment this year MWC Barcelona- Chinese vendor Huawei launched what it claimed to be …

The members of the AI-RAN Alliance will collaborate to advance RAN capabilities through AI to improve spectral efficiency MWC, Barcelona— Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung Electronics, Microsoft and other major players launched …

The companies said they aim to launch a joint venture company as part of this global telco AI alliance MWC, Barcelona— Deutsche Telekom, e& Group, Singtel, SoftBank and SK Telecom …

2024 is being recognized as the inaugural year of the evolution of 5G-Advanced. In the coming years, 5G-Advanced is poised to flourish, unlocking further potential and laying the foundation for …

Fibocom announces the launch of the industry-first T300-based 5G RedCap Module FM330 series in collaboration with MediaTek during MWC Barcelona 2024. Expanding the landscape of 5G with MediaTek’s T300, the …

AT&T says this is the ‘next milestone’ in its Open RAN journey AT&T says that it has commercial traffic running on Ericsson Cloud RAN sites in its 5G network. The …

MWC, Barcelona: System integrator Kyndryl has announced a deal with HPE-owned private 5G specialist Athonet to “jointly develop and deliver” LTE and 5G services to enterprise customers globally. The deal …

Virgin Media O2 launched its 5G SA networks in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, Newcastle, Leeds and Cardiff, among others Virgin Media O2 has announced the activation of its 5G Standalone …