South Korea aims to award frequencies in the 28 GHz band for private 5G networks LG CNS, the IT division of South Korea’s LG Group, has applied for government permission to become the second domestic operator of a private …
Juan Pedro Tomás
Juan Pedro Tomás
Juan Pedro covers Global Carriers and Global Enterprise IoT. Prior to RCR, Juan Pedro worked for Business News Americas, covering telecoms and IT news in the Latin American markets. He also worked for Telecompaper as their Regional Editor for Latin America and Asia/Pacific. Juan Pedro has also contributed to Latin Trade magazine as the publication's correspondent in Argentina and with political risk consultancy firm Exclusive Analysis, writing reports and providing political and economic information from certain Latin American markets. He has a degree in International Relations and a master in Journalism and is married with two kids.
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The regulator said it will award 5G spectrum in the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 2,600 MHz, and 3,500 MHz bands The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) confirmed that its much-anticipated auction of 5G spectrum is expected to start …
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In Saudi Arabia, Ericsson carried out a proof of concept which will allow local telco stc to accelerate the introduction of the 2.3 GHz 5G band Ericsson and Saudi Arabian operator stc have successfully completed a TDD-TDD 5G Carrier Aggregation …
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The two countries committed to share information on their respective policy approaches seeking to build a more competitive global market for telecoms equipment The governments of Japan and the U.K. have agreed several joint initiatives to support efforts to reduce …
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Verizon Business said that the strategic partnership will focus on leveraging its On Site LTE and 5G network with Celona’s 5G LAN products Verizon Business announced a new turnkey private networking solution with Celona, with the aim of accelerating …
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Samsung said they expect to start providing commercial private 5G networks in Japan in the second quarter of 2022 Korean vendor Samsung Electronics announced it has been selected by Japanese operator NTT East, to jointly expand the private 5G network …
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VMware announced a collaboration with German research institutes for future 6G technologies VMware unveiled its vision for Automating Life during Mobile World Congress 2022 as part of the firm’s path to future 6G technologies. The U.S. company said this vision …
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KDDI recently claimed to have turned on the world’s first commercial 5G SA O-RAN site in Japan Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced that Japanese telco KDDI is using the HPE ProLiant DL110 Gen10 Plus Telco server for the commercial network …
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Deutsche Telekom said that the results of the proof of concept are convincing as cars are controlled by the system, with “absolute” stability and security Deutsche Telekom performed a proof-of-concept with BMW Group and Valeo in the domain of …
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Qualcomm said the platform will feature Snapdragon X65 and X62 5G Modem-RF Systems for Fixed Wireless Access Italian telco Fastweb and Qualcomm Technologies announced plans to commercialize 5G Standalone (SA) millimeter wave (mmWave) on Qualcomm’s 5G Fixed Wireless Access Platform …
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Telefonica Germany had previously said it aimed to deploy pure 5G O-RAN mini-radio cells in Munich later in the year German telco O2/Telefónica Germany and Japanese tech company NEC announced the launch of what they claim to be the first …
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Telefonica highlighted that the smart building platform aims to centralize, automate, collect and present data more efficiently Spanish telecommunications operator Telefónica, in collaboration with Siemens, Bookker and BIM6D, has unveiled its smart building platform in a demonstration area at …
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Local carriers expected to deploy nearly 600,000 5G base stations across China this year Chinese operators are expected to increase the number of base stations in the country by 42% this year, Chinese media outlet Yicai Global reported. The Chinese …
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A new GSMA report forecasts that the number of 5G subscribers is expected to reach 1 billion this year. 5G is expected to account for around a quarter of total mobile connections by the end of 2025, and more than …
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Telefonica said its new 5G offering will be initially offered in 700 towns and cities across Spain Spanish telco Telefonica has announced the activation of 5G services using spectrum in the 700MHz band. The telco said it expects to reach …
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Orange selected Ericsson, Nokia and Oracle Communications for the group’s 5G SA deployments in Europe French telecommunications group Orange has selected its suppliers for the deployment of 5G Standalone (5G SA) networks in its European footprint. The telco has selected …
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GSA noted that a total of 166 operators around the world are currently actively investing in NB-IoT networks A total of 140 operators have already deployed or launched NB-IoT or LTE-networks in 64 countries, according to a recent report …
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Samsung explained that SA Option 4 is a dual connectivity technology that connects both 5G and 4G radios to a 5G Core in advanced 5G SA mode Korean companies Samsung Electronics and SK Telecom (SKT) announced they have successfully completed …
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The Japanese company aims to launch its new 5G vRAN solution by the end of fiscal 2022 Fujitsu announced that it has successfully developed new software virtualized radio access network (vRAN) technology with support for 5G Standalone (SA). In a …
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The JV said it expects to reach nationwide coverage with its 5G infrastructure by the end of 2024 Swedish network company Net4Mobility, a joint venture created by local carriers Tele2 and Telenor, expects to reach 90% of the country’s population …
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The German telco expects to grow in the IoT segment via a new joint IoT offering with T-Mobile U.S, through which they aim to target global companies Deutsche Telekom is experiencing an expansion in the IoT business after …
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Vodafone Business takes on precision agriculture Vodafone Business announced that it piloting a new service that could accelerate the digitization of farming across Europe by providing farmers with a mobile app linked to agricultural IoT sensors. Five European pilot farms …
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KDDI has commercial, 5G Standalone network using Open RAN equipment Wind River, a specialist in software for mission-critical intelligent systems, announced that Japanese carrier KDDI has used Wind River Studio for its O-RAN–compliant 5G Standalone virtualized base station technology, which …
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Spanish operator Orange is already offering 5G services in 840 towns and cities in 38 provinces across the country, the carrier said in a statement. According to the European operator, its 5G network infrastructure already reaches 58.6% of the Spanish …
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Mexican telecom group America Movil launched 5G services in 18 of Mexico’s largest cities, reaching more than 48 million people. The company, which operates in the mobile telephony segment through the Telcel brand, initially launched 5G in Mexico City, Monterrey, …