Chinese vendor Huawei is not expecting the Biden administration to remove the company from the Entity List, the company’s rotating chairman, Eric Xu, said during a session with journalists at the Huawei Global Analyst Summit 2021. “We believe that we …
Vodafone Germany launched its 5G standalone (SA) network in partnership with Ericsson, Nokia, Qualcomm and OPPO. Vodafone upgraded 1,000 sites to SA 5G, covering 170 cities and municipalities via 3.5 GHz spectrum. The new network was initially launched in some …
U.S. distributed antenna system (DAS) and Wi-Fi provider Boingo Wireless has joined the Qualcomm Smart Cities Accelerator Program. ?Boingo powers smart cities from the inside out. You cannot have a smart city without intelligent, connected buildings. New wireless technology?including …
IHS Holding Limited (IHS Towers), one of the largest independent owners, operators and developers of shared telecommunications infrastructure, has acquired Centennial Towers’ Brazilian and Colombian tower operations. The acquisition brings IHS an additional 602 towers in Brazil and 217 towers …
German government announces financing for 6G technologies The German government plans to provide up to 700 million euros ($833 million) in financing for research into 6G technologies by 2025. In a release, Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) …
U.S. wireless infrastructure provider Mobilitie is bringing 5G wireless to CURE Insurance Arena. The 11,000 seat CURE Insurance Arena hosts concerts and sporting events and is the largest arena in central New Jersey. The Distributed Antenna System (DAS) installed …
Japanese carrier Rakuten Mobile said it attracted over 3.9 million applications for its mobile service since it launched its 4G offering one year ago. The telco launched a new promotional campaign to attract more subscribers. This campaign offers the Rakuten …
India’s largest operator, Bharti Airtel, announced the launch of an integrated IoT platform for local enterprises. The telco said that the platform, dubbed “Airtel IoT” is an end-to-end platform with the capability to connect and manage billions of devices …
Hong Kong operator HKT says it has built a 5G Standalone (SA) network architecture capable of network slicing which supports industrial grade applications. In a release, HKT noted that its 5G SA network can dedicate a network slice for an …
AT&T is collaborating with Boingo to improve fan experience at the Vivint Arena with the introduction of its AT&T 5G+ offering, the carrier said in a statement. The operator noted that the service delivered using millimeter wave spectrum, which …
U.K. carrier EE, part of telecom group BT, announced that it has switched on 5G technology in 35 additional cities and towns across the country. Some of the new cities covered by EE’s 5G network are Blackburn, Bolton, Brighton, Chester, …
Korean tech giant LG said it recently partnered with U.S.-based test and measurement firm Keysight Technologies and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), with the aim of carrying out research on future 6G technologies, Korean news agency …
U.S. IoT firm Pelion, a subsidiary of Arm, announced a partnership with global smart building specialist Johnson Controls, to accelerate innovation in connectivity, security and intelligence at the edge for Johnson Controls OpenBlue technology. ?This partnership combines Johnson Controls …
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Epidemic Task Force released an updated statement on the airborne transmission of the novel coronavirus in buildings. ?Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is significant and should be controlled. Changes to …
The president of Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel), Leonardo Euler, said that the publication of the 5G auction notice would probably occur in July or August, Brazilian IT site Teletime reported. The 5G auction’s business plan was finished by Anatel …
Finnish vendor Nokia and Australian operator Optus claimed a record aggregate site throughput after hitting download rates of 10Gbps using 800MHz of mmWave spectrum at a live 5G site in Brisbane. Nokia stated the demonstration employed its AirScale Radio equipment …
France had a total of 22,857 5G authorized sites as of April 1, of which 12,213 were declared technically operational by the local mobile operators, according to the latest information provided by France’s spectrum agency ANFR. The agency said that …
Wireless backhaul provider Ceragon Networks says it has been selected by Brazilian carrier TIM to participate in the joint work being carried out with the Telecom Infra-Project (TIP) and the National Telecommunication Institute (INATEL) to test providers for 5G Open …
Siemens Smart Infrastructure has updated its Desigo CC smart building management platform to version V5.0, which will allow the software to be open for more systems and devices, the firm said in a release. The platform now offers improved …
Japanese company Fujitsu announced the start of of operations of a private 5G network at its Oyama plant in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. In a release, Fujitsu said that the network consists of a 4.7 GHz band SA and a …
China is forecast to reach 739 million 5G subscribers by 2025, according to a recent study by ABI Research. This figure would represent nearly 40% of the global market share in the 5G segment. In terms of the annual mobile …
South Korea’s ICT ministry said it aims to boost competition in the domestic 5G market through the release of affordable mobile data plans from mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), local news agency Yonhap reported. According to the report, the country’s …
Workplace technology and consulting company Spacewell has launched its new Workplace app to help employees have a “frictionless hybrid workplace experience.” The app shows real-time floor plans and occupancy of different rooms and workstations across different floors, Spacewell said.?The …
CommonWealth Partners says that a 22-story Century City office tower at 1888 Century City Park East is the first multi-tenant office building in Los Angeles to use virtual reality to conduct fire drills. The real estate firm said it …
Total 5G subs in Korea nearing 14 million South Korea ended February with 13.66 million subscribers in the 5G segment after a net addition of 792,118 subscribers during the month, local news agency Yonhap reported, citing data from the Ministry …
