German operator Deutsche Telekom has carried out a video call at its first 5G Standalone site, the company said in a statement. The company installed a 5G Standalone site in Garching to make the call to Bonn. The call latency …
China Tower’s business last year was positively impacted by the accelerated deployment of 5G sites across China, the company said in its earnings release. During 2020, the company’s net profit grew 23.1% year-on-year to CNY6.4 billion ($980.2 million) while operating …
Schneider Electric has recently announced the launch of its Wholesale Building Management Distributor Program. The firm said that core building parts such as HVAC controls, valves, sensors, thermostats and switches play a critical role in the health of a …
A total of 572.3 million smart electricity meters are forecast to be deployed in China, India, Japan and South Korea during the 2021–2025 period, according to a new study by IoT research firm Berg Insight. At the end of …
The Rudin Family real estate firm, in collaboration with network infrastructure company Crown Castle, announced that 345 Park Avenue has become one of the first multi-tenant commercial office buildings in the U.S.to enable Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS). The …
Taiwan Star Telecom expects to reach 550,000 subscribers in the 5G segment at the end of the year, local new site Digitimes reported. This figure will represent nearly 20% of the carrier’s overall mobile base, according to the report. The …
Cox Communications has launched a pilot partnership with the city of Las Vegas to trial its smart curbside management solution from Cox2M, which is aimed at reducing downtown traffic congestion. The goal of the new pilot project is to …
France had a total of 21,714 5G authorized sites as of March 1, of which 12,310 were declared technically operational by the local mobile carriers, according to the latest information provided by France’s spectrum agency ANFR. The agency said that …
German company EnOcean announced new solutions for facilities management, lighting, environmental monitoring, and space occupancy, which are fully integrated with the Cisco DNA Spaces platform. EnOcean chiefly focuses on energy harvesting, a technology that uses movement, light or temperature …
Telia and Ericsson have launched what it claims to be the first 5G carrier aggregation trial in Norway, with the aim of supporting Telia’s nationwide 5G rollout, Ericsson said in a release. As part of Telia’s ambition to bring nationwide …
Taiwan’s National Communications Commission (NCC) gave conditional approval for Asia Pacific Telecom Co (APT) to share Far EasTone Telecommunications Co’s (FET) 5G frequencies using its own 5G network, local newspaper Taipei Times reported. In September 2020, FET and APT had …
California-based firm Vantiq announced a partnership agreement with Singaporean company PrimusTech for the development and deployment of real-time applications to boost digital transformation in hospitals and commercial buildings. PrimusTech is an established system integrator based in Singapore, which focuses …
Ericsson, China Broadcasting Network Corporation (CBN) and Unisoc say they have have successfully completed a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) downlink speed test showing the enhanced network capability of the 700 MHz frequency band for 5G. The demo used Ericsson wireless equipment …
Indian telecommunications operators committed to pay INR778 billion ($10.6 billion) for additional spectrum to expand 4G across the country. India’s latest spectrum auction ended after two days of bidding, although the 5G-suitable 700 MHz band did not receive offers due …
Smart building tech and service company Honeywell announced that it has established a research partnership with Syracuse University to fund research on emerging indoor air quality (IAC) technologies. The partnership will include the naming of a Honeywell Indoor Air …
U.S. wireless infrastructure company Mobilitie is bringing 5G wireless to Washington DC?s 1801 K Street, a multi-tenant office building located in the city?s commercial center. Mobilitie said that the new network will provide a dependable and reliable 5G network …
U.S. distributed antenna system (DAS) and Wi-Fi provider Boingo Wireless says it has agreed to be acquired by an affiliate of Digital Colony Management in a deal worth $854 million. The transaction will take Boingo from being a public company …
Taiwanese operator Far EasTone Telecom (FET) has selected Ericsson as its vendor for 5G Standalone (SA) and Non-standalone (NSA) dual-mode 5G Core and Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services, the latter said in a release. The deal builds on Ericsson’s existing …
South Korea ended January with 12.87 million subscribers in the 5G segment after a net addition of almost 1 million subscribers in the first months of the year, local news agency Yonhap reported, citing data from the Ministry of Science …
Nokia has been selected by Ecuadorian mobile operator, Corporación Nacional de Telecommunicaciones (CNT) to bring the first 5G network to the country, the Finnish vendor said in a release. The deal includes Nokia support CNT’s extensive network modernization of existing …
In-building wireless technology provider Advanced RF Technologies (ADRF) has announced the commercial availability of a new public safety repeater for first responder communication in small to mid-sized buildings. The company noted that its new PSR-78-8527 0.5W Public Safety …
U.K. operator Three UK currently operates 1,250 5G sites in 193 towns and cities across the country, the company said in a release. At the end of December 2020, the U.K. telco had 1,000 operational 5G base stations across the …
Brazilian telecommunications services regulator Anatel has approved a set of rules that will pave the way for the government to award spectrum for the provision of 5G services. The regulator confirmed that mobile operators must not rely on dynamic spectrum …
Finnish company elevator and escalator company Kone has strengthened its partnership with Orange Business Services by moving its global contact center solution to the cloud. Kone said that its customer care centers are a vital component for customer service, both …
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added 3.97 million 5G subscribers in January, according to statistics published on the carrier’s website. The operator said it ended the first month of 2021 with a total of 168.97 …
