The Spanish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation announced it has awarded the remaining two 10-megahertz blocks of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band to local carriers Orange and Telefonica. The Spanish government had awarded frequencies in the 3.5 …
Zome Energy Networks announced its plans to deploy its technology strategically into the Austin energy market. In 2019, Zome began its entry into the Texas market, and the company says it now has contractual relationships with mid-sized and …
ZTE expects to work with Chinese mobile operators to construct and commercialize 5G ATG networks in China in 2021, according to Liu WeiWei, ZTE’s ATG product manager. ATG is short for Air-to-ground, which uses mature land mobile communication technologies to …
China is expected to have 822 million 5G subscribers by 2025, up from 202 million subscribers at the end of last year, according to a recent report by the GSMA. The report, called “The Mobile Economy China,” also estimates that …
Indian telecommunications operator Bharti Airtel and Qualcomm Technologies announced a collaboration for accelerating 5G development in India. Recently, Airtel became India’s first telco to demonstrate 5G over a live commercial network in the city of Hyderabad. Through Airtel’s network vendors …
ExteNet Systems is emphasizing a “Fiber-First” strategy which helps deliver Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) offerings for customers, the firm said in a release. “We distinguish ourselves with our Fiber-First approach while delivering digital transformation for our customers,” said Jim Hyde, ExteNet …
France’s four network operators have agreed to an updated charter with the Paris’s municipal government, which will enable the launch of 5G technology in France’s capital in the coming weeks, the local municipal government said in a statement. This agreement …
5G subscribers in South Africa are expected to reach 11 million by 2025, with a population coverage of 43%, according to a recent report by South African consultancy firm Africa Analysis. This figure represents significant growth from the estimated 90,000 …
The Covid-19 pandemic forced sports venues to shut down physical events but the pandemic didn’t stop the growth of 5G in sports venues. According to Peter Linder, head of 5G marketing at Ericsson North America, it has been an opportunity …
Germany operator Vodafone said it has activated 2,200 new 5G base stations at 800 locations across the country, the telco said in a release. The telco’s technicians have deployed this new infrastructure at nearly 300 towns and cities in Germany. …
French low-power wide area networks specialist Actility announced that Irish system integrator McCool Controls & Engineering has become an Actility channel partner and is now helping the company and its subsidiary company, Abeeway, a provider of geolocation tracking …
Chinese vendor Huawei claimed the company has built over half of the 140 commercial 5G networks deployed in 59 countries so far, Ryan Ding, president of Huawei’s Carrier Business Group, said at a pre-briefing for MWC Shanghai 2021. “5G developed …
German telco Deutsche Telekom installed the first 5G Standalone antenna in the town of Garching, near Munich, to carry out trials of this technology, the company said in a release. Deutsche Telecom said that the antenna will be soon connected …
Niam, one of the largest private property owners in the Nordic region with over 1.7 million square meters of real estate in its portfolio, selected Netmore as its 5G operator. Netmore says it delivers a turnkey 5G solution without …
Orange Spain expects its 5G network to reach 90% of the population by 2022, Spanish news site Xataka Movil reported. The operator announced the plans in a press conference following the publication of its fourth-quarter results, in which the telco …
Finnish vendor Nokia announced that it has been selected by A1 Austria to provide 5G coverage across the country in a multi-year contract. Under the terms of the deal, Nokia will supply 5G radio access and core network services. The …
Chile completed what it claims to be the first tender to assign 5G spectrum in Latin America, the country’s telecommunications regulator Subtel said in a release. The watchdog said that the government raised $453 million in four rounds (700 MHz, …
The overall market for smart building software is expected to grow from $6.4 billion in 2021 to surpass $8.5 billion in 2025, according to a new study from research firm Verdantix. The forecasted annual growth rate of 7% …
mCloud Technologies, a provider of asset management solutions combining IoT, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence, announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Fidus Global to begin sales, implementation, and ongoing field services for mCloud?s AssetCare segment for …
Canadian operator TeraGo announced it’s expanding technical trials of its 5G fixed wireless service in the Toronto area. The initial trials, started last year at its headquarters, achieved speeds of 1.5 Gbps. The company hopes to increase this to 10 …
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries said that a merger of its Virgin Media UK brand with Telefonica’s local mobile operator O2 was on track to be completed this year, citing positive progress being made with regulators. The executive noted the …
Singapore operator Singtel plans to hire over 500 people in Singapore over the next two years to focus on 5G and other emerging technologies such as IoT, cloud engineering and data analytics, the telco said in a relase. The telco …
Dish has signed seven new tower deals to boost its nationwide 5G network infrastructure, the operator said in a release. Dish, which is in the process of constructing a cloud-native, Open RAN-based 5G wireless network, secured new tower agreements with …
U.S. wireless infrastructure company Mobilitie is installing a 5G wireless network at Cook County?s George W. Dunne Office Building. Located in the heart of Chicago?s central business district, the building serves county, city and state government entities and …
Cisco announced a collaboration framework with the government of Japan through Cisco’s Country Digital Acceleration (CDA) Program to drive mass-scale digitization across Japan in support of its Society 5.0 vision and towards an “inclusive recovery” from the global COVID-19 …
