Abanca-Riazor stadium Spanish carrier Telefonica recently announced that it will deploy 5G at the Abanca-Riazor stadium in A Coru?a, Spain. The venue, home of the Real Club Deportivo football team, will become the stadium? with the ?most complete? deployment of …
Australia awarding mmWave spectrum in the 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands Australian media and communications regulator ACMA announced that a total of 15 applicant companies have all been offered a license in the 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands. …
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added 18.6 million 5G subscribers in November, according to statistics published on the carrier’s website. The operator said it ended November with a total of 147.38 million 5G subscribers, compared …
Honeywell, a provider of smart building technology and services, and Signify, a specialist in lighting solutions, announced a strategic alliance to deploy integrated, smart lighting solutions for commercial buildings. The main aim of the new alliance is to improve the …
Australia, India, Brazil and the U.K. have spectrum auctions planned throughout 2021 As 5G deployments accelerate globally, regulators still need to award key 5G frequencies to allow carriers to provide high-capacity services and, in some cases, provide a broader coverage …
IMMUNE Building Standard developed in response to COVID-19 International consultancy and construction company Mace has obtained the first IMMUNE Building Standard (IMMUNE) certification globally for its headquarters in London. Located in London?s historic center, Mace?s office building at 155 Moorgate …
Vodafone Germany said its 5G network is now available to 16 million people across the country. In a release, the operator said it has activated the 5G network for another 6 million people since the beginning of November. Vodafone Germany …
Spanish operators have been accelerating 5G deployment plans over the last months and all carriers already offer 5G in the country’s main urban areas as well as in medium-sized cities. In this article, we briefly describe the current state of …
Ericsson and Singtel have announced they are deploying 5G New Radio (NR) Standalone and dual-mode 5G core network products and services. The 5G network will operate on Singtel’s 3.5 GHz and 28 GHz spectrum bands, spanning outdoor and indoor 5G …
Open communication protocols help Building Automation Systems (BAS) provide better interoperability and connectivity among connected devices than proprietary protocols, according to a recent study carried out by Frost & Sullivan. The study revealed that features such as scalability, networking …
The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) confirmed that its planned 5G spectrum auction will finally take place on January 19. The regulator won an appeal against an injunction granted by Stockholm Administrative Court to Huawei, after the Chinese vendor …
U.S. wireless infrastructure provider Mobilitie is deploying a 5G network at West End Stadium, the future home to FC Cincinnati, the company said in a release. The stadium is expected to officially open in March 2021 and will host …
Canadian operator Rogers Communications announced that it is starting to roll out what it claims to be the country’s first 5G Standalone core network. The new network, with solutions from Swedish vendor Ericsson, will be initially rolled out in Montreal, …
Swisscom, in partnership with Ericsson and handset maker OPPO, has successfully carried out 5G voice and data calls over a commercial 5G standalone network, the vendor said in a release. Ericsson said that all of Europe’s live 5G networks are …
The number of 5G subscribers in Taiwan reached over 1 million after the introduction of the technology in July, Taipei Times reported, citing statistics released by the nation’s telecoms. In June, the government of Taiwan issued the first 5G license …
Spanish operator Telefonica has already reached its 5G coverage goals for the year and now provides this technology in over 1,200 towns and cities across the country, the carrier said in a release. Telefonica said that its 5G network infrastructure …
London Stadium announced that it has switched on a new 5G network, offering fans a fully connected experience as they return to the venue. U.K. carrier EE?s 5G network brings increased speed and reliability to the East London stadium, …
German operator Deutsche Telekom installed 18 new high-speed 5G antennas in the city of Hanover, the telco said in a release. These are located at six locations in the urban areas of Calenberger Neustadt, Mitte and Vahrenwald-List and transmit on …
The DALI Alliance has joined IP-BLiS, the IP Building & Lighting Standards market interest group, to support convergence towards using Internet Protocol (IP) transport and security mechanisms to simplify deploying, provisioning, and securing complex building systems. IP-BLiS was launched …
Iliad subsidiary Free Mobile has become the fourth mobile network in France to announce the commercial launch of 5G. The telco said that its 5G network already has 5,255 active sites across France, which enables the carrier to cover almost …
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has opened applications to participate in the April 2021 auction of high-band 5G spectrum. The regulator will auction 2.4 GHz of spectrum in the 26 GHz band in 27 geographic regions across Australia. …
NEC announced the establishment of an Open RAN laboratory in India as a complement to its Center of Excellence (CoE) in the U.K. The Japanese company said that the new facility will accelerate development of NEC’s 5G open ecosystem by …
Smart buildings specialist Johnson Controls and Microsoft have announced a global collaboration to “digitally transform” how buildings and spaces are conceived, built and managed. Microsoft also announced the general availability of Microsoft Azure Digital Twins. As a key partner …
Taiwanese mobile operator Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) said that it has reached 300,000 5G subscribers after the telco launched the new technology in July of this year, Taipei Times reported. The carrier also said that it aims to reach 1 …
French operator Bouygues Telecom announced the availability of 5G in Marseille and said that its coverage has already reached 67 cities with a population of over 50,000 since the commercial launch of its 5G services on December 1. In a …
