Rakuten Mobile said it attracted 192,000 new mobile customers only in October Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile expects to reach 8-10 million mobile subscribers by the end of 2024, the telco said in its earnings statement. The telco added a total …
TiC6G houses a suite of instruments capable of testing prototype devices for future 6G networks The University of Glasgow announced the opening of new research lab dedicated to helping advance future 6G communications technologies. The “Terahertz On-chip Circuit Test Cluster …
SK Telecom added nearly 400,000 5G subscribers during Q3 SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest telecom operator, ended the third quarter of the year with a total of 15.15 million subscribers in the 5G segment, up 21.5% from 12.5 million in …
Telefónica currently holds approximately 71.81% of the shares in Telefónica Germany Spanish operator Telefónica has made a voluntary public acquisition offer to the shareholders of German telco Telefónica Germany to acquire up to 28.19% of Telefónica Deutschland shares, which are …
Huawei highlighted that 5G-Advanced networks provide ultra-high reliability and ultra-low latency China Unicom and Huawei claim that they are installing a commercial 5G-Advanced production line that features ultra-high reliability and ultra-low latency at the Baoding automation technology branch of Chinese …
One New Zealand said its 5G service is live in parts of Auckland, Hamilton, Bay of Plenty, Manawatū-Whanganui, Taranaki, Wellington, Christchurch, Queenstown and Southland New Zealand carrier One New Zealand said it has reached an agreement to acquire Dense Air’s …
The local telecommunications regulator currently holds 400 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) Office said it is currently working on a spectrum management roadmap that could see auctions for the 3.5 …
The ABI Research director explained that 3GPP Release 18, which is branded as 5G-Advanced, will be frozen in March 2024 5G-Advanced is expected to introduce many new features that can help operators monetize their 5G networks, Dimitris Mavrakis, senior research …
SK Telecom invested a total of $7.2 billion in U.S. startups Allganize and Imprimed Korean carrier SK Telecom has invested a total of KRW 9.4 billion ($7.2 billion) in artificial intelligence (AI) startups Allganize and Imprimed, local newspaper The Korea …
Vodafone Germany had inked a partnership with German railway operator Deutsche Bahn to boost 5G connectivity last year Vodafone Germany has already built more than 225 mobile masts since the start of 2023 to upgrade communications on railways, the telco …
Nokia said L4S greatly boosts the performance of real-time applications, particularly cloud-rendered extended reality (XR) services Finnish vendor Nokia announced a collaboration with Hololight to explore how L4S, an internet protocol invented by Nokia, can enable applications and networks to …
In a recent conference call, Nokia President and CEO Pekka Lundmark said that the vendor’s business continued to see benefit from 5G deployments in India Finnish vendor Nokia is seeing a substantial demand for 5G equipment in India during the …
The government of South Korea said the 6G plan also involves the development of technologies for the upper-mid band South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT unveiled its KRW440.4 billion ($324.5 million) research and development plan for future 6G networks, …
The SoftBank executive noted that he expects 5G-Advanced technology to gradually be implemented into commercial network equipment after 2025 The main features of future 5G-Advanced networks are expected to include further improvements in the fundamental performance aspects of 5G, such …
BSNL also said it aims to launch 5G in India in June 2024 Indian state-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is planning to launch its 4G service in December on a limited scale and then roll it out …
The GSMA noted that 5G-Advanced will facilitate entirely new applications in areas such as smart transportation, smart cities and entertainment The launch of future 5G-Advanced networks will enable telecom operators to monetize their previous investments in the 5G field, Barbara …
Virgin Media O2 will retain a 33.33% stake in Cornerstone upon completion of the transaction U.K. telco Virgin Media O2 has reached an agreement to sell a 16.67% minority stake in its mobile tower joint venture, Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited, …
Ericsson was in charge of the deployment of DNB’s 5G network infrastructure across Malaysia Malaysian state-run 5G network Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) has launched what it claims to be the largest 5G experience center in the country in partnership with …
Ericsson said the toolkit is designed for telecommunications services providers to deliver use cases with high requirements on throughput, reliability and latency at agreed performance levels Swedish vendor Ericsson has launched a new software toolkit with the main aim of …
The Fujitsu OLS “1FINITY” series adopted for the metro network’s inter-station transmission lines Japanese telco KDDI, Cisco Systems and Fujitsu announced the recent launch of operations of a metro, regional network that combines the IP layer network and optical transmission …
India currently faces a telecom demand-supply gap of 2.41 million workers, a figure expected to rise 3.8 times by 2030 India will require a total of 22 million skilled workers in 5G-focused industries by 2025, in areas such as cloud …
Fujitsu believes that 5G-Advanced will contribute to the realization of technologies necessary for immersive multi-modal VR, smart home and smart city 5G-Advanced (5G-A) is expected to be commercially launched around 2026, Hiroyo Masuda, senior architect of 6G infrastructure, strategic planning …
This move by telecom watchdog Anatel is expected to contribute to increased capacity and improved performance of 5G services across Brazil The Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) has approved the allocation of an additional 120 megahertz of spectrum in the …
Nokia expects the first release of the 5G-Advanced standard, Release 18, will be completed by 3GPP in the first half of 2024 Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) will play a key role in future 5G networks, Peter Merz, …
The new team of researchers in India will work with Ericsson research teams in Sweden and the U.S. Swedish vendor Ericsson announced the launch of its “India 6G” program with the formation of an India 6G Research team in its …
