Germany aims to extend the usage of spectrum in the 800 MHz, 1,800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands The German Federal Network Agency, Bundesnetzagentur, has launched a consultation process with the aim of evaluating a potential five-year extension for the …
Juan Pedro Tomás
Juan Pedro Tomás
Juan Pedro covers Global Carriers and Global Enterprise IoT. Prior to RCR, Juan Pedro worked for Business News Americas, covering telecoms and IT news in the Latin American markets. He also worked for Telecompaper as their Regional Editor for Latin America and Asia/Pacific. Juan Pedro has also contributed to Latin Trade magazine as the publication's correspondent in Argentina and with political risk consultancy firm Exclusive Analysis, writing reports and providing political and economic information from certain Latin American markets. He has a degree in International Relations and a master in Journalism and is married with two kids.
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Under the terms of the agreement, AIS will lease 13,500 base stations which the carrier expects to deploy over the next two years Thai carrier Advanced Info System (AIS) has signed an agreement to lease Radio Access Network (RAN) equipment …
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Proximus is working with its partners, ID2Move and Phoenix-Tech and its subsidiary Proximus Ada Belgium operator Proximus and several of its partners recently unveiled a 5G project with the aim of testing warehouse management using 5G coupled with drones and …
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Jio has already deployed its 5G service in 7,543 cities across 36 states in India Indian carrier Reliance Jio Infocomm Reliance asked the country’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to widen the scope of E-band spectrum usage to include access services …
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As of the end of June, Entel had 1.20 million active customers in the 5G segment Chilean operator Entel said it has completed the second and final phase of its 5G rollout project. Entel claimed to be the first carrier …
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Telekom Malaysia aims to offer its customers in Malaysia and the region with multi-access edge computing from all its data centers in the country Telekom Malaysia (TM) and Korean carrier SK Telecom inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly …
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American Tower’s CFO said the company was in the final stage of negotiations to sell a majority stake in its tower unit in India American Tower is confident of finalizing the sale of its towers business in India soon, the …
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Deutsche Telekom noted that slices are implemented as a dynamic and automated end-to-end service offering that is activated in minutes across the 5G network Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Mavenir and Blue Planet (which is a division of Ciena) said they have …
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India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) officially launched the Bharat 6G Alliance in July 2023 ATIS’ Next G Alliance (NGA) and India’s Bharat 6G Alliance have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore collaboration opportunities on 6G wireless technologies, the …
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MTN had launched 5G service in the country using equipment from Swedish vendor Ericsson Africa’s largest mobile operator, MTN Group, said U.S. wireless infrastructure provider American Tower will take over its Nigerian tower operations from IHS Holdings, starting in 2025. …
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Deutsche Telekom said that the data speed and bandwidth achieved during the trial were up to twelve times higher than current 5G networks German carrier Deutsche Telekom achieved a 12 Gbps mobile data rate using a combination of 6 GHz …
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In June, Antel started to deploy 5G technology in Uruguay via spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band Uruguayan state-run operator Antel has announced it has completed the activation of 5G services in the country’s 19 departmental capital cities, local press …
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The current penetration of 5G in Malaysia is 4.2% according to communications minister Fahmi Fadzil Malaysia’s Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil said that 5G adoption rate In Malaysia remains low despite the growing network coverage, local newspaper The Star …
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EE also noted it will soon be delivering 4G and 5G at other London Underground stations U.K. mobile operator EE, which is part of the BT Group, has already deployed 5G connectivity at 18 stations on the London Underground, the …
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Maxis has recently launched 5G services in Malaysia using DNB’s wholesale 5G network Malaysian operator Maxis recently carried out technical field trial in the 6 GHz spectrum band in collaboration with Universiti Malaya (UM), the telco said in a release. …
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A decision by the Portuguese government is currently effectively banning local telcos from implement 5G gear from Chinese vendor Huawei The Portuguese unit of Chinese vendor Huawei has filed a lawsuit against a previous decision made by the country’s security …
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In September 2020, TDC NET went live with the first Non-Standalone (NSA) 5G network in Denmark Ericsson and Danish digital infrastructure provider TDC NET claimed to have switched on the first 5G Standalone (SA) network in Denmark. TDC NET and …
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Local operators Movistar and Tigo have already carried out 5G trials in the country Colombia’s telecom ministry, MinTIC, has published the second draft of a resolution to award spectrum for the provision of 5G services in the country. This new …
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Deutsche Telekom partnered with Juniper Networks, AirHope, VMware and Viavi for this multi-vendor trial German carrier Deutsche Telekom announced technical details of a multi-vendor trial around programmable radio access networks that demonstrates the potential of the non-real-time RIC and rApp …
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Jio recently said it will make a cumulative investment of $25 billion in the 5G field India’s largest telecom operator, Reliance Jio Infocomm, is seeking to raise up to $2 billion in loans with French bank BNP Paribas as lead …
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In Belgium, the 24.5-26.5 GHz band is used intensively for radio links, the regulator said The Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT) launched a public consultation aimed at gauging the level of interest in the 26 GHz band. …
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The proposed design of the 5G spectrum auction goes against the best international practices in spectrum allocation, GSMA said The proposed scheme announced by Argentine telecommunications regulator Enacom to auction 5G frequencies could potentially put at risk the development of …
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Nokia highlighted that its IPAA+ antenna overcomes the challenge of finding space on towers and rooftops to expand 5G coverage Finnish vendor Nokia said it is deploying its modular Interleaved Passive Active Antenna (IPAA+) for Globe Telecom across the southern …
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ZTE said the trial took place at the AZ center in Bangkok Chinese vendor ZTE partnered with Advanced Info Service (AIS), Thailand’s largest mobile operator, to accomplish what the partners claim to be the world’s first dynamic reconfigurable intelligent surface …
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BSNL recently soft-launched 200 4G network sites in the Punjab region Indian state-run telecom operators Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will pave the way for the …