China Broadnet has deployed and is currently sharing 578,000 700 MHz base stations with rival operator China Mobile Chinese operator China Broadnet has reached nationwide 5G coverage using 700 MHz spectrum, according to Chinese news site DVBCN. The carrier said …
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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Vodafone said its 5G network already reached over 90% of Germany’s population Vodafone Germany has deployed 4,300 5G Standalone (SA) stations with around 13,000 5G SA antennas across the country, the telco said in a release. The carrier said its …
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SK Telecom became the third largest shareholder in Persona AI Korean operator SK Telecom said it acquired a stake in local AI assistant developer Persona AI, with the aim of collaborating on the launch of products designed to improve automated …
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The German government is considering a ban on certain 5G components made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE, according to previous reports The German government said that the potential high costs of removing components from Huawei from the country’s 5G …
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BSNL aims to initially provide 4G services in high-revenue telecom circles in India Indian company Tejas Networks said it has recently executed a master contract for the supply, support and annual maintenance services of its Radio Access Network (RAN) equipment …
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The government of Canada said that Telus, Rogers and Bell are among the qualified bidders Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) has published the final list of 22 qualified applicants for an upcoming auction through which the government will …
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ATIS said a new paper is part of a broader effort to better understand and influence spectrum access, management, policy recommendations, standards and long-term needs in future 6G spectrum ATIS’ Next G Alliance (NGA) released a new white paper that …
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Vodafone Idea said the 5G test took place in Pune Vodafone Idea has successfully tested 5G services using both the 26 GHz and 3.3 GHz bands in Pune, in a bid to meet the minimum rollout obligations stipulated by India’s …
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ZTE said its net profits in H1 climbed 19.9% year-on-year Chinese vendor ZTE announced total revenues of CNY 60.70 billion ($8.32 billion) for the first half of 2023, representing an increase of 1.5% compared to the year-ago period. In its …
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Airtel said its 5G services are now available in over 3,500 cities and towns across India Indian operator Bharti Airtel said the company has completed the minimum rollout obligation of launching 5G services on the 26 GHz spectrum band in …
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Nokia noted that the first 5G site using its technology is expected to go live in August Finnish vendor Nokia and Canadian cable TV and mobile telephony operator Eastlink announced a multi-year strategic access network partnership with the aim of …
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Maxis announced 5G plans for both prepaid and postpaid users Malaysian mobile operator Maxis has become the last of the country’s major carriers to launch 5G services. In a release, Maxis said that it is launching 5G for end-users via …
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ATIS said the new white paper addresses challenges in areas including supply chain and equal access Much of the interest in future 6G systems has thus far focused on potential technical features and uses. A new white paper from ATIS’ …
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Jio has already deployed its 5G service in 6,258 cities across 36 states in India Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm announced that it has completed the nationwide deployment of its 5G service ahead of schedule. In a release, the telco …
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Optus said this test paves the way for the use of 5G wereables on the telco’s network Australian operator Optus, Ericsson and chipset maker MediaTek have announced what they say is Australia’s first over-the-air data-call using Ericsson’s pre-commercial Reduced Capability …
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The government also said it will be making more 5G spectrum available in the future, including through non-competitive local licensing The government of Canada announced an outline detailing how it plans on releasing spectrum for mobile communications services between 2023 …
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Anthropic said it will work with SK Telecom to fine-tune its AI model Claude to specific telco use cases Korean telco SK Telecom announced an additional investment of $100 million in Anthropic, an AI safety and research company based in …
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The tribunal had found that this proposed agreement would provide Telstra with substantial commercial and competitive benefits Australian operators Telstra and TPG Telecom said they will not appeal the country’s competition tribunal’s decision to block an asset transfer deal between …
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Telkomsel said that upgraded 4G/5G network will support its efforts in realizing the development of services for B2B and B2C segments Indonesian operator Telkomsel and Ericsson will be working together to expand and bolster their existing 4G/5G networks footprint in …
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China Mobile reported a net addition of 130 million 5G subscribers during the first half of 2023 China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, ended the first half of the year with a total of 393 million …
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Both countries will also seek to promote Open RAN in other countries across Latin America Brazil’s telecommunications regulator Anatel and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan (MIC) signed a cooperation agreement with the main aim of expanding …
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The government of New Zealand said that the spectrum will be available for long term use around May 2026 New Zealand’s Radio Spectrum Management agency (RSM) has unveiled its high-level allocation decisions for the 24-30 GHz radio spectrum range, following …
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The interoperability development testing (IoDT) took place at an Ericsson lab in Sweden Ericsson has teamed up with chipset maker MediaTek to perform 5G Reduced Capability (RedCap) data and 5G voice calls on both frequency division duplex (FDD) and time …
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Huawei said its net profit margin was 15% during the period, up from 5% in H1 2022 Chinese vendor Huawei recorded revenues of CNY310.9 billion ($43.1 billion) in the first half of the year, an increase of 3.1% compared to …
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Airtel has already launched 5G services in approximately 5,000 towns and cities across India Indian operator Bharti Airtel has launched 5G services across all 22 telecom circles in the country, using frequencies in the 26 GHz band. The telco stated …