The proposed Rogers-Shaw merger was initially announced on March 15, 2021 Canadian operators Rogers Communications, Shaw Communications and Quebecor announced an agreement to extend the outside date of the proposed merger of Rogers and Shaw and the acquisition of Freedom …
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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BT Group noted that the new antenna technology aims to deliver 4G and 5G from the air U.K. operator BT and Stratospheric Platforms (SPL) announced they will test delivering mobile coverage using a new antenna technology, designed to be mounted …
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Reliance Jio already launched 5G in 191 towns and cities across India Indian carrier Reliance Jio announced the launch of its 5G services across all six states of the North-East circle, the company said in a release. The telco’s 5G …
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Quebecor acquired additional 5G spectrum in Manitoba and Quebec Canadian operator Quebecor and its subsidiary Videotron have invested nearly CAD10 million ($7.5 million) to acquire new 5G wireless spectrum licenses, in Manitoba in the 600 MHz band and in Quebec …
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Deutsche Telekom said the new devices were developed based upon the expertise and economies of scale created by T-Mobile US’s own brand “REVVL” line of smartphones German carrier Deutsche Telekom has launched its own 5G smartphones in its home market …
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This partnership will enable Echelon Edge to be a provider of private LTE and 5G services under the BSNL spectrum allocated for private networks India’s state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has inked a partnership with compatriot IT company firm …
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SFR currently provides 5G services in 6,200 municipalities across France French telco SFR announced it has selected Finnish vendor Nokia for the deployment of its 5G Standalone (SA) core network, the former said in a release. As part of its …
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The telco has also said it plans to make 5G available anywhere in the U.K. by 2028 U.K. carrier EE announced its 5G network has already reached 60% population coverage in the country. EE, which had launched its 5G network …
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The Rogers-Shaw merger still remains subject of the approval by the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal has rejected the competition bureau’s request to block the merger of Canadian carriers Rogers and Shaw, a decision …
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In August 2022, Spark had completed what it claimed to be the first end-to-end 5G SA network trial in the country New Zealand telco Spark, together with Ericsson and Red Hat, announced the successful completion of a 5G Standalone (5G …
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DNB recently said that its 5G network has achieved almost 50% coverage of populated areas with some 3,900 sites at the end of 2022 Malaysian operator Maxis said it will postpone seeking its shareholders’ approval on its entry into a …
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6G-IA is focusing on ‘beyond 5G’ (B5G) and 6G research, pre-standardization activities, policy and regulatory issues Europe’s 6G Smart Networks and Services Industry Association (6G-IA) and ETSI recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost cooperation on 5G and …
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KDDI has been developing O-RAN compliant 5G Open vRAN sites using Samsung’s virtualized solutions Japanese operator KDDI announced that, in cooperation with Samsung Electronics and Fujitsu, it initiated commercial deployment of O-RAN-compliant 5G Open Virtual Radio Access Network (Open vRAN) …
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Jio is currently offering 5G services in 184 cities across India Indian operator Reliance Jio continued to expand its 5G footprint in the country, with the launch of 5G coverage in 50 new cities. With this new launch, the telco …
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Once the acquisition if fully completed, Cognizant will add nearly 900 people across Europe and North America Technology services and consulting company Cognizant has entered into an agreement to acquire U.K.-based IoT software engineering services company Mobica. Once the acquisition …
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Samsung said that the trial took place in Tokyo during Q4 2022 Samsung Electronics and Japanese operator KDDI asay that they have successfully achieved Service Level Agreement (SLA) assurance network slicing in a field trial conducted in Tokyo, Japan. In …
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This QoS managed connectivity demonstration was conducted in a field trial set up at the Deutsche Telekom campus in Bonn Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies have implemented a priority scheduling mechanism in a 5G Standalone (SA) NR-DC (dual connectivity) …
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India’s telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the 5G platform will be exported to other markets starting in 2024 India expects to start deploying its locally-developed 4G and 5G technology in the country this year, local press reported, citing India’s …
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Taiwan Mobile and Far EasTone would have to return spectrum to have the mergers fully approved Taiwan’s telecom regulator approved the mergers between Taiwan Mobile and Taiwan Star Telecom, and Far EasTone and Asia Pacific Telecom (APT), local newspaper Taipei …
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Vodafone said that 5G SA trial will be initially for customers in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol, Bath, Glasgow and Birmingham U.K. carrier Vodafone claimed to be the first mobile operator in the U.K. to switch on its 5G Standalone (5G …
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China Mobile has added a total of 227.2 million subscribers in the 5G segment during 2022 China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added a total of 18.6 million 5G subscribers during December, the telco said on …
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The government has indicated that this is part of its plan to promote 5G technology in Spain The Council of Ministers in Spain has approved a decree, which modifies the regulation on the use of public radioelectric domain and allows …
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The demo integrated radios with Northrop Grumman’s tactical data links, AT&T’s private 5G network and Fujitsu’s O-RAN Network AT&T, Fujitsu and Northrop Grumman Corporation said they recently demonstrated 5G-enabled intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities in Northrop Grumman’s new 5G …
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Seven startups were selected to participate in the 5G hub, and worked alongside network experts from Verizon to create new 5G use cases Verizon and Canadian incubator Centech announced the results from the first cohort of startups and scaleups in …
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Verizon Connect had initially unveiled its advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) Dashcam in August 2022 Verizon Connect said that its new artificial intelligence (AI) Dashcam solution is now available in selected countries in the EMEA and APAC regions. The new Verizon …