Ericsson aims to enable communications service providers to support location-based services across sectors including manufacturing, healthcare, automotive, drones, and public safety
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Location becomes a native 5G function – Ericsson embeds positioning directly into the 5G SA core, removing the need...
Government data shows that India had 518,854 5G base stations in operation by the end of 2025
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400 million 5G users – India now ranks second globally behind China and ahead of the U.S., EU, and Japan in total 5G...
AT&T said that while many in-vehicle services can function over 4G, advanced use cases increasingly benefit from 5G performance
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5G as a vehicle platform - AT&T is positioning 5G as the foundation for software-defined vehicles, enabling faster OTA updates and...
Viettel plans to begin rolling out 5G-Advanced in 2026, using the 700 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands already licensed for 5G
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Trial hits 7.3 Gbps – Viettel achieved speeds six times faster than current 5G SA by aggregating multiple spectrum...
The potential IPO by Jio could raise over $4 billion at current valuations, according to a previous estimate
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India’s biggest IPO in sight – Jio is weighing a 2.5% listing that could raise over $4 billion at current valuations.
Smaller float,...
Going forward, NEC plans to concentrate on equipment for defense-related and other specialized applications
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NEC exits 4G/5G development – The company will stop investing in base station R&D while continuing to support existing deployments.
Competitive pressure intensifies – European and Chinese...
Chunghwa Telecom reported that its FTTx subscribers reached 3.93 million as of the end of last year
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Record financial performance in 2025 – Revenue hit NT$236.11 billion, supported by steady telecom and ICT growth.
Mobile and broadband drive momentum – Subscriber...
The trial builds on a 2024 milestone, when Samsung completed an end-to-end vRAN call in a lab environment using Intel’s Xeon 6 system-on-chip
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Closer to commercial reality - Samsung said the milestone moves cloud-native RAN demonstrates that single-server, software-driven architectures...
Kyivstar's 5G initiative is designed to assess 5G performance in real urban conditions
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5G amid conflict - Kyivstar is advancing 5G pilots despite ongoing attacks on Ukraine’s infrastructure, signaling a broader push to modernize national connectivity even under wartime constraints.
Open,...
Telefónica has been gradually exiting most international markets since 2019, focusing instead on its core operations in Brazil, Germany, Spain and the UK
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Chile transaction – The operator is considering a bid for Telefónica Chile, though no formal offer or...
The new Tokyo trial reduced wireless link latency by around 90% compared with scenarios that did not use 5G and 5G Advanced technologies such as L4S
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Latency reduction – The trial showed 90% wireless latency improvements by combining L4S and...
Operators in China had deployed a total of 4.83 million 5G base stations as of the end of November 2025
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Modest revenues – Telecom sector revenue rose 0.9% year-on-year to nearly CNY1.61 trillion ($228 billion) in the first 11 months.
Higher...
Fastweb+Vodafone and TIM plan to use a RAN sharing model to accelerate 5G deployment om Italy, targeting small towns.
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Shared rollout – Fastweb+Vodafone plan to use a RAN sharing model to accelerate 5G deployment across Italy, pending regulatory approvals.
Smaller towns...
Local carriers had deployed 518,854 5G BTS across India as of the end of 2025, according to data from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT)
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5G growth continues, but at a slower pace – India added 4,112 5G BTS in December,...
This strategic partnership is aimed at solving one of the big problems facing home FWA deployments
Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) is an exciting new service that delivers wireless broadband to homes. Like all emerging technologies, challenges arise as it rolls out at scale. Solace Power...
According to a recent report, 75% of telco CEOs believe legacy IT systems hinder rapid innovation
The telecommunications industry is undergoing significant change. Connectivity is increasingly commoditized, 5G is broadly deployed, and 6G is on the horizon. Yet revenue growth remains stagnant. While most...
In a world where everything is mission-critical, no one can afford a failed connection
Every access technology fails — fiber cuts, power outages, overloaded 5G cells. Further, user expectations have changed; home connectivity today is mission-critical: remote work, school assignments, telehealth, payments, streaming, gaming. When...
MasOrange, Spain’s largest operator by customer base, is accelerating its O-RAN deployment with Swedish vendor Ericsson
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Open RAN-ready – One-third of MasOrange’s 5G sites are ready for Open RAN, making it Europe’s largest commercial Open RAN deployment.
AI-driven automation – rApps...
BSNL plans to roll out 5G services in Delhi and Mumbai by December 2025, according to recent reports
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97,068 4G sites installed, 93,511 live – Government data shows rapid progress in BSNL’s indigenous rollout, with equipment designed for future 5G...
The bigger truth is that carriers, consumers, and businesses are not yet ready for 6G
While some have begun speculating on the futuristic potential of 6G, a more pressing need confronts Communications Service Providers (CSPs): monetizing their massive investments in 5G SA. The fact is...
Using machine learning, du can autonomously manage network capacity based on customer requirements
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First autonomous slicing deployment – du and Nokia report the first use of 5G Advanced autonomous slicing, adding real-time, self-adjusting performance control for a wide range of...
ABI Research identifies the fastest growth in 'carpeted verticals' such as retail, stadiums and financial services, where slicing requirements are simpler
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Network slicing will scale from $6.1B to $67.5B by 2030 – A tenfold jump fueled by 70% CAGR, SA...
As part of the agreement, SK Telecom will contribute operational data and nationwide test environments
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Samsung and SKT sign a 6G-focused MOU – Collaboration targets AI-RAN advances such as channel estimation, distributed MIMO and next-generation schedulers to improve performance and...
Nokia will deliver its energy-efficient, AI-ready AirScale RAN portfolio, including Habrok Massive MIMO radios for the n78 band
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Telefónica Germany extends its RAN deal with Nokia to 2030 – New contract covers Cloud RAN deployment, RAN modernization and a nationwide...
T-Mobile US signed a multi-year extension as the exclusive 5G partner of Formula 1 and will deliver 5G broadcast innovations
T-Mobile US’ Las Vegas Formula 1 Grand Prix event has been loud, high-velocity, and laser-focused on extending its F1 partnership while tackling one of consumers’...
