5G

Since its commercial launch in 2019, 5G is gearing up to enter its next transformational phase, which will be driven largely by 5G-Advanced — an upgrade to The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) release that will bring about substantial improvements …

The mobile experience in and around major stadiums is crucial to keeping customers happy as they browse, text, call and share their pictures and video from large sporting events or concerts. With tens of thousands of subscribers concentrated in a …

Passengers aboard flights in the EU will be able to use their mobile phones just like with a ground-based 5G mobile network Airlines in Europe will be able to provide the latest 5G technology on their planes, now that the …

The Ericsson study noted that emerging markets could benefit from GDP growth between 0.3 and 0.46% through 2035 The deployment of 5G technology could trigger a number of economic benefits for certain emerging markets, according to a new Ericsson-commissioned study …

The Hong Kong government is taking comments through December 15 Hong Kong’s Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development (SCED) and the Communications Authority (CA) recently launched a public consultation on the proposed reassignment of 20 megahertz of spectrum in the …

The move is part of China’s broader initiative to widen the application of 5G industrial internet to boost the domestic manufacturing sector   The government of China has granted the first 5G private network license in the country to Commercial …

Japanese company Fujitsu is taking part in this 5G initiative   A consortium of Japanese organizations has developed open source software for private 5G networks, claiming to domestically produce a low-cost 5G core (5GC) network which brings down the cost …

Deutsche Telekom said that telecom regulator Bundesnetzagentur provided support for these 6 GHz tests with a special license German carrier Deutsche Telekom said it tested frequencies in the 6 GHz band in the city of Bonn under real-world conditions. The …

France-based virtual operator Transatel, busily offering somehow-unfashionable local MVNO and MVNE services in Europe for two decades already, has a second (actually, third and fourth) life, suddenly, in the global IoT game – which has become even racier in recent …

Both firms will bring secured Edge Cloud services backed by IBM Cloud Satellite to end customer   Colt Technology Services and IBM have launched a joint lab environment to help customers adopt Industry 4.0 technologies in the manufacturing value chain. …

Vodafone said its new 5G FWA offering will enable customers to have access speeds of up to 1 Gbps Spanish telco Vodafone announced it will launch 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) services for homes and businesses by the end of …

Sony Semiconductor Israel has introduced a new dual-band low-power cellular IoT chipset solution which it claims is the “first” to combine the both LTE-M and NB-IoT in a single integrated modem. The new ALT1350 chipset also supports satellite (non-terrestrial; NTN) …

T-Mobile’s IoT developer kit includes a complete software development kit (SDK), built on the Zephyr Real-time Operating System   T-Mobile US announced the launch of its first IoT developer kit, which will enable developers to connect to the carrier’s network …

China had a total of 2.22 million 5G base stations across the country as of the end of Q3 Chinese operators recorded a net gain of 24.75 million 5G subscribers in October, according to the operators’ latest available statistics. China …

Mobile operators in Canada already provide 5G coverage to 75% of the population Four million smartphone users in Canada are expecting to upgrade to 5G services over the next 12-15 months, according to a recent survey carried out by Ericsson. …

Celcom DiGi will become Malaysia’s largest telco with over 20 million subscribers The proposed merger between Malaysian operators Celcom Axiata and DiGi Malaysia merger is now a step closer, after the boards of both companies gave their approval for the …

The EC noted that the calls aim to strengthen the cybersecurity of 5G network infrastructure by supporting secure services The European Commission has launched an invitation to companies, government agencies and other organizations to submit proposals for “innovative” cybersecurity solutions …

Vodafone Idea’s CTO said that the telco will continue to carry out O-RAN trials in the country Indian carrier Vodafone Idea is open to carrying out additional pilots of Open-RAN (O-RAN), and would potentially consider the deployment of O-RAN networks …

A session at Private Networks European Forum (PNEF) last month considered the challenges, and broader cultural shift, to bring ‘private 5G to the masses’. Koen Mioulet, secretary at the European Users Wireless Enterprise Network Association (EUWENA), and Maria Cuevas, networks …

Over 4,000 major commercial buildings and key public institutions in Shanghai will have indoor 5G coverage by end-2023 China’s main financial hub, Shanghai, is expected to have more than 77,000 5G base stations by the end of 2023, Chinese press …

The three operators in South Korea had secured frequencies in the 3.5 GHz and 28 GHz bands in 2018 The South Korean government said it will cancel the spectrum licenses in the 28 GHz band that was allocated to local …

Over 20 Indian enterprises have applied to secure 5G spectrum to set private networks in the country   Indian carriers believe that they are better prepared for the end-to-end deployment of private 5G networks and for managing the related infrastructure …

Ericsson is already working with TIM competitor WindTre on 5G SA efforts  Ericsson noted Friday that Italian telco TIM has selected Ericsson’s dual-mode 5G core for its forthcoming 4G and 5G core modernization efforts. TIM will use Ericsson’s technology to modernize …

NTT DoCoMo and SKT will align their concepts and timelines for the early deployment of 6G Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo announced an agreement with Korean telecommunications operator SK Telecom (SKT) to collaborate on the enhancement of their respective “smart-life businesses” …

Infosys, Capgemini, GMR, Larsen & Toubro, Tata Communications, Tata Power and Tejas Networks are among the interested firms to deploy private 5G networks   Over 20 Indian companies have applied to secure 5G spectrum to set private networks in the …