According to Omdia, Vodafone Spain currently offers 5G in 190 municipalities across the country
Spain is forecast to end 2022 with a total of 8.6 million subscribers in the 5G segment, local paper OK Diario reported, citing information from consulting firm Omdia.
According to the report,...
Three says that usage of its 5G network has surged by an astonishing 385% since 2020
According to a new report released by UK operator Three, more users in the region are using its 5G services than its 3G services for the first time. The...
Ericsson is working with US real estate developer Hillwood to offer a tool for autonomous and connected vehicle companies to access “secure and constant” 4G and 5G connectivity at the Mobility Innovation Zone (MIZ) within the 27,000-acre AllianceTexas development in Fort Worth, in Texas....
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Operators in France are currently using 700 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 3.5 GHz bands for 5G
France had a total of 32,930 authorized 5G sites as of April 1, of which 24,046 were declared technically operational by the local mobile carriers, according to the latest monthly...
The new O-RAN Release 002 focuses on enabling Open Intelligence
The O-RAN Alliance released its second wave of specifications for open radio access network (RAN) architecture.
In a release, the O-RAN Alliance noted that the new O-RAN Release 002 focuses on enabling Open Intelligence.
Features in the...
The U.K. telco expects 5G will account for 35% of data usage by the end of 2022
U.K. operator Three UK currently operates 2,700 5G sites in 370 towns and cities across the country, the company said in a release. The telco noted that its...
As 5G use cases have evolved, new studies and new features are needed for the safe operation of UAVs, 3GPP said
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are increasingly integrating into today’s airspace, providing different capabilities such as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data for both civil and...
Greg Mayo, NETSCOUT chief architect in the CTO office, discusses E2E service assurance in 5G systems. He looks at the complexities, both technical and business, associated with purpose-built private networks along with slicing of public networks. While Mayo doesn't see 5G changing the world...
DISH partnered with Dell Technologies for IT and enterprise expertise
DISH Wireless is in the midst of building out a brand new, nationwide 5G network architected using cloud-native and Open RAN principles, with Kubernetes-based management at its heart. Beyond consumer mobile broadband services, DISH Wireless...
NTIA said that the 5G Challenge Preliminary Event will award a total prize purse of up to $3 million to contestants
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) announced the launch of the 5G Challenge in collaboration with the Department...
At the end of March 2022, SoftBank's 5G network covered 90% of the country’s population
Japanese operator SoftBank announced it decided to raise up to JPY35 billion ($262.6 million) through a syndicated loan to fund capital expenditures exclusively for the construction of 5G base stations.
In...
Vodafone Spain's CEO said that previous periods of consolidations had been positive for the domestic mobile telephony market
The potential merger of Spanish carriers Orange and Masmovil will represent a big opportunity for Vodafone Spain, Spanish newspaper Cinco Dias reported Vodafone Spain’s CEO, Colman Deegan,...
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Vodafone plans to deploy Open RAN across 30% of its European footprint by 2030
Vodafone has been a staunch advocate of the innovation potential represented by Open RAN. Indeed, at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the multinational operator committed to deploying Open RAN...
Verizon sees its network future in a private, telco-grade cloud
5G has long been described as the first generation of cellular born in the cloud. While that's a reductive statement, operators are moving network functions and operational processes into the cloud, there's a heavily-debated question:...
1&1 said the initial order stipulates the deployment of 500 antennas across Germany
1&1 Mobilfunk, a subsidiary of German carrier 1&1, and GfTD have signed a contract for the deployment of mobile network infrastructure across Germany. 1&1 said that the first order amounts to 500...
Northrop Grumman and AT&T plan to deliver a 5G-based architecture solution that will help the DoD connect distributed sensors
AT&T and Northrop Grumman Corporation entered into a collaboration agreement to research and develop a digital battle network, powered by the carrier's 5G and Northrop Grumman’s...
'Ready to deliver a cloud-native Packet Core platform'
Vodafone Portugal will use Mavenir’s 5G Converged Packet Core in its 5G Standalone (SA) service buildout, the companies said in a statement on Monday. Mavenir’s 5G Converged Packet Core is part of its MAVcore platform. Mavenir emphasizes MAVcore’s...
Custom-machine manufacturer MGA Technologies has engaged Finland-based industrial networking specialist Edzcom, owned by Spanish tower company Cellnex, to deploy a private 5G network from Nokia at its new MGA TechLab 4.0 in Lyon, in France. The network went live in January; new Industry 4.0...
The number of media reports chronicling the rise in 5G adoption across both public and private sectors continues to grow
In March, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) announced the establishment of a cross-functional team tasked with speeding up the adoption of 5G and future...
The O-RAN-based 5G validation used spectrum in the 3500 MHz band
Indian operator Bharti Airtel has conducted what is said to be India’s first Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) based live 5G network validation in partnership with Mavenir.
The Mavenir Open Virtualized Radio Access Network...
Telefónica said it has already deployed over 5,000 5G antennas in the 3.6 GHz frequency
German operator Telefónica Deutschland/O2, controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, said its 5G network already operates around 10,000 antennas in the country.
The telco said that this network infrastructure is enabling the...
The Scotland 5G Centre (S5GC), a government-sponsored research centre with the universities of Strathclyde and Glasgow, has opened new private 5G network testbeds in Aberdeen and Kilmarnock, in Scotland. The new additions take the total number of S5GC testbeds to five, following installations in...
