STC also working on 5G with Ericsson, Cisco and Huawei
Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has announced a cooperation agreement with Nokia, under which the two partners will work to launch a 5G network in Saudi Arabia in 2018.
STC and Nokia agreed to jointly work towards...
Mobile network operators (MNOs) are expanding their fronthaul networks to get ready for 5G. As more RRHs are deployed, the number of RF signals and fiber optic connections being monitored—and trouble tickets being generated—will skyrocket. All that change means field technician workloads are set...
Ericsson, Ciena, IBM, Thales and CGI involved in 5G project
ENCQOR, Evolution of Networked Services through a Corridor in Québec and Ontario for Research and Innovation, is the public-private partnership focused on 5G technology and use case development backed to the tune of $400 million...
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Sherif Hanna, Director of Product Marketing at Qualcomm Technologies explains the path Qualcomm is taking for the x50 modem to get data over mmWave spectrum.
The telco urged the government to accelerate plans to allocate 5G spectrum
New Zealand telecom operator Spark announced what it claims to be the country’s first live 5G mobile test site in Wellington. The 5G trial used equipment and technical support from Chinese vendor Huawei. It...
The hype surrounding the potentially transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) on the telecoms industry is impossible to ignore. AI was the talk of the town at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, again, at the end of last month, as...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a crucial sub-text in the evolution of LTE and IoT networks. The deployment of AI-driven applications among the carrier community is limited so far.
“We are at the beginning,” says Luc Bretones, executive vice president of the France-based Orange’s Technocentre...
The categorization of artificial intelligence (AI) in telecoms can be cut any number of ways. Spanish telecoms group Telefónica identifies four business needs: in business optimization, market insights, customer engagement, and business innovation. Francisco José Montalvo, director of its ‘fourth platform’ business, says these...
The telecoms industry is heavily invested the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) based technologies. “The telecoms network is the basis for the outbreak of AI, and AI will greatly enhance the telecoms network,” comments Zhang Sihong, chief engineer of AI...
Financial Times reporting that Qualcomm director has approached SoftBank and other potential buyers
Paul Jacobs, former executive chairman of the Qualcomm Board of Directors and son of company founder Irwin Jacobs, is reportedly looking to sell the San Diego, Calif.-based silicon and R&D giant. The...
The U.K. government plans to kick off a 5G spectrum auction on March 20
The implementation of 5G technologies will enable cities in the U.K. to generate annual savings of £6 billion ($8.36 billion), according to a recent study by U.K mobile operator O2. The report...
Chief Strategy Officer Rima Qureshi on innovation, disruption
In a wide-ranging podcast focused on the conceptual approach to corporate strategy and role of women in technology, Verizon Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer Rima Qureshi laid out her approach to working with internal stakeholders...
Netcracker VP discusses commercialization and monetization of 5G
Ari Banerjee, Netcracker's vice president of strategy, reflected on the prominence of 5G and related news that came out of Mobile World Congress, but noted that beyond just network implementations, operators need a path to use 5G...
The Finnish government acquired a 3.3% stake in Nokia via its fully-owned holding company Solidium
The Finnish government has acquired 3.3% of the shares in Nokia Corporation for approximately 844 million euros ($1.04 billion). The government said the acquisition was made through the state’s holding company...
RFIs for 5G core are coming out now; RFPs to follow in 2019, Oracle VP says
5G, for operators, is all about efficiency and flexibility--lowering the cost per bit per hertz of data transported by optimizing network and spectrum resources, and using automation to do...
5G technology is still in its infancy, with widespread deployment not expected until about 2021, yet as we enter the limited test phase, it’s time for businesses to begin considering just how powerful this technology will be. With increased speed, efficiency, and broader IoT...
ORLANDO, Fla.--5G networks are expected to be significantly more dense than current LTE networks, both due to the shorter propagation range of millimeter-wave frequencies as well as the need for high capacity.
Greater densification represents a number of challenges, according to panelists at last week's...
Blockchain, 5G and private LTE are key to Telefónica industrial digitalization strategy
Telcos like Telefónica are in the interesting position of going through internal digital transformation while simultaneously turning those key learnings into new products offered on top of operators' networks. Whether internal- or external-facing...
Move to block hostile takeover of Qualcomm seems pinned to concerns about Chinese technology ambitions
After the Department of Treasury's Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. ordered Qualcomm to scrap a March 6 annual shareholder's meeting to allow for a review of Broadcom's more...
The 5G testbeds will receive approximately $35 million in funding
The U.K. government has allocated £25 million ($ 34.7 million) in new funding to six 5G pilots across the country. The six projects are run by small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), universities and...
Last week, the mobile industry gathered in Barcelona, Spain, at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018, to showcase the latest innovations in mobile technology. Over the last few years, 5G has quickly evolved from visionary statements in keynote presentations, to real demonstrations of 5G technologies...
Ofcom confirmed the spectrum auction will begin on March 20
U.K. telecommunications services regulator Ofcom has approved six companies to take part in its upcoming auction of spectrum for 4G and 5G services, which is expected to begin later this month. Ofcom aims to award 150...
Millimeter wave will support 5G use cases including eMBB and massive IoT
Carriers have invested heavily in the R&D that will result in the launch of commercial 5G services as soon as later this year. Seeking ROI on those investments, the industry-wide goal is rapid...
For carriers and service providers (SPs), transitioning from 4G to 5G will require more than a simple network infrastructure upgrade. More importantly, it will require a drastic shift in the strategies around the way we do business. We’ve heard countless times, unlike the progression...
Big four carriers touted comparative spectrum positions as key to 5G plans
Deutsche Bank's annual Media, Telecom and Business Services Conference always provides excellent insight into mobile operator growth strategy, including investment in network infrastructure and growth in service revenues. In the U.S. the competitive...
