The DoT has set up 5G use case labs within 100 institutes across India with the aim of building competencies and engagement in 5G technologies for students and startup communities
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has launched an experimental license module that will pave the...
Trai has sought views on pricing, allocation norms and payment terms for spectrum in the 37-37.5 GHz, 37.5-40 GHz and 42.5-43.5 GHz bands
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has recently launched a consultation process to sought stakeholders' views on the auction of...
The latest Dell Technologies PowerEdge XR8000 telco-grade servers feature the Intel 4th Gen Xeon Scalable Processors with optional vRAN Boost
With RAN modernization in the U.S. ongoing, and significant investment ramping in Europe and other markets, operators are increasingly focused on virtualization of radio access...
Casa Systems, Dell Technologies and Intel collaborate on a scale-up/scale-down approach to 5G core power management that doesn’t impact network performance
Whatever the 5G use case is, one of the results for operators is the need to serve more throughput per subscriber. At the same...
The Dell PowerEdge R7615 features AMD x86 cloud-native CPUs for telco cloud and network in power- and space-constrained environments
At the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, a primary theme was the accelerating cloudification of telco networks in the move to 5G Standalone and decentralization...
With a private network-ready solution, Dell Technologies is tapping NVIDIA AI acceleration for manufacturing use cases
Leveraging its expertise in enterprise IT at the edge, and layering in cellular connectivity and AI processing powered by partner NVIDIA, Dell Technologies is looking to help industrial enterprises...
As operators move on net-zero goals, the distribution of compute out of data centers could enable new use cases, new business models and new sustainability benefits
Mobile network architectures have been changing as operators look to gain deployment flexibility and vendor choice with radio access...
Orange sees its cloud-native reinvention as setting the stage for the ultimate move to AI-native networking
As it relates to how telecom networks were built and operated, not much changed between 1990 and 2010; physical networks were (and some still are) built using specialized, proprietary...
The interest in cellular non-terrestrial network technology and the business opportunity is reflected in the amount of activity in the space in recent years, as 3GPP 5G standards work has built momentum toward convergence of satellite and cellular networks and raised the possibility of...
With both the satellite industry and the cellular industry trying to figure out which use cases, services and business models should shape their approach to converged 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN), what do analysts have to say about the market opportunity?
There have already been...
O2 Telefonica said it is working with module and device manufacturers to drive development of RedCap technology
German telco O2 Telefónica, which is controlled by Spanish operator Telefonica, said it is currently trialing 5G Reduced Capability (RedCap) technology.
In a release, the operator noted that it...
GCT CEO said that the partnership with Aramco prioritizes 'future-focused AI-driven modem features'
Saudi Arabian state-owned Oil Group Aramco signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with chip company GCT Semiconductor to bolster the country’s 4G and 5G ecosystem through the development of mission-critical and public safety networks.
While...
Draft rules decline to broadly classify network slicing technology
The draft net neutrality rules that the Federal Communications Commission will vote on later this month, don't take a position on whether network slicing technology would fundamentally and inherently be regulated by those rules.
The draft...
MasOrange aims to increase its 5G coverage to above 90% of the Spanish population
MasOrange, Spain's largest mobile operator as a result of the merger between local carriers Orange Spain and Masmovil, plans to invest 4 billion euros ($4.31 billion) in the European country within...
In the upcoming auction, 5G airwaves in 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1.8 GHz MHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.3 GHz, 2.5 GHz, 3.3 GHz and 26 GHz bands will be put up for sale
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) decided to postpone its upcoming spectrum auction from...
The CMA recently highlighted that it has concerns that the proposed Vodafone-Three merger could lead to mobile customers facing higher prices and reduced quality
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has confirmed it will launch, as expected, a Phase 2 investigation into the proposed...
Vodafone said that around half of the population in Germany is now connected to its 5G SA network
German operator Vodafone completed more than 1,200 construction projects within the first quarter of the year, effectively expanding its 5G Standalone (5G SA) network, the telco said...
The report stated that the overall mobile services revenues in Singapore are forecast to expand at a CAGR of 3% during the 2023-2028 period
The increasing adoption of 5G services in Singapore is expected to boost its mobile data service revenue growth, which will in...
Digital Catapult, organising national tech innovation centres on behalf of Innovate UK, the UK government’s innovation agency, has recruited operator Vodafone to connect up its newest 5G innovation lab in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in the northeast of the country. Vodafone has been appointed as “delivery partner”...
Vodafone Spain said the hub will have 1,000 employees at the end of 2024
Spanish telco Vodafone announced plans to locate what it claims to be Spain's largest laboratory for Open RAN (O-RAN) networks in its technology center in Malaga.
The telco noted that this plan...
Jio and rival telco Bharti Airtel initially launched 5G services in October 2022
Indian telco Reliance Jio Infocomm has exceeded the 100 million subscribers in the 5G segment, local newspaper The Economic Times reported.
The report also stated that rival operator Bharti Airtel currently has nearly...
Telcos are recognizing that in order to monetize the potential inherent in cloud-native networks, they must simplify the interface for developers
While open Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) were a big topic at this and last year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona thanks to the GSMA...
Hongkong Electric (HK Electric) has deployed a remotely controlled robot to walk the cable tunnel at its Cyberport switching station, monitoring, inspecting and then relaying metrics like gas concentrations, humidity and temperature. The robot runs on a 5G network installed by Hutchison Telecommunications Hong...
ABI Research noted that 5G FWA subscriptions will reach 118 million by 2029
Worldwide Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) subscriptions are expected to grow at a 14% compound annual growth rate to reach almost 265 million by 2029, according to the latest findings from global technology...
Driven by an ever-expanding universe of connected devices and more powerful smartphones, mobile data traffic is continuing to surge, meaning the stakes are higher than ever when it comes to providing high-performing 5G networks.
For years, the “best network” was defined as the one that...
