BROWSING: 5G

Telefónica launches public acquisition offer for Telefónica Germany

Telefónica currently holds approximately 71.81% of the shares in Telefónica Germany Spanish operator Telefónica has made a voluntary public acquisition offer to the shareholders of German telco Telefónica Germany to acquire up to 28.19% of Telefónica Deutschland shares, which are not already held by Telefónica. The...

Huawei, China Unicom to install 5G-Advanced production line

Huawei highlighted that 5G-Advanced networks provide ultra-high reliability and ultra-low latency China Unicom and Huawei claim that they are installing a commercial 5G-Advanced production line that features ultra-high reliability and ultra-low latency at the Baoding automation technology branch of Chinese firm Exquisite Automotive Systems (EA),...

Increasing confidence in 5G for business: Survey

Customers in both the public and private sectors, as well as the telecom sector, are increasingly confident in 5G as a technology, according to a new survey commissioned by Boldyn Networks of users in the U.S., U.K. and Ireland. But many of them also...

One NZ to acquire Dense Air’s New Zealand business to boost 5G

One New Zealand said its 5G service is live in parts of Auckland, Hamilton, Bay of Plenty, Manawatū-Whanganui, Taranaki, Wellington, Christchurch, Queenstown and Southland New Zealand carrier One New Zealand said it has reached an agreement to acquire Dense Air’s business with the aim of...

Thailand may award 3.5 GHz spectrum in 2026: Report

The local telecommunications regulator currently holds 400 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) Office said it is currently working on a spectrum management roadmap that could see auctions for the 3.5 GHz spectrum band for 5G...

5G-Advanced to help telcos monetize 5G networks: ABI Research

The ABI Research director explained that 3GPP Release 18, which is branded as 5G-Advanced, will be frozen in March 2024 5G-Advanced is expected to introduce many new features that can help operators monetize their 5G networks, Dimitris Mavrakis, senior research director at ABI Research, told...

SK Telecom invests in US-based AI startups

SK Telecom invested a total of $7.2 billion in U.S. startups Allganize and Imprimed Korean carrier SK Telecom has invested a total of KRW 9.4 billion ($7.2 billion) in artificial intelligence (AI) startups Allganize and Imprimed, local newspaper The Korea Economic Daily reported. As part of...

Vodafone Germany accelerates 5G deployments near railway lines

Vodafone Germany had inked a partnership with German railway operator Deutsche Bahn to boost 5G connectivity last year Vodafone Germany has already built more than 225 mobile masts since the start of 2023 to upgrade communications on railways, the telco said in a release. In April...

Nokia sees high demand for 5G gear in India in 2024-25: Report

In a recent conference call, Nokia President and CEO Pekka Lundmark said that the vendor’s business continued to see benefit from 5G deployments in India Finnish vendor Nokia is seeing a substantial demand for 5G equipment in India during the next two years, local newspaper...

5G-Advanced to improve performance aspects of 5G: SoftBank

The SoftBank executive noted that he expects 5G-Advanced technology to gradually be implemented into commercial network equipment after 2025 The main features of future 5G-Advanced networks are expected to include further improvements in the fundamental performance aspects of 5G, such as coverage, capacity and mobility,...

The emerging role and potential of hyperscale cloud in telco networks (Reader Forum)

The 5G network transition is now underway to what many true believers would consider “real 5G:” the implementation of Standalone 5G with the cloud-native mobile packet core. While the initial rollout of 5G was focused on introducing 5G spectrum to boost capacity, 5G Standalone...

Indian state telco BSNL to launch 4G next month

BSNL also said it aims to launch 5G in India in June 2024 Indian state-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is planning to launch its 4G service in December on a limited scale and then roll it out across the country by June...

5G-Advanced will help telcos to monetize 5G investments: GSMA

The GSMA noted that 5G-Advanced will facilitate entirely new applications in areas such as smart transportation, smart cities and entertainment The launch of future 5G-Advanced networks will enable telecom operators to monetize their previous investments in the 5G field, Barbara Pareglio, senior technical director, smart...

Virgin Media O2 sells part of its stake in tower firm Cornerstone

Virgin Media O2 will retain a 33.33% stake in Cornerstone upon completion of the transaction U.K. telco Virgin Media O2 has reached an agreement to sell a 16.67% minority stake in its mobile tower joint venture, Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited, to the U.K.-based infrastructure fund,...

DNB, Ericsson launch 5G experience center in Malaysia

Ericsson was in charge of the deployment of DNB's 5G network infrastructure across Malaysia Malaysian state-run 5G network Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) has launched what it claims to be the largest 5G experience center in the country in partnership with Swedish vendor Ericsson. The main aim...

Ericsson unveils software toolkit to boost 5G network capabilities

Ericsson said the toolkit is designed for telecommunications services providers to deliver use cases with high requirements on throughput, reliability and latency at agreed performance levels Swedish vendor Ericsson has launched a new software toolkit with the main aim of strengthening 5G Standalone (SA) network...

KDDI, Cisco and Fujitsu start operation of metro network in Japan

The Fujitsu OLS “1FINITY” series adopted for the metro network's inter-station transmission lines Japanese telco KDDI, Cisco Systems and Fujitsu announced the recent launch of operations of a metro, regional network that combines the IP layer network and optical transmission layer network for streamlined...

Will 5G Change The World? Kristian Toivo, TIP (Ep. 63)

Telecom Infra Project Executive Director Kristian Toivo comes on the show to reflect on key learnings form the recent TIP-hosted Fyuz event in Madrid, in particular the industrialization of Open RAN. In addition to looking how buy-in from incumbent vendors can accelerate Open RAN...

Qualcomm Webinar: 5G Advanced: The path toward a more sustainable future

Mobile communication has seamlessly woven into the fabric of our daily lives, significantly influencing how we live, play, and work. Given its critical role in modern society, it is vital to direct the progression in this sector towards a more sustainable future. 5G has...

India to require 22 million workers in 5G-focused industries by 2025

India currently faces a telecom demand-supply gap of 2.41 million workers, a figure expected to rise 3.8 times by 2030 India will require a total of 22 million skilled workers in 5G-focused industries by 2025, in areas such as cloud computing, robots, and the Internet...

Samsung, O2 Telefónica to trial vRAN and Open RAN tech

Testing will first be carried out technologies at a lab in Munich, and then in a commercial 5G network in Landsberg am Lech Samsung Electronics and O2 Telefónica are jointly trialing advanced cloud-native virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) and Open RAN technologies in several lab and...

What timeline and features are expected for 5G-Advanced?

Fujitsu believes that 5G-Advanced will contribute to the realization of technologies necessary for immersive multi-modal VR, smart home and smart city 5G-Advanced (5G-A) is expected to be commercially launched around 2026, Hiroyo Masuda, senior architect of 6G infrastructure, strategic planning division of advanced technology development...

Brazilian regulator allocates 120 megahertz at 4.9 GHz for 5G

This move by telecom watchdog Anatel is expected to contribute to increased capacity and improved performance of 5G services across Brazil The Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) has approved the allocation of an additional 120 megahertz of spectrum in the 4.9 GHz band for the...

AI, ML to play a key role in 5G-Advanced networks: Nokia

Nokia expects the first release of the 5G-Advanced standard, Release 18, will be completed by 3GPP in the first half of 2024 Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) will play a key role in future 5G networks, Peter Merz, head of Nokia Standards, told...

Jio already deployed 1 million 5G cells in India

Jio highlighted it has contributed to 85% of the overall 5G capacity in India Reliance Jio Infocomm has already deployed over 1 million 5G cells across India, the telco said in its earning statement. Jio’s 5G network is currently providing coverage in nearly 8,000 towns and...