BROWSING: 5G

India forms working group to promote telecom exports

Some of the working groups announced by the government of India will seek to promote exports of 4G, 5G and future 6G systems India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has formed eight working groups with the aim of positioning the country as a leading exporter of...

Standalone 5G monetization requires charging system modernization 

As operators face a pressing need to monetize 5G services, Mavenir is focused on a converged charging system to bridge the gap between 4G, NSA 5G and SA 5G As operators navigate the numerous technological and business model evolutions needed to  deliver the full 5G feature...

AT&T, Comcast join 5G Open Innovation Lab

AT&T and Comcast are joining 5G OI Lab as founding partners 5G Open Innovation Lab (5G OI Lab) announced that U.S. operators AT&T and Comcast have joined its innovation ecosystem as founding partners. The two companies join the 18 founding and corporate partners, 5G OI Lab...

Orange Belgium inks connectivity deal with Flemish government

Orange said that 75,000 SIM cards and 9,500 cards for machine-to-machine and IoT services will be activated for Flemish administrative offices Orange Belgium has signed an initial five-year agreement to provide mobile connectivity and IoT services to the Flemish government, the telco said in a...

Vodafone UK highlights potential losses for NHS if 5G rollout slows

Vodafone UK noted that 5G networks will enable more patient care to be delivered remotely The U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) could lose up to £1 billion ($1.24 billion) a year if 5G is not rolled out quickly across the country, according to a new...

Eutelsat, Enensys to showcase live DVB-NIP over 5G

Eutelsat and Enensys will be hosting a live demo of satellite contribution to 5G networks at IBC 2023 in Amsterdam using the DVB-NIP standard Enensys Technologies, which is a media delivery solution provider, has signed a partnership with satellite operator Eutelsat aiming to enable streaming...

Deutsche Telekom, Microsoft launch 5G private networks offering

Deutsche Telekom tested the new private 5G network solution with Microsoft in a lab environment in Bonn German carrier Deutsche Telekom launched its new "Campus Network Smart" solution, which will be delivered in collaboration with Microsoft, the operator said in a release. Deutsche Telekom noted that...

Tata Consultancy Services aims to sell 5G gear in the US market

Tata Consultancy Services noted that Tejas' N78 5G radios are compatible with 3.3 GHz spectrum India's largest IT services firm, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), is considering plans to start selling its locally-developed and manufactured 5G radio network gear to other markets, particularly to the U.S.,...

Germany considers five-year extension for spectrum rights usage

Germany aims to extend the usage of spectrum in the 800 MHz, 1,800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands The German Federal Network Agency, Bundesnetzagentur, has launched a consultation process with the aim of evaluating a potential five-year extension for the provision of spectrum in the...

Thai telco AIS to lease RAN equipment to National Telecom for 5G

Under the terms of the agreement, AIS will lease 13,500 base stations which the carrier expects to deploy over the next two years Thai carrier Advanced Info System (AIS) has signed an agreement to lease Radio Access Network (RAN) equipment to state-run operator National Telecom...

Proximus tests warehouse management using 5G, drones and AI

Proximus is working with its partners, ID2Move and Phoenix-Tech and its subsidiary Proximus Ada Belgium operator Proximus and several of its partners recently unveiled a 5G project with the aim of testing warehouse management using 5G coupled with drones and artificial intelligence (AI). The carrier noted...

Jio urges DoT to expand uses of E-band spectrum

Jio has already deployed its 5G service in 7,543 cities across 36 states in India Indian carrier Reliance Jio Infocomm Reliance asked the country’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to widen the scope of E-band spectrum usage to include access services along with backhaul, local newspaper...

Huawei explains 5.5G and how it could transform industries

Huawei has been lately increasing efforts and resources to boost the adoption of 5G technology in a number of verticals such as manufacturing, ports, airport, healthcare and mining, among others. The company is seeing significant opportunities for the telecom industry to start monetizing investments in...

Entel completes final phase of its 5G rollout in Chile

As of the end of June, Entel had 1.20 million active customers in the 5G segment Chilean operator Entel said it has completed the second and final phase of its 5G rollout project. Entel claimed to be the first carrier in Chile to fully complete the...

Telekom Malaysia, SK Telecom to boost MEC adoption in Malaysia

Telekom Malaysia aims to offer its customers in Malaysia and the region with multi-access edge computing from all its data centers in the country Telekom Malaysia (TM) and Korean carrier SK Telecom inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop the Multi-Access Edge Computing...

American Tower aims to sell part of its Indian business soon: CFO

American Tower's CFO said the company was in the final stage of negotiations to sell a majority stake in its tower unit in India American Tower is confident of finalizing the sale of its towers business in India soon, the company’s CFO, Rod Smith, said...

Qualcomm, Apple extend 5G modem agreement for three years

Qualcomm also makes money from Apple as a result of a lawsuit over royalties that was settled in 2019 Qualcomm this week announced that it will supply Apple with 5G modems for smartphones through 2026, despite previous suggestions that Apple would likely begin using an internally developed 5G modem...

The 5G and Wi-Fi symbiosis

Wireless communications have transformed nearly every application space, from smart home security and personal computing to mobile phones, audio, and video streaming, and factory-floor automation. Benefiting from decades of rapid innovation, almost every electronic product on the market today is a connected device. The technologies...

Deutsche Telekom demos 5G network slicing

Deutsche Telekom noted that slices are implemented as a dynamic and automated end-to-end service offering that is activated in minutes across the 5G network Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Mavenir and Blue Planet (which is a division of Ciena) said they have jointly demonstrated the benefits of...

MTN selects American Tower to manage its towers in Nigeria

MTN had launched 5G service in the country using equipment from Swedish vendor Ericsson Africa’s largest mobile operator, MTN Group, said U.S. wireless infrastructure provider American Tower will take over its Nigerian tower operations from IHS Holdings, starting in 2025. In a stock exchange filing, MTN...

Deutsche Telekom claims new record in 6 GHz trial

Deutsche Telekom said that the data speed and bandwidth achieved during the trial were up to twelve times higher than current 5G networks German carrier Deutsche Telekom achieved a 12 Gbps mobile data rate using a combination of 6 GHz and 3.6 GHz antennas in...

The evolution of 5G: Navigating challenges and seizing opportunities (Reader Forum)

While the path to widespread 5G adoption has progressed at a pace steadier than first anticipated, there's a notable resurgence in the 5G race among telco leaders. Despite the swift start in 5G deployment by major providers, the pursuit of transformative use cases has...

Uruguay’s Antel activates 5G across all departmental capitals

In June, Antel started to deploy 5G technology in Uruguay via spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band Uruguayan state-run operator Antel has announced it has completed the activation of 5G services in the country’s 19 departmental capital cities, local press reported. The telco noted that it...

Malaysia says 5G adoption remains low despite growing coverage

The current penetration of 5G in Malaysia is 4.2% according to communications minister Fahmi Fadzil Malaysia’s Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil said that 5G adoption rate In Malaysia remains low despite the growing network coverage, local newspaper The Star reported. The official said that the...

Will 5G Change the World? Jillian Kaplan, Dell Technologies (Ep. 60)

In the latest episode of Will 5G Change the World, Jillian Kaplan, head of global telecom thought leadership for Dell Technologies, goes through the company's approach to fostering community and collaboration to drive open architectures into market. Kaplan stresses the importance of maintaining laser...