Nokia announced that it has been selected by Taiwan Star Telecom (TST) to extend its 5G network across the country.
In a release, the Nordic vendor said it will provide equipment from its latest 5G AirScale portfolio which will support TST’s 5G standalone (SA) network.
Under...
Nokia won its first 5G radio contract in China, after securing a share in one of China Mobile's three contracts for the provision of 700MHz 5G base stations, while rival vendor Ericsson lost market share chiefly due to political tensions between China and Sweden.
Through these...
Korean carrier LG Uplus has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japanese mobile operator KDDI to find new business applications for 5G network technology and strengthen cooperation to pave the way for future 6G technology, Korean news agency Yonhap reported.
Under the terms of...
Korean carrier KT and compatriot tech company Samsung Electronics have launched what it claims to be the first 5G Standalone (SA) in the country, Samsung Electronics said in a release.
For this commercial launch, Samsung provided KT its end-to-end 5G network solutions from Radio Access...
Chinese tech company OPPO has established a pre-research team to conduct preliminary research on yet-to-be-standardized 6G service and technology requirements, key technologies, and system features, the firm said in a release.
The company’s research institute officially released its first 6G white paper, dubbed "6G AI-Cube...
Japanese carrier Rakuten Mobile said it has successfully verified data transfer on a 5G Standalone (SA) mobile network with the collaboration of Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) at Tokyo Tech’s Ookayama Campus.
“In 5G SA networks, 5G technology is used throughout the network, from...
Chinese operators have already deployed a total of 916,000 5G base stations, accounting for 70% of the world’s total, according to Chinese newspaper Global Times.
Also, according to data provided by the country’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), the number of 5G-connected devices...
Approximately 520 mobile users in Korea have recently filed a joint lawsuit against the country’s three main mobile operators due to the alleged low quality of 5G mobile services, local news service Yonhap reported.
The legal action argues that mobile carriers SK Telecom, KT and...
China Broadcast Network (CBN), China's newest mobile carrier, has launched a tender for the radio access portion of its national 5G network, Chinese press reported.
The tender, which seeks the provision of a total of 480,400 5G macro base stations in the 700MHz band, is...
Taiwan is expected to reach a 5G penetration rate of nearly 30% by the end of this year, local new site Digitimes reported, citing industry sources.
According to the report, Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) currently leads the Taiwanese 5G market, with nearly 1 million subscribers. The...
South Korea ended May with a total of 15.84 million 5G subscribers, local newspaper Korea Herald reported, citing data from the Ministry of Science and ICT.
5G subscribers at the end of May accounted for 22% of the total 71.45 million mobile subscriptions in the...
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT has announced it will award 28 GHz and sub-6 GHz spectrum in November to boost the use of 5G-related services across the country, Korean press reported.
According to the report, the frequencies will be available for mobile operators...
5G connections globally are forecast to reach 1.8 billion by 2025, according to a new study by the GSMA.
The study, "The Mobile Economy 2021", revealed that 5G technology will account for 21% of total mobile connections globally by that year.
Developed Asian countries and the...
Australian operator Telstra said that its current 5G coverage footprint currently reaches 75% of the country’s population.
“After starting our initial 5G rollout across major cities, a big effort has been made to extend this out to our suburbs, regional centers and rural areas. You...
Japanese company NEC and Taiwanese company Microelectronics Technology (MTI), a network RF solutions provider, announced a collaboration focused on boosting the Open RAN (O-RAN) ecosystem.
The strategic partnership, the two companies said, is intended to provide a broader O-RAN product offering for telecommunications operators and...
Australian carrier Optus, in partnership with Ericsson, has carried out a trial in which it delivered coexistence of narrow band IoT (NB-IoT) and Ericsson Spectrum Sharing between 5G and 4G in 700 MHz spectrum.
Optus said that this combination of technology will enable 5G services...
South Korea aims to deploy the world’s first commercial "6G" network in 2028, and announced a program to develop the core standards and technologies within the next five years, local newspaper Aju Business Daily reported.
The Korean government unveiled a five-year plan to spend some...
Japanese company NEC announced the joint development of RAN Intelligent Controllers (RIC) with compatriot firm NTT Docomo in support of intelligent Radio Access Networks (RAN).
The two companies said they are aiming to reduce RAN operational costs, improve performance and reduce power consumption through the...
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added 16.65 million 5G subscribers in May, according to the carrier’s latest available figures.
The carrier said it ended last month with 221.95 million 5G subscribers, compared to 55.60 million 5G customers in May 2020.
China...
China telecommunications infrastructure firm China Tower has deployed over 100 5G base stations in 17 competition venues for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing as well as along the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway and the Beijing-Chongli expressway, Chinese press reported.
According to the report, China Tower...
5G subscriptions in India are forecast to reach 330 million in 2026, according to Ericsson’s latest Mobility Report.
This technology will account 26% of total mobile subscriptions in the Asian country by that year, the Swedish vendor said.
Meanwhile, 4G subscriptions in India are forecast to...
The Finnish 6G Flagship research program coordinated by the University of Oulu and the Beyond 5G Promotion Consortium of the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications have signed an agreement for joint collaboration in the field of as-yet-unstandardized "6G" technologies.
The two parties agreed to...
Ericsson and Taiwanese operator Far EasTone (FET) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand their 5G partnership, Ericsson said in a release.
As part of the agreement, Ericsson will support the expansion of FET’s 5G Lab to conduct new advanced technology trials and...
South Korea ended April with a total of 15.15 million 5G subscribers, local news agency Yonhap reported, citing data from the Ministry of Science and ICT.
5G subscribers at the end of April accounted for 21.25% of the total 71.27 million mobile subscriptions in the...
