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Telia Norway deploys over 1,000 5G sites across the country

Nordic carrier Telia Norway has already installed over 1,000 5G sites in Norway with the aim of reaching nationwide coverage by 2023, Ericsson said in a release. The vendor, which is Telia Norway’s 5G partner, said that 1.5 million Norwegians already have access to the...

Viaero Wireless selects Ericsson for 5G upgrade

U.S. regional telecommunications company Viaero Wireless has selected Swedish vendor Ericsson to replace and upgrade its existing LTE equipment to end-to-end 5G-ready products and solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, Ericsson will replace existing core, radio access network (RAN), microwave and router equipment across...

Vodafone Idea launches 5G trials in two Indian cities

Indian operator Vodafone Idea said it is conducting 5G trials using spectrum allocated by the government in the cities of Pune and Gandhinagar, the carrier said in a release. The telco stated it also achieved peak download speeds of 1.5 Gbps using the 3.5 GHz...

Beijing reaches 45,700 5G base stations, 12 million 5G users: report

Chinese mobile operators have already deployed a total of 45,700 5G base stations in China’s capital Beijing, local news agency Xinhua reported. According to data released by the Beijing Communications Administration, the city currently has 12 million 5G users. The report also indicated that every...

Telstra announces strategic plan to boost 5G coverage

Australian telecommunications operator Telstra has unveiled a strategy it is calling T25, with the main aim of extending 5G coverage across Australia, as well as enhancing its customer service. Telstra said that the T25 strategy is likely to come into effect by July 2022. The...

Nokia, Indosat Ooredoo activates 5G services in Indonesia

Nokia and Indosat Ooredoo announced the launch of commercial 5G services in Surabaya city, Indonesia, the Finnish vendor said in a release. Under the terms of the deal, Indosat Ooredoo’s customers will be able to experience new enterprise and industrial use cases enabled by the...

Vivo, Nokia launch 5G tests in Rio de Janeiro

Brazilian carrier Vivo has announced the start of 5G tests in the 26 GHz band in partnership with Finnish vendor Nokia, local news site Teletime reported. The trials will take place in Rio de Janeiro, in Vivo's laboratory in Barra da Tijuca and two sites...

Liberty Latin America acquires Claro Panama for $200 million

Liberty Latin America CEO: 'Panama as an important digital hub for the region' Liberty Latin America’s subsidiary business, Cable & Wireless Panama, has agreed to purchase América Móvil’s Panama operations, expanding its footprint in the country. The deal, which values the unit $200 million, is...

Nokia resumes technical works with O-RAN Alliance

Nokia said it resumed its technical contribution to the O-RAN Alliance, after the group offered assurances its work complied with U.S. legislation. In a blog, Nokia’s Mobile Networks president Tommi Uitto explained Nokia’s commitment to Open RAN and that the alliance remained as strong as...

Telefónica, NEC to carry out O-RAN pre-commercial trials in four markets

Telefónica and NEC announced an agreement to carry out Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) pre-commercial trials in Spain, Germany, the U.K. and Brazil, the Spanish carrier said in a release. Telefónica said it has a target of reaching 50% radio network growth based on...

Dish selects IBM’s automation and orchestration software for cloud-native 5G network

IBM's software will allow Dish to accelerate the creation and delivery of new services and will make 5G network slicing possible IBM is now involved in the United States’ first greenfield cloud-native 5G network, following a deal with Dish Network. IBM will provide its AI-powered...

Orange selects Amdocs to support 5G SA Open RAN test network

Amdocs announced that it has been selected by French telecommunications group Orange to provide the business support systems (BSS) for the latter’s 5G Standalone experimental cloud network launched in July in Lannion, France. The data- and AI-driven software-enabled network is a two-year project that aims to...

Telecom Italia expands O-RAN footprint in Italy

Italian operator Telecom Italia (TIM) announced the activations of Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) systems in the cities of Matera and Turin following its first use of the technology in Faenza earlier this year. The European operator said the aim is to accelerate the...

Dish seeks permit to test 5G using 600MHz spectrum in Denver and Vegas

Dish Network is asking the Federal Communications Commission for a special temporary authorization to use 600 MHz band spectrum currently licensed to Bluewater Wireless for a three month period with the aim of carrying out 5G tests in Denver and Las Vegas using carrier...

Huawei aims to launch first 6G products around 2030: Report

Chinese vendor giant Huawei Technologies expects to launch 6G products around 2030, Chinese newspaper Global Times reported, citing the company's rotating chairman Eric Xu Zhiju. According to a recent article written by Xu, not-yet-standardized 6G has a more complicated technology environment than 5G, with impact...

US Cellular selects Nokia for 5G SA core network

Finnish vendor Nokia has been selected by US Cellular for the deployment of the latter’s Standalone 5G core network. The European vendor said that the 5G SA deployment is expected to be completed by the end of 2022. The new 5G SA network infrastructure will enable...

Spain to award 26 GHz band at the beginning of 2022 at the latest: report

The Spanish government aims to award spectrum in the 26 GHz band for the provision of 5G between the end of 2021 and the beginning of next year, Europa Press reported, citing remarks from the Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Intelligent Infrastructures, Roberto...

TPG Telecom selects Ericsson for 5G standalone core

Australian operator TPG Telecom has extended its partnership with Ericsson to include the deployment of its 5G core for a Standalone (SA) network. TPG Telecom explained that Ericsson will deploy its cloud-native, dual-mode 5G core with the aim of covering cover 85% of the population...

NEC, AWS expand collaboration to include 5G, digital government

Japanese tech giant NEC Corporation has expanded its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in areas that include global 5G and digital government, in support of accelerating digital transformation for customers. In November 2020, NEC and AWS concluded a corporate-level strategic collaboration agreement, and have...

Dish Network to acquire MVNO Gen Mobile to further EBB play

Gen Mobile CEO: 'The acquisition by Boost Mobile will provide more connectivity to more Americans' Boost Mobile, which is part of Dish Network following the T-Mobile/Sprint merger, revealed plans to acquire Los Angeles-based Gen Mobile, a prepaid mobile service that primarily serves low-income customers. Boost will...

Vodafone deploys private 5G network at Porsche’s development center

Vodafone Germany and Porsche have deployed a private 5G network at the latter’s Weissach Development Center. The new 5G technology will improve the framework conditions for the strategic development of new vehicle systems and functions at the industrial facility, the two companies said. When installing...

Beijing aims to expand 5G infrastructure to cover key areas: Report

China’s capital Beijing aims to expand 5G network coverage in key areas including hospitals, universities and train stations, The Beijing News reported. The Chinese city has already deployed a total of 44,000 5G base stations, while 5G terminal users in the city have reached 11.52...

Mediacom taps Ericsson for rural CBRS fixed wireless

Mediacom began testing CBRS applications in 2019, and spent almost $30 million for 576 licenses in the PALs spectrum auction As the U.S. government funnels billions of dollars into rural broadband, Ericsson and Mediacom Communications have announced a partnership aimed at extending broadband services...

South Korea surpasses 17 million 5G subscribers at end-July: report

South Korea ended July with a total of 17.08 million subscribers in the 5G segment, local news agency Yonhap reported, citing data from the Ministry of Science and ICT. During July, the country’s mobile carriers recorded a net addition of 616,000 5G subscribers. 5G subscribers at...