French mobile operator Free Mobile, a subsidiary of Illiad, said its 5G network continues to be the largest in terms of cell sites, which results from its rollout on 700 MHz frequencies. The carrier also uses those airwaves to provide LTE services.
The operator's...
The Software-Defined Interconnect solution is part of the Verizon Business Network-as-a-Service strategy and was first launched in 2019
Recognizing “shifting market demands,” Verizon Business and Equinox are partnering to expand Verizon’s Software-Defined Interconnect (SDI) solution to enable global enterprise and public sector customers to connect...
Vodafone Germany said that the number of 5G-capable devices on its network has more than doubled in the last six months, with around 1.3 million customers now using a 5G smartphone on the Vodafone network, the carrier said in a release.
The telco said that...
Verizon is helping IBM expand the capabilities at its Industry Solution Lab in Coppell, Texas to include a testbed environment for developing and testing 5G-enabled use cases for Industry 4.0 applications.
Verizon and IBM first collaborated on 5G and edge computing, and at Mobile World Congress...
The industry organization Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) said that it is tracking at least 370 companies around the world that have been or are investing in private mobile networks, with 5G deployments beginning to gain momentum.
The number includes trials and pilot deployments, commercial...
China Tower net profit up 16.1% year-on-year
China Tower business in the first half of the year was positively impacted by the accelerated deployment of 5G sites across the Asian nation, the company said in its earnings release.
During H1 2021, the company’s net profit grew...
Extreme Networks announced its intent to acquire Ipanematech SAS, or Ipanema, the SD-WAN division of Infovista for approximately $73 million. The acquisition will expand Extreme’s R&D footprint in Europe, where Ipanema has established partnerships with managed services providers and systems integrators. The purchase will also...
Dish Network expects to launch 5G wireless services in Las Vegas in a beta phase during the fourth quarter of the year, the company’s Chairman Charlie Ergen said during a conference call with investors.
The executive said that the 5G network in Las Vegas...
For years, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) considered the broadband minimum benchmark speed for small businesses to be 25 megabits per second (Mbps) for downloading and 3 Mbps for uploading. However, a recent report published by the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) confirmed...
Korean carrier LG Uplus ended the second quarter of the year with 3.73 million 5G subscribers, up 108.8% year-on-year, according to the company’s latest earnings statement.
The telco added a total of 971,000 5G subscribers in the first half of the year, while total net...
August greetings from Nebraska, Missouri, Louisiana, Iowa, Illinois, and North Carollina. Pictured is the Capital One Tower in downtown Lake Charles (pre-hurricane pictures here). Yes, those are boards, not an artistic glass mosaic. It’s been nearly a year since Hurricane Laura took dead aim on...
Canadian carrier Bell’s 5G services already reach more than 40% of the country’s population and are on track to reach 70% coverage by the end of the year, the company’s CEO Mirko Bibic, said during a conference call with investors.
“We secured 30% of the...
Chinese vendor Huawei reported a decline in earnings in the first half of the year, largely due to the impact of trade restrictions imposed by the U.S. government.
Huawei’s revenues declined by 29.4% year-on-year to CNY320.4 billion ($49.5 billion), while its net profit margin rose...
South Korea ended June with a total of 16.47 million 5G subscribers, local news agency Yonhap reported, citing data from the Ministry of Science and ICT.
5G subscribers at the end of June represented 23% of the total 71.63 million mobile subscriptions in the country,...
Lumen will sell CenturyLink-branded assets to Apollo across 20 states and retain those in 16 states
Lumen Technologies has agreed to sell a portion of its incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) operations to Apollo Global Management for $7.5 billion. Lumen will retain the CenturyLink-branded assets in 16...
German operator 1&1 AG and Japanese company Rakuten Group announced they are entering into a long-term partnership to build the former’s mobile network, which will become the fourth mobile network in Germany.
Together with Rakuten, 1&1 will build what it claims to be Europe's first...
Chinese operators have deployed a total of 961,000 5G base stations as of the end of July, according to a report from Chinese news outlet Sina Finance.
The report stated that the number of base stations in China currently represents approximately 80% of the total...
Bluewater Regional Networks COO Chris Gould said that the Ciena Waveserver platform “checked all the boxes”
Bluewater Regional Networks (BRN), a Canadian community-owned network provider, announced that it is using Ciena’s Waveserver Ai compact interconnect platform for a new cross-border network between Canada and the U.S....
Google: 'Tensor was built for how people use their phones today and how people will use them in the future'
Blaming computing limitations of third-party options, Google announced that its newest smartphone series, the Pixel 6, will sport an in-house chip called Tensor. Critical to...
New licensing agreement settles lawsuits between the two companies
InterDigital and Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi have struck a global licensing deal which resolves legal disputes between the two companies over Xiaomi's use of InterDigital's patents covering various mobile technologies.
The two companies were involved in lawsuits...
The Office of the Communications Authority of Hong Kong (OFCA) officially invited interested parties to join the auction of radio spectrum in the 600 MHz, 700 MHz, 850 MHz, 2.5/2.6 GHz and 4.9 GHz bands.
The Communications Authority (CA) had announced on March 30th that...
The Bell Canada and Casa Systems partnership is expected to result in North America’s largest 5G sub-6 GHz fixed wireless deployment
Casa Systems and Bell Canada have teamed up to provide new 5G sub-6 GHz high-gain outdoor consumer premise equipment (CPE) for Bell's Wireless Home...
Australian carrier TPG Telecom has entered into an agreement to acquire additional 5G spectrum holdings in the 3.6 GHz band from Dense Air.
Once the transaction is complete, TPG Telecom’s 3.6 GHz spectrum holdings will increase from the current 60 megahertz to 90 megahertz in...
While small, the deal is a positive sign for Ericsson, which has previously warned of market share loss in China
Ericsson has reportedly won a 3% share in a joint 5G radio contract from China Telecom and China Unicom. While small, the deal is a positive sign...
