The government of Canada raised a total of CAD8.9 billion ($7.2 billion) in its auction of 3.5 GHz spectrum, which will be used by local carrier to further expand 5G services in the country.
The spectrum auction, initially set to take place in June 2020...
Oppo India conducted a 5G Standalone (SA) network trial with its Reno6 series of devices with Reliance Jio at the mobile carrier’s 5G Lab, yielding, according to the company's “highly positive results.” The Reno6 Pro smartphone supports 11 5G bands, and the Reno6 supports...
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) may not change the existing reserve price of spectrum in the 3.3-3.6 GHz band for the launch of commercial 5G services in the country, Indian newspaper The Economic Times reported, citing a source with knowledge of the...
Keysight Technologies joined forces with Xilinx and Cisco to showcase fronthaul solutions that support a smooth migration from traditional 4G LTE networks to 5G open radio access networks (O-RAN).
Keysight Technologies noted that multi-vendor Radio Access Network (RAN) deployments based on open standard interfaces defined...
Verizon Public Sector has secured a $78.8 million Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) task order with the U.S. Department of Defense to provide advanced network modernization services to the Air National Guard (ANG) Readiness Center. The task order, stated the operator, increases the scope of services...
Singaporean mobile operator M1 Limited launched a commercial trial of its 5G Standalone (SA) network, the telco said in a release.
The Asian operator highlighted that its 5G SA network is up to 10 times faster than the 4G network and four times quicker than...
Ericsson said it has been selected by U.K. carrier Virgin Media O2 provide the core kit for its Standalone (SA) 5G network, with the infrastructure expected to support a range of advanced applications including Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and other immersive media...
Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) is seeking views from the public and industry on the potential use and allocation of the 2.1 GHz spectrum band for 5G.
The regulator said that the band is currently used for 3G services and will expire at the...
According Verizon's Senior Vice President for Nationwide Small Business Wendy Taccetta, small businesses are usually the last to bounce back after a financial crisis like the one we saw during Covid-19. But, she says, this time it can be different thanks to the advances...
In the competition for customers’ business, communication service providers (CSPs) are emphasizing their commitment to customer service. In fact, an Ernst & Young survey discovered that 68% of global telecoms executives ranked customer experience management as a top strategic priority. And yet, once providers win...
Singaporean operator M1 Limited and Samsung said they have made available Voice over 5G New Radio (VoNR) on M1’s 5G Standalone (SA) network.
The VoNR call service utilizes the SA architecture of 5G network for an improved high definition quality call experience, while providing 5G...
Crown Castle is experiencing the highest level of tower activity in the company’s history due to 5G deployments in the U.S., the company’s CEO Jay Brown said during a conference call with investors.
“We continue to generate significant growth in cash flows and dividends from...
AIS launched 5G standalone services in July 2020
Thai mobile service provider Advanced Info Service Plc. (AIS) has partnered with Chinese smartphone manufacturer vivo to run 5G Standalone (SA) network tests in Thailand.
This is the first time that vivo has stepped outside of China to participate...
Intel plans to invest $600 million, up from $350 million, in the chip manufacturing plant
As a result of the ongoing global shortage of semiconductors, Intel this week revealed that is has nearly doubled a previously proposed investment in a micro-chip plant in Costa Rica...
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added a total of 28.7 million 5G subscribers in June, according to the carrier’s latest available figures.
The operator said it ended last month with 250.69 million 5G subscribers, compared to 70.2 million 5G customers...
The Spanish government raised a total of 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in the 700 MHz spectrum auction, with local operators Telefónica, Vodafone and Orange securing these key frequencies to expand 5G services.
The Spanish Ministry of Economic Affairs detailed that the government raised around...
According to Ericsson, this is Ireland's first indoor 5G campus network in a live manufacturing environment
Ericsson and Three Ireland have launched what they say is Ireland’s first indoor 5G campus network in a live manufacturing environment at Glanbia’s multi-purpose dairy processing plant in Ballyragget,...
Vodafone, in partnership with Nokia, has introduced a new machine learning (ML) algorithm to its pan-European mobile networks to detect and correct anomalies before they impact customers, the U.K. carrier said in a release.
Based on Nokia Bell Labs technology, the Anomaly Detection Service autonomously...
Intel and Indian telecommunications operator Bharti Airtel announced a collaboration to drive network development of 4G and 5G virtualized radio access network (vRAN) and open radio access network (RAN) technology.
Work by Intel and Airtel will evolve communications networks from fixed-function equipment to virtualized cloud-native...
Ufinet first entered Brazil in 2019 with the purchase of São Paulo-based Netell
Wholesale telecommunications company Ufinet has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in NB Telecom, a Rio de Janeiro-based carrier. According to Stefano Lorenzi, executive chairman at Ufinet, the company will expand NB Telecom’s network...
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...
Netflix expects to add the gaming genre within the next 12 months
Netflix has become the latest tech giant leveling up its service offerings by turning to cloud gaming. The streaming company plans to expand into video games within the next 12 months and kickstarted...
Spanish operator Telefonica has officially announced its decision to award the contracts to deploy its 5G standalone (SA) radio networks across Spain to Nordic vendors Ericsson and Nokia.
The deployment of Nokia and Ericsson 5G SA networks will be carried out on the 3.5 GHz...
