IBM also announced the expansion of its automation portfolio at MWC 2021
Helped along by its purchase of software company Red Hat, IBM has snagged cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) deals with Verizon and Telefonica. Using technology it obtained from the acquisition, IBM will offer the...
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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...
The U.K. government announced the launch of a new high-tech lab designed to accelerate the adoption of Open RAN in the country.
The new SmartRAN Open Network Interoperability Centre (SONIC Labs) is part of the government's efforts to boost the adoption of Open RAN technolog,y...
U.K. carrier Vodafone launched a commercial pilot of 5G Standalone service in London, Manchester and Cardiff, the company said in a release.
The commercial pilot will focus on testing new capabilities being introduced as part of 5G Standalone technologies, such as network slicing. It will...
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.
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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...
Nokia confirmed it will be the sole 5G RAN supplier for a Telia and Telenor joint network in Denmark. The Finnish vendor said in a release that it has expanded a partnership with the duo to cover 5G.
Nokia said that the availability of spectrum...
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Dell Technologies and Dish have formed a strategic infrastructure agreement to support the latter’s Open RAN-based 5G network in the U.S.
Under this partnership, Dell Technologies will provide Dish with network and edge-compute infrastructure.
“By collaborating with Dell Technologies, we will have the hardware and software...
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...
Finnish vendor Nokia announced that it has opened its first Open RAN (O-RAN) Collaboration and Testing Center at its offices in Dallas, Texas.
The new facility is designed to support the development of partnerships among O-RAN vendors that will help with the verification, introduction, and...
American Tower Corporation and global insurer and investment firm Allianz, announced that Allianz Capital Partners and the Allianz European Infrastructure Fund, will acquire a 10% stake in ATC Europe.
The transaction is valued at over 530 million euros ($633 million), reinforcing a more than €8.8...
The Canadian government kicked off on June 15 an auction of 5G frequencies, a process that had been delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The tender will award licenses to operate spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band. The spectrum auction, initially scheduled for June 2020,...
'Re-convening is a must so, adapting is paramount,' says GSMA CEO
With this year's Mobile World Congress Barcelona less than two weeks away, the GSMA is releasing additional details on how it is supporting virtual participation in the event. GSMA said that it expects one-third...
Spanish operator Telefonica awarded contracts to roll out its 5G Standalone (SA) radio networks to Nordic vendors Ericsson and Nokia, local business newspaper Expansion reported.
According to the report Chinese vendor Huawei, was excluded from 5G SA contracts.
The newspaper reported that the decision to award...
Telenor Norway and Ericsson have entered into a joint innovation cooperation to create new 5G-powered opportunities in areas such as entertainment, autonomous transport, smart factories and remote healthcare.
“5G is more than a new network, it is a bridge into the future. 5G will have...
Samsung will provide 5G equipment for 2,500 rural sites in the south-west of England and Wales
Samsung has made significant headway in the European telecommunications market with its new Vodafone partnership, its first large-scale deal with a European operator. The British carrier selected the vendor...
UK-based carrier Vodafone has selected Dell, NEC, Samsung Electronics, Wind River, Capgemini Engineering and Keysight Technologies to jointly deliver the first commercial deployment of Open Radio Access Network (RAN) in Europe.
Vodafone said its initial focus will be on the 2,500 sites in the U.K....
Korean vendor Samsung Electronics has recently announced that its commercial 5G virtualized RAN (vRAN) now supports its latest C-Band Massive MIMO radios.
In a release, the company also said it achieved a 5G vRAN speed exceeding 1.5 Gbps on C-Band spectrum. With these results –...
Greetings from Davidson/ Lake Norman, NC, where Carolina heat and humidity have descended, causing daily afternoon storms like the one pictured nearby. This week, we will focus the entire issue on Verizon, analyzing their recent tactics against the backdrop of a multi-year growth strategy. ...
