Brazilian telecommunications services regulator Anatel has approved a set of rules that will pave the way for the government to award spectrum for the provision of 5G services.
The regulator confirmed that mobile operators must not rely on dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) technology, which allows...
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added 3.97 million 5G subscribers in January, according to statistics published on the carrier’s website.
The operator said it ended the first month of 2021 with a total of 168.97 million 5G subscribers, compared to...
The Spanish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation announced it has awarded the remaining two 10-megahertz blocks of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band to local carriers Orange and Telefonica.
The Spanish government had awarded frequencies in the 3.5 GHz band in two previous...
ZTE expects to work with Chinese mobile operators to construct and commercialize 5G ATG networks in China in 2021, according to Liu WeiWei, ZTE’s ATG product manager.
ATG is short for Air-to-ground, which uses mature land mobile communication technologies to provide high speed mobile network...
China is expected to have 822 million 5G subscribers by 2025, up from 202 million subscribers at the end of last year, according to a recent report by the GSMA.
The report, called “The Mobile Economy China,” also estimates that 5G connections by 2025 will...
Indian telecommunications operator Bharti Airtel and Qualcomm Technologies announced a collaboration for accelerating 5G development in India.
Recently, Airtel became India’s first telco to demonstrate 5G over a live commercial network in the city of Hyderabad.
Through Airtel’s network vendors and device partners, Airtel will utilize...
France's four network operators have agreed to an updated charter with the Paris's municipal government, which will enable the launch of 5G technology in France’s capital in the coming weeks, the local municipal government said in a statement.
This agreement follows the conclusion of a...
5G subscribers in South Africa are expected to reach 11 million by 2025, with a population coverage of 43%, according to a recent report by South African consultancy firm Africa Analysis.
This figure represents significant growth from the estimated 90,000 5G subscribers and 4.4% population...
Germany operator Vodafone said it has activated 2,200 new 5G base stations at 800 locations across the country, the telco said in a release.
The telco’s technicians have deployed this new infrastructure at nearly 300 towns and cities in Germany.
The telco noted that with this...
Chinese vendor Huawei claimed the company has built over half of the 140 commercial 5G networks deployed in 59 countries so far, Ryan Ding, president of Huawei’s Carrier Business Group, said at a pre-briefing for MWC Shanghai 2021.
“5G developed faster than we had expected....
Mid-winter greetings from Atlanta (Truist Field pictured) and Lake Norman, NC. We extend heartfelt prayers and well wishes for all our Texas readership who are learning to cope with the impacts of last week’s storm. This has been a crazy winter for many, but...
Orange Spain expects its 5G network to reach 90% of the population by 2022, Spanish news site Xataka Movil reported.
The operator announced the plans in a press conference following the publication of its fourth-quarter results, in which the telco revealed that it already offers...
Finnish vendor Nokia announced that it has been selected by A1 Austria to provide 5G coverage across the country in a multi-year contract.
Under the terms of the deal, Nokia will supply 5G radio access and core network services. The deployment of products and services...
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries said that a merger of its Virgin Media UK brand with Telefonica’s local mobile operator O2 was on track to be completed this year, citing positive progress being made with regulators.
The executive noted the transaction was expected to meet...
Singapore operator Singtel plans to hire over 500 people in Singapore over the next two years to focus on 5G and other emerging technologies such as IoT, cloud engineering and data analytics, the telco said in a relase.
The telco said that this initiative is...
Happy Valentine’s Day from Charlotte/ Davidson/ Lake Norman, NC. We have prepared a very special issue this week for both President’s Day and Valentine’s Day holidays. Because it’s a long weekend, we took the liberty to slightly increase the length of this week’s Brief.
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Japanese mobile operator Rakuten Mobile announced that 2.5 million customers had applied for a free unlimited mobile offer by Feb. 8.
The mobile unit of e-commerce giant Rakuten recorded revenue of JPY60.7 billion ($577.9 million) in the fourth quarter of 2020, up 16.8% year-on-year.
The company...
Korean operator KT ended 2020 with a total of 3.62 million subscribers in the 5G segment, the telco said in its earnings statement.
In the last quarter of 2020, the KT added around 810,000 5G customers, while total 5G additions for full 2020 amounted to...
Chinese vendor Huawei believes that it will be extremely unlikely that the new U.S. administration would lift the current restrictions imposed by former President Donald Trump, Huawei’s founder and CEO, Ren Zhengfei, said at a media roundtable.
“I think it's very unlikely that the U.S....
Singapore telecom regulator IMDA recently announced a new SGD30 million ($22.5 million) fund to accelerate the adoption and commercialization of 5G solutions in the country.
The fund is part of IMDA’s 5G Innovation Program and will support solution providers and technology developers commercializing 5G solutions,...
Italian operator TIM joined an initiative recently announced by European carriers Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone Group to promote Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) technology for the implementation of next-generation mobile networks, the telco said in a release.
In January, the four carriers...
Big Game greetings from Lake Norman/ Charlotte/ Davidson, NC. Pictured (r-l) are Darius Warton, Bob Guth (audophile and telecom legend), Gary Eason and yours truly. Gary and Darius have started a business selling vinyl records and turntables – check out their selection at www.thetwistedvinyl.com.
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Qualcomm's fiscal 2021 is off to a strong start with company executives reporting this week that first quarter revenues are up 63% year-over-year to $8.2 billion. The company has seen its 5G strategy play out "largely as expected," according to CEO Steven Mollenkopf, with...
Bell Canada announced plans to invest up to CAD1.2 billion ($934.7 million) to improve its networks over the next two years, setting initial goals to double 5G coverage and expand its fiber offering to 900,000 new locations in 2021.
The operator said CAD700 million of...
