In October T-Mobile expanded on a pilot project by opening up an LTE-backed fixed wireless access home internet service to some 20 million households. This week CEO Mike Sievert provided more color on the carrier's FWA strategy and how the company's television service, TVision,...
Hong Kong’s smallest mobile operator, SmarTone, said that its 5G network already provides coverage throughout Hong Kong, currently covering over 95% of the population.
SmarTone’s 5G network coverage has been extended to 65 rural areas, including country parks, cycle tracks, hiking trails, nature trails and...
Alaska Communications paid Macquarie, GCM a $6.8 million break-up fee
After taking advantage of its right to solicit "superior proposals" from third-parties, Alaska Communications has backed out of its previous deal with Macquarie and GCM and managed to secure a higher price for itself. The...
Nokia said that it is expanding its strategic 5G partnership with Zain KSA to include a roll out of 60,000 5G Gateway 3.1 with eSIM across Saudi Arabia over the next 12 months.
The gateways will deliver better connectivity and ultra-high data speeds to homes...
Singapore carrier Singtel has deployed 5G connectivity at its iconic payphone booths at Tong Building on Orchard Road.
Named "Unboxed Lite", the payphone booths have been transformed into multimedia kiosks, providing full access to a wide range of Singtel services and 5G-powered Wi-Fi connections.
Unboxed Lite...
Middle East telecom group Ooredoo Group and Ericsson have signed a global framework agreement for the supply of 5G radio, core and transport products and solutions, as well as related implementation and integration services.
The agreement includes Ooredoo Group’s operating companies in Qatar, Indonesia, Algeria,...
South Korea reached nearly 11 million 5G subscribers as of end-November, local news agency Yonhap reported.
The Asian nation had 10.9 million 5G users last month, accounting for 15.5% of the total 70.5 million mobile subscriptions in the country, according to data compiled by the...
CEO Steve Mollenkopf retiring after 26 years with Qualcomm
Qualcomm's Board of Directors unanimously selected company President Cristiano Amon to take over the CEO position from Steve Mollenkopf effective June 30, the company announced today.
Amon started working at Qualcomm in 1995. Mollenkopf has been...
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) announced just before the end of 2020 that it had begun proceedings to delist China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom's shares from the stock market.
The move follows an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on November...
Spectrum auction covers low- and mid-band frequencies for 5G
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) announced that six companies have applied to participate in the upcoming multi-band spectrum auction.
The carriers that have submitted applications are all existing operators on the market: Cell C,...
Nokia announced that it has been selected by Thai mobile operator, dtac, part of Telenor Group, as its first 5G RAN partner in a three-year deal covering the North and North Eastern regions of Thailand.
With this deal, Nokia said that it will ensure that...
German operator Deutsche Telekom said its technical teams have already upgraded a total of 45,000 antennas for 5G services during 2020, the telco said in a release.
Deutsche Telekom also noted that 5G can now already be used by 55 million people in Germany.
“People in...
Taiwanese carrier Taiwan Star Telecom said that its 5G subscribers already represent 5% of the company’s overall mobile base and that it will step up its efforts to push the ratio to 10% in 2021.
Taiwan Star has attracted a total of 100,000 5G users...
Chinese operators have installed around 580,000 5G base stations this year, local press reported, citing statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
Wen Ku, spokesperson for the ministry said at a press conference last week that all prefecture-level cities are now covered by...
Korean operator SK Telecom announced the launch of "SKT 5GX Edge," which claims to be the first 5G edge cloud service in Korea, built in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Using AWS Wavelength at the edge of its 5G multi-access edge computing (MEC) networks,...
Australia awarding mmWave spectrum in the 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands
Australian media and communications regulator ACMA announced that a total of 15 applicant companies have all been offered a license in the 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands.
The watchdog said that the successful...
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added 18.6 million 5G subscribers in November, according to statistics published on the carrier’s website.
The operator said it ended November with a total of 147.38 million 5G subscribers, compared to 6.7 million 5G customers...
Vodafone Germany said its 5G network is now available to 16 million people across the country.
In a release, the operator said it has activated the 5G network for another 6 million people since the beginning of November.
Vodafone Germany has turned up more than 5,000...
Ericsson and Singtel have announced they are deploying 5G New Radio (NR) Standalone and dual-mode 5G core network products and services.
The 5G network will operate on Singtel's 3.5 GHz and 28 GHz spectrum bands, spanning outdoor and indoor 5G coverage.
Ericsson said that mmWave connectivity...
The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) confirmed that its planned 5G spectrum auction will finally take place on January 19.
The regulator won an appeal against an injunction granted by Stockholm Administrative Court to Huawei, after the Chinese vendor had made objections to the...
Samsung and IBM have announced plans to jointly advance Industry 4.0 by providing new enterprise mobile edge computing and private 5G networks solutions that run on Samsung’s 5G-enabled Galaxy devices. The pair also said that the collaboration will leverage IBM’s industry solutions driven by...
Canadian operator Rogers Communications announced that it is starting to roll out what it claims to be the country’s first 5G Standalone core network.
The new network, with solutions from Swedish vendor Ericsson, will be initially rolled out in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver.
“Considered the...
Swisscom, in partnership with Ericsson and handset maker OPPO, has successfully carried out 5G voice and data calls over a commercial 5G standalone network, the vendor said in a release.
Ericsson said that all of Europe’s live 5G networks are deployed in 5G non-standalone mode,...
The number of 5G subscribers in Taiwan reached over 1 million after the introduction of the technology in July, Taipei Times reported, citing statistics released by the nation’s telecoms.
In June, the government of Taiwan issued the first 5G license to Chunghwa Telecom, which paved...
