Italian carrier TIM and cell tower company INWIT started a collaboration to deploy small cells in Italy’s major cities with the aim of supporting the development of 5G.
The two companies said that the collaboration will begin in the cities of Milan and Genoa where...
100 million people will be covered by T-Mobile US 2.5 GHz 5G by year-end, nationwide by the end of 2021
In providing third quarter fiscal reporting this week, T-Mobile US executives provided an update on the progress of integrating the Sprint network and migrating customers...
The Australian government expects to carry out two 5G spectrum auctions during 2021, the Ministry of Communications said in a release.
In April 2021, it has scheduled a spectrum tender to award high-band 5G spectrum (in the 26 GHz band), which will enable fast, high-capacity...
French telecommunications regulator Arcep said it will award 5G spectrum licenses to local mobile operators in the short term after a frequency positioning auction was recently completed.
The regulator said that 5G networks are formally allowed to begin commercial operations on November 18.
Last month, Arcep...
RF front-end business sees significant year-over-year gains with global mmWave investments creating growth tailwinds
Reporting its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2020 results on Wednesday, Qualcomm Incorporated CEO Steve Mollenkopf reflected on an “extraordinary year” both in terms of transitioning the company’s 40,000-plus workforce to...
South Korea's 5G subscribers exceeded 9 million in September, Korean news service Yonhap reported, citing data from the country’s Ministry of Science and ICT.
The number of 5G subscribers stood at 9.25 million as of the end of September, up 590,643 from the previous month,...
Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom has built over 3,000 5G base stations nationwide as of the end of last quarter, the company’s president, Shui Kuo, said during a conference call with investors.
“In the third quarter of 2020, the number of 5G sign-ups grew as we...
India’s Department of Telecommunications is expected to carry out a 5G spectrum auction in the first quarter of 2021, Indian press reported, citing a top executive of telecommunications operator Bharti Airtel.
The executive said that the telco will refrain from taking part in the spectrum...
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ZTE posted operating revenues of CNY 74.13 billion ($11 billion) in the first three quarters of the year, an increase of 15.4% compared to the year-ago period, the Chinese vendor said in a statement.
During the period, net profits amounted to CNY 2.71 billion, while...
Nokia announced that it is has deployed 5G radio, core and fixed network solutions across South African operator Vodacom’s network.
In a release, the Finnish vendor said that Vodacom is using Nokia’s 2G, 3G, 4G and fiber access networks, as well as 5G fixed wireless...
Japanese vendor NEC will play a role in the development of next-generation 5G wireless networks in the U.K., according to reports published by Japanese newspapers.
In a Twitter post last week, Britain's Department for International Trade said NEC is expected "to support roll out of...
Ericsson and POST Luxembourg have expanded an existing partnership with a multi-year deal to deploy a 5G core and 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) in Luxembourg.
Ericsson said that POST’s 5G network went live in this European country on October 16.
The Swedish vendor noted that...
Xilinx looking to grow its role in mass 5G network deployments
Santa Clara, Calif.-based AMD, which specializes in high-performance CPUs and GPUs for data centers and PCS as well as gaming SoCs, today announced a "definitive agreement" to acquire Xilinx in an all-stock deal worth...
3 Hong Kong, the mobile communications division of Hutchison Telecommunications, announced that its 5G network already covers 99% of Hong Kong.
The telco said that the firm’s subscribers can now enjoy 5G technology at close to 600 indoor and outdoor premises and facilities across the...
Greetings from Davidson/ Lake Norman, where it’s still sunny and warm. October is one of our favorite times, and less travel makes the scenery even more enjoyable.
We recently used one of the “fall weather transition” days to do some sorting and uncovered one of...
China has already constructed over 690,000 5G base stations nationwide by the end of September, Chinese press reported citing information from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
The government also said that subscribers using applications such as ultra-high definition video, cloud games and virtual...
Huawei reported revenues of CNY671.3 billion ($100.5 billion) for the first three quarters of the year, an increase of 9.9% over the same period last year, the company said in a release.
In the same period the previous year, the vendor had recorded a revenue...
AT&T added more than 5 million domestic wireless net adds in Q3
During the AT&T 2020 Q3 earnings call, the latest quarter was summed up as follows: strong connectivity results; business transformation on track; and improved cash flow. Digging deeper into these assessments shows that...
China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added 44 million 5G subscribers in the third quarter of 2020, the carrier said in its earnings release.
The state-run telco said it ended September with a total of 114 million 5G subscribers, compared to...
After kicking off 5G services in large public venues, U.K. operator O2, owned by Spanish telco Telefonica, announced that its 5G network now serves a total of 108 towns and cities across the country.
O2 launched its 5G network in the UK in October 2019....
Nokia has been selected by Nordic telecommunications group Telia Company as the exclusive provider of its 5G Radio Access Network in Finland, the vendor said in a statement.
Telia Company also selected Nokia as the supplier of 5G standalone (SA) core in Denmark, Estonia, Finland,...
Verizon CEO says with 5G in place, mission is to sell
Last week with the launch of the iPhone 12 line up, Verizon turned on nationwide 5G and is continuing to deploy its millimeter wave spectrum in urban cores, stadiums and other high-traffic areas.
The operator...
The 5G mobile edge computing collaboration brings together Verizon's on-site 5G Edge platform and Microsoft Azure
Verizon and Microsoft are collaborating to integrate the service provider’s on-site 5G Edge network with Azure edge services to enable ultra-low latency and faster connectivity help businesses enable and...
