China Mobile, the world’s largest operators in terms of subscribers, added 29.17 million 5G subscribers in the first quarter of 2020, the company said in its earnings release.
The carrier said it ended March with a total of 31.72 million 5G subscribers, compared to 2.55...
Alibaba operates 10 data centers in China and 11 more internationally
In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has heightened demand for cloud computing services and technology, Chinese company Alibaba revealed that it will invest 200 billion yuan ($28.26 billion) in its cloud computing...
Korea’s main telecom operators expect to commercialize an ultrafast mmWave 5G network this year, The Korea Herald reported, citing industry sources.
According to the report, the mmWave 5G service will be initially available for the business-to-business segment. Operators have not yet finalized investment plans for...
Research firm IDC predicts that telecommunications services spending will be about the same as it was last year, due to the mixed impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
IDC expects telecommunication services spending to hit $1.6 billion in 2020, which is nearly flat compared to last...
Tech hub Shenzhen working toward blanket 5G coverage
The municipal government of China’s Shenzhen city plans to deploy a total of 30,000 new 5G base stations during 2020, Chinese press reported.
According to local municipal authorities, this deployment will allow Chinese carriers to provide full 5G...
The new 5G network in Hungary uses the spectrum in the 3.6 GHz frequency range
Last week, Magyar Telekom and Ericsson officially brought 5G to Hungary, launching intial services in parts of Budapest, the town of Zalaegerszeg and Magyar Telekom’s headquarters in Könyves Kálmán körút....
All eyes now on MWC Los Angeles
Following its at-the-time unanticipated but retrospectively lauded decision to cancel Mobile World Congress Barcelona in February, as COVID-19 gained a foothold in Europe, the GSMA announced it will cancel the companion event in Shanghai previously scheduled for June...
Early Earth Day greetings from Lake Norman/ Charlotte, North Carolina. Pictured are some peach iris in our front yard – nature is not missing a step in April, and reminds us all of its beauty on crisp, sunny spring mornings.
Len Lauer (1958-2020)
We have a...
Connecticut-based Frontier Communications on April 14 announced it was voluntarily entering chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after missing an interest payment on unsecured debt in March. Despite this development, Frontier said it would continue providing services to its customer base.
Frontier provides telephone, broadband and television...
Turkcell has already virtualized 60% of its mobile core services
In March, Mavenir and Turkey’s largest mobile operator Turkcell partnered up to test and deploy OpenRAN vRAN, beginning with trials of fully containerized CU/DU and Open FH with Split 7.2 and the deployment of the...
Cisco has announced a number of initiatives to provide financing for customers in a move to try to mitigate the financial challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new Business Resiliency Program is being offered through Cisco Capital, a financing business within Cisco, and includes...
Nex-Tech Wireless will also be implementing Ericsson Spectrum Sharing technology
Kansas-based wireless carrier Nex-Tech Wireless will be deploying 5G using equipment from Ericsson. Specifically, the vendor will deliver its 5G Evolved Packet Core (EPC) and Radio Access Network (RAN) supporting 5G New Radio Non-standalone (NSA)...
Taiwanese carrier Chunghwa Telecom aims to launch commercial 5G services in the third quarter of 2020 after Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) approved its information security plan, Taipei Times reports.
In order to receive the green light to offer 5G services in Taiwan, operators must...
Easter greetings from Lake Norman and Charlotte, North Carolina, where buds are turning into leaves and everything is renewing. But don’t eat outside at the Arby's - take it home!
This is part one of a two-part Sunday Brief earnings preview, and, after finishing up...
Korean telco KT Corporation announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Taiwan’s Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) to collaborate in 5G services and digital content development, the former said in a release.
The signing ceremony was conducted online due to the current...
Medical experts say that India needs several thousand ventilators to address COVID-19
The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and state-owned electronics product manufacturer Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) are in talks to produce portable ventilators as a response to COVID-19 outbreak.
ITI Chairman Rakesh Mohan Agarwal told...
Rakuten's virtual RAN and Elisa's lights-out NOC
The flexibility 5G enables requires a similar level of flexibility in the underlying network infrastructure. Proprietary, single-purpose hardware is giving way to general-purpose hardware running virtualized network functions. This allows operators to lower capital and operational expenses while...
Verizon raised 2020 5G capex guidance as COVID-19 spread
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic is unlikely to slow the pace of capital spending aimed at building out 5G wireless networks in the US, according to a recent report by Fitch Ratings.
“Although wireless leaders Verizon,...
Greetings from Lake Norman and Charlotte, North Carolina, where the local media are complaining that 80 degree weather is driving too many folks outside in the parks, creating the potential for a lack of social distance discipline. Still thankful for a terrific spring, however, as we...
MobiledgeX CEO: 'Seamster is meant to help everybody in the world be successful when it comes to edge computing'
Seamster, the global edge computing initiative dedicated to enterprise use case exploration and adoption, launched this week during a virtual event with support from members from...
Roughly 85 million people are now working from home due to COVID-19
As a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, 57.7% of the U.S. began working from home, according to a new report commissioned by Waveform, a cellular signal booster provider. The good news is...
China Mobile Hong Kong, Hutchinson and HKT have launched commercial 5G services in Hong Kong as of April 1.
Along with SmarTone, the operators had acquired 200 megahertz of 3.5 GHz spectrum for HKD1 billion ($129 million) in mid-October 2019. These 5G licenses will be...
Ericsson will help connect more children to their teachers while they wait out the threat of COVID-19
Last Thursday, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott announced the closure of all schools in the state for in-person instruction for the rest of the 2019-2020 school due to the...
MTS president says the carrier is seeing 'serious changes in the structure of consumption of mobile Internet traffic'
COVID-19 continues to spread globally, and networks around the world are working double-time trying to keep up with the unprecedented influx of traffic as work and school...
