Russia’s largest communications service provider, MTS, has extended its partnership with Ericsson to include a large-scale network modernization of its 2G/3G/4G infrastructure over large parts of central Russia.
The Swedish vendor said the new modernization agreement will allow the Russian carrier to pave the way...
Stealth Communications CEO: 'network privacy concerns amid remote work are being overlooked'
As homes around the world increasingly become offices and classrooms as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the news has been awash with headlines detailing the impact of such a shift on our...
Chinese vendor Huawei announced its investments in research and development activities focused on its own technology will reach $20 billion this year, up compared to $15 billion in 2019, South China Morning Post reported Huawei’s CEO Ren Zhengfei as saying.
“The U.S. will continue to...
Ericsson said has been selected by Greece’s largest mobile communications service provider, Cosmote, as its sole 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) vendor under a network modernization deal.
Cosmote, the mobile arm of Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE), which is part of the Deutsche Telekom Group, is...
China Telecom ended February with a total of 10.73 million subscribers in the 5G segment, the carrier said in a presentation.
The operator also confirmed plans to spend 45.3 billion yuan ($6.4 billion) on 5G in 2020, up compared to 9.3 billion yuan in 2019.
In...
Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile, a subsidiary of e-commerce giant Rakuten, and NEC announced that they have begun production of a jointly developed 5G mobile communications system radio unit (RU), and that the first unit has been shipped.
Production started at NEC Platforms’ plant in Fukushima,...
End-to-end network slicing is key to enable net neutrality in the 5G era, according to Chinese telecom vendor ZTE.
ZTE proposes that operators can use the technology of network slicing to work as virtual private network for different types of terminals. In one network slicing,...
Japanese carrier KDDI announced that it will launch its 5G wireless services on March 26 in 15 prefectures across the country.
The telco also said that it aims to expand its 5G offering nationwide in the summer.
KDDI also announced plans to install 10,000 base stations...
Greetings from Lake Norman and Charlotte, North Carolina where temperatures are above average and sunrises are magnificent. Social distancing with a lake breeze – one of the many advantages of being a Tar Heel state resident.
This has been a tough week in the markets...
Telstra 5G acceleration to be funded by 2021 capex
Australian carrier Telstra has decided to put a job cut program on hold and accelerate investments in 5G deployments due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus in Australia.
In a statement, CEO Andrew Penn said: “We...
Verizon recently increased its 2020 capex outlook
Speaking this week with CNBC's Jim Cramer, Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg detailed the shift in network usage that has come as millions of Americans work from home, businesses shutters and the economy slows in an effort to help...
5G technology will account for almost half of China’s overall mobile connections by 2025, according to a recent study by the GSMA.
The 2020 China edition of the GSMA’s ‘Mobile Economy’ series, forecasts that China will have an adoption rate on a par with other...
CEO John Legere ties T-Mobile US, Sprint merger to COVID-19
In a press release issued Thursday morning, T-Mobile US CEO John Legere, who is set to exist the company in a few months, said the operator has "broad support support from the banks" to close...
French telecoms regulator Arcep put on hold plans to carry out a 5G spectrum auction due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country, international press reported.
According to the reports, the French regulator says the current scenario makes it impossible to move forwardswith the...
The 5G services in Taiwan will be in the 3.5 GHz band are expected to be launched this summer
Taiwanese mobile operator Far EasTone (FET) has selected Ericsson to be its 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) vendor in a deal that will span all of...
Nokia has announced that it is adding 5G and edge capabilities to its Worldwide IoT Network Grid (WING) managed service.
In a release, the Finnish vendor said that this upgrade enables operators to offer 5G IoT services without having to invest in global infrastructure.
Nokia touts...
FCC Chairman sees traction with Keep Americans Connected Pledge
As a growing number of people shift to working from home and officials at the local, state and federal level close schools, restaurants, bars and other businesses, the big four U.S. carriers are working to ease...
Greetings from Davidson and Charlotte. Contrary to the cacophony of conjectures regarding the market impact of the convergence of cartels and contagion, we choose to place the inspiring “young guns” from Lucid Drone Technologies front and center this week. Andrew Ashur, their CEO, is...
The investment will go towards RF circuits, antennas and multi-media
A few days after confirming that its upcoming series of phones will all be 5G-enabled, Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus announced that the company is investing nearly $30 million to further its 5G research efforts, which...
EE announced that it has commercially launched its 5G service in 21 new towns and cities across the U.K. With these new cities, EE now offers 5G technology in 71 locations across the country.
EE has added 5G to Bath, Birkenhead, Clydebank, Motherwell and Rotherham...
France’s cybersecurity agency, ANSSI, is expected to allow local operators to use equipment from Chinese vendor Huawei for the deployment of 5G networks in the country, Reuters reported, citing sources with knowledge of the matter.
The sources said ANSSI had decided to approve the use...
The web services provider is now called Yahoo Mobile
Ever since purchasing Yahoo in 2017, Verizon has been working hard to diversify the web services provider’s business strategy in order to make it more profitable. The most recent development on this front is Yahoo’s transition...
Oi "sounding out the market" for potential sale of mobile business
Brazilian telecommunications operators Telefonica Brasil and TIM Participações have expressed interest in negotiating a joint offer to buy the mobile business of bankrupt Brazilian telco Oi the two companies said in securities filings.
Telefonica Brazil...
Middle East telco Ooredoo Group announced it has selected Huawei to make its network fully 5G-enabled in Oman, Indonesia, Tunisia and Maldives over the next five years, the telco said in a release.
Under the terms of the deal, Huawei will deploy its 5G SingleRAN...
