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Who has been buying midband 5G spectrum, how much and what did it cost them? Operators will be making return-on-investment calculations based a combination of spectrum prices plus the operational and capital expenditures involved in deploying the spectrum. Here are …

Vodafone would own 51% of the potential new entity while CK Hutchison would own the remaining 49% Vodafone Group confirmed that it is in discussions with Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings in relation to a possible combination of Vodafone UK …

Their trial conducted on Graviton2 processors yielded an average power reduction of 72% compared to Intel, the companies claimed Japanese telco NTT DoCoMo and NEC Corp. announced the completion of a technical trial to test energy efficiency and performance of Amazon Web …

Adaptive Service Assurance correlates quality KPIs with Amazon CloudWatch telemetry, EXFO said Network testing and monitoring solution vendor EXFO on Monday announced that its Adaptive Service Assurance (ASA) solution is available through Amazon Web Services (AWS). The product makes it easier for …

Test and measurement equipment makter Rohde & Schwarz has unveiled a new oscilloscope series that it says has the world’s fastest real-time update rate and enables engineers to “see more signal detail and infrequent events than with any other oscilloscope.” …

NEC Advanced Networks will drive developments in the radio unit business in an intial phase, with a focus on spectrum optimization and AI/ML-based massive MIMO products NEC has created a North American 5G “innovation unit” in New Providence, New Jersey, …

Deutsche Telekom said that the trial of WWC standards took place at its laboratory in the city of Bonn Deutsche Telekom has carried out a trial of 5G Wireless Wireline Convergence (WWC) standards at its laboratory in Bonn, the telco …

Using Google, Anthos to deliver 5G services will help CSPs save money and reduce complexity, said Mavenir Mavenir announced Friday plans to make its 5G solutions available on Google Cloud. The move will help Communication Service Providers (CSPs) deploy Mavenir’s …

First woman to lead ITU pledges to work toward “meaningful connectivity” The International Telecommunications Union has elected Doreen Bogdan-Martin as secretary-general, the first woman to lead the organization in its 157-year history. Bogdan-Martin currently serves as director of the ITU’s …

Rural carriers are weighing the “when” and “how” of the transition to 5G, both in terms of technical issues and business cases. During a carrier panel at the Competitive Carriers annual convention this week, representatives from US Cellular, Alaska’s GCI …

Dell and Wind River are offering CSPs out-of-the-box Open RAN and VRAN deployments Dell Technologies this week introduced Telecom Infrastructure Blocks, a new telco cloud infrastructure solution the company co-engineered with Wind River. The “blocks” offer Communication Service Providers (CSPs) with …

VMware’s telco cloud automation and service assurance offerings also get new features and enhancements VMware on Thursday announced changes to its telco cloud portfolio that it says will help Communication Service Providers (CSPs) with modernization efforts around 5G, Radio Access Network (RAN) …

Deutsche Telekom aims to make the 5G smartphones available in Germany in early 2023 German carrier Deutsche Telekom said it aims to launch its own 5G smartphones across its European footprint with the aim of increasing the consumer access to …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy …

China Broadnet had officially launched 5G services in June China Broadnet, China’s fourth-largest telecom operator, has reached nationwide coverage with its 5G network, according to a report by state-run newspaper Global Times. The report stated that China Broadnet officially launched …

Just in time for India’s imminent kick-off of 5G deployments, Mavenir has announced a series of made-in-India Open RAN radios supporting 2G through 5G. The company’s OpenBeam portfolio support includes options for massive MIMO, millimeter-wave spectrum and multi-band remote radio …

The company’s security products will protect Telus’s 5G core, internet perimeter and IoT deployments Palo Alto Networks announced Wednesday that Canadian telco Telus has selected the company to secure its 5G network. Telus will use Palo Alto’s hardware and software …

Open6G initiative is a cooperative industry/university/government research effort The U.S. Department of Defense is supporting an industry/university/government collaboration at Northeastern University focused on fundamental research on future 6G systems and related technologies, including spectrum sharing, the use of artificial intelligence …

Orange Belgium is deploying its 5G SA network in partnership with Ericsson, Nokia and Oracle Orange Belgium said it is deploying a 5G Standalone core network on a cloud-native architecture together with partners Ericsson, Nokia and Oracle. Orange Belgium said …

Ericsson had suspended operations and deliveries to customers in Russia in April as a consequence of the war with Ukraine Swedish vendor Ericsson has already notified its 400 employees in Russia that they will be laid off as part of …

While prevention is still important, enabling cohesive architectures and establishing resiliency and recovery tactics is becoming far more critical.

Amid renewed conversations around the re-authorization of the Federal Communications Commission’s auction authority for spectrum and what a new spectrum pipeline might look like, the Aspen Institute brought together government and private-sector stakeholders to work on a framework and action …

5G and fiber buildout isn’t viable without making the biggest users pay for part of it, say EU telcos Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica and 13 other Communication Service Providers (CSPs) in Europe are clamoring for hyperscalers and other big tech …

Qualcomm and Telefónica will leverage Snapdragon Spaces and the carrier’s network infrastructure In a new collaboration, Telefónica and Qualcomm Technologies will work to expand the XR ecosystem in preparation for the metaverse. The pair will leverage the Snapdragon Spaces XR …