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 5G.
The T Phone 5G smartphone...
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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 commercial 5G network services in Xizang...
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 heads, with availability "across all...
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 firewalls to protect network interfaces...
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 for interference mitigation and control,...
The partnership yields "a very competitive joint offering" for private 4G and 5G, according to ng-voice's CEO
Telecom software maker ng-voice has announced a new partnership with telco infrastructure software maker Casa Systems which ng-voice says will yield fully cloud-native 4G and 5G solutions for...
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 that it is working with Ericsson...
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 the company’s plan to shut...
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 plan for a national...
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 companies to pick up part...
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 Developer Platform and Telefónica’s fixed...
The network update will support 3G, 4G and 5G NSA
Samoan operator Bluesky has selected Ericsson for the modernization of its equipment and services in the American territory of Samoa. The agreement represents the first time that the companies are working together.
Specifically, the network...
Beijing had 28.9 5G base stations per 10,000 people
China’s capital Beijing had a total of 63,000 5G base stations as of the end of July, up 11,000 from the end of last year, local press reported.
According to Sun Lixin, an official from the city's...
The government of India expects to reach nationwide coverage with 5G in two years
India’s prime minister Narendra Modi is expected to officially announce the launch of 5G services in the country at India Mobile Congress on October 1, according to the National Broadband Mission,...
The government of Spain said that national 5G concessions will have a starting price of 7.5 million euros each
The Spanish government has kicked off the process to auction more spectrum for 5G mobile services in the country.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital...
"Some speeds have shown signs of slowing down from their initial launches," Ookla says of Starlink service
Starlink's commercial success is causing network slowdowns, benchmarking company Ookla concludes in new analysis, as new customers result in a heavier network load and slower speeds for the...
Huawei said that the massive MIMO technology deployed in the Philippines boost download and upload speeds by 35%
Chinese vendor Huawei has started to commercially deploy its third-generation 5G massive MIMO outside China, with the Philippines being the first major market.
In a release, the vendor...
M1 noted that its 5G SA network currently covers about 90% of Singapore
Singaporean operator M1 Limited announced that all its mobile handset plans will come with 5G connectivity.
In a release, the Asian carrier said that consumers who sign up for the first time or...
The investment is thought to be a response to an unprecedented revenue slowdown for Alibaba
In an effort to combat a historical slowdown, Alibaba has revealed a $1 billion investment to support its international cloud computing customers and partnerships. The investment, which will be injected...
Some fascinating possibilities in this research testing presented in a paper this week at the 2022 European Conference on Optical Communications in Switzerland: Lightwave Logic, Polariton Technologies and ETH Zurich successfully demonstrated a 250 GHz, super-high bandwidth electro-optical-electrical (EOE) link combining electro-optic polymers and...
Improving access to care is all about improving access to data, Verizon says
Verizon Business and U.K.-based health technology company Visionable are collaborating on a range of connected healthcare solutions. The partnership, which is an expansion of a 2021 agreement, combines Visionable’s patented technology and...
Cellular and landline service is making slow progress toward restoration in Puerto Rico, as the island begins recovery from the impact of Hurricane Fiona.
Of the U.S. territory's nearly 2,500 cellular sites, about 750, or 30% of sites, were still out of service yesterday,...
