The 2022 Commonwealth Games, an international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, was held in Birmingham, England. This year’s event featured more than 5,000 athletes from 72 nations, 19 different sports and a private network provided by BT. Partnering with the...
Further, 48% intend to upgrade to 5G 'as soon as possible,' Ookla reported
India recently concluded a 5G spectrum auction in which the country’s operators spent a total of total $19 billion for spectrum across 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1.8 GHz, 2.1 GHz,...
The immersive lab, a partnership between the FirstNet Authority and NIST's PSCR, enables both training and tech R&D
During the Marshall Fire, which burned around 1,000 homes in small towns west of Boulder, Colorado in late December 2021, the First Responder Network Authority's technical quarters...
Prelim earnings miss guidance by more than $1 billion
After the markets closed on Monday, Nvidia released preliminary financial results for its FY23 second quarter, which ended on July 31, 2022. The news is worse than Nvidia told investors it would be, and even worse than most...
700 waterway construction projects are planned through 2023, with 1,400 more 5G sites added
Vodafone Germany has announced plans to improve 5G and LTE communications coverage for Germany’s bustling seaports and inland waterways. The plans include the expansion of both the company’s LTE network footprint and...
Global digital operator Veon confirmed the sale of its 45.57% stake in Djezzy Algeria for $682 million. Veon said the cash will be used to improve its liquidity position.
Veon’s stake in the company now belongs to Fonds National d’Investissement (Algeria’s national investment fund), which...
Swisscom's midband "5G+" service uses frequencies at 3.5 GHz
Swiss operator Swisscom said it has turned up its midband-spectrum-based "5G+" service on 2,230 antennas in 985 locations.
During the first half of the year, Swisscom added a total of 255 midband-enabled antennas nationwide.
The telco’s 5G+ service...
5G RF planning helps to drive Netscout's quarterly revenue
Network assurance and security company Netscout reported revenue gains of nearly 10% for the quarter ending June 30 and narrowed its net loss compared to a year ago.
President and CEO Anil Singhal told analysts on...
It's the first time 4CCA has been tested outside a lab in Europe, the companies claim
BT announced Monday that it has successfully tested four component-carrier (4CC) carrier aggregation on a 5G Standalone (SA) network in commercial frequencies. Using EE’s live network, BT said it and...
AT&T and Verizon both sees some improvement, but not enough to top Rootmetrics' rankings
Another round of Rootmetrics' analysis of 125 metro markets in the U.S. confirms that T-Mo continues to lead in 5G reach and speed, while Verizon landed its third consecutive win in...
The majority of 5G SA network deployments will stick to telco cloud, a new report asserts.
The revenue for 5G workloads hosted on public cloud services will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 88% between now and 2026, totaling $4.6 billion over that...
The study revealed that 5G coverage will only reach 3% of the country's territory next year
5G technology will cover 53% of the Spanish population in 2023, but only 3% of the country’s territory, according to a report published by Spain’s EAE Business School.
The data...
The midband spectrum auction moved slowly through its first week
The Federal Communications Commission's 2.5 GHz auction has rounded up just $143 million in gross bids after nine rounds.
The auction raised about $103 million in its first day, with six hours of bidding. IT...
The FortiGate 4800F sports 2.4 Tbps throughput and hardware-accelerated VXLAN and DDoS protection.
Fortinet on Wednesday introduced a compact Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) targeted at hyperscale data centers and 5G networks. The FortiGate 4800F occupies four rack units while providing up to 2.4 terabits per second...
5G is a "strong, enduring growth driver," Spirent says
Spirent Communications saw strong performance and record orders during the first half of the year, driven by 5G and its targeting of new customers such as hyperscalers with assurance solutions.
CEO Eric Updyke said in a...
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Mobile internet set...
CNCF sees increasing Kubernetes traction in telecom
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has published the results of what it calls a “microsurvey” of Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to gauge their progress developing cloud-native network functions and customer applications. The report frames the use of Kubernetes in...
The acquisition draws Arista closer to Ericsson, said Arista’s CEO
Arista Networks announced this week that it has acquired unified cloud network company Pluribus Networks, developers of unified cloud networking technology. Arista's COO, Anshul Sadana, said the move will bolster its efforts to develop next-generation...
Bharti Airtel spent a total of $5.4 billion to secure 19,800 megahertz of spectrum in several bands to launch 5G
Indian carrier Bharti Airtel has signed 5G network agreements with Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung to start 5G deployments in the country.
In a release announcing the...
Broadband provider Consolidated Communications has worked out a deal with Verizon to buy Consolidated's share of five wireless limited partnerships, for an aggregate sum of $490 million.
The sale of the partnerships to Verizon is expected to close by the end of this year, though...
The “preemptive support service” leans on AI and ML to improve efficiency at a Foxconn factory in Hungary
Ericsson and Vodafone on Tuesday announced a service continuity solution for private networks aimed at improving manufacturing and industrial efficiency. It’s described as a “preemptive support service” that uses...
The three governments want content providers to subsidize EU 5G and broadband buildouts.
The European Commission is under increasing pressure to make tech giants pay for the buildout of telecom infrastructure in the EU, Reuters reports. A new paper signed by representatives of France, Germany, and Italy...
The analyst firm further predicts that consumer mixed reality headsets will generate global revenues of $50 billion by 2030
Rumors about a high-end virtual reality (VR) headset from Apple have been making the rounds, suggesting that one might hit the market as soon as January...
Clearfield's CEO Cheri Beranek discusses how ongoing supply-chain constraints are impacting the fiber industry and explores to what extent federal funding will help address this and other challenges related to building out fiber assets and closing the digital divide.
