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RootMetrics is only about halfway through the 125 U.S. cities that it tests every six months, but after 60 cities, it’s releasing a look at what it’s seeing so far in 5G test results. While the number of cities where …

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 …

Energy generation is scheduled to begin at the end of 2022 As part of its plan to achieve net-zero U.K. operations by 2027, Vodafone has signed a 10-year agreement with power supplier Centrica and MYTILINEOS’ Renewables & Storage Development business …

Ericsson supports more than 20 million vehicles across 150 countries with its automotive portfolio This week, Ericsson is at the Financial Times’ Future of the Car conference in London, an event the telecom vendor has been attending since 2017. As …

FOREST HEIGHTS, MARYLAND—Telecom companies want to set out a path for growth in a rapidly evolving technology and connectivity landscape, but they are wary of the lessons learned from recent rounds of expensive network investment where most of the resulting …

SK Telecom said its 5G customer base accounted for 45.9% of total mobile subscribers at end-March South Korean operator SK Telecom ended the first quarter of 2022 with a total of 10.88 million subscribers in the 5G segment, after a …

Private networks are all about cost, control, security, new use cases and performance, summarizes Jagadeesh Dantuluri, general manager for private and dedicated networks at Keysight Technologies. But as much as telcos, NEMs and other ecosystem players are eyeing private 5G …

EE initially launched 5G technology in London, Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff, Birmingham and Manchester U.K. carrier EE announced its 5G network has already passed 50% population coverage in the country. EE, which had launched its 5G network in May 2019, claimed …

Red Hat said it’s prioritizing enterprise edge adoption and hybrid cloud in new changes across its product line.

Orange previously said it was planning to introduce 5G Standalone (SA) services for the general public in 2023 Ericsson and Orange France have signed a five-year agreement which will make Ericsson Charging the strategic monetization platform for Orange France’s 5G …

Samsung Electronics had published a white paper introducing its 6G vision in July 2020 Samsung Electronics released a white paper that lays out the company’s vision for securing global frequency bands for future 6G technology. The paper, titled “6G Spectrum: …

Ethio Telecom CEO says to expect 150 cell sites over the next year Ethiopia’s Ethio Telecom launched a pre-commercial 5G network across six mobile stations in the capital city of Addis Ababa this week. The launch, said the company, is …

Juniper Networks has rebooted Contrail Networking as CN2, going cloud-native with Kubernetes support and more.

Safaricom began its 5G trials in March 2021 in Nairobi, Kisumu, Kisii and Kakamega The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has reportedly allocated 60 megahertz of spectrum in the 2600 MHz band to Safaricom for its 5G network in Kenya. …

When it comes to 5G and spectrum, there are a lot of complicating factors at work. While previous generations of cellular technologies typically brought new spectrum into play, 5G is making use of familiar sub-6 GHz frequencies that have been …

Qualcomm announced its Wi-Fi 7 Pro Series portfolio this week, highlighting the importance of features like 320 MHz channel support, 4K QAM and Multi-Link capabilities. The chipmaker’s senior vice president and general manager of Wireless Infrastructure and Networking Nick Kucharewski, …

Cisco this week put the spotlight on new AI and ML-based predictive networking tech which it says will prevent problems before they happen.

The FirstNet Authority Board has voted to use network reinvestment funds to expand coverage indoors, in a move that will allow its network partner, AT&T, to offer an indoor coverage extension service to FirstNet customers. FirstNet said that the approved …

NFC Forum has released new test specifications that the group said are the first that will enable manufacturers to certify that their products comply with the NFC Wireless Charging (WLC) 2.0 standard. That standard allows a smartphone, notebook or a dedicated charging …

The UK telco said its 5G services reaches one third of the country’s population U.K. operator Three UK ended the first quarter of the year with a total of 2,800 5G sites in 370 towns and cities across the country, …

The number of authorized 5G sites during April increased by 1.8% compared to March France had a total of 33,557 authorized 5G sites as of May 1, of which 24,553 were declared technically operational by the local mobile carriers, according …

Verizon Business said the new strategy will focus on venues and stadiums in Europe and Asia Pacific Verizon Business and Extreme Networks announced a strategic partnership with the aim of providing connectivity and network solutions for large venues and stadiums …

With 5G deployments well underway around the world and the technology beginning the shift from its first, Non Standalone iteration to end-to-end 5G, the focus of standards work continues to look ahead to enhancements yet to be achieved in this …

Signal repeaters can offset the need for new 5G base stations, adding network density without additional infrastructure Increasing network capacity is critical for achieving the coverage and speeds promised by 5G; but obstacles like cost, time and community objection make …