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With the implementation of this technology, Aramco has the potential to optimize its offshore operations via the 5G mesh Inmarsat Maritime, which is owned by Viasat, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Saudi energy and chemical company Aramco …

Solutions by stc announced an O-RAN deal with Mavenir to launch what it claims to be the first commercial O-RAN network in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian operators stc and Mobily have announced different deals for the implementation of Open RAN …

EchoStar needs additional financing to pay debts coming due and plans to use its spectrum holdings as leverage The newly merged EchoStar needs to raise additional capital to pay debts due in the coming months, and is unlikely to be …

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 …

During MWC 2024, Huawei also unveiled its ‘5.5G’ intelligent core network solution Chinese vendor Huawei recently unveiled eight “5.5G”, or 5G-Advanced innovation practices to help operators build such networks. The announcement was made during MWC 2024, which took place last …

Following a successful test, Optus plans to deploy the multi-operator Ericsson Radio Dot System at indoor venues Australian operator Optus is laying the groundwork to deploy Ericsson’s multi-operator Radio Dot system across Australia to improve its indoor 5G coverage. In …

Kyivstar aims to use Rakuten Symphony’s O-RAN and 5G technologies to help rebuild Ukraine’s digital infrastructure Japan’s Rakuten Symphon and Veon Group’s subsidiary Kyivstar, Ukraine’s largest telecommunications operator, have announced a preliminary agreement that confirms Kyivstar’s interest in procuring and …

Vodafone highlighted that countries such as Sweden, the Netherlands, Finland and Denmark are currently investing in 5G SA connectivity at a faster rate compared to the U.K. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in the U.K. could be missing out …

Airgain says that a North American Tier One MSO will start upgrading its customer premise equipment to Wi-Fi 7, with new units beginning to ship in the second half of this year. Airgain won the multi-year, multi-million dollar design win …

Ericsson and Türk Telekom have signed a MoU during MWC Barcelona 2024 to cooperate on exploring the 6G ecosystem and its application areas Swedish vendor Ericsson has announced two separate developments with Turkish operators to cooperate in different fields including …

Spirent’s CEO blames tough market conditions on impact to company’s finances Viavi Solutions has made a bid to acquire Spirent Communications for $1.3 billion, and pending approval by shareholders, the test-industry-changing transaction is expected to close in the second half …

ZTE unveiled 10 5G-A products including UBR and FDD massive MIMO products, mmWave products and a non-terrestrial networks (NTN) base station Chinese vendor ZTE Corporation recently announced 5G-Advanced (5G-A) products at an event during MWC 2024, which took place in …

Zain initially launched 5G-A services last year in capital Riyadh Saudi Arabia telco Zain aims to accelerate the deployment of 5G-Advanced (5G-A) services from 2024, the carrier’s engineering executive general manager Mohammed Abdulazis AlNujaidi said. The telco launched 5G-A services …

Ericsson and the Taiwanese telco signed this 5G-A deal during MWC 2024 Swedish vendor Ericsson and Taiwanese carrier Chunghwa Telecom signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost 5G technology in Taiwan, the former said in a release. The agreement, …

Under the partnership, Nokia and IISc will work together in Nokia’s newly inaugurated 6G Lab in Bengaluru Finnish vendor Nokia announced it is expanding its 6G commitment to India by partnering with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to jointly …

As of January 2024, 261 operators in 101 countries had launched commercial 5G services, GSMAi said 5G connections are expected to represent 51% of total mobile connections at a global level by 2029, according to new figures from GSMA Intelligence …

Ericsson will provide advanced private 4G and 5G networks to enhance connectivity for government and enterprise customers Swedish vendor Ericsson and Emirati telco du had announced strategic partnership under which Ericsson will provide its private 5G networks with the aim …

BARCELONA—Open radio access networks have been a major theme at this week’s Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2024. Not only was an O-RAN Alliance meeting held in conjunction with MWC, but a number of announcements indicate the continued development of the …

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 …

Ericsson and DNB said they will collaborate for use cases enabled by end-to-end network slicing Ericsson and Malaysian state-run 5G network Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) have announced plans to collaborate on 5G-Advanced (5G-A) technology, the former said in a release.  …

AWS said it has also joined NTT Docomo’s OREX initiative to promote O-RAN efforts at a global scale Japanese operator NTT Docomo has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) to commercially deploy its nationwide 5G Open Radio Access Network (RAN) in …

BARCELONA—As 5G continues to evolve, the telecom industry is setting its sights on a new frontier: achieving global service ubiquity through a combination of cellular terrestrial networks and space-based, non-terrestrial networks. At booths around the show, Qualcomm and MediaTek chipsets …

Ericsson claimed the deployment is the first cloud RAN project in Europe Swedish vendor Ericsson and German operator O2 Telefonica will start deploying Cloud RAN technology to support the latter’s 5G Standalone (SA) network in Offenbach, Germany in the first …

ZTE said that the collaboration will cover 5G field trials of live use case applications in Sarawak using 5G-A tech MWC Barcelona—Chinese vendor ZTE signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Malaysian operators CelcomDigi and U Mobile to demo the …

The project, dubbed “5G-A Country”, seeks to accelerate the digital transformation of the Arab country MWC Barcelona–Chinese vendor Huawei and Emirati-based telco du signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost 5G-Advanced (5G-A) technology in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). …