This move by the government of India will allow domestic telcos to secure additional sources of revenue
India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) will soon announce the rules around the leasing of mobile spectrum by local carriers to companies willing to deploy private networks, paving the...
The telco claimed to be the first operator to launch 5G Standalone technology in Argentina
Telecom Argentina said it has already activated 68 5G antennas using the 3.5 GHz band in different cities across the country.
The telco claimed to be the first operator in the...
American Tower has a portfolio of around 78,000 sites across India
American Tower has signed a definitive agreement with Data Infrastructure Trust (DIT), an infrastructure investment trust associated with an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management, for DIT to acquire 100% of the equity interests in...
Test company Anritsu said recently that the first Non-Terrestrial Network protocol conformance tests for narrowband IoT were validated on its 5G NR Mobile Device Test Platform ME7834NR, in conjunction with testing of Sony Semiconductor Israel’s Altair device. Those tests have been submitted to the...
The Biden administration announced an agreement with semiconductor producer Microchip Technologies to expand its domestic production capacity of legacy chips, supported with $162 million in financial incentives funded through the CHIPS and Science Act.
This is the second agreement announced as part of the...
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Zain Kuwait also tested Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communication (URLLC)
Zain Kuwaut said it has achieved speeds of 10 Gigabits per second after completing a 5.5G technology trial on its network in partnership with Chinese vendor Huawei.
The Middle East telco said it was the first operator...
Articul8 was created with intellectual property (IP) and technology developed at Intel
Intel Corporation and DigitalBridge Group, a global investment firm, announced the formation of Articul8 AI, an independent company offering enterprise customers a full-stack, vertically-optimized and secure generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) software platform.
Intel noted...
The government of Thailand said the proposed MVNO regulations stipulate that the existing operators can hold a share of the new regional MVNOs
The chairman of Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), Sarana Boonbaichaiyapruck, has outlined a plan to create more mobile virtual network...
Jio has already completed with all the required submissions to local regulator IN-SPACe
Indian telco Reliance Jio Infocomm is expected to gain landing rights and market access authorizations from the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center (IN-SPACe) by the end of January to launch...
BSNL previosuly said it expected to launch a 4G network this year
Indian telecoms vendor HFCL has signed a deal worth INR 11.2 billion ($135 million) with state operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to upgrade its optical transport network (OTN) across India.
The vendor noted...
Vodafone Idea needs to obtain fresh financing in order to be in a position to launch its 5G network
Indian carrier Vodafone Idea may face financial challenges as lenders are refusing to extend fresh loans to the telecom operator, according to Indian press reports.
The reports...
Orange reported its 5G network currently covers 83.2% of the country’s overall population
Spanish telco Orange ended 2023 with a total of 2,463 towns and cities covered by its 5G network, according to the telco’s latest available data.
Orange reported that its 5G network currently covers...
Charlie Ergen's network companies are now officially one entity again, with EchoStar having completed its merger with Dish Network.
The all-stock transaction was completed on December 31, via the mechanism of a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar merging with Dish Network. The Dish Network...
BT said that all 4G and 5G data sessions and voice calls are now delivered by non-Huawei core equipment'
U.K carrier BT Group missed the deadline previously imposed by the government to move data flows off core network equipment made by Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies,...
Rakuten Mobile initially launched mobile services in Japan in April 2020
Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile has reached over 6 million subscribers as of the end of December, the carrier said in a release.
“Since the full-scale launch of its mobile carrier service in April 2020, Rakuten...
During 2023, the largest operators in Germany have been focusing on the expansion of their 5G networks, with some operators already offering coverage to more than 90% of the country’s population.
German telco Deutsche Telekom said that its 5G network currently covers 96% of the...
The collaboration deal between 5G-ACIA and TAICS was facilitated by Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)
The 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Taiwan Association of Information and Communication Standards (TAICS), with the aim of...
Airtel said its 5G offering was available across all districts in India while rival telco Jio's 5G networl already reaches over 7,700 towns and cities
The two largest operators in India, Reliance Jio Infocomm and Bharti Airtel, are rapidly expanding 5G networks after they initially...
Jio said that the new AI-based offering will be called ‘Bharat GPT’
Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm is currently working with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay to launch an indigenous artificial intelligence (AI) model, local press reported, citing the company’s chairman Akash Ambani, as...
Huawei reported its revenues in 2023 would expand by nearly 9% year-on-year
Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies expects to report revenue exceeding CNY 700 billion ($98.5 billion) for 2023, according to comments from the company’s rotating CEO Ken Hu in an internal new year message.
The figure...
Qualcomm said 5G FWA will create new opportunities in the consumer and enterprise segments
5G fixed wireless access (FWA) will be a crucial technology for enabling last-mile connectivity in India, local newspaper Economic Times reported, citing Savi Soin, president of Qualcomm India.
Soin also noted that...
Vodafone said its 5G SA network currently serves nearly 45% of the German population
Vodafone Germany’s 5G network reached 91% of the country’s population as of the end of 2023, the European carrier said in a release.
Meanwhile, the operator’s 5G Standalone network (SA) currently serves...
HFCL said its 5G FWA products are already under trial with domestic and international customers
Indian telecom gear maker HFCL announced the launch of its locally developed 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) consumer premises equipment (CPE) for telecom operators, local press reported.
HFCL said its 5G...
