China Mobile said that a total of 360,000 5G base stations were deployed in 2023
The penetration of 5G technology in China is expected to reach 90% as of the end of 2023, local newspaper Global Times reported, citing an executive from local carrier China...
Telia said the new local dedicated 5G networks will be deployed in five strategically important locations for Sweden
Swedish telco Telia said it has obtained funding from the European Union (EU) to build dedicated 5G networks in five locations across the country.
The Nordic carrier noted...
Under the terms of the deal, Ericsson and AgriBusiness Connect aim to create new industry value by utilizing the vendor’s 5G solutions in public and private networks
Swedish vendor Ericsson has signed a partnership with Australian non-profit organization AgriBusiness Connect to evaluate potential 5G enterprise...
Bharti Airtel said its IoT offering includes its proprietary platform dubbed “Airtel IoT Hub”
Indian telecommunications operator Bharti Airtel announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with smart metering and digital solutions provider IntelliSmart with the aim of powering up to 20 million smart...
Cellnex will install small cells on the famous Ramblas in Barcelona
European telecommunications infrastructure provider Cellnex has signed an agreement with Urban Service Point (USP) to install small cells in newspaper stands especially in areas with greater population density and high demand for data consumption,...
Chinese operator ended November with 771 million 5G users
Chinese operators have installed a total of 3.28 million 5G base stations nationwide as of the end of November, local press reported citing official data.
The figure accounted for 28.5% of China’s total mobile base stations, according...
Orange said the private networks offers benefits including real-time automation, improved productivity and enhanced worker safety
Spanish operator Orange and Ericsson have signed an agreement to offer B2B customers in Spain the opportunity to deploy their own private 5G networks.
The partners noted that the introduction...
SpaceX has been granted special temporary authority by the Federal Communications Commission for field testing of direct-to-cellular communications via its Starlink second generation satellites.
The company said that it would be testing up to five devices at different power levels using T-Mobile US' spectrum in...
O2 Telefónica has added 5G technology to around 3,000 locations since the beginning of the year
German telecom operator O2 Telefonica, controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, said its 5G network currently reaches 95% of Germany’s population.
O2 Telefónica implemented a total of around 7,000 expansion measures...
Deutsche Telekom highlighted that its 5G network currently covers 96% of the German population
German telco Deutsche Telekom said it has achieved its targets in terms of fiber optic deployment. The carrier said it made more than 2.5 million new fiber optic connections possible in...
Three Ireland has partnered with Technological University Shannon (TUS) to trial 5G SA technology
Irish telco Three claimed to be the first operator in Ireland to launch a 5G Standalone (5G SA) with the aim of improving services for businesses and consumers.
Operating initially on a...
FCC's auction authority has yet to be reinstated by Congress
It literally took an act of Congress, but T-Mobile US will get access to the licenses the carrier won in 2022.
President Joe Biden has signed the 5G SALE Act, giving temporary authorization to the...
What are some realistic ways that operators can increase the sustainability of their mobile networks, while reducing operational expenditures related to energy usage?
At the recent Telco Sustainability Forum virtual event (available on-demand here), Turkcell's Director of Access Network Mustafa Karakoc provided an in-depth...
The Spanish government will acquire the stake in Telefonica via state holding SEPI
The Spanish government approved the acquisition of up to 10% of the capital of Spanish operator Telefónica, which would make it the majority shareholder of the operator.
Spain plans to buy the stake...
With the new launch in Canada, AWS now has 105 availability zones across 33 geographic regions
Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched its second infrastructure region in Canada, the company said in a release.
With the AWS Canada West (Calgary) Region, AWS noted it was the first...
The country's communications ministry said the 5G spectrum auction had raised more than 1.5 billion pesos ($380 million)
Colombian operators Claro, WOM, Tigo and Movistar have all secured 5G licenses in a spectrum auction carried out by Colombia’s ICT Ministry MinTIC.
The country's communications ministry said...
Nokia has agreed to sell its Device Management (DM) and Service Management Platform (SMP) businesses to Canadian telecom and media software company Lumine Group for $185 million euros (approximately $203 million).
Nokia said that its Device Management software capabilities help communication service providers...
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5G gained about 537 million connections around the world during the third quarter of 2023, according to 5G Americas, based on data from Omdia. That brings the global total to about 1.6 billion 5G connections, up 71% from the same period last year.
The...
Iliad said its 5G coverage rate in France currently reaches over 94.4% of the population
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted French operator Iliad a new €300 million ($329 million) loan to finance its 5G network rollouts, the company said in a release.
This is...
SK Telecom said the innovation consists in upgrading the cryptography used to anonymize the user digital identity on the 5G network
SK Telecom (SKT), the largest mobile operator in Korea, and Thales have partnered to test advanced quantum-resistant cryptography, or Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC).
Based on...
T-Mo, Verizon are gaining cable, DSL customers
Fixed Wireless Access services offered by telecom carriers are succeeding in winning customers away from cable and DSL service providers, according to new analysis from Ookla, but competition in the space is expected to ramp up in the...
Total mobile shipments in the January-October period surged 4.2% year-on-year to 230 million units
China's mobile phone shipments surged 19.7% year-on-year to over 29.16 million in October, local press reported, citing data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT).
According to the report,...
AT&T said it is looking at trying to turn some circuits down as users migrate from legacy technologies such as DSL to fiber
Operators are facing the challenge of having to deploy more hardware to meet the appetite of users for more data while at...
