Nokia noticeably absent from AT&T's five-year effort to deploy commercial-scale open radio access networks
AT&T is planning to spend roughly $14 billion over the next five years to shift 70% of its network traffic onto open and interoperable platforms, with the foundation provided by Ericsson.
The...
Broadcom will reportedly cut 1,267 employees at VMware’s Palo Alto office
Broadcom will reportedly cut employees at VMware’s Palo Alto office, following the completion of the $61 billion acquisition of the software player company, which finally closed last month after facing various regulatory hurdles.
According...
Globe said that it has logged 5.2 million 5G devices on its network as of September 2023
Globe Telecom, the largest mobile network operator in the Philippines, said it has deployed a total of 716 new 5G sites nationwide in the first nine months of...
The entire Grand Central Madison network encompasses three million square feet, said Boingo
Boingo Wireless has deployed 5G and Wi-Fi 6 connectivity at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) Grand Central Madison, a new, multi-billion dollar terminal serving Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) passengers. Featuring 5G,...
Telecom Argentina’s first 5G SA antennas were deployed in large urban concentrations in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area
Telecom Argentina said it recently activated its first 5G antennas using the 3.5 GHz band, thus becoming the first telco in the country to launch 5G Standalone...
Ericsson said that India will have 860 million subscribers in the 5G segment by end-2029
5G subscriptions in India are expected to reach 130 million by the end of 2023 and are forecast to grow to 860 million by 2029, according to the latest edition...
The WBA further found that 58% of respondents are more confident in investing in Wi-Fi than they were a year ago
A new Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) report reveals that Wi-Fi 6, 6E and 7 will be among the top technology priorities for network operators,...
Telus Communications walked away with the most licenses, having secured 1,430 licenses for nearly $620 million
Canada has shared the results of its mid-band 3800 MHz spectrum auction are in, and according to the government, Telus Communications walked away with the most licenses, having secured...
The Wi-Fi 6 network at BSB will enable applications like mobile boarding passes and cashless food and beverage transactions
Boingo Wireless has deployed a high-speed Wi-Fi 6 network throughout the Brasília International Airport (BSB), Brazil's third busiest airport, with roughly 13 million passengers passing through per year. The network extends throughout the...
5G will account for 25% of global mobile traffic this year, according to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report
Ericsson's newly released Mobility Report takes a look ahead to the height of the 5G era and forecasts that by the end of 2029, 85% of the...
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The telco cloud solution is generally available in North America and has reportedly been deployed by more than 100 CSPs
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and cloud communications platform Alianza, Inc. announced at AWS re:invent a multi-year Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) to address how communication...
What's ahead for Verizon's network in 2024? Joe Russo, the carrier's EVP and president of global networks and technology, discussed some of the deployment trends and customer demands that the mobile network operator is seeing as 5G continues to evolve.
Russo spoke at this...
LitePoint exec: 'This is the first year we’ve ramped Wi-Fi 6E; it's shipping in high volumes'
According to IDC Research, 3.8 billion Wi-Fi devices are forecast to ship in 2023 alone, and of those, 473 million are expected to be Wi-Fi 6E devices. The firm...
The network for Ooredoo is '5G-ready' and the equipment used is ATEX 2 Zone certified, said Ericsson
Ericsson is deploying a 4G network to help Ooredoo Qatar’s oil and gas enterprise customers connect their offshore facilities with arriving ships. The network will feature RAN equipment...
Telco market is primed for disruption, analyst firm finds, due to impacts of GenAI and more
What telecom trends can the industry expect to shape 2024? Juniper Research has put forward a list of 10 that it sees as being paramount for telcos in the...
Orange Group first expressed interest in purchasing a 45% stake in Ethio Telecom two years ago
Orange Group has decided to withdraw from a process to acquire a 45% stake in Ethiopia’s state-owned operator Ethio Telecom. The French operator confirmed that, due to existing market...
Vodafone noted that 5G SA coverage in all populated areas across the U.K. by 2030 is a core ambition of the government
The difference between slow and accelerated 5G rollout could represent an additional £7.4 billion ($9.27 billion) to the U.K. economy, according to a...
Bharti Airtel said its 5G service is now accessible across all districts and union territories in India
Indian operator Bharti Airtel said its 5G service, dubbed "Airtel 5G Plus," is now available across all districts in the states of Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Odisha, Karnataka, Gujarat...
CommScope is currently supplying cables, microwave antennas, filters and switches to Indian telcos Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio Infocomm
U.S. company CommScope said it is currently in talks with Indian state-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to potentially secure telecoms contracts with the company,...
Ericsson said the RedCap demo took place in Ciudad Real, Spain, using Vodafone Spain’s live testing 5G network
Ericsson, Vodafone and Qualcomm Technologies have demonstrated what they claimed to be the first RAN Reduced Capability (RedCap) data sessions on a European network.
The RedCap demo took...
1&1 customers currently have access to 4G services via the roaming agreement with O2 Germany
German operator 1&1, which is owned by United Internet AG, announced the launch of mobile services on its own network for smartphone users, starting December 8.
The telco also announced it...
The GSMA report noted that 5G will become the dominant mobile technology in Europe within the next three years, driven by growing adoption in Germany and the U.K.
Mobile data traffic in Europe is forecast to almost triple over the next five years, chiefly boosted...
Verizon put 5G network slicing through its paces as part of its support of last weekend's Formula 1 Last Vegas Grand Prix racing event. The carrier said that the technology "showed exceptional performance for streaming content in a high data-usage environment."
Verizon said that...
