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 the memories!
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A relatively low share of the 3.5 GHz band used for 5G connections can be a reason behind Canada's predicament, says Opensignal
According to new research from Opensignal, Canada lags behind other OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) members when it comes 5G download...
Telefónica currently holds approximately 71.81% of the shares in Telefónica Germany
Spanish operator Telefónica has made a voluntary public acquisition offer to the shareholders of German telco Telefónica Germany to acquire up to 28.19% of Telefónica Deutschland shares, which are not already held by Telefónica.
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Huawei highlighted that 5G-Advanced networks provide ultra-high reliability and ultra-low latency
China Unicom and Huawei claim that they are installing a commercial 5G-Advanced production line that features ultra-high reliability and ultra-low latency at the Baoding automation technology branch of Chinese firm Exquisite Automotive Systems (EA),...
Customers in both the public and private sectors, as well as the telecom sector, are increasingly confident in 5G as a technology, according to a new survey commissioned by Boldyn Networks of users in the U.S., U.K. and Ireland. But many of them also...
MediaTek says its latest Dimensity chipset enhances applications like gaming, video capture and generative AI processing
MediaTek has announced the latest flagship mobile chip to its lineup, the Dimensity 9300 chipset. The new chipset has an embedded AI processor — the APU 790 AI —...
One New Zealand said its 5G service is live in parts of Auckland, Hamilton, Bay of Plenty, Manawatū-Whanganui, Taranaki, Wellington, Christchurch, Queenstown and Southland
New Zealand carrier One New Zealand said it has reached an agreement to acquire Dense Air’s business with the aim of...
The local telecommunications regulator currently holds 400 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band
Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) Office said it is currently working on a spectrum management roadmap that could see auctions for the 3.5 GHz spectrum band for 5G...
The ABI Research director explained that 3GPP Release 18, which is branded as 5G-Advanced, will be frozen in March 2024
5G-Advanced is expected to introduce many new features that can help operators monetize their 5G networks, Dimitris Mavrakis, senior research director at ABI Research, told...
Optics BidCo, controlled by KKR, will take over the assets from TIM at a current enterprise value of 18.8 billion euros
Italian telecom company TIM has approved a proposal from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (KKR) to acquire TIM's fixed network assets or NetCo,...
Vodafone Germany had inked a partnership with German railway operator Deutsche Bahn to boost 5G connectivity last year
Vodafone Germany has already built more than 225 mobile masts since the start of 2023 to upgrade communications on railways, the telco said in a release.
In April...
T-Mobile’s legal team reportedly called the class action suit 'unprecedented and speculative'
T-Mobile US has been hit with an antitrust lawsuit related to its 2020 acquisition of Sprint after a U.S. judge ruled in favor of a class action filed by AT&T and Verizon subscribers...
Nokia said L4S greatly boosts the performance of real-time applications, particularly cloud-rendered extended reality (XR) services
Finnish vendor Nokia announced a collaboration with Hololight to explore how L4S, an internet protocol invented by Nokia, can enable applications and networks to simultaneously achieve high throughput and...
Elisa will walk away with a 37.5% stake in MVC Mobile VideoCommunication’s international video-conferencing business
Elisa intends to sell the majority stake in its workplace collaboration subsidiary Elisa Videra to MVC Mobile VideoCommunication. The deal is a share swap, and so, the Finnish operator will...
In a recent conference call, Nokia President and CEO Pekka Lundmark said that the vendor’s business continued to see benefit from 5G deployments in India
Finnish vendor Nokia is seeing a substantial demand for 5G equipment in India during the next two years, local newspaper...
The government of South Korea said the 6G plan also involves the development of technologies for the upper-mid band
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT unveiled its KRW440.4 billion ($324.5 million) research and development plan for future 6G networks, local news agency Yonhap reported.
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The SoftBank executive noted that he expects 5G-Advanced technology to gradually be implemented into commercial network equipment after 2025
The main features of future 5G-Advanced networks are expected to include further improvements in the fundamental performance aspects of 5G, such as coverage, capacity and mobility,...
Test and measurement company Ametek has acquired amplifier design and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing company Amplifier Research.
According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Ametek paid $105 million in cash for Amplifier Research, which is based in Pennsylvania and has annual sales...
Altice USA saw improved metrics across its broadband, fiber and mobile customers, with its mobile customer base growing at a rate of five times faster than it did during 2022's third quarter, CEO and Chairman Dennis Mathew told analysts on the company's quarterly call....
BSNL also said it aims to launch 5G in India in June 2024
Indian state-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is planning to launch its 4G service in December on a limited scale and then roll it out across the country by June...
The GSMA noted that 5G-Advanced will facilitate entirely new applications in areas such as smart transportation, smart cities and entertainment
The launch of future 5G-Advanced networks will enable telecom operators to monetize their previous investments in the 5G field, Barbara Pareglio, senior technical director, smart...
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 the memories!
Covid-19's impact on...
Virgin Media O2 will retain a 33.33% stake in Cornerstone upon completion of the transaction
U.K. telco Virgin Media O2 has reached an agreement to sell a 16.67% minority stake in its mobile tower joint venture, Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited, to the U.K.-based infrastructure fund,...
Verizon transported 1.2 terabytes per second of data across a single wavelength on its live metro fiber network
Verizon said its commercial fiber network trials in metro Long Island, NY successfully demonstrated increased speed, increased reliability and increased overall capacity for its fiber network. Working...
