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AT&T’s Sambar: ‘The industry has questions’ on 6G

Research and development efforts around the world are already honing in on what will constitute future 6G systems, from candidate spectrum bands to potential capabilities such as joint communications and sensing, and intelligent reconfigurable surfaces. 6G is also expected to herald a massive increase...

DNB, Ericsson launch 5G experience center in Malaysia

Ericsson was in charge of the deployment of DNB's 5G network infrastructure across Malaysia Malaysian state-run 5G network Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) has launched what it claims to be the largest 5G experience center in the country in partnership with Swedish vendor Ericsson. The main aim...

Ericsson unveils software toolkit to boost 5G network capabilities

Ericsson said the toolkit is designed for telecommunications services providers to deliver use cases with high requirements on throughput, reliability and latency at agreed performance levels Swedish vendor Ericsson has launched a new software toolkit with the main aim of strengthening 5G Standalone (SA) network...

Nokia sues Amazon, HP over video streaming patents

Amazon and HP aren't "playing by the rules," said Nokia's chief licensing officer Nokia has filed lawsuits in the U.S., Germany, India, the U.K. and the European Unified Patent court against Amazon and HP for allegedly infringing several of its patents related to video...

KDDI, Cisco and Fujitsu start operation of metro network in Japan

The Fujitsu OLS “1FINITY” series adopted for the metro network's inter-station transmission lines Japanese telco KDDI, Cisco Systems and Fujitsu announced the recent launch of operations of a metro, regional network that combines the IP layer network and optical transmission layer network for streamlined...

Dish: Better performance in Vegas, but room for improvement

SRG's testing said that erratic voice, downlink speeds have improved What difference has a year made in Dish Wireless' network performance in its inaugural market? Better voice quality and faster downlink speeds, according to recent testing and analysis from Signals Research Group. SRG first tested...

Samsung, O2 Telefónica to trial vRAN and Open RAN tech

Testing will first be carried out technologies at a lab in Munich, and then in a commercial 5G network in Landsberg am Lech Samsung Electronics and O2 Telefónica are jointly trialing advanced cloud-native virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) and Open RAN technologies in several lab and...

Brazilian regulator allocates 120 megahertz at 4.9 GHz for 5G

This move by telecom watchdog Anatel is expected to contribute to increased capacity and improved performance of 5G services across Brazil The Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) has approved the allocation of an additional 120 megahertz of spectrum in the 4.9 GHz band for the...

Broadband providers hope to differentiate with value-added services: Report

Home broadband, Wi-Fi speed and reliability guarantees and speed testing/diagnostics were among the most popular services that providers plan to offer Omdia and Broadband Forum have published a new report that shows global broadband service providers are focused on introducing technology that directly improves bandwidth...

Google to invest up to $2 billion in AI startup Anthropic

Anthropic is considered a rival to ChatGPT creator OpenAI Google has confirmed a recent $2 billion investment into Anthropic, a San Francisco-based generative AI startup, that is considered a serious rival to ChatGPT creator OpenAI. Details remain scarce; however, it has been reported that Google’s...

AI, ML to play a key role in 5G-Advanced networks: Nokia

Nokia expects the first release of the 5G-Advanced standard, Release 18, will be completed by 3GPP in the first half of 2024 Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) will play a key role in future 5G networks, Peter Merz, head of Nokia Standards, told...

Ericsson launches 6G initiative in India

The new team of researchers in India will work with Ericsson research teams in Sweden and the U.S. Swedish vendor Ericsson announced the launch of its "India 6G" program with the formation of an India 6G Research team in its Chennai R&D Center. In a release,...

Jio already deployed 1 million 5G cells in India

Jio highlighted it has contributed to 85% of the overall 5G capacity in India Reliance Jio Infocomm has already deployed over 1 million 5G cells across India, the telco said in its earning statement. Jio’s 5G network is currently providing coverage in nearly 8,000 towns and...

Biden admin asks for full funding for rip-and-replace

Another $3.1 billion would fully fund eligible carrier requests The Biden administration has asked Congress for an additional $3.1 billion to fully fund small-and-medium-sized network operators' efforts to remove and replace network gear and services from banned Chinese vendors. The Secure and Trusted Communications Networks...

NTT, Chunghwa Telecom partner on international network initiative

The partnership involves the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) concept, pioneered by NTT Japan’s NTT Corporation and Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom Co. have entered a partnership around the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) concept, which promotes the use of photonics technologies to develop high-speed,...

American Tower’s Q3 revenues up 5.5% y-o-y

American Tower Corporation ended Q3 2023 with a portfolio of approximately 225,000 communications sites American Tower Corporation (ATC) reported overall revenues of $2.82 billion for the third quarter of 2023, climbing 5.5% year-on-year, the company said in its earnings statement. American Tower’s profits for the period...

Reliance Jio demos satellite-based fiber service for remote regions

Jio has partnered with satellite provider SES to access its medium earth orbit (MEO) satellite technology Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited demonstrated what it claims to be India’s first satellite-based giga fiber service dubbed JioSpaceFiber at India Mobile Congress 2023. The telco said the new...

SK Telecom, Mars Auto to develop autonomous truck technology

SK Telecom and Mars Auto will work to collect and analyze data needed to develop advanced self-driving technology Korean’s largest mobile operator, SK Telecom (SKT), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a local autonomous vehicle startup with the aim of collaborating on advanced technology...

Huawei reports revenue increase of 2.4% y-o-y in Jan-Sep

Huawei generated revenues of CNY456.6 billion ($62.5 billion) in the first three quarters of the year Chinese vendor Huawei generated revenues of CNY456.6 billion ($62.5 billion) in the first three quarters of the year, climbing 2.4% year-on-year. "The company's performance is in line with forecast," said...

Google Fiber deploys Nokia’s 25G PON solution

With the 25G PON solution, Google Fiber can provide up to 10x faster broadband speeds, says Nokia Google Fiber is deploying Nokia’s 25G passive optical network (PON) solution to bolster its existing fiber network and deliver a new 20 Gig broadband service through its GFiber Labs,...

Malaysian telcos to sign share subscription agreements with DNB

DNB was set up by the Malaysian government in 2021 as a special purpose vehicle to develop the country’s 5G network infrastructure Malaysia’s Communications and Digital minister Fahmi Fadzil said that the share subscription agreements (SSAs) between state-owned 5G operator Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) and...

FCC okays E-Rate funds to equip school busses with Wi-Fi

Federal E-Rate funds can be used to outfit school busses with Wi-Fi access points, the Federal Communications Commission has declared. The declaratory ruling was supported by the Commission's three Democrats, and opposed by its two Republicans. Commissioners Brendan Carr and Nathan Simington argued both that...

Jio claims nationwide coverage with 5G in India

Reliance Jio Infocomm has been rapidly expanding its 5G network using Standalone (SA) architecture since October 2022 Indian carrier Reliance Jio Infocomm has covered the entire country with its 5G network ahead of the promised time frame of December 2023. According to a statement released by...

Orange reaches 38 Spanish cities with 5G SA

Orange ended Q3 with 2.50 million subscribers in the 5G segment Spanish telecom operator Orange said its 5G Standalone (SA) network reached 38 Spanish cities as of the end of the third quarter. Orange’s 5G SA network was initially launched in Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Valencia and...