The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) today released a new report called Get Ready for Wi-Fi 7: Applying New Capabilities to the Key Use Cases. The report is led by WBA members Broadcom, CableLabs, Cisco and Intel and looks at Wi-Fi 7’s most impressive features...
As of the end of June, Entel had 1.20 million active customers in the 5G segment
Chilean operator Entel said it has completed the second and final phase of its 5G rollout project.
Entel claimed to be the first carrier in Chile to fully complete the...
Telekom Malaysia aims to offer its customers in Malaysia and the region with multi-access edge computing from all its data centers in the country
Telekom Malaysia (TM) and Korean carrier SK Telecom inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop the Multi-Access Edge Computing...
American Tower's CFO said the company was in the final stage of negotiations to sell a majority stake in its tower unit in India
American Tower is confident of finalizing the sale of its towers business in India soon, the company’s CFO, Rod Smith, said...
Qualcomm also makes money from Apple as a result of a lawsuit over royalties that was settled in 2019
Qualcomm this week announced that it will supply Apple with 5G modems for smartphones through 2026, despite previous suggestions that Apple would likely begin using an internally developed 5G modem...
AT&T President of Network Chris Sambar says the "network is the killer app" and details 5G SA services
Killer application? We don't need your killer application. Or rather ... the network itself is the killer application, in that it enables multiple services and lets users...
Nvidia CEO said India 'possesses size, data, and skill' necessary to be a leader in AI
Nvidia announced new partnerships with Indian conglomerates Tata Group and Reliance Industries to develop language models for business and consumer AI applications, cloud infrastructure and generative services in...
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) officially launched the Bharat 6G Alliance in July 2023
ATIS’ Next G Alliance (NGA) and India’s Bharat 6G Alliance have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore collaboration opportunities on 6G wireless technologies, the former said in a release.
The...
MTN had launched 5G service in the country using equipment from Swedish vendor Ericsson
Africa’s largest mobile operator, MTN Group, said U.S. wireless infrastructure provider American Tower will take over its Nigerian tower operations from IHS Holdings, starting in 2025.
In a stock exchange filing, MTN...
Deutsche Telekom said that the data speed and bandwidth achieved during the trial were up to twelve times higher than current 5G networks
German carrier Deutsche Telekom achieved a 12 Gbps mobile data rate using a combination of 6 GHz and 3.6 GHz antennas in...
Rohde & Schwarz partnered with French start-up Greenerwave on a recent measurement campaign for reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), which are being explored as part of development for both 5G millimeter wave and future 6G systems.
Both companies are part of the one6G alliance and...
In June, Antel started to deploy 5G technology in Uruguay via spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band
Uruguayan state-run operator Antel has announced it has completed the activation of 5G services in the country’s 19 departmental capital cities, local press reported.
The telco noted that it...
The current penetration of 5G in Malaysia is 4.2% according to communications minister Fahmi Fadzil
Malaysia’s Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil said that 5G adoption rate In Malaysia remains low despite the growing network coverage, local newspaper The Star reported.
The official said that the...
EE also noted it will soon be delivering 4G and 5G at other London Underground stations
U.K. mobile operator EE, which is part of the BT Group, has already deployed 5G connectivity at 18 stations on the London Underground, the operator said in a release.
The...
Anna Gomez confirmed to fill FCC seat
Three years into the Biden administration, the Federal Communications Commission finally has all five seats filled.
The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to confirm telecom law and policy veteran Anna Gomez as an FCC Commissioner.
“Congratulations to Anna Gomez...
It's important to look at AI holistically and to not rule out more traditional machine learning models, says Google Cloud’s VP/GM Sachin Gupta
Anything can be AI (Artificial Intelligence), Google Cloud’s VP/GM Sachin Gupta, told RCR Wireless News at Google Cloud Next, which took place last week...
Maxis has recently launched 5G services in Malaysia using DNB's wholesale 5G network
Malaysian operator Maxis recently carried out technical field trial in the 6 GHz spectrum band in collaboration with Universiti Malaya (UM), the telco said in a release.
Maxis noted that the trial studied...
A decision by the Portuguese government is currently effectively banning local telcos from implement 5G gear from Chinese vendor Huawei
The Portuguese unit of Chinese vendor Huawei has filed a lawsuit against a previous decision made by the country’s security assessment commission, which effectively bars...
In September 2020, TDC NET went live with the first Non-Standalone (NSA) 5G network in Denmark
Ericsson and Danish digital infrastructure provider TDC NET claimed to have switched on the first 5G Standalone (SA) network in Denmark.
TDC NET and Ericsson said they have already achieved...
Fourth testbed to focus on use cases including smart agriculture and rural broadband
The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) program has officially taken live its fourth and final testbed in central Iowa, which combines both commercial and programmable network systems and is focused on...
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Texting is the...
The solution is a 10-foot portable trailer that delivers a private network, private MEC, SD-Wan and satellite connectivity
Verizon’s Mobile Onsite Network-as-a-Service (NaaS), a 10-foot connected portable trailer, hit the streets around Lockheed Martin’s Waterton, Colorado campus this week. The vehicle delivers a private network,...
Local operators Movistar and Tigo have already carried out 5G trials in the country
Colombia’s telecom ministry, MinTIC, has published the second draft of a resolution to award spectrum for the provision of 5G services in the country.
This new draft resolution establishes the requirements, conditions...
60% of Comcast's network traffic comes from 3% of its geography, CEO says
Comcast is getting ready to activate Philadelphia as a trial market for cellular offload, as it explores what combination of its existing MVNO relationship with Verizon and its own cellular CBRS network...
