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O-RAN Alliance details spring plugfest

The O-RAN Alliance also said that O-RAN firms plan to showcase three on-site and 15 virtual demos during Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2023 The O-RAN Alliance announced the completion of the O-RAN Global PlugFest Spring 2023, in which a number of operators carried out critical...

Cellular IoT module revenues reach $5.9bn in 2022: Berg Insight

Berg Insight said that Quectel, Fibocom, Sierra Wireless, Sunsea AIoT and Telit held a 69% share of the market in terms of revenues Revenues from shipments of IoT modules reached $5.9 billion last year, up 12% year-on-year, according to a new research report from...

Dish: We’ve reached our 70% 5G build-out milestone

Dish Wireless says that as of yesterday, it has reached its required build-out milestone of having a 5G service that covers 70% of the United States population. Dish said in a release that it is offering 5G broadband that is 3GPP Release 15 compliant, and...

Broadband and cloud: Ciena’s CTO on architectures, strategies and what’s top of mind for network operators

It's crunch-time for network operators: They're juggling the deployment of 5G, the exploration of open and disaggregated networks, and an intense, global focus on the deployment of broadband services, with 6G already on the horizon. What is top of mind as they're thinking about...

China to end 2023 with 2.9 million 5G base stations: Omdia

Mobile operators in China had deployed 2.3 million 5G base stations as of the end of last year China is expected to deploy 600,000 new 5G base stations during 2023 to reach 2.9 million at the end of the year, according to a new Omdia...

Lack of spectrum challenges 5G rollout in India: COAI

COAI represents the interests of local carriers Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea The lack of enough 5G frequencies for Indian operators is likely to become a major hurdle for the rollout of 5G technology as well as Wi-Fi services with the emergence of...

Four 5G Fixed Wireless Access CPE device testing considerations

FWA can deliver higher data rates, but consumer adoption is dependent on a CPE device's performance At the recent Test and Measurement Forum, LitePoint’s Product Manager Khushboo Kalyani gave a presentation outlining some of the value propositions of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) for both the...

Cellnex deploys private 5G network at Spanish airport

Cellnex deployed a private 5G network at San Sebastian airport using equipment from Nokia Spanish airport operator Aena and European telecom infrastructure and services operator Cellnex Telecom have started the operation of a private network based on 5G technology at San Sebastian International Airport, in...

Germany starts project to provide 5G along train tracks

DB, Ericsson, O2 Telefonica and Vantage Towers will receive state funding to test 5G infra along train tracks in Germany German train operator Deutsche Bahn (DB), Ericsson, O2 Telefónica and Vantage Towers are working together to develop a solution to deploy a 5G mobile communications...

Vodafone, Three to merge UK businesses, create largest UK MNO

Vodafone will own 51% of the new entity while Hutchison Group will own 49% Vodafone Group and CK Hutchison Group Telecom Holdings have entered into binding agreements in relation to a combination of their telecommunication businesses in the U.K., respectively Vodafone UK and Three UK,...

Accenture to invest $3 billion to boost its AI practice

Accenture noted its AI expertise spans more than 1,450 patents and pending patent applications worldwide Accenture announced a $3 billion investment over three years in its Data & Artificial Intelligence (AI) practice to help clients across all industries "rapidly and responsibly" advance and use AI. “There...

Colombian carriers Movistar and Tigo explore network sharing deal

Tigo and Movistar highlighted that the potential agreement will increase current national mobile coverage by 10% Colombian operators Movistar and Tigo signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the possibility of sharing their mobile access networks under a new, jointly owned infrastructure firm. In a...

China Broadnet reaches 9 million 5G subscribers: Report

China Broadnet had reached the 1 million 5G subscriber mark in October last year Chinese operator China Broadnet reached 9 million 5G package subscribers twelve months after launching the service and aims to increase its 5G customer base to 50 million in three years, local...

USDA announces $714 million in rural broadband grants, loans

USDA awards $420 million in grants, $294 in loans for fiber deployments The U.S. Department of Agriculture is awarding more than $700 million in broadband funding for projects in 19 states as part of its ongoing ReConnect program focused on rural connectivity and development across...

Huawei secures major contract for China Mobile’s 5G sites

Huawei will provide 5G base stations to operate in different spectrum bands Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies has secured over half of a major contract to deploy 5G mobile base stations for local carrier China Mobile, Chinese news site Yicai Global reported. According to the report, the...

Samsung opens new innovation center with focus on next-gen network capabilities

The new innovation center at the Samsung headquarters in Plano, Texas explores vRAN, FWA and private 5G Samsung has opened the doors to a new innovation and briefing center at its headquarters in Plano, Texas. In a press statement, Christine Nelson, senior manager of Samsung...

Maxis plans to offer 5G services via DNB’s 5G network in Malaysia

DNB said its 5G network now extends to 61.2% of Malaysia’s populated areas Malaysian telecommunications operator Maxis said it plans to offer 5G services via the 5G network currently being rolled out and operated by state-run entity Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB), local press reported. "We will...

China says potential EU ban on Huawei would hurt fair competition

A potential ban on Huawei by the European Union would breach the principles of market economy, free trade and fair competition, Chinese newspapers reported Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin as saying. These comments came in response to a recent Financial Times report suggesting that...

Indian government mulls shutdown of state telco MTNL

The government is studying to transfer all the assets and staff of MTNL to state carrier BSNL The Indian government is studying the possibility of shutting down state-run telco Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL) and transfer its assets and staff to Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL), local...

EU semiconductor supply chain gets $23.6 billion boost

The investment in the EU semiconductor market includes both public and private funds The European Union (EU) this week approved a massive semiconductor and communication technologies project that will use roughly €8 billion ($8.6 billion) in state funds. The public investment encouraged another €13.7 billions ($14.7...

What is shaping the next generation of RAN? 

Ongoing RAN standardization work is paving the way for future 5G Advanced technology During a session at RCR Live Telco Reinvention in April, Doug Pulley, chief solutions architect at Picocom, explained that a number of actors including the International Telecommunications Union, the Next Generation Mobile...

EE boosts 4G coverage in the UK using small cells

EE said that the new small cells are improving 4G coverage in cities including Birmingham, Brighton and Sheffield U.K. mobile operator EE said it has already deployed over 600 small cells across the country to boost 4G coverage. In a release, the carrier said a total...

Bharti Airtel reaches 10 million 5G subscribers in India

Airtel said its 5G offering is currently available in more than 3,500 towns and cities across India Indian operator Bharti Airtel's 5G subscriber base has reached 10 million, after announcing it had signed up 2 million 5G customers in two additional regions, the company said...

Linux Foundation, NSC team up on Open RAN

The National Spectrum Consortium and Linux Foundation have announced a formal collaboration focused on Open RAN software prototypes, demonstrations and development, including an open-source reference stack. The NSC is a group of nearly 400 organizations that operates under a streamlined contract authority that is...