Christian Hillabrant will be responsible for Vantage Towers' digital transformation across Europe
Vantage Towers has named Christian Hillabrant, former T-Mobile US and Ericsson executive, as its next CEO. The company’s current interim CEO Thomas Reisten, who took the job when former CEO Vivek Badrinath revealed...
BSNL said it expected a 20% growth in revenue following the deployment of 4G services at a national level
The government of India has earmarked a total of INR890 billion ($10.8 billion) for the allotment of spectrum for state-run operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)...
Currently, Mavenir 5G radios are manufactured by Jabil in the U.S. and India
Network software provider Mavenir expects to start manufacturing 5G Standalone (SA) and Open RAN (O-RAN) radios in Brazil in 2024, Brazilian news site Mobile Time reported.
According to the report, Mavenir aims to...
The pair have created a roadway warning system to identify and then alert drivers and pedestrians to hazardous situations
NEC Corporation of America (NEC) and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) announced this week that they have created a roadway warning system that relies on private 5G and artificial intelligence (AI) to potentially...
Movistar said it currently has a total of 4 million accesses over IPv6
Spanish mobile operator Movistar, owned by telecom group Telefonica, has completed the deployment of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) in its entire mobile network, claiming to be the first Spanish telco to...
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Networking specialist Ciena has reported second-quarter revenues of $1.13 billion, up from $949.2 million in the year-ago period.
Gary Smith, Ciena's president and CEO, called the results "outstanding" and noted that the company's revenues outperformed expectations not only for the second quarter, but for...
Vodafone will own 51% of the new entity while Three will own the remaining 49%
U.K. operators Vodafone and Three UK are expected to announce a merger that would create the United Kingdom’s largest mobile operator by the end of this week or early next...
SK Telecom accounted for 47.8% of the total 5G subscribers in Korea
5G subscribers in South Korea reached 30 million as of the end of April, with the addition of 423,000 users during that month, local press reported, citing data from the country’s Ministry of...
Orange initially launched its 5G SA network in Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Valencia and Seville
Spanish telecom operator Orange said it expects its 5G Standalone (SA) network to reach nearly 30 Spanish cities by the end of the first half of 2023.
Orange’s 5G SA network was...
Federated Wireless showcased how private 5G can make applications like real-time robotics and smart security cameras possible
Federated Wireless revealed that its demonstrations of a 5G private wireless network leveraging 5G-enabled IoT applications to support smart warehouse automation were deemed successful. The demos, which took place in...
Telcel already owns 100 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band
Mexican mobile operator Telcel, owned by telecommunications group America Movil, is considering whether to participate in the upcoming auction process through which the Mexican government expects to award 5G frequencies, local newspaper El...
Charter will use Nokia’s 5G RAN solutions to provide wireless 5G connectivity and increased network capacity to customers in its trial markets in the United States
Finnish vendor Nokia announced that U.S. cable operator Charter Communications is implementing Nokia’s AirScale equipment portfolio for the deployment...
Panelists at RCR Live discussed the role of 5G technology in the telco journey to carbon-neutral networks
With the growing momentum behind the UN’s Race to Zero Campaign, the pressure of rising energy costs, the deployment of power-hungry 5G and the expectations of customers...
1&1 recently said it expected to launch its 5G offering for smartphone users by the third quarter of 2023
Germany’s competition regulator Bundeskartellamt is currently assessing whether Vodafone Germany or its affiliated company Vantage Towers unlawfully impeded newcomer 1&1 in the deployment of its mobile...
Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom carried out a proof-of-concept to demonstrate a secure network slice that automatically connects to private cloud services
Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson announced what they claim is the first implementation of a uniquely integrated solution to customize and manage end-to-end network slices...
Malaysia recently confirmed plans for the deployment of a second 5G network from 2024
The government of Malaysia said it will not impede local operators from selecting Chinese vendors for the provision of telecom equipment for the country’s second 5G network, according to a Bloomberg...
The unmanned, beyond visual line of sight drone flight was 77 miles long and took less than three hours
T-Mobile US and Valmont, an agricultural equipment and infrastructure manufacturer, announced the completion of an unmanned, 77-mile beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operation. The...
A Prime wireless service could undercut the national MNOs, but might boost Boost
Rumors surfaced late last week that the U.S. national wireless network operators were in talks with Amazon on a deal that would establish a wireless service for Prime subscribers at an ultra-low...
A bevy of partners including Spirent Communications and the 5G Open Innovation Lab worked together to spotlight a new private network solution that is aimed at making easier to deploy enterprise private mobile networks and assure their performance.
The collab includes cloud application and...
Ericsson and Intel will focus on the joint development of enterprise use cases in select verticals such as manufacturing, transport and logistics
Ericsson and Intel announced a collaboration with the aim of developing 5G use cases to accelerate the digitalization of enterprises across Thailand, Ericsson...
HPE sees the Indian market as an opportunity for its private 5G network offering
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is currently engaged in talks with telecom operators in India to deploy automation technologies, local newspaper The Economic Times reported.
Tom Craig, global vice president and general manager...
ZTE and Telekom Malaysia will work on network and technology planning and overall digital transformation strategies
Chinese vendor ZTE has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Malaysian telco Telekom Malaysia (TM) with the main aim of collaborating on a range of research and development...
Cloud, Open RAN and increased complexity means visibility is more important than ever
Telecom networks are facing a slew of simultaneous changes that are increasing complexity, from the deployment of 5G and the addition of new, higher frequency spectrum bands to the cloudification of the...
