Nokia said that 5G will account for 17% of the region's overall mobile subscribers in 2027
5G subscribers in the Middle East and Africa region (MEA) are forecast to reach 380 million by 2027, according to Nokia’s MEA mobile broadband index.
The report noted that 5G...
Bell now offers "5G+" coverage to more than 40% of the Canadian population
Canadian carrier Bell is on track to reach 85% of the country’s population with its 5G service by the end of 2023, the company’s President and CEO Mirko Bibic said during a...
Indus Tower currently has over 189,000 towers across India
Indian telecommunications tower company Indus Tower will accelerate investments to expand its infrastructure across the country to take advantage of the rapid rollout of 5G services by local carriers Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio Infocomm, local...
US Cellular says its Fixed Wireless Access gross adds for the quarter were up 130% YoY
In a Q1 2023 earnings call, US Cellular executives reiterated the company’s top priority of boosting customer results, claiming improvements in postpaid gross adds on a year-over-year basis and...
Company says no customer databases breached during cybersecurity incident in February, but employee data was extracted
Dish Network continues to lose wireless customers, seeing 81,000 subscribers leave the service during the first quarter of the year as well as a loss of 552,000 pay-TV subscribers....
The small cells form factor is 'a necessary but not sufficient condition' for enterprise 5G adoption, says Celona CEO
From Celona’s perspective, enterprise consumption of 5G is how the cellular technology is going to truly be propagated throughout the market. Further, because of the ways...
Telenor said it is offering 5G network slicing technology capabilities for its customers
Telenor Sweden announced the launch of new 5G-based services for companies and other businesses, in partnership with Nokia.
In a release, Telenor said it is launching customer-specific mobile private networks that enable these...
DNB said its 5G network should reach 80% of the country's population by the end of the year
Malaysia’s state-run 5G network operator Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB) will continue to roll out 5G network infrastructure in the country until 80% coverage is achieved by the...
The Korean government previously said that SK Telecom had to install a total of 15,000 sites for its 28 GHz 5G network by the end of May
Korean operator SK Telecom is likely to give up on its efforts to build a 5G network using...
PITTSBURGH, Penn.—The state of Alaska accounts for about one-fifth of the total geographic area of the U.S. but just 0.2% of the U.S. population, or around 724,000 residents.
Alaskan carrier GCI started as a long-distance carrier in the early 1980s, and through acquisitions of...
Canada aims to facilitate the provision of local 5G services for specific industries as well as communities in rural parts of the country
The government of Canada announced a new licensing policy with the aim of providing easy local access to 5G spectrum for Internet...
The government of Malaysia said this decision will foster competition in the 5G field
The government of Malaysia confirmed it will enable the deployment of a second 5G network next year, amid concerns about pricing and competition with the current single state-run network, according to...
Airtel said it is currently offering its 5G service in 3,500 towns and cities at a national level
Indian operator Bharti Airtel expects its 5G service to reach 7,000 cities and nearly 100,000 villages across India by March 2024, local newspaper The Economic Times reported,...
DDoS attacks targeting commercial data centers are becoming more frequent, bigger and smarter
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks refer to a malicious actor or actors temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connected to a network to render an entire network or website unavailable. While...
The data centers will support the development of artificial intelligence technology and other tools, said Google
Google revealed plans this week to build two more data centers in Ohio. The additions, which Google said will support the development of artificial intelligence technology and other tools,...
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New bill offers...
The future of spectrum is at a crossroads
PITTSBURGH, Penn.—Good wireless spectrum is hard to find, and it's getting harder and more complex. There are pressures all the way from the local level to the international one, for leadership in defining new bands that will...
The new report explores how as-yet-unstandardized 6G technology can help meet the applications needs of a broad range of industries
ATIS’ Next G Alliance (NGA) announced the publication of a new report dubbed ‘6G Roadmap for Vertical Industries’, which focuses on the demand side of...
Vodafone has worked with ITN to dedicate a slice of its public 5G SA network for the broadcast of the coronation
U.K. telecom group Vodafone has signed a partnership with broadcaster ITN to broadcast the coronation of King Charles III via a public 5G Standalone...
Nearly a quarter of a million people are expected to attend the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix this weekend
In preparation for the thousands of fans expected at this year’s Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix, Verizon has deployed a private wireless network...
Verizon will supply Veterans Affairs with mobile devices and mission-critical communications support
Verizon Public Sector has expanded its existing partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers and health care facilities. As part of the new $448.3 million, nine-year agreement, Verizon will...
Data analysis from NTIA looks at CBRS trends from April 2021 to January 2023
Deployments of Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) grew at a steady clip of about 12% per quarter during 2021 and 2022 and are dominated by outdoor sites using General Authorized Access...
Intel invests in hiring and retention programs to support women, and partners with schools to increase talent diversity
Following the most recent Women in Telco Forum, Jeni Panhorst, the VP & GM of the Network & Edge Compute Division at Intel, offered her perspective on...
Rural customers are 'purchasing products beyond Internet,' says Charter CFO
While Charter Communications reported $6.65 EPS for the Q1 2023 quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates by $0.56 per share, it still managed to post a revenue of $13.65 billion for the same period, a 3.4%...
