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ZTE’s revenues up in Jan-Sep as vendor secures 55 5G contracts

  ZTE posted operating revenues of CNY 74.13 billion ($11 billion) in the first three quarters of the year, an increase of 15.4% compared to the year-ago period, the Chinese vendor said in a statement. During the period, net profits amounted to CNY 2.71 billion, while...

How the iPhone 12 will impact mmWave adoption

Consumers and carriers will both benefit from the inclusion of mmWave support in the iPhone 12 From the perspective of NI's Head of Semiconductor Marketing David Hall, the release of the iPhone 12, which supports both sub-6 GHz and millimeter wave (mmWave) 5G, will significantly...

Boingo launches managed Wi-Fi Services at Florida multi-family community

  DAS and Wi-Fi infrastructure company Boingo Wireless has launched managed Wi-Fi services at The Reef at Winkler, a new luxury multi-family community owned by MJ Development Southeast and managed by Greystar in Fort Myers, Florida. In a release, Boingo Wireless said that the network offers...

BT selects Ericsson as its 5G RAN provider

  BT has selected Ericsson as its 5G RAN provider in London, Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff and other major cities across the UK. Earlier this year, BT had selected the Swedish vendor to provide the company’s next-generation cloud-native dual-mode 5G Core. Once the deployment is completed, Ericsson...

Editorial Report: Figuring out 5G NR: Covering indoors and outdoors with millimeter wave

To provide those multi-gigabit data rates 5G has promised, millimeter wave is a key piece of the spectrum puzzle. But, given its challenging propagation characteristics, operators have to take a thoughtful approach to deploying millimeter wave outdoors. As early deployments in stadiums and arenas have...

Planon inks partnership with MazeMap to add digital wayfinding capabilities

Planon and MazeMap are partnering to integrate Planon?s software for real estate, space, and asset management and MazeMap?s digital wayfinding solutions. The two companies said that this partnership will enable organizations to offer an improved real-time user experience to building occupants and visitors. MazeMap specializes in...

Vodacom selects Nokia for 5G services in South Africa

  Nokia announced that it is has deployed 5G radio, core and fixed network solutions across South African operator Vodacom’s network. In a release, the Finnish vendor said that Vodacom is using Nokia’s 2G, 3G, 4G and fiber access networks, as well as 5G fixed wireless...

Italian government shuts down Fastweb’s 5G deal with Huawei

Italy’s government reportedly asked Fastweb to diversify its 5G suppliers Italy has blocked a 5G equipment deal between Fastweb — the Italian unit of Swisscom — and China’s Huawei, reported Reuters. The decision was made last Thursday night and is being tied to U.S. Secretary...

Japan’s NEC to take part in UK’s 5G deployments: Report

  Japanese vendor NEC will play a role in the development of next-generation 5G wireless networks in the U.K., according to reports published by Japanese newspapers. In a Twitter post last week, Britain's Department for International Trade said NEC is expected "to support roll out of...

Ericsson secures new 5G contract in Luxembourg

  Ericsson and POST Luxembourg have expanded an existing partnership with a multi-year deal to deploy a 5G core and 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) in Luxembourg. Ericsson said that POST’s 5G network went live in this European country on October 16. The Swedish vendor noted that...

Movandi launches 5G extender indoor repeater

  5G millimeter wave specialist Movandi announced the deployment of a 5G extender indoor smart repeater built on the firm?s BeamXR mmWave technology. Movandi?s BeamXR claims to be the industry?s first smart active repeater solution that amplifies coverage and closes the gap in 5G mmWave deployments....

Ericsson Cloud RAN solution puts customers on the path to open, flexible 5G

The Cloud RAN solution supports Ericsson Spectrum Sharing and 5G SA and NSA Ericsson has announced Cloud RAN (Radio Access Network), a new solution to be released in 2021, that the company said will add greater flexibility and versatility to operator’s network buildouts, as well...

DAS case study: Fiserv Forum

  Fiserv Forum, the home of the NBA?s Milwaukee Bucks basketball team, was looking to guarantee the best mobile communications in order to ensure powerful wireless connectivity across the 730,000-square-foot venue. To achieve this, the solution designer and network operator ExteNet Systems evaluated several technologies and...

NEC, ADI to provide 5G O-RAN massive MIMO Radio for Rakuten Mobile

  Japan’s NEC Corporation and global high-performance analog technology company Analog Devices (ADI) announced a partnership to design a 5G Network Massive MIMO Antenna Radio Unit for Japanese telco Rakuten Mobile. The radio unit adopts ADI's fourth-generation wideband RF transceiver solution to achieve high-precision Massive MIMO...

3 Hong Kong expands 5G coverage, reaches 600 premises

  3 Hong Kong, the mobile communications division of Hutchison Telecommunications, announced that its 5G network already covers 99% of Hong Kong. The telco said that the firm’s subscribers can now enjoy 5G technology at close to 600 indoor and outdoor premises and facilities across the...

Nokia scores 5G contract with Finnish Shared Network

Deployment is expected to be completed by the end of 2023, according to Nokia Nokia will supply 5G radio network equipment and deployment and managed services to Finnish Shared Network Ltd (SYV). SYV, a joint operation by DNA Oyj and Telia Finland Oyj, is looking...

Minimizing delay and delay variation in Ethernet fronthaul networks (Reader Forum)

Architectural changes made in 5G to optimize and scale networks with cloud radio access networks (C-RAN) have created stricter synchronization and latency requirements, particularly for fronthaul networks that provide connectivity between radios and centralized baseband controllers. Standardization bodies have developed new standards for meeting these...

China’s 5G infrastructure push continues to accelerate

  China has already constructed over 690,000 5G base stations nationwide by the end of September, Chinese press reported citing information from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The government also said that subscribers using applications such as ultra-high definition video, cloud games and virtual...

Huawei’s revenues grow 9.9% year-on-year in Jan-Sep

  Huawei reported revenues of CNY671.3 billion ($100.5 billion) for the first three quarters of the year, an increase of 9.9% over the same period last year, the company said in a release. In the same period the previous year, the vendor had recorded a revenue...

Cellnex to purchase Polish towers from Iliad, previously owned by Play

The Cellnex deal hinges on the EC’s decision regarding the acquisition of Polish operator Play by Iliad Cellnex is further expanding its European footprint with an agreement with Iliad to acquire a 60% stake in a new company, which will operate 7,000 sites owned by...

ODS Global inks smart building deal with Dubai real estate developer

  Dubai-based real estate developer Damac Properties has signed a contract with automation systems and connected buildings service provider ODS Global to optimize operations and maintenance across 24 of its towers in Dubai. Under the terms of the deal, ODS Global said that it would offer...

PTC White Paper: Enterprise Augmented Reality Meets a Market in Need of Solutions

A resilient workforce is critical for overcoming today's business challenges. Few solutions exist that meet your most pressing business needs without requiring significant upfront investment or long implementation time. Augmented reality bucks that trend. Enterprise augmented reality solutions keep employees productive and safe while maintaining...

China Mobile adds 44 million 5G subscribers in Q3

  China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added 44 million 5G subscribers in the third quarter of 2020, the carrier said in its earnings release. The state-run telco said it ended September with a total of 114 million 5G subscribers, compared to...

DoE’s Smart Energy Analytics initiative helps buildings save energy

  A total of 104 U.S. companies, schools, governments, and institutions have used the Department of Energy's Smart Energy Analytics Campaign, a four-year initiative funded through the Building Technologies Office and facilitated by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) to expand the use of energy...