China Broadcasting Network Co. was established this week in Beijing, becoming the country's fourth mobile operator, with a registered capital of CNY101.2 billion ($15.1 billion), Chinese press reported.
China Broadcasting Network will provide 5G services in partnership with China Mobile, and is also expected to...
U.K. carrier EE, part of telecom group BT, announced it has switched on 5G technology in 12 new cities and towns across the country.
The new areas covered by EE’s 5G network are Aberdeen, Aldershot, Barrhead, Blackpool, Castleford, Crawley, Mirfield, Oxford, Porthcawl, Shipley, Stafford and...
DAS and Wi-Fi infrastructure company Boingo Wireless announced the deployment of an airport-wide Wi-Fi 6 network at Sao Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport in Brazil.
Boingo designed, installed and manages the carrier grade Wi-Fi 6 network, which utilizes 802.11ax Wi-Fi technology and Passpoint to deliver passengers fast...
Nokia has been focused on transitioning to a “cloud-first IT strategy”
Earlier this week, Nokia said it will be migrating its entire on-premises information technology infrastructure onto Google Cloud, including all of its data centers, servers and software applications, marking a massive win for the...
Dutch communications service provider KPN has selected Ericsson as its mobile core network vendor, the latter said in a release.
Under the five-year agreement, Ericsson will deploy dual-mode 5G Core software with full support services, including an accompanying systems integration program with third-line support services.
Ericsson...
As operators worldwide expand their 5G network deployments, the transition to 5G Standalone (SA) networks is already beginning. The success of 5G during this transition depends on accurate field measurements to verify coverage, ensure Quality of Services (QoS), and unleash the full potential of...
Canadian operator Rogers Communications has expanded its 5G network to reach 130 towns and cities across the country, the carrier said in a release.
In January 2020, Rogers Communications had initially launched 5G in Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.
Other large cities covered with 5G technology...
A total of 98,613 5G base stations have been built in major cities in China’s Guangdong region, Asia Times reported, citing a report published by the Guangdong province.
In the first eight months of 2020, Chinese carriers have deployed a total of 61,625 5G base...
U.S. firm PassiveLogic, a startup developing a building controls platform, raised $16 million in a funding round.
Venture capital funds Keyframe Capital and Addition led the Series A round, while other investors included RET Ventures, A/O Proptech, and NREP, representing the commercial real estate industries...
AT&T is offering localised private LTE and 5G in CBRS spectrum using Ericsson’s pre-packed radio access and cloud-based core networking products, along with its own multi-access edge computing portfolio. The pair are targeting enterprises looking to take advantage of the newly-available CBRS band in...
There's a lot of explaining to do around Open RAN, both in terms of what it is and what it is not, even as U.S. policymakers show keen interest in helping to drive Open RAN development.
Diane Rinaldo, executive director of OpenRAN Policy Coalition, said...
As Open RAN technology -- and one might venture, an open RAN mindset -- becomes more intriguing for telecom companies around the world, some of the primary questions are around how the nascent Open RAN ecosystem develops and becomes not just a technology or...
Ericsson and China Telecom said they have successfully completed what they claim is China’s first 5G Standalone (SA 5G) data call on a commercial network using Ericsson's spectrum sharing technology.
In a release, the Swedish vendor said that the milestone was achieved recently on China...
Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Saudi Telecom Company (STC) with the aim of collaborating in the field of innovation and strategic mobile technology.
Under the terms of the deal, the two companies will explore future opportunities to collaborate...
U.S. wireless infrastructure firm Mobilitie recently announced that it is bringing 5G and next-generation wireless technology to the fans and visitors of Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, home to the NBA?s Charlotte Hornets.
With seating for more than 20,000, Spectrum Center has hosted a...
Kelly Richards, senior vice president of sales at Raycap, talks the importance of future proofing our networks and of incorporating sustainable products into network architecture. We also discuss how mysteriously short the women's restroom lines at telecom trade shows tend to be.
Signal repeaters and boosters have shifted the conversation around network densification
It is widely accepted that to achieve the coverage and speeds promised by 5G, it will be necessary to increase network capacity via the addition of more cell sites. However, the level of network...
The deal includes a range of products from the Nokia small cells portfolio
Nokia will provide a range of products from its small cells portfolio to Taiwanese mobile operator Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) to deliver 5G coverage. With this deal, CHT will become the first operator...
Hurricane Delta has caused some communications network impacts across southern Louisiana, with five counties reporting that at least 24% of their cell sites and down and one 911 answering point is receiving 911 calls without location information.
According to numbers from the Federal Communications Commission's...
Energy management and automation company Schneider Electric has launched EcoStruxure Building Operation 3.2, an open integration platform that it says addresses the entire building ecosystem.
In a release, the company said that the next generation of Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure Building solution is a "scalable and...
Spanish operator Telefonica has switched on its 5G network in all of Spain's 50 provincial capitals, as well as in 400 other localities across the country, just sox weeks after announcing the launch of non-standalone (NSA) 5G commercial services local newspaper Cinco Dias reported.
According...
The 5G corridor will cover the Ibrahim Rugova highway, which runs from Kosovo to Albania
The Kosovo Ministry of Economy and Environment told Radio Free Europe that Kosovo and Albania have agreed to jointly create a Pristina-Tirana "digital 5G corridor" that will cover the Ibrahim...
Australian carrier Telstra said it has already deployed over 2,000 5G base stations in the country, providing 5G coverage to 41% of Australia’s population.
The telco said in a statement that it aims to cover 75% of the country’s population with its 5G service by...
Nokia has won 5G contracts with Belgian mobile carriers Orange and Proximus, while Ericsson secured a 5G core deal with Proximus.
Orange Belgium has selected Nokia to gradually renew its existing 2G/3G/4G mobile radio network and for the rollout of 5G, the carrier said in...
