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...
Teltronic, a Spanish company which specializes in critical communications solutions, will use iBwave Design as its indoor radio planning software solution, according to the latter company.
iBwave noted that this new agreement will allow Teltronic to "reinforce the experience and quality" in the indoor radio...
New Japanese market entrant Rakuten Mobile, which is a subsidiary of e-commerce giant Rakuten, is seeing a high level of interest by multiple governments around the world for the adoption of the Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP), said Tareq Amin, representative director, EVP and CTO...
Telenor has deployed a private 5G network in localised 3.7 GHz spectrum at Swedish tool manufacturer Atlas Copco’s factory in Sickla, in Stockholm. The radio gear and core network are from fellow Swede Ericsson; Japan-based IT firm Fujitsu is also engaged.
The group claims the...
Thirty-six metro stations in the Czech Republic are expected to be covered by Vodafone's 5G by February 2021
Vodafone Czech Republic took a number of steps towards 5G earlier this week with the launch of next-gen non-standalone (NSA) services within the Prague Metro transportation system,...
Verizon Business and Cisco announced a collaboration to offer solution that combining Verizon?s 5G network and 5G Edge to provide a "safer in-person experience" at stadiums, arenas and event spaces as they begin to reintroduce fans.
The two companies said that new measures are needed...
Mobilitie is installing a DAS that has a fiber and cable backbone of more than 20,000 linear feet
Brooklyn’s Atlantic Terminal Mall, located across Atlantic Avenue from Barclays Center, is being fitted with a 5G network by Madison International Realty and wireless infrastructure specialist Mobilitie.
For...
IT firm Fujitsu has revealed a portfolio of private 5G products and services to serve the Industry 4.0 movement. It has also set a revenue target of ¥100 billion (about $9.5 billion) from private 5G-related sales by the end of fiscal 2025, ending (March...
