Kagan: CES 2023 getting back to a new-normal
CES 2023 is coming to Las Vegas in the next few weeks, and many media and investors are asking me what can we expect...
The Sunday Brief: Cable’s transition from home to hand
Thanksgiving weekend greetings from the Midwest. Pictured is a flock of wild turkeys near the farm in Willard celebrating the “day after” (if only...
China grants first 5G private network license to COMAC: Report
The move is part of China's broader initiative to widen the application of 5G industrial internet to boost the domestic manufacturing sector
The government of...
Japanese consortium develops open source software for private 5G
Japanese company Fujitsu is taking part in this 5G initiative
A consortium of Japanese organizations has developed open source software for private 5G networks, claiming...
Deutsche Telekom tests 6 GHz in Bonn
Deutsche Telekom said that telecom regulator Bundesnetzagentur provided support for these 6 GHz tests with a special license
German carrier Deutsche Telekom said it...
Transatel on the “ultimate” public/private 5G mashup for Industry 4.0 (an MVNO story)
France-based virtual operator Transatel, busily offering somehow-unfashionable local MVNO and MVNE services in Europe for two decades already, has a second (actually, third and...
Smart electricity meter penetration in EU reaches 56% at end-2022
At the end of 2021, the EU + UK region had nearly 163 million smart electricity meters
More than 56% of the electricity customers in...
Colt and IBM unveil Industry 4.0 lab in the UK
Both firms will bring secured Edge Cloud services backed by IBM Cloud Satellite to end customer
Colt Technology Services and IBM have launched a joint...
Vodafone Spain to launch 5G FWA this month
Vodafone said its new 5G FWA offering will enable customers to have access speeds of up to 1 Gbps
Spanish telco Vodafone announced it will...
Wireless Logic buys French IoT platform provider IoThink Solutions
UK IoT connectivity platform provider Wireless Logic has acquired France-based industrial IoT platform enabler IoThink Solutions for an undisclosed sum. The deal follows Wireless...
Sony preps “first” LTE-M/NB-IoT chipset – as “most advanced” cellular IoT solution
Sony Semiconductor Israel has introduced a new dual-band low-power cellular IoT chipset solution which it claims is the “first” to combine the both LTE-M...
T-Mobile US unveils IoT developer kit
T-Mobile’s IoT developer kit includes a complete software development kit (SDK), built on the Zephyr Real-time Operating System
T-Mobile US announced the launch of its...
China adds almost 25 million 5G subscribers in October
China had a total of 2.22 million 5G base stations across the country as of the end of Q3
Chinese operators recorded a net gain...
Four million smartphones users in Canada plan to upgrade to 5G
Mobile operators in Canada already provide 5G coverage to 75% of the population
Four million smartphone users in Canada are expecting to upgrade to...
Private network spectrum strategy, Part 3: Germany’s BNetzA
Around the world, regulators are exploring various strategies to spectrum management that makes room for private network allocations. At the recent Private Networks European...
Soracom claims five million IoT connections (a million in 2022), applies to list on...
KDDI-owned IoT connectivity provider Soracom has claimed its five-millionth IoT connection, citing strong uptake in the energy, retail, healthcare, agriculture, and consumer electronics industries....
Malaysian telcos Celcom and DiGi approve merger agreement
Celcom DiGi will become Malaysia's largest telco with over 20 million subscribers
The proposed merger between Malaysian operators Celcom Axiata and DiGi Malaysia merger is...
AWS opens second India region
Hyderabad joins Mumbai as AWS expands its Asia Pacific presence
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced Monday the general availability of its second region in India....
European Commission calls for collaboration on 5G infra security
The EC noted that the calls aim to strengthen the cybersecurity of 5G network infrastructure by supporting secure services
The European Commission has launched an...
Vodafone Idea open to O-RAN—once the tech is mature enough
Vodafone Idea's CTO said that the telco will continue to carry out O-RAN trials in the country
Indian carrier Vodafone Idea is open to carrying...
Private network spectrum strategy, Part 2: Sweden’s PTS
'To be vertical, you have to be perpendicular to something'
Around the world, regulators are exploring various strategies to spectrum management that makes room for...
Ericsson announces 6G research project for UK
The ten-year initiative will invest tens of millions of pounds and employ 20 dedicated researchers, the company said
Ericsson announced Tuesday a ten-year investment initiative in...
Well, technically… emergencies don’t always happen under a cell tower: Parsec’s Jen Neenan (Ep.84)
Emergencies can strike anywhere and it's absolutely critical that first responders have robust communication capabilities.
Private network spectrum strategy, Part 1: Ofcom in the U.K.
Around the world, regulators are exploring various strategies to spectrum management that makes room for private network allocations. At the recent Private Networks European...
Spectrum, systems, slicing – five key challenges to bring private 5G to the masses
A session at Private Networks European Forum (PNEF) last month considered the challenges, and broader cultural shift, to bring ‘private 5G to the masses’....