China Broadnet expands 5G services in nine Chinese regions
China Broadnet had officially launched 5G services on June 27
China Broadnet, the country's new telecom carrier, recently rolled out its commercial 5G services in...
For 5G vRAN, Samsung combines innovation with proven large-scale deployments
Major Tier 1 operators are using Samsung’s cloud-native vRAN, including Open RAN, in greenfield and brownfield networks
From distributed, to centralized and now to virtualized...
Vodafone to sell Ghana unit to Telecel
Vodafone purchased a 70% stake in the Ghana business in 2008 for $900 million
Vodafone Group is selling its majority shareholding in its Ghana business...
Fortinet expands enterprise security reach with Comcast Business
SASE and SSE services are available using Secure Gateways hosted by Equinix
Comcast Business on Monday announced a partnership with enterprise security firm Fortinet to...
Verizon CEO: ‘Private networks are the gateway to’ MEC
Hans Vestberg touts Verizon success with FBI, Virginia International Terminals
While it's weathering a rough second quarter, Verizon still sees material revenue opportunities from delivering...
2.5 GHz auction raises $100 million in first day
The Federal Communications Commission's auction of 2.5 GHz midband spectrum raised more than $103 million in its first day of bidding.
The auction kicked...
Nokia announces 5-year deal with AST SpaceMobile
The cell satellite service will leverage Nokia’s AirScale products
Nokia announced this week a five-year deal with AST SpaceMobile, the Texas firm with ambitions to build a...
2.5 GHz auction begins
Auction of midband spectrum in rural areas starts with a single, full-day round of bidding
The first, day-long round of bidding on about 8,000 midband...
Rohde & Schwarz to take part in Germany’s 6G project
Rohde & Schwarz noted that the first global specification of 6G is expected within the next six to eight years
Rohde & Schwarz announced it...
FCC commits additional funding to close the ‘homework gap’
FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel coined the term 'homework gap' in 2012 to describe the difficulty millions of students have when completing online school assignments
The Federal...
Chinese telcos end June with over 927 million 5G subscribers
Chinese operators recorded a net gain of 28.2 million 5G subscribers in June
China ended June with a total of 927.44 million subscribers in the...
Bell expands midband 5G, announces imminent launch of 5G SA
Earlier this month, Bell started to offer its 5G+ offering following the deployment of frequencies in the 3.5 GHz band
Canadian operator Bell announced the...
Amazon beats the street, plans bigger cloud push
'We know AWS is a huge opportunity,' said the CFO
Amazon reported second quarter results after the bell on Thursday, posting revenue of $121.2 billion, higher than...
Orange Spain’s 5G infrastructure continues to expand
Orange Spain is currently offering 5G services through frequencies in the 3.5 GHz and 700 MHz bands
Spanish operator Orange is already offering 5G services...
Customer satisfaction drops as wireless staff turnover rises: JD Power
Amid a tight labor market still navigating the fallout from the global pandemic, staff turnover in wireless retail stores and customer service channels is...
What is the metaprise? Ericsson on the metaverse for enterprise
Metaverse for metacasts, metaservices, and metaproducts
While the metaverse is still very much a nascent concept, it seems increasingly clear that telecom service providers and...
Telit to acquire Thales’ IoT unit for 25% of expanded, rebranded industrial IoT business
Italian-American IoT module maker Telit is to acquire the cellular IoT unit of French aerospace, defence, and security company Thales in return for a...
Sigfox back from the dead in South Africa – after customers rally, investors emerge
Sigfox is back from the dead in South Africa, after local Sigfox operator SqwidNet was canned a year ago by parent company Community Investment...
Ferry company Stena Line deploys dual-band LoRa/LoRaWAN for cargo tracking
Swedish ferry company Stena Line has deployed a dual-band LoRa/LoRaWAN-based network, with IoT gateways and devices in unlicensed spectrum, on its Stena Hollandica roll-on/roll-off...
Sweeping semiconductor bill passes the US Senate
The CHIPS Act proposes $59 billion of funding for semiconductor manufacturing and research in the U.S
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed the CHIPS bill,...
Qualcomm says its Snapdragon W5+ and W5 ‘change the game’ for wearables
Qualcomm exec: 'We changed everything about our wearable chipsets'
Last week, Qualcomm unveiled the latest additions to its suite of wearable platforms, Snapdragon W5+ Gen...
5G subscribers in MEA region to reach 263m by 2026: Nokia
At the end of March 2022, all countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council region had launched 5G services commercially, according to Nokia
5G subscriptions in...
Sunderland takes smart-city 5G to uni areas; West Midlands wins £10m for 5G innovation
Sunderland City Council and the University of Sunderland in the UK have appointed BAI Communications (BAI), already engaged on a 20-year deal with the...
Editorial Report: The business case for 5G mmWave: Charting a path to ROI
While there are clear challenges associated with the propagation characteristics and cost of densely deploying 5G using millimeter wave frequencies, the high-band spectrum offers...
Rogers pledges $10 billion in network improvements
Separate cores for wireless and internet and AI-enhanced reliability are coming, said the CEO
Rogers Communications said it will spend to spend CA$10 billion (US$7.78...