AT&T tests antennas using a drone
AT&T is using a drone carrying a lightweight signal generator to test high-gain outdoor antennas in spectrum up to 40 GHz.
As described in...
Parallel Wireless partners with Brazilian carriers for O-RAN trial
Mobile operators Brisanet, Claro, TIM and Vivo are partners in the O-RAN program
U.S.-based Open RAN company Parallel Wireless said it is partnering with Inatel,...
South Korea’s capital Seoul ends March with 37,680 5G base stations
The average number of 5G base stations per district in Seoul is estimated at 1,507 units
South Korea’s capital Seoul ended March with a total...
Ericsson diversifies supplier base due to geopolitical environment: CEO
Ericsson saw very strong continued momentum in North America in Q1, where sales were up 9% y-o-y, driven by continued very high demand for...
Fujitsu joins Evenstar O-RAN project
Fujitsu Network Communications' 5G mMIMO Radio Units are coming to the Telecom Infra Project and Meta's Evenstar O-RAN program.
Verizon invests in Casa Systems, strikes multi-year 5G core/edge deal
Casa Systems stock price popped 40% after Verizon took 9.9% ownership stake
Verizon has taken a keen interest in vendor Casa Systems. In addition to...
Ericsson secures new 5G deal in the Middle East
Ericsson said the new agreement includes cloud-native 5G Core and 5G Standalone (SA) solutions
Middle East carrier Batelco and Ericsson have signed a Memorandum of...
Utilities are starting to benefit from initial 5G use cases: Telit
The Telit executive said that artificial intelligence can transform utilities customer engagement as well as their operations
Companies operating in the utility sector are starting...
SoftBank Robotics partners with UnaBiz to integrate IoT sensors, robotics
This alliance is part of SoftBank Robotics’ roadmap to implement an IoT system onto a unified smart facility management platform
SoftBank Robotics Group (SBRG) has...
What is the status of global 5G Standalone deployments?
Many industry experts consider global SA progress to be surprisingly slow
As of January 2022, GSA reported that 99 operators in 50 countries worldwide are...
Editorial Report: 5G telco cloud transformation: Aligning people, process and technology
This report, a companion to the Telco Cloud Forum, aggregates, analyzes and contextualizes the wide-ranging discussions from expert speakers, including technology buyers, sellers, policy...
5G Base Station Conformance Test Series
Join us to learn about the latest designs in signal analysis to overcome your basestation transmitter testing challenges and ensure compliance and maximumaccuracy within...
Why is beam management key to 5G?
5G New Radio (NR)'s massive MIMO and beam management support are both essential to 5G mmWave carrier deployment strategies.
NTT announces new managed campus networks services enhancements
NTT’s Managed Campus Networks solution complements NTT’s Managed SD-WAN and Managed Private 5G offerings
NTT, a global technology and business solutions provider, announced a number...
Intel commits to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040
Intel aims to achieve 100% renewable electricity use across its global operations
Intel Corporation announced plans to further reduce its direct and indirect greenhouse gas...
Deutsche Telekom increases its stake in T-Mobile US
Deutsche Telekom now holds 48.4% of T-Mobile US
Deutsche Telekom has increased its participation in T-Mobile US after it paid $2.4 billion to Japanese operator...
5 key technology inventions in 5G NR Release 17
Qualcomm’s leading role in driving advanced wireless technologies into the 3GPP global 5G standards
I first wrote about the five Qualcomm wireless inventions that defined...
From ‘tell me more about it’ to experimentation – private network progress continues
Deloitte is seeing 'a lot of experimentation' around private network deployments
Private cellular networks for enterprises are considered a major monetization opportunity for communications service...
Google’s Topaz subsea cable will be the first to connect Asia and Canada
Google has 20 announced subsea cable projects in operation or development across more than 200 countries and territories
Google revealed plans to build the world’s...
1NCE upon a time in the West – how 1NCE brought order to the...
Yes, we have done the Leone analogy before, kind-of (see: 1NCE upon a time in America), but the original Spaghetti Western title works even...
Sigfox sale gets delayed to April 21 – ‘a week to convince the government,’...
The Commercial Court of Toulouse in France has delayed its decision on the sale of Sigfox until April 21. The decision, originally scheduled for...
Google announces $9.5 billion U.S. expansion
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced a $9.5 billion capital expansion that will see new offices and expanded data centers across the U.S.
France’s Derichebourg Multiservices installs 1,200 sensors into ceiling lights at new HQ
France-based facility services company Derichebourg Multiservices has integrated 1,200 IoT sensors into the LED ceiling lights at its new headquarters in Créteil (pictured), near...
Sigfox spies skulduggery – UnaBiz blocked (and appealed) as Sigfox sale gets political
Singapore-based UnaBiz, the front-runner in the race to buy Sigfox, has had its bid for the ailing French IoT firm blocked by the French...
What is the 5G multimedia priority service (MPS)?
Multimedia priority service (MPS) allows priority access to system resources to Service Users, creating the ability to deliver or complete sessions of a high...