Swedish motorcycle maker RGNT selects Telenor IoT
Telenor IoT currently operates 17 million of IoT connections globally and has access to over 500 networks in more than 200 countries
Swedish electric motorcycle...
Chinese carriers deploy 81,000 5G base stations in Jan-Feb: report
Chinese operators have deployed a total of 654,000 base stations nationwide during last year
China ended February with nearly 1.5 million 5G base stations after...
Spain to reach 8.6 million 5G subscribers by end-2022: report
According to Omdia, Vodafone Spain currently offers 5G in 190 municipalities across the country
Spain is forecast to end 2022 with a total of 8.6...
‘Out with the old, in with the new:’ Three UK’s 5G overtakes 3G for...
Three says that usage of its 5G network has surged by an astonishing 385% since 2020
According to a new report released by UK operator...
Ericsson suspends business in Russia ‘indefinitely’
On February 24th, Russia invaded Ukraine in an internationally condemned act of aggression
Following international sanctions, Ericsson announced that it has halted operations in Russia as...
Hillwood offers Ericsson’s ‘Waze for wireless’ for driverless vehicle tests at MIZ test zone
Ericsson is working with US real estate developer Hillwood to offer a tool for autonomous and connected vehicle companies to access “secure and constant”...
What are non-public networks in 3GPP parlance?
Non-Public Networks (NPNs) are 3GPP's term of art for private networks: "NPNs enable deployment of a 5G system for private use."
The Sunday Brief: The State of Telecom (Part 2) – B&W (Bandwidth & Wireless)
Greetings from Nebraska, Missouri, Louisiana and Texas. There were many pictures to choose from over the past two weeks, but nothing says springtime in...
Editorial Report: 5G Monetization: Key challenges, opportunities
This report, a companion to the 5G Monetization Forum, aggregates, analyzes and contextualizes the wide-ranging discussions from expert speakers, including technology buyers, sellers, policy...
Google unifies data lakes and warehouses with BigLake
Google promises to help enterprises get big data costs and security under control with BigLake, its BigQuery-based data lake storage system.
France ends March with 32,930 authorized 5G sites nationwide
Operators in France are currently using 700 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 3.5 GHz bands for 5G
France had a total of 32,930 authorized 5G sites as...
The O-RAN Alliance releases new specifications
The new O-RAN Release 002 focuses on enabling Open Intelligence
The O-RAN Alliance released its second wave of specifications for open radio access network (RAN)...
Three UK’s 5G network reaches 370 towns with 2,700 sites
The U.K. telco expects 5G will account for 35% of data usage by the end of 2022
U.K. operator Three UK currently operates 2,700 5G...
How is 3GPP approaching 5G-enabled unmanned aerial systems?
As 5G use cases have evolved, new studies and new features are needed for the safe operation of UAVs, 3GPP said
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)...
FedEx to test autonomous drone cargo deliveries with new Elroy Air system
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx, is working with California-based aerial cargo startup Elroy Air to launch test flights for autonomous drone cargo deliveries...
Will 5G Change the World? Greg Mayo, NETSCOUT (Ep. 48)
Greg Mayo, NETSCOUT chief architect in the CTO office, discusses E2E service assurance in 5G systems. He looks at the complexities, both technical and...
Channel reciprocity enhancements in 3GPP release 17
While typically associated with TDD systems, enabling both TDD and FDD reciprocity is important to achieving 5G Advanced capabilities
Time Division Duplex (TDD) and Frequency...
DISH Wireless building a 5G ‘network of networks’ for enterprise transformation
DISH partnered with Dell Technologies for IT and enterprise expertise
DISH Wireless is in the midst of building out a brand new, nationwide 5G network...
NTIA, DoD launch 5G challenge to accelerate development of 5G
NTIA said that the 5G Challenge Preliminary Event will award a total prize purse of up to $3 million to contestants
The National Telecommunications and...
And then there were four (and then two) – bidders bail as UnaBiz, OTEIS...
An update on the Sigfox takeover, taken from largely from a report in La Tribune Toulouse, the local business paper in Toulouse, France, where...
SoftBank secures syndicated loan to expand its 5G footprint in Japan
At the end of March 2022, SoftBank's 5G network covered 90% of the country’s population
Japanese operator SoftBank announced it decided to raise up to...
Google Distributed Cloud Edge ready for general use
Google Distributed Cloud Edge (GDC Edge) is now generally available, along with rack-mount or appliance hardware for the network edge.
Vodafone Spain could benefit from Orange-Masmovil merger: report
Vodafone Spain's CEO said that previous periods of consolidations had been positive for the domestic mobile telephony market
The potential merger of Spanish carriers Orange...
Ericsson selected by IEC for rural connectivity project in Illinois
The project, first deployed in the fourth quarter of 2021, is part of the FCC's Connect America Fund Phase II (CAF-II)
Illinois-based electric service provider...
What is a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)?
Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASBs) are foundational components of cloud-centric corporate cybersecurity solutions like SSE and SASE.