Belgian operator Telenet said it will start the gradual deployment of its 5G network in the country on December 6, the carrier said in a release.
Telenet, which is controlled by U.S. company Liberty Global, said that the first 5G zones will be located around...
Vodafone Germany said its 5G network is now available to more than 35 million people across the country.
The company had previously said it aimed to service over 30 million people with 5G in Germany by the end of this year. The telco also said...
T-Mobile first turned on 5G in Puerto Rico at the end of 2019 on the 600 MHz band, the first U.S. operator to do so
According to reports by Weekly Journal, roughly 75% of T-Mobile Puerto Rico’s subscribers use its 5G service. The operator’s Vice...
Weeks after the U.S. Air Force’s Space Command issued a Request for Information (RFI) detailing its interest in using 5G for data transportation for ground- and space-based communications, Lockheed Martin, a U.S. defense contractor, announced a strategic interest agreement with satellite startup Omnispace “to explore jointly developing...
Dish will acquire Republic's 200,000 wireless customers
Earlier this week, Dish Network revealed plans to acquire Wi-Fi-first mobile virtual network operator Republic Wireless, a move that will transfer about 200,000 wireless customers over to Dish’s care. While the financial terms of the deal have not yet...
Blair Crawford, vice president of National Accounts & Marketing at Vertical Bridge, discusses the company's recent deal with Dish and shares her perspective on what's in store for 2021 as we wait to see the impact from the highly popular C Band auction.
Indian mobile service provider Bharti Airtel demonstrated its Non-Standalone live 5G service the city of Hyderabad over its existing spectrum in the 1.8 GHz band. Airtel used spectrum sharing, allowing the carrier to operate 5G and 4G connections from within the same spectrum block.
Ericsson...
5G is the fastest-growing mobile technology in history and is being adopted four times as quickly as LTE was when it was introduced, as 5G Americas observed in a new report. For impatient customers, 5G and the new applications it will power cannot come...
The challenges of building a virtualized, software-driven network from scratch are real. On today’s podcast, Carrie Charles is joined by Dave Mayo, the Executive Vice President of Network Deployment at DISH Network. Dave talks about some of the challenges they’re facing and how they...
Hitachi has installed a dedicated 5G network at its Silicon Valley Research Center, part of the Hitachi America's research and development division. The installation, done in partnership with Ericsson, will leverage Hitachi’s platform technology to accelerate the development and demonstrate the value of digital...
Ericsson said it has supported Russian operator Tele2 in upgrading its infrastructure with 25,000 5G-ready base stations across Russia in a 18-month period.
The update, which covers all 27 regions of Russia, has increased capacity and enhanced network performance , the vendor said.
The installation and...
Vodafone U.K. switched-on what it claimed was the first live standalone (SA) 5G deployment in the country, with a new network built for Coventry University, the operator said in a release.
Vodafone noted it would be used to show the “true benefits of 5G” covering...
The 5G launch will start in downtown Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal
Using Ericsson equipment, Canadian wireless operator Rogers Communications has begun rolling out 5G network in select cities around the country, laying claim to being the first cellphone provider in Canada to offer the...
The acquisition will help U.S. network operators accelerate and simplify rollouts of 5G networks
Samsung has acquired network services provider TeleWorld Solutions (TWS) to address the need for end-to-end support in delivering network solutions that address the network upgrade cycle in the U.S.
As part of the...
VIENNA, Austria- Chinese vendor ZTE is not concerned about the impact of the decision of state-run telecommunications operators China Telecom and China Unicom to share resources in the deployment of 5G infrastructure, ZTE’s President of Global Sales, Xiao Ming, told RCR Wireless News.
"With this decision...
The original 5G network rollout included only two with nationwide coverage
Singapore plans to roll out four commercial 5G networks in 2020, and by the end of 2022, expects to have at least 50% of the city-state covered with a standalone network, according to the...
The European Commission (EC) has published a report on the European Union coordinated risk assessment on cybersecurity in 5G networks, in which it outlines a number of risks associated with the deployment of 5G ntwork infrastructure.
This report is part of the implementation of the...
Spanish telecommunications operator Orange has selected Chinese vendor ZTE for the provision of 5G infrastructure in certain Spanish cities, local newspaper Expansion reported, citing market sources.
Under the terms of the agreement, ZTE will deploy 5G infrastructure in the cities of Bilbao, San Sebastián, Vitoria,...
Japanese operator SoftBank has selected Nordic vendors Ericsson and Nokia for the deployment of a 5G network in Japan, the vendors said in separate statements.
Ericsson said it has been selected by SoftBank as a primary 5G vendor for the deployment of a multi-band 5G...
Dutch telecom provider KPN has signed a preliminary agreement with Chinese vendor Huawei to start preparations for the construction of KPN’s new mobile Radio Access Network in the Netherlands, Huawei said in a release.
The RAN project is part of KPN’s mobile network modernization, with...
Vodafone and Orange have signed a new mobile and fixed network sharing agreement in Spain, with the main aim of enabling a faster deployment of 5G over a wider geographic area, Vodafone said in a release.
Under the terms of the agreement,
Vodafone will be able...
Manufacturing, energy and transport among 5G focuses
French
telecommunications group Orange is currently working with a number of compatriot
businesses to develop future uses of 5G technology.
The
announcement was made at the Orange Business Summit, taking place this week in
Paris, France.
“5G will not be just another new...
Korean carrier KT Corp has officially launched commercial 5G services in the Asian nation, the telco said in a statement.
KT Corp claimed to be the first service provider in the country to offer unlimited data plans without a speed cap, allowing subscribes to have...
The German government said it will discuss security concerns with key European partners and government officials in the U.S.
Germany expects to define its own security standards for the deployment of 5G infrastructure, international press reported Chancellor Angela Merkel as saying.
This development comes days after...
