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5G SA could save UK Police 11 million hours annually: Vodafone

Vodafone noted that the increased efficiency would be comparable to adding 5,400 full-time police officers focused on frontline duties and community presence The deployment of 5G Standalone (5G SA) networks in the U.K. could significantly boost efficiency for police officers, potentially saving up to 11...

UK telco EE aims to reach nationwide 5G coverage by 2028

In an interview with RCR Wireless News, Greg McCall, chief networks officer at BT said that EE's 5G network currently reaches nearly 80% of the U.K. population U.K. carrier EE, owned by BT Group, expects to reach countrywide coverage with its 5G network by 2028,...

When a chip is more than a chip—addressing the usage gap

What do Qualcomm's 4s Gen 2, footballer Asisat Oshoala and the usage gap have in common? It’s been a busy few weeks for me, but two particular things stand out that I’d like to (try to) link together. First, at Mobile World Congress Las...

Viettel claims Vietnam’s first commercial 5G service

Viettel said it has installed more than 6,500 base stations to provide 5G services to all 63 localities in Vietnam Vietnamese telco Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) launched what it claims to be Vietnam’s first commercial 5G service. Viettel said it has installed over...

RACSA taps Nokia for Costa Rica’s first 5G SA network

RACSA and Nokia have installed 30 5G SA sites in major Costa Rican cities, and a further 170 are scheduled for this year Costa Rican operator Radiográfica Costarricense SA (RACSA) has deployed the country’s first 5G standalone (SA) network using products from the Nokia Airscale...

Vodafone Germany activates nationwide 5G SA network

Vodafone said it has equipped more than 16,000 of its 26,000 mobile stations with 5G technology German operator Vodafone announced the activation of its 5G Standalone (5G SA) network nationwide. In a release, the telco noted that this rollout allows all customers with compatible smartphones...

O2 Telefonica, Nokia achieve speeds of 1.7 Gbps in 5G SA test

O2 Telefonica carried out the test in the so-called Innovation Cluster in Potsdam German carrier O2 Telefonica, owned by Spanish operator Telefonica, has achieved peak download speeds of more than 1.7 Gbps by bundling four frequency bands in 5G Standalone (5G SA) mode, the telco...

AT&T sees Open RAN enabling ‘continuous innovation’

AT&T sees AI, cloud and Open RAN decoupling network enhancements from a “cycle of virtuous Gs” AT&T is in the early days of a massive radio access network (RAN) modernization program. The operator is investing $14 billion over a five-year deal with primary vendor Ericsson...

Peru to offer spectrum in exchange for coverage commitments

The new spectrum will allow telcos in Peru to launch 5G services via 5G SA architecture The government of Peru approved a plan to assign spectrum directly to operators and allow them to commit to coverage investments instead of paying in cash, with the aim...

Airtel’s FWA service reaches over 1,300 cities across India

Airtel aims to launch FWA using 5G SA architecture in the short term Indian carrier Bharti Airtel said its fixed wireless access (FWA) offering has reached over 1,300 towns and cities across India, local press reported. The telco noted it is currently upgrading its networks to...

Airtel ends June with 90 million 5G customers

Airtel had ended the previous fiscal quarter with 72 million customers in the 5G field Indian telco Bharti Airtel ended its first fiscal quarter of 2025 on June 30, with a total of 90 million 5G subscribers, the telco’s managing director, Gopal Vittal, said during...

Vodafone research shows UK companies are ready to adopt 5G SA

Vodafone initially launched 5G Standalone technology in the country in 2023 Some 39% of companies in the U.K are ready to invest in 5G Standalone (5G SA) right now, with 14% expecting to invest in this technology within 12 months, according to recent research by...

Three 5G SA uplink features and how they improve performance

In testing on T-Mobile US' 5G Standalone network in Seattle, SRG quantified the impact of three 5G SA uplink features that are becoming more widespread Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. The understudy. On the back burner. These are some of the ways that Signals...

Vodafone UK highlights savings for public buildings with 5G SA

Vodafone noted that 5G SA technology can integrate many connected devices and sensors with IoT across heating, cooling and lighting systems to monitor energy use 5G-powered technologies can generate significant cost and energy savings across public buildings like schools, hospitals and leisure centers across...

Docomo to offer 5G SA service for downloads up to 6.6 Gbps

NTT Docomo noted that the new offering will be initially available in certain areas of the Tokyo and Kanagawa prefectures Japanese operator NTT Docomo announced plans to commercially deploy New Radio dual connectivity technology using three spectrum bands to deliver what it claims will be...

Five key takeaways from GSMA APAC mobile report

The GSMA said it expects mobile traffic in the APAC region to quadruple between 2023 and 2030 The Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA)'s most recent Asia Pacific (APAC) mobility report demonstrates how critical mobile technologies and services are for this region, which documented...

e&, Ericsson claim first implementation of 5G SA RedCap in MEA

The testing took place in e& UAE's live 5G SA network, where RedCap was enabled in both frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD) spectrum Ericsson and Emirati-based operator e& UAE have conducted a successful end-to-end verification of Ericsson's Reduced Capability (RedCap) software...

BT, Nokia and Qualcomm test 5G 5CC carrier aggregation

The tests were conducted in the field on live network spectrum at Adastral Park, BT Group’s headquarters for R&D Nokia and U.K.-based BT Group announced that they have successfully aggregated 5G Standalone (SA) spectrum using 5CC carrier aggregation (5CC CA). In a release, Nokia noted that...

FWA tops list of 5G use cases in new Ericsson report

The Ericsson report also states that there are more than 1.7 billion 5G subscriptions globally According to the latest Ericsson Mobility Report, there will be nearly 5.6 billion 5G subscriptions by the end of 2029. Further, the report indicates that, as 5G penetration grows, Ericsson...

Telefónica, Nokia collaborate on 5G SA network API adoption

'Sustaining closed networks is a thing of the past,' says Nokia exec Nokia announced a collaboration with Telefonica that will see the pair develop Standalone (SA) 5G-compatible consumer, enterprise and industrial services. As part of the agreement, the companies will also explore new API opportunities,...

Deutsche Telekom deploys private 5G for German broadcaster

The private 5G network uses core equipment from Ericsson and will cover an area of more than 35,000 square meters Deutsche Telekom is providing a 5G Standalone (SA) private network to broadcaster RTL Deutschland at the latter company's broadcasting center in Cologne, to boost coverage...

Vodafone commits to deploy 5G SA technology in Northern Ireland

Vodafone noted that the cumulative benefits of 5G for economic output in Northern Ireland stand at $3.42 billion between 2026 and 2030 U.K. operator Vodafone said it aims to roll out its 5G Standalone (5G SA) technology to Northern Ireland as part of its proposed...

Telecom Argentina aims to reach 260 5G sites by end-2024

Telecom Argentina said that 16% of its customers have phones suitable to take advantage of 5G SA technology Telecom Argentina expects to end this year with a total of 260 5G sites across the country, according to local press reports. The Argentine operator had ended last...

O2 Telefonica and Nokia deploy 5G SA on AWS cloud

Nokia, which supplies the 5G core for the O2 Telefonica 5G SA network, claimed that this development is a first of its kind Amazon Web Services (AWS) will host O2 Telefónica’s Standalone (SA) 5G core network software on its public cloud infrastructure in Germany. Nokia, which...