Local telcos aim to build 600,000 new 5G base stations this year across China, including 134,000 already built in the first quarter
Chinese operators recorded a net gain of 55.5 million 5G subscribers in March, according to the carriers’ latest available figures.
China Mobile, the world’s...
China added a total of 48.1 million 5G users during the first quarter of 2022
China ended the first quarter of the year with over 400 million 5G users, Chinese press reported, citing data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
The ministry noted...
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 local carriers deployed 81,000 new base stations in the first two months of the year, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported,...
Operators in mainland China have already deployed over 1.4 million 5G base stations
China is expected to reach 892 million connections in the 5G segment in 2025, according to a report published by the GSMA.
According to the ‘The Mobile Economy China” report, GSMA expects 5G...
A new GSMA report forecasts that the number of 5G subscribers is expected to reach 1 billion this year.
5G is expected to account for around a quarter of total mobile connections by the end of 2025, and more than two in five people worldwide...
Mexican telecommunications regulator IFT has confirmed that the 5G spectrum auction for mobile services will take place during 2022.
The 5G auction was included in the watchdog's 2022 work plan, which outlines the bidding process for spectrum blocks in the 600MHz, 3.3GHz and 3.5GHz bands,...
With 5G upgrades continuing to accelerate, communication service providers (CSPs) around the world are facing increased energy consumption driven by accelerating capacity demand due to the increase in traffic, especially in 5G networks. 5G is 90% more energy efficient than LTE, but this gain...
AT&T Mexico announced that it has started the deployment of its 5G network in the country.
In a release, the carrier said it has already connected the first 50 mobile devices to its 5G network.
"With the deployment of our 5G network, we continue to innovate...
5G connections are forecasted to represent 12% of total mobile connections in Latin America by 2025, according to a recent report by industry body GSMA.
The report showed that overall 5G connections in the region are expected to reach 86 million by that time.
The report...
Fourth-generation Qualcomm X65 Modem-RF System features mmWave/sub-6 GHz aggregation, supports 3.5 Gbps uplink speed
Editor's note: Qualcomm provided travel, lodging and other accommodations associated with the Snapdragon Tech Summit.
KONA, HAWAII--Qualcomm was an early proponent of millimeter wave (mmWave), doing the engineering work that has...
5G connections globally are forecast to reach 1.8 billion by 2025, according to a new study by the GSMA.
The study, "The Mobile Economy 2021", revealed that 5G technology will account for 21% of total mobile connections globally by that year.
Developed Asian countries and the...
In this report we have carried out an in-depth study, based on our main CSPs clients' experience, in which we share with you a set of best practice lessons learned from these players, to realize the benefits from telco cloudification.
Over a decade, network vendors...
The GSMA believes that if governments fail to open larger amounts of spectrum in the 6 GHz range (5925-7125 MHz), the global future of 5G is at risk. In a recent statement issued with Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia and ZTE, the association asserted that “5G...
The GSMA announced this morning that registered attendees coming to Spain for MWC Barcelona 2021 will be considered part of the "highly qualified worker" exceptions to the international travel ban that is in place.
That ban -- and in particular, the fact that travelers...
Network slicing is not widely deployed; AdaptiveMobile Security working with GSMA on a fix
Network slicing is among the North Stars of current 5G efforts as the ability to virtually partition a network out from the core to the radio access network is seen as...
China is expected to have 822 million 5G subscribers by 2025, up from 202 million subscribers at the end of last year, according to a recent report by the GSMA.
The report, called “The Mobile Economy China,” also estimates that 5G connections by 2025 will...
According to GSMA, 4G accounted for 52% of mobile connections in 2019 and will increase to 56% by 2025; meanwhile, 5G will roughly take 20% share.Unlike the moderate pace in the access side, RAN (Radio Access Network) architecture migration is accelerating and driven by...
Qualcomm President: 'In 2023, 5G connections will surpass one billion'
Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon delivered one of the keynote addresses at this year’s CTIA 5G Summit, where he provided an update on the state of global 5G services and highlighted the importance of millimeter wave...
More than 46,000 base stations supply 5G in Shenzhen
The municipal government of China’s Shenzhen announced that the city’s 5G deployment is fully completed.
This makes it the first city in China to to achieve full-scale 5G deployment.
The city had deployed 46,480 5G base stations, Mayor...
Chinese operators built a total of 257,000 new 5G base stations in the first half of the year, local news agency Xinhua reported, citing data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
The total number of 5G base stations in China had reached...
China Mobile, the world’s largest operators in terms of subscribers, added 14.4 million 5G subscribers in June, the telco said in its website.
The carrier said it ended the first half of 2020 with a total of 70.2 million 5G subscribers, compared to 6.7 million...
Mobile operators in Asia Pacific are expected to invest over $400 billion on their networks between 2020 and 2025, of which $331 billion will be spent on 5G deployments, according to the latest Asia Pacific edition of the GSMA’s Mobile Economy series.
The report shows...
China’s capital Beijing has already deployed a total of 21,086 5G base stations, Chinese news service Xinhua reported.
The number of 5G users in the city has exceeded 3.1 million since Beijing officially kicked off commercial 5G services in 2019, according to the Beijing Municipal...
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