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Private network specialist Athonet is telling enterprises to ‘bring your own RAN’ with the introduction of a facility in its network management system to select from a combination of radio products according to “the needs of the mix of applications” …

MFA (MulteFire Alliance) has launched a new ‘network identifier’ scheme to provide enterprises with a unique global public land mobile network (PLMN) ID for their private LTE and 5G networks. The facility allows them to create “unique and distinguishable” private …

Australian operator TPG Telecom has announced it has reached over 85% 5G population coverage in ten of Australia’s largest cities and region. The carrier reached this level of coverage in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Canberra, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, …

Indian operators Reliance Jio Infocomm, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have received a six-month extension from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to conduct 5G trials, according to local press reports. With this extension, the carriers will be able to carry …

Communications Service Providers (CSPs) have long had to battle with unforeseen network traffic events. The last 18 months have been no exception — with huge spikes in traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic fuelled by everything from videoconferencing and home-schooling to …

When it comes to reducing power consumption of the radio, NXP and Nokia agree that radio size and weight are paramount Back in 2018, NXP Semiconductors and Nokia — along with other partners — received the CATRENE innovation award for …

Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure said it will provide 300 million euros ($344 million) in funding to develop and test Open RAN (O-RAN) technology in the country. In a release, the ministry said its aim is to …

French operator Orange has officially inaugurated its Open RAN Integration Center, the telco said in a release. The new testing and integration facility will enable companies from the O-RAN ecosystem to test and validate their products and services. Orange’s O-RAN …

Finnish vendor Nokia announced it has deployed its 5G Standalone (SA) Core network in Finland for local communication service provide Telia. In a release, the vendor said that this deployment will allow the telco to deliver new, advanced 5G services …

The only boundary is your imagination 5G monetization is top of mind for Communications Service Providers (CSPs). Having invested billions of dollars in 5G deployments, they are now looking at the best options to maximize returns on their investment. 5G …

The pair used E-band spectrum to connect small cells and macro cells in areas where fiber is challenging to deploy Earlier this week, Nokia claimed to have achieved a record breaking 9.85 backhaul capacity on Indian operator Vodafone Idea’s 5G …

Airborne support for fiery situations Over the past year it’s been hard to miss the headlines about huge fires across the world, from Australia, to Russia, to the USA. I am saddened to read about the damage to the landscape, …

Component availability is constraining Nokia’s growth, not demand or production capacity, says CEO Nokia saw strong sales growth in both its network infrastructure and cloud and network services segments during the past quarter as operators push forward with 5G adoption, …

This article is continued from a previous entry, covering key NB-IoT challenges 1-5 – which is available here. Both articles are taken from a new report, entitled NB-IoT – what has gone wrong, and when will it go right? The …

Note, this article is taken from a new report, entitled NB-IoT – what has gone wrong, and when will it go right? The full report is available here. A webinar on the same topic is available here, with panellists from …

Modern data centers interconnect with each other creating the distributed cloud ecosystem that is becoming the global platform to deliver applications and services. In this ever-flexible, rapidly growing webscale world, inflexible network operating systems and management architectures are a liability. …

Nokia announced that it has deployed its 5G Standalone core network for Taiwanese telco Taiwan Mobile. In a release, the Finnish vendor said that the deployment will enable the operator to provide the most advanced 5G applications for enterprises and …

To further explore the intersection of 5G and manufacturing, register for the 5G Manufacturing Forum.  The development of Release 17 and 18 and its potential impact in 5G manufacturing   3GPP release 18 represents a major evolution of the 5G …

It is a year late, but automotive giant Volkswagen has deployed a private 5G network at its main plant in Wolfsburg in Germany. Nokia has supplied the networking equipment for the project, which is being presented as a pilot, and …

Japanese operator SoftBank announced that it has started to offer 5G Standalone services in conjunction with the sale of its new 5G-compatible SoftBank Air terminal, called “Air Terminal 5”. With this new launch, SoftBank claims to be the first carrier …

T-2 bid 18.2 million EUR for 2.1 GHz and 2.3 GHz licenses at the Slovenia spectrum auction, which concluded in August Nokia announced that it will provide equipment from its latest AirScale radio portfolio Slovenia’s T-2 to upgrade the carrier’s …

Nokia has been selected by Japanese mobile operators SoftBank and KDDI as one of the vendors to deploy Japan’s shared Radio Access Network. The Finnish vendor noted that this deployment will deliver 5G services to both SoftBank and KDDI subscribers …

Nokia has released a new range of industrial 5G devices to go with its twin DAC and MPW private wireless products, and its newly bundled MX Industrial Edge (MXIE) edge portfolio. New ruggedized 5G SA devices include a smartphone, field …

Nokia has added a number of applications from third-party Industry 4.0 vendors to its new MX Industrial Edge (MXIE) solution, released last week, including PTC’s ThingWorx IoT platform and Kepware industrial connectivity engine, plus the Linux Foundation’s Fledge framework for …

Brazilian operator TIM, in partnership with Ericsson, Motorola and Qualcomm, carried out tests of a 5G Standalone (SA) network with some compatible cell phones. The trials were performed using the Motorola Edge 20 and Edge 20 Pro devices. Both devices …