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TPG Telecom expands 5G SA coverage to all its brands

TPG Telecom noted that its 5G network currently has over 2,500 active sites across the country Australian operator TPG Telecom said it has expanded its 5G Standalone (SA) coverage to its brands iiNet, TPG, Internode and Westnet. In a release, the telco said that mobile customers...

Telstra, TPG won’t appeal block of asset transfer deal

The tribunal had found that this proposed agreement would provide Telstra with substantial commercial and competitive benefits Australian operators Telstra and TPG Telecom said they will not appeal the country's competition tribunal's decision to block an asset transfer deal between the two companies. In a statement,...

Australian Competition Tribunal blocks Telstra-TPG deal

Telstra and TPG Telecom had announced a ten-year regional Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN) commercial agreement in 2022 The Australian Competition Tribunal has declined to allow local operators TPG Telecom and Telstra to share regional spectrum and mobile network assets. In a release, the Australian Competition and...

Nokia, TPG Telecom reach record speed using 5G mmWave

Nokia said this record speed was achieved during a live demonstration at the Nokia 5G Futures Lab in Sydney Nokia and Australian operator TPG Telecom announced they have hit a 5G uplink speed of 2 Gbps using the latter’s mmWave spectrum. The European vendor noted that...

Singaporean telco M1 includes 5G in all mobile plans

M1 noted that its 5G SA network currently covers about 90% of Singapore Singaporean operator M1 Limited announced that all its mobile handset plans will come with 5G connectivity. In a release, the Asian carrier said that consumers who sign up for the first time or...

Zero1 launches 5G MVNO in Singapore

The operator launched 5G via a MVNO agreement with local carrier Singtel Singaporean firm Zero1 has become the first mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) to offer 5G services in the country. Zero1 on launched 5G services to its customers on September 9 and says that it...

Telstra inks network sharing deal with TPG Telecom in Australia

Australian carriers Telstra and TPG Telecom announced a ten-year regional Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN) commercial agreement. Under the terms of the deal, TPG Telecom will secure access to around 3,700 of Telstra’s mobile network assets, increasing TPG Telecom’s current 4G coverage from around 96% to...

Singapore operators secure additional spectrum for 5G

Singapore regulator IMDA awarded 2.1 GHz spectrum for 5G Singapore carriers secured additional spectrum for the provision of 5G services after local regulator Infocomm Media Authority (IMDA) awarded spectrum in the 2.1 GHz band. This spectrum is in addition to the first tranche of 3.5 GHz...

TPG Telecom reaches 85% 5G coverage in Australia’s largest cities

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, Wollongong and NSW Central Coast In...

TPG Telecom selects Ericsson for 5G standalone core

Australian operator TPG Telecom has extended its partnership with Ericsson to include the deployment of its 5G core for a Standalone (SA) network. TPG Telecom explained that Ericsson will deploy its cloud-native, dual-mode 5G core with the aim of covering cover 85% of the population...

Australian regulator opens application period for 5G spectrum auction

ACMA is focused on low-bands for wide-area 5G coverage The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has recently opened applications for the upcoming auction of 5G spectrum in the 850 MHz 900 MHz band, ACMA said in a release. The government agency noted that low...

Telstra, Optus, TPG under investigation for misleading customers over NBN speeds

Telstra, Optus and TPG have all said that the National Broadband Network Co has not provided 'timely and accurate speed information' Three Australian operators — Telstra, Optus and TPG — are under investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) over allegations of making...

Australian telco TPG Telecom acquires 5G frequencies from Dense Air

Australian carrier TPG Telecom has entered into an agreement to acquire additional 5G spectrum holdings in the 3.6 GHz band from Dense Air. Once the transaction is complete, TPG Telecom’s 3.6 GHz spectrum holdings will increase from the current 60 megahertz to 90 megahertz in...

Nokia, TPG Telecom launch 5G SA service in Australia using 700 MHz band

Low-band 5G SA will provide outdoor and indoor coverage Nokia and Australian carrier TPG Telecom announced that they have switched on a live 5G standalone (SA) network in Australia on the 700 MHz spectrum band. The two partners said that this launch represents the first launch...

Five Australian operators secure 26GHz spectrum for 5G

Five operators have won spectrum in the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s latest spectrum auction in the 26 GHz band. Of the 360 lots available in the auction, 358 were sold, realizing a total revenue of AUD647.6 million ($501.1 million). Telstra secured a total of 150...

Telstra’s 5G network reaches 50% of Australian population

Australian operator Telstra said that its current 5G coverage footprint currently reaches over 50% of the country’s population. Telstra’s Technology Development & Solutions Executive Channa Seneviratne said that Telstra was on track to hit its target to expand coverage to 75% of the population by...

The current state of 5G in Australia

Mobile operators in Australia have been accelerating 5G deployments in 2020 and are waiting for additional spectrum that local regulator ACMA plans to award next year to further expand 5G networks. The main cities across the country are already covered by 5G. Here...

Australian government announces two 5G spectrum auctions for 2021

  The Australian government expects to carry out two 5G spectrum auctions during 2021, the Ministry of Communications said in a release. In April 2021, it has scheduled a spectrum tender to award high-band 5G spectrum (in the 26 GHz band), which will enable fast, high-capacity...

Australia’s TPG Telecom accelerates 5G deployment

  Australian operator TPG Telecom announced plans to accelerate its 5G rollout over the next 12 months, with over 85% of the population in the country’s six largest cities expected to be served by the end of next year. The company, which was formed through the...

Singapore awards two licenses to construct standalone 5G networks

  Singtel and a joint venture between StarHub Mobile and M1 were awarded licenses to build two nationwide standalone (SA) 5G networks in Singapore, , local telecommunications regulator IMDA said. The winners were each allocated 100 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band. IMDA noted that...

Rakuten Mobile, TPG Telecom to carry out OpenRAN trial in Singapore

  Japanese telco Rakuten Mobile is collaborating with Singaporean carrier TPG Telecom on a 5G technology partnership program to trial OpenRAN solutions in Singapore, the former said in a release. Rakuten Mobile had launched what it claimed to be the world’s first end-to-end fully virtualized, cloud-native...

Singapore regulator receives three bids for two 5G licenses

  Singapore telecom regulator IMDA has confirmed it had received a total of three submissions in the process through which it expect to award two licenses for the provision of 5G services across the country At the close of the 5G call for proposal on February...

StartHub, M1 to submit joint bid for 5G license in Singapore

Singapore telecom operators StarHub and M1 have signed an exclusive agreement to cooperate and submit a joint bid for a 5G license. In a joint statement, the companies said that they are working towards the February 17 closing date for 5G proposals. Earlier this month, telecommunications...