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Lufthansa doubles-down with second private 5G trial – with help from Vodafone

More detail has emerged about the private industrial 5G operations Lufthansa has pegged to its new holding in the 3.7-3.8 GHz spectrum in Germany, with Vodafone emerging, as well as Nokia, as early partner for the German airline’s technical services division. Separately of Nokia’s proclamation...

Vodafone increases speed of existing 5G sites in Germany

  German telecommunications operator Vodafone said it is increasing the speed of existing 5G sites following the decision by Germany’s Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) to approve the use of 5G frequencies in the 3.5 GHz range. The regulator had awarded this spectrum in late summer 2019. Vodafone...

GSMA announces 2020 GLOMO award winners

The GSMA GLOMO awards highlight those at the forefront of mobile innovation BARCELONA--The GSMA released the winners of the 2020 Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards, which call out the companies and individuals at the forefront of mobile innovation. The awards include a variety of categories, but...

Private nets with Voda, Industry 4.0 with Ford, Robin Hood lives – UK’s £35m 5G trials

The UK government has announced the winners of a £35 million funding pot for rural and industrial 5G projects, alongside a new $30 million 5G development competition for the media, gaming, logistics, and tourism sectors. Projects include private networking with Vodafone, Industry 4.0 with...

Operators are best placed to serve Industry 4.0 with 5G slices, says Huawei

Huawei said today at a London launch event for new 5G gear that it would prefer to go via the operator community to serve the Industry 4.0 movement, using slices of their licensed public networks to create dedicated networks for industrial automation and intelligence. It...

Parallel notches another operator win as open RAN poised for big 2020

Report: open RAN groups O-RAN Alliance and Telecom Infra Project "will align" work A combination of factors--anti-Huawei sentiment in some global markets, 5G scale prompting network economics shake ups and a a move toward programmable, software-based networking among them, are positioning open RAN players for...

Three UK to offer 5G services in 65 new cities by end-February

Three UK using 3.6 GHz for its 5G deployment U.K. mobile operator Three expects its 5G service to be available in 65 new locations across the country from the end of February, the telco said in a release. Some of the new cities in which...

#TBT: Waiting for the wireless data ‘hockey stick’; handset sales surge; Lucent struggles … this week in 2001

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Once upon a...

Should the US invest in open RAN or just buy Nokia or Ericsson?

AG Barr calls open RAN “pie in the sky,” suggests coordinated investment to counter Huawei Two things are clear: The U.S. views Huawei’s 5G market share as a cybersecurity threat both domestically and internationally, particularly in nations that share intelligence with America. And national leaders...

Regulator: Saudi Telecom must offer full purchase Vodafone Egypt

If STC makes the offer, analysts predict that Telecom Egypt might actually sell some of its stocks At the end of January, Vodafone signed an initial agreement to sell a 55% stake it has in Vodafone Egypt in the company to Saudi Telecom Company (STC)...

Vodacom to launch 5G services in South Africa using Liquid’s new network

  South African operator Vodacom Group expects to launch commercial 5G services during 2020 by using a network being built by rival operator Liquid Telecom, Vodacom Chief Executive Shameel Joosub said. Liquid Telecom had recently announced it was building a wholesale 5G network in South Africa...

Ericsson and Capgemini combine to drive private LTE and 5G deals for operators

The two companies are teaming up to grasp new business potential in the fast-growing market for private 4G and 5G mobile networks. The rising demand for private cellular network solutions comes as industries and enterprises increasingly need advanced digitalization to ensure their competitiveness. Telecoms vendor...

BT to face higher costs due to Huawei’s restrictions in the UK: CEO

  U.K. telecom group BT said that the decision by the UK government to restrict the use of Huawei’s kit in the country’s 5G networks would have a cost of £500 million ($655 million) for the company over the next five years. “We are in the...

Vodafone Egypt to sell $2.4 billion stake to Saudi Telecom Company

In addition, Vodafone and Saudi Telecom Company agreed to establish a long-term partnership Vodafone Egypt, the leading operator in the north African country, has signed an initial agreement to sell a 55% stake in in the company to state-controlled telecommunications group Saudi Telecom Company (STC)...

New UK player seeks to broker shared and private networking for enterprises, cities

The Freshwave Group, a new UK network provider, is seeking to combine telecoms expertise and real-estate savvy to plug coverage gaps in public mobile coverage with shared and private networking. It is targeting enterprises and cities, as they seek to leverage new data traffic...

UK officials propose limited role in 5G rollouts for Huawei: Report

  British officials have proposed granting Chinese vendor Huawei a limited role in the deployment of 5G networks in the country, resisting U.S. pressure for a complete ban, Reuters reported, citing two people with knowledge of the matter. The recommendation was made at a meeting of...

Brits back drones for emergency services, environmental monitoring, says Vodafone

Most people in Britain would support regulated usage of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, for critical services and industrial enterprises, according to a report by Vodafone. Eighty per cent of the British public would support their adoption if better safety, security and monitoring measures...

Huawei CEO: ‘We are more confident that we can survive further attacks’

  Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei said that the Chinese vendor is now “more confident” that it can survive further sanctions by the U.S. government. “This year, the U.S. might further escalate their campaign against Huawei, but I feel the impact on Huawei's business would not be...

Six global carriers form group for MEC, 5G interoperability

Six of the largest telecom operators in the world have put together a new group, the 5G Future Forum, which is focused on interoperability and adoption of 5G and mobile edge computing. The founding members of the 5G Future Forum are América Móvil, KT, Rogers,...

Vodafone’s 5G service already available in 100 places in the UK, Europe

  U.K. telecommunications group Vodafone said that its customers can use 5G services in more than 100 places in the U.K. and other European countries. Specifically in the U.K, the telco said that its 5G offering has been recently activated in Belfast , Edinburgh and Leeds....

U.K carriers accelerate 5G deployments during 2019

EE, BT and O2 all have commercial 5G services The main cities across the U.K started to receive 5G coverage during the second half of 2019 as local carriers rapidly launched the technology for both residential and corporate customers. EE, owned by telecommunications group BT, recently...

Digital transformation to go? The 80/20 rule in IT/OT ‘co-creation’, and how to scale IoT

Note, this is an excerpt from a new Enterprise IoT Insights editorial report, called ‘Crossing the IT/OT divide – co-creation, co-configuration, and how to bring industrial IoT to scale’. Go here for the full report (free to download). The industry must go from proving technology...

400 largest cellular IoT deployments account for 279m units, says study

  The 400 largest cellular IoT deployments at a global level together account for 279 million units, according to a recent study by Swedish consultancy firm Berg Insight. The study includes various types of projects deployed across all types of vertical markets, including aftermarket automotive, fleet...

Vodafone on 2020: ‘Private networks, as-a-service models, hyper-logistics’

Phil Skipper, global head of IoT business development, Vodafone: “The key question is what will rise and fall in 2020, in terms of digital transformation for industry. At the end of 2019, low-power wide-area (LPWA) technologies, mobile private networks, and mobile edge computing are all...