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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 in Japan to offer 5G...

Samsung Electronics announced that the company will carry out 4G and 5G trials with Virgin Media O2 in the U.K. During the trials, the two companies will verify the capability and performance of Samsung’s 4G and 5G network solutions in Virgin Media O2’s commercial network. The...

Japanese mobile operator Rakuten Mobile and compatriot firm JTower have entered a capital alliance with the aim of sharing infrastructure in indoors and outdoors environments, the latter said in a release. Under the terms of the deal, the two companies will share equipment and towers...

The majority of North American and European mobile network operators—88%—plan to move to 5G Standalone networks within the next two years, according to new joint research by test company EXFO and Heavy Reading. But they are still seeking the supporting tools that will help...

The telecommunications industry needs to accelerate adoption of more energy-efficient network technologies as 5G networks expand globally, Ryan Ding, Huawei's executive director and president of its Carrier Business Group, said in a keynote speech at the 2021 Global Mobile Broadband Forum (MBBF) in Dubai...

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 in the Asian country. As...

Google unveils new customer tools, data integrations aimed at raising sustainability awareness, energy usage As the global economy demand more from the cloud, cloud users should be mindful of how much energy they need. That’s the message this week from Google during its virtual Google Cloud...

A total of 180 operators in 72 countries had already launched one or more 3GPP-compliant 5G services as of the end of September, according to the latest update from the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA). Also, 465 operators in 139 countries were investing in 5G,...

Huawei rotating chairman Ken Hu urged the telecommunications industry to increase efforts to deliver relevant 5G use cases for enterprises and continue to enhance telecoms networks with the main aim of meeting the high-performance requirements of new technologies such as augmented reality (AR) and...

Chinese mobile operators China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom are expected to roll out a nationwide 5G messaging service by the end of October, according to local press reports. The combined effort aims to challenge China’s leading app, WeChat, owned by local tech giant...

France had a total of 29,327 5G authorized sites as of October 1, of which 18,689 were declared technically operational by the local mobile operators, according to the latest information provided by France’s spectrum agency ANFR. ANFR said that the number of authorized 5G sites...

China Mobile Hong Kong, HKT, Hutchison Telephone and SmarTone Mobile Communications are the qualified bidders for an upcoming 5G spectrum auction, Hong Kong's Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA) reported. Hong Kong plans to auction spectrum in the 600 MHz, 700 MHz, 850 MHz, 2.5/2.6...

    The ioXt Alliance has announced that SOLiD?s Distributed Antenna System (DAS) DMS-1200 Controller has been certified through ioXt's certification program. The certification was given after SOLiD met rigorous standards as part of the ioXt Alliance?s program, advancing efforts to improve the security of IoT and...

Ericsson and Singapore operator Singtel have partnered to accelerate 5G adoption across multiple industries and to develop and deploy advanced 5G solutions in Singapore. The partnership utilizes Ericsson’s networking expertise and Singtel’s 5G network, test facilities and capabilities and also involves collaboration with global industry...

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 support 5G CA NR (Carrier...

Indian telecommunications operator Bharti Airtel and Ericsson have conducted what they claim is India’s first 5G network demonstration in a rural geography, the latter said in a release. The demonstration took place in the village of Bhaipur Bramanan village, on the outskirts of Delhi. Airtel noted...

Today, the current state of customer care is terrible and getting worse. Remember the good-ole days when if you had a problem, you would call a toll-free number, speak to a customer care representative, solve it and move on? Those good-old days are gone. When...

Chinese vendors Huawei Technologies and ZTE have secured contracts to deploy the converged 5G and 4G core network for China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile carrier by subscribers, according to Chinese press reports. Both Huawei and ZTE will each get about 50% of a contract...

German operator Telefónica Deutschland/O2, controlled by Spanish telco Telefonica, said it expects to reach 50% of the country’s population with its 5G service by the end of next year. By the end of this year, the carrier aims to reach 30% of Germany’s population with...

    BAI Communications, , which is majority-owned by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), announced the close of its acquisition of Mobilitie, one of the largest privately-held telecommunications infrastructure companies in the U.S. The agreement for the acquisition had been initially announced on June 28...

Chinese operators recorded a net addition of 40.93 million 5G subscribers in August, according to the carriers’ latest available figures. China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added a total of 24.53 million 5G subscribers in August. The carrier said it ended August...

Auction must raise a reserve price of $14.7 billion The Federal Communications Commission is kicking off its auction of additional midband spectrum at 3.45-3.55 GHz, with two rounds of bidding today. Starting tomorrow, three rounds of bidding will be held each day. The auction reserve...

The demonstration used an Ericsson wireless 5G base station and laser technology to transmit hundreds of watts through the air Ericsson and PowerLight demonstrated what they claimed to be the world’s first wirelessly powered 5G base station in Seattle. The base station was “completely powerless”...

The number of 5G base stations in South Korea accounted for 11% of the total base stations in the country at the end of the second quarter, local news agency Yonhap reported, citing data from the Korea Communications Agency. At the end of June, there...