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ArcelorMittal France partners with Ericsson, Orange to launch industrial 5G

The industrial 4G and 5G trial is part of the France Recovery plan Steel producer ArcelorMittal France, Orange Business Services and Ericsson announced the launch of 5G Steel to test 4G/5G connectivity at ArcelorMittal's industrial sites in France over the next three years. The French government...

India aims to launch locally developed 6G tech in 2024: report

At the same time, India is notably lagging in 5G due to regulatory delays India expects to be in a position to launch indigenously developed 6G technology by the end of 2023 or early 2024, local press reported, citing the country’s Minister for Communication Ashwini...

Airtel, Nokia conduct 5G trial in the 700 MHz band

Airtel claiming a national "first" with 700 MHz 5G trial Indian operator Bharti Airtel has launched what it claims to be India’s first 5G trial in the 700 MHz spectrum band in partnership with Finnish vendor Nokia, the former said in a release. The 5G trial...

Ireland to exclude ‘high-risk’ vendors from 5G networks

Ireland is using the EU 5G Security Toolbox as a regulatory framework The Irish government has announced a series of measures to boost the security of electronic communications, including 5G networks. The new legislation will enable the government to exclude “high-risk” telecom providers from being used...

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...

China’s Shandong Province reaches 100,000 5G base stations

Shangdong is using 5G for applications in the media, transport and education sectors Chinese operators have already deployed 100,000 5G base stations in Shandong Province, covering the urban areas of all its county-level areas, local news agency Xinhua reported. Shandong is China’s second largest Province in...

Porsche test drives private 5G from Ericsson at Leipzig production plant

German sports car manufacturer Porsche has recruited Ericsson for a private 5G network at its manufacturing production complex in Leipzig, in Germany. Porsche is using an enterprise 5G licence from German regulator BNetzA in the 3.7-3.8 GHz ‘vertical’ spectrum band. It said the deployment...

Nokia and Telia deploy private 5G for Agnico Eagle at Lapland gold mine

Nokia and Telia have combined to deploy a private 5G network for Canada-based Agnico Eagle Mines in Finland. The new 5G standalone (SA) setup will support above and below ground mining operations at the firm’s Kittilä mine in the Lapland province of Finland, billed...

Continuous Innovation advances 5G Value Growing

Recently, at ZTE 5G Summit, Dr. Bai Gang, VP of ZTE, presented the topic of "Continuous Innovation advances 5G Value Growing". In his speech, he mentioned several ZTE innovative solutions which can bring significant values to 5G advancement and industrial partners. Based on key points of...

Editorial Report: Monetizing MEC: What’s the value of the edge?

For operators to effectively monetize 5G, the thinking is that 5G networks need to be coupled with a geographically distributed mobile edge computing (MEC) infrastructureand enterprise-facing applications capable of delivering business outcomes that help a user save money or make money. That logic is...

Chinese operators add 43.8 million 5G customers in October

Chinese operators recorded a net gain of 43.81 million 5G subscribers in October, according to the carriers’ latest available figures. China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added a total of 24.3 million 5G subscribers last month. The telco said it ended last...

Siticom taps Nokia, beats carriers to private 5G contract for WISTA science park in Berlin

German system integrator (SI) Siticom has secured a contract to deploy a private 5G network at the WISTA Science and Technology Park in Berlin-Adlershof in Germany. Siticom is working with Nokia on the project; it beat at least two of the three major mobile...

NTT Docomo, JTower announce 5G sharing alliance in Japan

JTower and NTT Docomo announced that they have formed a capital and business alliance with the aim of strengthening collaboration in the field of infrastructure sharing. As part of the alliance, Docomo plans to acquire part of JTower shares held by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone...

Well, technically… CSPs need to move beyond connectivity to monetize 5G: Oracle’s Chantel Cary (Ep. 58)

According to Oracle's Director of Product Marketing Chantel Cary, there are still more questions than answers around how to best monetize 5G. Listen to this week's episode to discover how the company is helping CSPs tackle this reality.

Ericsson buys Vonage for $6.2 billion, solidifying its enterprise play

Ericsson will buy Vonage in a $6.2 billion deal Network equipment and services provider Ericsson will acquire enterprise cloud services company Vonage in a $6.2 billion deal, which it touts as fundamental to creating a cloud-focused platform centered on "open innovation" and the ability for...

‘It’s the network that matters, not the device’: now.gg CEO on cloud gaming

In a blog post, mobile cloud provider now.gg referenced a 2020 IDC report to claim that 60-70% of phones worldwide aren’t suited for gaming. The company uses this to support the idea that if a gamer uses the hybrid cloud to run a game,...

Huawei negotiating with most Brazilian telcos for 5G equipment: Report

Chinese vendor Huawei is in talks with almost all Brazilian operators that secured 5G spectrum in a recent spectrum auction, with the aim of selling 5G equipment, Brazilian newspaper Valor Economico reported. According to the report, Huawei could potentially find advantages in serving the Brazilian...

Ericsson inks partnership to boost 5G, 6G research in Saudi Arabia

Ericsson and King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) have announced an initial three-year research and development (R&D) partnership focused on three research projects aimed at advancing telecommunication networks with innovative technologies. In a release, the Swedish vendor said that the partnership aims to...

Hyperscalers outrunning telcos – but 75% of enterprises want hybrid public-private 5G

Hyperscalers, with only varied and newly acquired in-house 5G knowledge, are outpacing telcos, with 40 years in the game, at private 5G, according to new research from Omdia. The analyst house has named Microsoft as the ‘top innovator’ in the field, ahead of AT&T...

5G FWA could serve nearly half of rural households, CTIA report finds

Amid anticipation for the freshly passed $65 billion in funding for broadband expansion, a new report from CTIA estimates that 5G Fixed Wireless Access broadband could serve nearly half of rural households in the U.S. According to the report, Accenture reckons that 43% of rural...

Most 5G sites in emerging markets will be sub-6 GHz by 2026: Study

ABI Research forecasts that approximately 90% of 5G cell sites in emerging markets will be operating with support for a combination of sub-6 GHz bands by 2026. In a release, the consultancy noted that sub-6 GHz bands will provide optimum coverage while catering for sufficient...

European carriers urge EU to further support O-RAN

A new report, published by European carriers Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, TIM and Vodafone, and based on findings from research firm Analysys Mason, called upon policymakers, EU member states, and industry stakeholders to collaborate and urgently prioritize Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN). “Open, intelligent,...

‘A thousand flowers will bloom’ – should carriers climb into bed with hyperscalers?

It is a good question, and maybe the only question for mobile operators going into the Industry 4.0 space. Camille Mendler, a chief analyst at Omdia, asked it of Google Cloud in a recent webinar, which went under the same header, about why mobile...