BROWSING: 5G

Vodafone has extended its multi-access edge (MEC) arrangement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) into Spain. The UK-headquartered operator said its tie-up with AWS in Spain, to embed the cloud firm’s Wavelength compute platform into its 4G-LTE and 5G network edge, makes it the only...

Jio aims to reach 100 million connected premises in India with its FWA offering Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm has created a dedicated 5G network slice for the provision of its 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) solution, dubbed Jio AirFiber, local newspaper The Economic Times...

American Tower ended the second quarter of 2023 with a portfolio of approximately 226,000 communications sites American Tower Corporation (ATC) is seeing a positive outlook for its international operations given the expected increase in capital expenditures and mobile data consumption in these markets, the company’s...

Ira Keltz, deputy chief of the Office of Engineering and Technology at the FCC, noted that spectrum still represents the key ingredient for wireless systems Countries around the world are releasing more spectrum bands, but the lack of harmonization and availability is posing problems. Devices...

IMDA said that 3G subscriber base makes up approximately 1% of the total mobile subscriptions in the country Singaporean mobile operators Singtel, StarHub and M1 plans to shut down their 3G services by the end of July 2024, local telecom regulator IMDA said in a...

O2 Telefonica aims to achieve nationwide coverage with 5G by the end of 2025 German telecom operator O2 Telefonica, controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, said its 5G network currently reaches 90% of Germany’s population. In its earnings statement, the telco said that it is on course...

Airtel provides IoT services for enterprises across different industries such as automobile, energy, utilities, logistics, financial services and manufacturing Indian operator Bharti Airtel announced that its B2B division Airtel Business, has already connected over 20 million devices through its IoT solutions across India. The company said...

T-Mobile US said it has reached speeds of 3.3 Gbps in recent tests of four-carrier aggregation T-Mobile US said it has begun rolling out four-carrier aggregation for customers, adding that this technology will boost speeds on its 5G Standalone (SA) network. The telco said it has...

Test and measurement companies have a unique perspective on the deployment and development of the latest network technologies and features. Andreas Roessler, technology manager with Rohde & Schwarz, provides some insights on terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks — what is happening now, and what is...

America Movil said this transaction increases its overall shareholding in Telekom Austria from 51% to 56.55% Mexican telecommunications group America Movil has increased its ownership in Austrian mobile operator Telekom Austria after it acquired shares corresponding to 5.55% of the voting rights in the company. In...

Private 4G and 5G networks present enterprises with advanced options for connectivity by combining the higher performance, reliability and security of cellular technology with the practicality and control of local Wi-Fi infrastructure. They give rise to new and improved enterprise applications, ranging from better...

Jio is aiming to conclude its 5G rollout ahead of its earlier target of December 2023 Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm has deployed over 115,000 sites with more than 690,000 5G cells across India, the company said in its earnings statement. Jio said that the deployed...

CelcomDigi will modernize its nationwide Radio Access Network (RAN) with equipment and services from both Huawei and ZTE Malaysian carrier CelcomDigi announced partnerships with Chinese vendors Huawei Technologies and ZTE for the purchase of network services, solutions and equipment for its nationwide network integration and...

As of now, the carrier’s 5G is available in Greater Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, the GTA, Hamilton, London and Windsor Canadian mobile operator Freedom Mobile has officially launched its 5G network in the country, according to local press reports. The operator, owned by Quebecor, said that...

Nextivity sees solving for complexity and risk management as key to driving private LTE adoption While there’s industry consensus that it will be a marathon, not a sprint, for private LTE and/or private 5G to be broadly implemented across the massive world of enterprise, investment...

Running AI workloads at the edge enables better economics, faster decision making and automation If you look past the hype, look past the technological complexity, look past the protracted proofs of concepts, 5G is all about leveraging a high-bandwidth, low-latency air interface to move data,...

The network sharing agreement was initially implemented for 2G, 3G and 4G technologies, but will now be expanded to include 5G technology French telecom regulator Arcep authorized an amendment in an existing network sharing agreement between local operators Bouygues Telecom and SFR to include 5G...

Operators in China deployed nearly 600,000 5G base stations in the April-June period alone Chinese operators have outperformed the country’s own construction target for 5G base stations, deploying almost 3 million by the end of June, six months ahead of schedule, according to a report...

DNB was set up by the Malaysian government in 2021 as a special purpose vehicle to develop the country’s 5G network infrastructure Malaysia’s main mobile operators decided to acquire stakes in the state-owned wholesale 5G operator, Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB), the government said in a...

Leo Gergs, analyst with ABI Research said that the private 5G market is moving away from an exploratory phase The global private cellular market is expected to reach $100 billion by 2030, with a growing participation of services and applications, according to Leo Gergs, senior...

Discussion around generative AI has quickly become a mainstay in conference presentations and earnings calls. The predominant thinking is that if you’re an enterprise, including a mobile network operator or other communications service provider, you’ve got to have a plan to put generative AI to...

The 5G revolution has sparked a race among communication service providers (CSPs) to maximize return on their significant investments. To date, the focus has largely been on developing new 5G services and adapting their underlying business support systems (BSS) to support these offerings. However, the...

Crown Castle said its customers are accelerating the selection and identification of new small cell locations in high-traffic locations Crown Castle is seeing lower activity in the tower business as operators in the U.S. have already significantly reduced network spending, the company’s CEO, Jay Brown,...

Ericsson said that the joint PoC deployment was carried out at O2 Telefónica's Wayra innovation hub in Munich Ericsson and German telco O2 Telefónica completed a proof of concept (PoC) with the aim of paving the way for the development of 5G cloud RAN technology...