BROWSING: 5G
HFCL secures deal with Indian telco BSNL to provide 4G, 5G gear
Under this order, HFCL will provide products and services to BSNL to support 4G and 5G network requirements
Indian telecom gear company HFCL has secured an order worth INR 1.79 billion ($21.55 million) from state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to supply 4G and 5G...
StarHub reaches 99% coverage in Singapore with its 5G network
StarHub had launched its 5G network in the country in 2020
Singaporean telco StarHub said its outdoor 5G network has achieved over 99% coverage nearly four years after the carrier introduced 5G technology.
In 2020, StarHub’s 5G service only had 50% of network coverage across the...
InterDigital Webinar: What’s Ahead for 5G Advanced
Following the publication of the State of 5G Advanced report, written by ABI Research and commissioned by InterDigital, this webinar will introduce some of the exciting news and opportunities 5G Advanced will make for the telecoms ecosystem and on our path towards 6G. 5G...
Costa Rican court suspends exclusion of Huawei as a 5G provider
The ruling also ordered to suspend any award act to define a supplier of equipment or software to activate the 5G infrastructure in Costa Rica
A Costa Rican court has issued a provisional precautionary measure that suspended the execution of a government regulation which had...
Nokia, A1 deploy 5G edge cloud network slicing solution
The 5G edge cloud network slicing solution can be used by enterprises and industries across a wide range of use cases including retail, media, utilities, healthcare and transportation
Finnish vendor Nokia and Austrian carrier A1 Austria announced that they have successfully completed what it claims...
Editorial Webinar: The move to 5G Standalone and creating a cloud-native telco
As 5G marks its fifth year in commercial availability, network monetization is elusive and it seems the best is (hopefully) still to come. The shift from 5G Non-standalone to Standalone is a pivotal moment, introducing a new cloud-native core, revolutionary service-based architecture and dynamic management for...
CTIA calls for adoption of harmonized midband spectrum in the US
The report highlighted the fact that the U.S. has less spectrum than its international peers, including China
Allocating harmonized mid-band spectrum for 5G technologuy can unlock approximately $200 billion for the U.S economy over the next 10 years, according to a new study by Accenture,...
The story of an Orange (network) slice—and a vocabulary lesson
Think Joe Pesci in My Cousin Vinny: "What is a git anyways?"
The move to 5G Standalone is afoot, and operators are working out the kinks of instantiating network slices tuned to the needs of particular end user applications. In the broader move...
Cellular NTN provider Skylo raises $37m from Intel, BMW, Samsung, others
US-based Skylo Technologies has raised $37 million for its non-terrestrial cellular 5G network (NTN), including from the investment arms of Intel, BMW, and Samsung, among others. The new investment will go to expand its satellite network and business operations, as it looks to load...
Ericsson, Indian Statistical Institute sign joint research agreement
Ericsson said that the agreement with ISI will be valid for a three-year period
Swedish vendor Ericsson announced that it has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) for multiple research activities, the former said in a release.
The agreement, which will...
Cloud RAN is the foundation for the future of cloud-native 5G RAN
As CSPs look to increase network flexibility and scalability without sacrificing efficiency in new disaggregated radio systems, Cloud RAN will play a key role
With 5G networks operating at scale, communications service providers (CSPs) stand ready to embark on the next evolution of cellular. The...
India starts process to award more spectrum this year
The government of India said that the base price for the new spectrum will be set at INR963 billion ($11.6 billion)
The Indian government has officially approved the auction of 10,523 megahertz of spectrum in multiple bands, including frequencies for 5G, local press reported, citing...
Chile modifies calendar for incoming 5G spectrum auction
Under the new scheme, Subtel will announce the winners of the spectrum on March 5
Chilean telecommunications services regulator Subtel made new changes to the calendar for the spectrum auction through which it will award frequencies in the 3.5 GHz band.
Under the new scheme, Subtel...
Vonage and Verizon to collaborate on advanced network APIs
The partners said that they will collaborate on developing new network APIs for developers globally
Vonage and U.S. carrier Verizon have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) outlining their intention to introduce Verizon network Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to the Vonage platform that will enable...
10 new 5G projects get €50m EU funds – for healthcare, public safety, logistics
Ten new projects have been selected for €50 million of European Union (EU) funding from a second call for proposals under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF Digital) programme. The focus of the funding is 5G for Smart Communities’, and includes a couple of notable...
BT, Ericsson and Qualcomm partner on 5G SA network slicing
Ericsson said that the 5G demo was carried out using the vendor's 5G core and radio access network technology
BT Group, Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies said they have successfully demonstrated end-to-end consumer and enterprise 5G differentiated connectivity enabled by network slicing.
In a release, Ericsson said...
Stage X to launch 5G network in Korea next year: Report
Stage X said it will deploy a total of 6,000 5G base stations nationwide
South Korean company Stage X, which has been awarded spectrum that will enable it to be the nation's fourth mobile carrier, plans to launch nationwide mobile network services in the first...
UAE telco du moves closer to 5G-Advanced with new trial
du has also deployed extreme-large antenna arrays (ELAA) technology, which has resulted in approximately a 30% enhancement in user experience
United Arab Emirates (UAE) telco du announced the deployment of a large-scale three carrier aggregation (CA) in TDD Massive MIMO base station, delivering a peak...
Jio urges Indian government to allocate 6 GHz band for 5G
The GSMA previously said that India should identify and support 6 GHz spectrum for the expansion of 5G services
Indian carrier Reliance Jio Infocomm said that the 6 GHz spectrum will be key for the provision of ubiquitous 5G coverage across the country, according...
Rohde & Schwarz at MWC 2024: T&M solutions for the mobile industry that enable connection and empower innovation
Always at the forefront of technological innovation, Rohde & Schwarz is shaping the future of the mobile industry with its comprehensive range of test and measurement solutions. The company will showcase at MWC Barcelona 2024 under the motto “Enabling Connections, Empowering Innovations” a wide-ranging...
Airtel plans to launch 5G FWA in factories using 5G SA architecture
Bharti Airtel carried out 5G SA trials in a city in the north of India
Indian operator Bharti Airtel aims to launch fixed wireless access (FWA) services for factories using 5G Standalone architecture (SA), Indian news site Mint reported, citing the telco’s managing director Gopal...
Global O-RAN revenue to decline in 2023: Dell’Oro
Dell'Oro said that the long-term forecast for O-RAN remains positive
Open RAN (O-RAN) revenue is set to decline in 2023, following an impressive increase between 2019 and 2022, according to a recently published report by Dell’Oro Group.
The report highlighted that market conditions will remain challenging...
Ericsson, Elisa demo high uplink speeds in 5G SA network
Ericsson and Elisa carried out the test using a mobile test device powered by a Qualcomm's Snapdragon X75 5G modem-RF system
Ericsson has partnered with Finnish communications service provider Elisa and Qualcomm Technologies to demonstrate high uplink speeds in a commercial 5G Standalone (SA) network,...
LG Uplus ends 2023 with over 7 million 5G subscribers
LG Uplus said it added 980,000 5G subscribers during 2023
Korean operator LG Uplus ended the fourth quarter of 2023 with 7.04 million 5G subscribers, up 16.2% year-on-year, according to the company’s latest earnings statement.
The telco added a total of 980,000 5G subscribers during 2023,...