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Vodafone commits to extending 5G SA technology across Scotland

Vodafone said that the deployment of 5G SA networks in Scotland will benefit for several sectors including healthcare, agriculture, education and energy U.K.-based carrier Vodafone said it aims to provide 5G Standalone (5G SA) technology to nearly 90% of Scotland by 2034 as a result...

5G-Advanced: Six tests in the lab and field

Although the 5G-Advanced era does not officially begin until the freeze of 3GPP's Release 18, which is expected in June of this year, mobile network operators are already busy testing of related technology and features in the lab and even in the field. Here...

Liberty Global and Nokia open public 5G for smart-port apps in Antwerp

Liberty Global is working with Nokia to open up its Belgian subsidiary’s public 5G network to developers to deliver new enterprise applications for the Port of Antwerp. Telenet, owned by Liberty Global, is offering application programming interfaces (APIs) and software development kits (SDKs) to...

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...

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...

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,...

Jio partners with IIT Bombay to develop an AI-based model

Jio said that the new AI-based offering will be called ‘Bharat GPT’ Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm is currently working with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay to launch an indigenous artificial intelligence (AI) model, local press reported, citing the company’s chairman Akash Ambani, as...

Vodafone Germany’s 5G network reaches 91% of population

Vodafone said its 5G SA network currently serves nearly 45% of the German population Vodafone Germany’s 5G network reached 91% of the country’s population as of the end of 2023, the European carrier said in a release. Meanwhile, the operator’s 5G Standalone network (SA) currently serves...

Indian firm HFCL launches 5G FWA solution for telcos

HFCL said its 5G FWA products are already under trial with domestic and international customers Indian telecom gear maker HFCL announced the launch of its locally developed 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) consumer premises equipment (CPE) for telecom operators, local press reported. HFCL said its 5G...

Qualcomm Webinar: It’s time for 5G to standalone

If 5G was a book, we are just past the first chapter. Now is the time to harness the full potential of 5G and prepare for 5G Advanced through 5G Standalone.Join the 'It's time for 5G to standalone' webinar with Qualcomm on December 14th to get a closer...

Telefonica, Nokia open 5G holographic lab in Spain

Telefonica will work to develop use cases using 5G Standalone (5G SA) and 5G NonStandalone (5G NSA) in the 26 GHz band Spanish operator Telefónica, together with Nokia and the Valencia Polytechnic University (UPV), has launched what it claims to be the first laboratory in...

Vodafone highlights benefits of rapid 5G SA rollout for UK economy

Vodafone noted that 5G SA coverage in all populated areas across the U.K. by 2030 is a core ambition of the government The difference between slow and accelerated 5G rollout could represent an additional £7.4 billion ($9.27 billion) to the U.K. economy, according to a...

Jio claims nationwide coverage with 5G in India

Reliance Jio Infocomm has been rapidly expanding its 5G network using Standalone (SA) architecture since October 2022 Indian carrier Reliance Jio Infocomm has covered the entire country with its 5G network ahead of the promised time frame of December 2023. According to a statement released by...

Orange Spain’s 5G SA network reaches 32 cities

Orange said its overall 5G network reached a coverage of 82% of the Spanish population Spanish telecom operator Orange's 5G Standalone (SA) network currently reaches 32 cities across the country, the telco said in a release. Orange’s 5G SA network was initially launched in Madrid, Barcelona,...

Standalone 5G monetization requires charging system modernization 

As operators face a pressing need to monetize 5G services, Mavenir is focused on a converged charging system to bridge the gap between 4G, NSA 5G and SA 5G As operators navigate the numerous technological and business model evolutions needed to  deliver the full 5G feature...

AT&T says it’s seen 30% traffic increase in the past three years

AT&T President of Network Chris Sambar says the "network is the killer app" and details 5G SA services Killer application? We don't need your killer application. Or rather ... the network itself is the killer application, in that it enables multiple services and lets users...

TDC NET, Ericsson claim first 5G SA deployment in Denmark

In September 2020, TDC NET went live with the first Non-Standalone (NSA) 5G network in Denmark Ericsson and Danish digital infrastructure provider TDC NET claimed to have switched on the first 5G Standalone (SA) network in Denmark. TDC NET and Ericsson said they have already achieved...

Tata Communications launches cloud-based 5G roaming lab

Tata Communications said that the new 5G roaming lab is equipped with hi-tech server applications Tata Communications, which is part of India’s Tata Group, announced the launch of a global, cloud-based 5G roaming laboratory. In a release, the Indian company said that the main aim of...

Ericsson, MediaTek showcase RedCap interoperability for 5G SA

The interoperability development testing (IoDT) took place at an Ericsson lab in Sweden Ericsson has teamed up with chipset maker MediaTek to perform 5G Reduced Capability (RedCap) data and 5G voice calls on both frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD) spectrum bands,...

Dutch carrier KPN tests 5G SA technology

KPN said it expects to gradually launch 5G SA in 2024 Dutch operator KPN said it has successfully tested 5G Standalone (SA) technology in the country, the telco said in a release. KPN, which initially introduced 5G in 2020, is currently providing the service via the...

EXFO White Paper: The importance of fiber monitoring in delivering great 5G experiences

Broadband and mobile service providers around the world are investing billions in fiber deployments to support their 5G network and service ambitions. Fiber plays a key role: it supports the increased number of small cells that 5G standalone (SA) requires to meet coverage, performance...

Reliance Jio launches 5G in 50 additional cities in India

Jio is currently offering 5G services in 184 cities across India Indian operator Reliance Jio continued to expand its 5G footprint in the country, with the launch of 5G coverage in 50 new cities. With this new launch, the telco said that users across 184 cities...

Reliance Jio reaches 100 Indian cities with its 5G offering

With the latest launch, Jio’s 5G services are now available across 23 states in India Indian telecom operator Reliance Jio introduced 5G services in six new cities across the country, taking the count to 100 cities within four months of launching the services in India. Earlier...

Cradlepoint introduces 5G-optimized SD-WAN

NetCloud Exchange’s 5G optimizations will help enterprises with network slicing and SA deployments, said the company Cradlepoint on Wednesday announced that its NetCloud Exchange Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) solution is now optimized for 5G networks. The new solution will help enterprises with network slicing...