BROWSING: 5G

Deutsche Telekom noted it has put more than 5,000 new LTE sites into operation since the 2019 frequency auction German operator Deutsche Telekom said its LTE coverage now reaches 99% across all federal states in Germany. To achieve this coverage, Deutsche Telekom noted in a release...

BSNL will provide 4G through equipment provided by a consortium led by Indian company TCS Indian state-owned telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) is expecting to launch commercial 4G services next month, Indian newspaper Financial Express reported. According to the reports, the telco is already receiving equipment...

Jio said its 5G network currently reaches 331 cities across India Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm announced the launch of 5G services across 27 cities in 13 states, taking the total of towns and cities covered by its 5G network infrastructure to 331, the telco...

ZTE said its net profit surged 18.6% year-on-year last year Chinese vendor ZTE reported operating revenues of CNY 122.95 billion ($17.68 billion) in 2022, up 7.4% year-on-year. In its earnings statement, the Chinese company said that its net profits amounted to CNY 8.08 billion, an increase...

The convergence of wireless and wireline networks will provide a consistent 5G experience no matter how consumers are connected, delivering on the technology’s many promises – from better and differentiated Quality of Experience (QoE) to advances in the IoT and AI fields. In 2023,...

In July last year, Orange and Masmovil had signed a binding agreement to combine their operations in Spain The competition authorities of the European Commission will make an in-depth review of the proposed merger between Spanish operators Orange and MásMóvil, according to a Reuters report. According...

Mobile operators plan to add around 600,000 5G base stations across China this year China is forecasted to end this year with a total of 2.9 million 5G base stations, local state news agency Xinhua reported, citing the Minister of Industry and Information Technology Jin...

The evolution of 5G into a more mature, software-defined and cloud-native network technology brings with it material changes in the types of skills operators need. Against the backdrop of a shift from telco to techco, we speak with industry experts to understand how the...

Airtel said its '5G Plus’ service is now available to customers in over 265 cities in India Indian operator Bharti Airtel continues to rapidly expand its 5G footprint in the country with the launch of 5G in 125 cities across the Asian nation. In a release,...

Orange had initially launched its 5G SA network in Spain last month Spanish operator Orange Spain expects to reach 11 cities with 5G Standalone (SA) by the end of the year, news service DPL News reported, citing the carrier’s Director of Network Strategy Miguel Angel...

Ericsson said its Private 5G provides 4G and 5G connectivity through its single server dual mode core Swedish vendor Ericsson has inked a reseller agreement with South African company Comsol to provide its private 5G solution that will enable Comsol to expand its enterprise business...

The ban could include components already built into networks, said German media According to a German interior ministry paper obtained by Reuters, the country is considering a ban on certain 5G components made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE. German media further stated that this...

Deutsche Telekom said a total of 8,200 antennas are alraedy providing 5G in the 3.6GHz band German carrier Deutsche Telekom said its 5G network already reaches 95% of the country’s population. The European telco has said that it expects that its 5G technology could reach 99%...

Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio Infocomm aim to complete their 5G network deployments within the next 15 months India will achieve 100% coverage for 5G services by the end of December 2024, local press reported, citing the country’s communications minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw. The official said that...

In just over 18 months, T-Mobile US has secured 2.6 million 5G FWA customers At Mobile World Congress Barcelona, RCR Wireless News caught up with Neville Ray, president of technology at T-Mobile US, to discuss 5G progress and where the carrier is seeing the greatest...

Huawei said that '5.5G' networks lead to a 10-Gbps experience for users During Mobile World Congress 2023, Huawei has highlighted the main features of future '5.5G' networks, the company's brand name for advancements in areas like integrated sensing and communication, Level 4 autonomous driving, "all-scenario...

One promise of 5G is unlocking latency-sensitive use cases, things ranging form immersive gaming experiences without jitter that takes a player out of the moment to computer vision systems deployed for access control, quality assurance, and other applications relevant to numerous verticals industries. But...

China Tower said it added a total of 17,000 new towers last year China Tower ended 2022 with a total of 2.05 million towers under management, after a new addition of 17,000 sites during the full year. In a release, the company said that total...

According to Bharti Airtel, its 5G offering is currently active in 140 cities in India Indian operator Bharti Airtel has reached 10 million 5G subscribers across the country, the telco said in a release, with 1 million 5G subscribers in Mumbai alone. The Asian operator,...

Indonesian operator Telkomsel and ZTE Corporation announced a collaboration to boost the use of 5G services for the enterprise segment in Indonesia. This agreement was formalized through a memorandum of understanding during the Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona, Spain. Wong Soon Nam, chief planning...

MWC, Barcelona—ZTE has released a 5G-Advanced solution, dubbed Cluster DFS, in partnership with Chinese carrier China Telecom. According to ZTE, the new offering will facilitate the development of specific B2B and B2C services using a single 5G network. China Telecom claims to have deployed the...

Orange said the new financing will enable the telco to boost 4G networks in rural parts of France French operator Orange has secured financing for a total of 500 million euro ($530 million) from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to partly finance the deployment of...

The telecom industry is entering a period of rapid growth and convergence, as technological advancements make it easier for people to communicate with each other on multiple different platforms. As companies like AT&T and Verizon continue to expand their offerings in order to meet...

IT services company Capgemini has opened a 5G solutions facility in San Francisco, in the US, to help enterprises boost their adoption of 5G and edge technologies. Located at Capgemini’s Applied Innovation Exchange (AIE), the center claims to provide a co-creation environment for innovative...