BROWSING: Airspan

Private networking duo Airspan Networks and Druid Software, providing cellular radio access (RAN) and core network solutions, find themselves together again in Germany, this time with Munich-based system integrator (SI) Opticoms at its new 5G co-creation lab in the Bavarian capital. Opticoms is betting on...

The two companies will give vendors an opportunity to test and optimize performance as they develop Open RAN solutions IBM Global Business Services and Airspan Networks have announced plans to launch a 5G-enabled Open RAN testbed spanning the IBM Watson IoT center in Munich, Germany...

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The private LTE/5G bandwagon rolls on with system integrators (SIs) in Germany. Further to the report yesterday, that Ireland-based Druid Software has teamed up with IT specialist Becon in the home of Industrie 4.0, US radio equipment vendor Airspan Networks has announced a deal...

"Gogo 5G is going to be better than we originally thought it would be," says Gogo SVP of engineering In-flight internet service provider Gogo is in the test stage of deploying a 5G air-to-ground network in the United States, and it is using Airspan's 5G...

Network engineering, testing, and analytics company Umlaut has appointed Airspan Networks and Druid Software to build a private 5G network at its headquarters in Aachen, in Germany. The network will occupy the 3.7-3.8 GHz band, liberated by the German regulator for locally-licensed private networks. The...

Ireland-based core network vendor Druid Software has announced a go-to-market deal on private 5G with system integrator Siticom. The Germany-based firm has an agreement with US-based Airspan Networks on 5G open radio access network (RAN) hardware. It appears the pair are Siticom’s preferred choice...

Qualcomm Ventures has announced new investments in four companies to help advance innovation and accelerate 5G adoption within the ecosystem. The investments were made through Qualcomm Ventures’ 5G Ecosystem Fund. The companies include Celona, an enterprise networking platform provider that brings 5G to enterprises; Cellwize Wireless...

German system integrator Smart Mobile Labs is working with Nokia to deploy a private 5G network at the University of Kaiserslautern in Germany, according to the Finnish vendor. It called the new deployment “the first true” 5G standalone (SA) campus network in Germany –...

System integrator Siticom is to deploy a private 5G network using standalone (SA) 5G at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS) in Germany. In parallel, it has struck a deal to use open radio access network (RAN) hardware from US-based Airspan Networks in...

Ireland has put city administrators and neutral host networks at the centre of a new five-year roadmap to bring 5G connectivity to the nation, and to stimulate economic growth. Dublin City Council will lead a “market engagement exercise” through the rest of 2020 to...

Spending on private and shared enterprise networks will surpass spending on public cellular networks in about 15 years. The traditional operator community has a fight on its hands to guarantee a place at the table, as the new Industry 4.0 networking feast unfolds over...

The UK divisions of US networking giant Cisco and Spanish telecoms group Telefónica have contributed to a new “cybersecurity blueprint” to protect the UK from cyber-attacks on connected and autonomous vehicles and transport systems. The pair joined with the Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University...

  New Japanese mobile network entrant Rakuten Mobile, a subsidiary of Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, announced it will delay the launch of commercial 5G services due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a release, Rakuten Mobile said that the 5G service originally planned for...

  The 5G networks of tomorrow will need to strike the right balance of products and solutions in order to address the complexities of rolling out and servicing the applications that this new standard will foster. There is no silver bullet when it comes to transforming...

BARCELONA--As we're all acutely aware, Mobile World Congress 2020 was cancelled due to concerns around the spread of coronavirus. However, a small handful of largely journalists and analysts came to Barcelona anyway to try to make hay as it were, including two members of...

CTO calls it a first-of-its-kind "Wi-Fi like" deployment; espouses benefits of open RAN BARCELONA--In the two years since being allocated mobile spectrum by Japanese regulators, Rakuten Mobile has built out a fully-virtualized, disaggregated network that's set to launch in April. But that's just the beginning,...

Gogo tapped Airspan for air-to-ground 5G network build With 5G set to quickly scale and RAN virtualization and openness gradually shifting vendor dynamics, Airspan sees its history of hardware and software development, as well as its track record of large-scale deployment with operators like Reliance...

US Vendor provides comprehensive toolkit coupled with peace of mind. Regional, rural and tribal operators in the U.S. occupy a vital niche, providing American consumers and businesses with the connectivity they need in areas that are underserved by Tier 1 players. But, just like their...

Dense Air, a subsidiary of network infrastructure vendor Airspan, has signed a deal with the city of Cascais in Portugal, a municipality in the Lisbon district, to build a 5G smart-city test network that makes use of its local 3.6GHz spectrum holding, to support...

A cloud-first strategy takes cost out of 5G, setting the stage for profitability SINGAPORE--To be clear, neither Reliance Jio in India or Rakuten in Japan currently offer 5G services. In fact, Rakuten recently delayed the launch of its LTE network. Nevertheless, the two operators have...

  Japanese telco Rakuten Mobile, a unit of e-commerce giant Rakuten, has delayed the launch of its nationwide mobile services. The service was initially expected for next month, and instead the company will launch a free rial service for  a limited number of customers from...

Multi-carrier small cell network supports private LTE and MNOs Dense Air, a subsidiary of network infrastructure vendor Airspan, recently worked with the Dublin City Council to deploy a neutral host small cell network in the city's dockalnds area. The project, which recently won an award...

  Successful integration of Mimosa Networks gives combined company broader market reach As operators around the world strategize and invest in continued enhancement of LTE networks and push to deploy and commercialize 5G, the way networks are architected is fundamentally changing. To flexibly provision capacity and...