BROWSING: Huawei

As operators and vendors collaborate to deploy 5G networks, it’s imperative they partner on cybersecurity with both governmental partners and the enterprise verticals poised to benefit from the next generation of cellular technologies. Through this collaborative process, the entire ecosystem of stakeholders need to...

Merkel pushing to apply cybersecurity guidelines to Huawei and all other 5G vendors The Chinese government threatened Germany with retaliation if it excluded Chinese vendor Huawei from 5G contracts in the European country, Bloomberg reported. “If Germany were to take a decision that leads to Huawei’s...

AT&T Mobility just made a major announcement. They now offer 5G wireless in 10 markets for consumers and business customers with more coming in the next few weeks before the end of 2019. I spoke with Igal Elbaz, Senior Vice President - Wireless Technology...

The German government is drafting security guidelines for the expansion of 5G networks German mobile operator Telefónica Deutschland, which operates under the O2 brand, will allow Huawei to help build its 5G network despite the ongoing global tension around whether the Chinese company should be...

  Vodafone New Zealand has launched commercial  5G services in parts of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown, the telco said in a release. The operator has already installed a total of 100 5G sites across the country. As part of an initial commercial offering, Vodafone New Zealand...

  The Chinese government has instructed all government offices and public institutions to remove foreign computer equipment and software within the next three years, The Financial Times reported. The decision by Beijing would certainly impact U.S. firms including Microsoft, Dell and HP, according to the report. The...

The 5G wireless race is on and there is a debate raging over whether the USA or China will lead. Current leaders are companies like Qualcomm and Huawei. Many say China based Huawei has the early lead. Qualcomm is the American company and technology...

  Mobile broadband has fundamentally changed the way people and businesses go through their day-to-day tasks both personal and professional. Today 5G is available in dozens of countries with operators around the world prepping to launch and further scale the next-generation of wireless.  In addition to...

  Spanish telecom giant Telefonica has awarded part of the contract to deploy its 5G core network to Chinese vendor Huawei, Spanish newspaper Expansion reported, citing sources with knowledge of the matter. According to the report, the decision to award this contract to Huawei  will pressure...

  German carrier Deutsche Telekom expects to end this year with a total of 450 5G base stations across the country, German press reported. By the end of next year, the number of 5G sites is expected to climb to nearly 1,500, according to the report. During...

  Huawei Technologies filed a legal challenge against the new U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule barring domestic carriers from using U.S. government subsidies to purchase the Chinese company’s equipment In a petition filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Huawei...

  Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies announced plans to move the company’s current research and development center in the U.S. and relocate to Canada, The Globe and Mail reported the company’s founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei as saying. Ren revealed the initiative in an interview with the Canadian newspaper,...

Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies has decided to challenge a recent decision by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that further restricted the company’s current business in the U.S. by banning local  rural carriers to use a government fund to purchase equipment from the Chinese...

Facility will produce 5G equipment for LatAm market Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson announced plans to invest 1 billion reais ($238.3 million) to install a new assembly line for 5G in Brazil, Reuters reported, citing a company executive. According to the report, the future production line...

  The French government is not planning to exclude Chinese vendor Huawei from its 5G networks, Reuters reported, citing a high-ranking official. “We do not target one equipment maker,” Secretary of State to the Minister of Economy and Finance, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, told a French TV channel....

FCC bars carriers which receive USF funding from buying ZTE, Huawei gear or services The Federal Communications Commission has unanimously moved to block the use of Universal Service Fund monies to buy telecommunications equipment and services from companies that "pose a national security threat," and...

German regulators prepping to allocate private 5G spectrum Finnish vendor Nokia said it expects to provide 5G networks for small and medium-sized German companies following the opening of the application procedure for local firms intending to use 5G frequencies on industrial campuses, German newspaper Handelsblatt reported. Nokia highlighted...

Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies has signed a Letter of Intention (LoI) with the Barcelona City Council to collaborate in facilitating investment for innovative new technology projects in the Spanish city, Huawei said in a release. The agreement was signed at the Smart City Expo World Congress...

Trump meets with "Tim Apple" in Austin U.S. President Donald Trump urged Apple's CEO Tim Cook to see if the company could  get involved in the deployment of 5G infrastructure in the country. “I asked Tim Cook to see if he could get Apple involved in...

  Chinese state-owned mobile carrier China Mobile has already deployed nearly 50,000 5G base stations across the country, state news agency Xinhua reported the company’s  chairman Yang Jie as saying. China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile services provider in terms of subscribers, currently provides 5G services...

  The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce officially announced that it will extend for 90 days the Temporary General License (TGL) for Huawei and its non-U.S. affiliates which are subject to the Entity List. The TGL authorizes U.S. companies...

  The U.S. Commerce Department is expected to allow rural operators to continue doing certain transactions with Chinese vendor Huawei during an additional six-month period, Politico reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. Huawei, which had been blacklisted by the U.S. government in May, has been...

MTN focused on 5G use cases relevant in South Africa Ericsson has been selected by South African operator MTN as a 5G network modernization vendor, the former said in a statement. Under the terms of the agreement, Ericsson will supply 5G products and solutions from its...

6G announcement follows major 5G network launch China has officially started researching 6G technology a few days after state-run telecom operators  launched 5G networks in the country. According to reports by Chinese state media, government ministries and research institutes met this week with the aim of...