BROWSING: Nokia
T-Mo US picks Nokia to improve its 5G high speed internet service
Nokia said that FWA technology will support residential broadband applications such as high-definition video streaming
Finnish vendor Nokia said it is collaborating with T-Mobile US to launch a dedicated gateway solution that supports LTE, 5G NonStandalone and 5G Standalone technologies for the carrier’s fixed-wireless high-speed...
Private 5G is humming, says US SI Future Tech – with major wins, $150m sales pipe
Why all the long faces? Some enterprise-network vendors think private LTE/5G is positively humming in Industry 4.0 venues, and they have the contracts to show – they claim. Atlanta-based Future Technologies has just issued a press missive to declare “several multi-million dollar” private-5G contract...
5G FWA: navigating the capacity crunch with smarter devices and strategic spectrum
Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) has emerged as a powerful tool to connect the unconnected, bringing high-speed internet to underserved areas where traditional fiber deployment is impractical. With global broadband subscribers estimated to reach 1.6 billion by 2030, FWA promises significant growth. However, its success...
#TBT: Android displaces Symbian; Verizon’s billion-dollar cloud buy; Obama calls for wireless broadband expansion … this week in 2011
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
Android takes top...
Nokia to invest nearly $400m in European chips, AI
Nokia said that this new investment will be made at its Ulm and Nuremberg sites, in Germany
Finnish vendor Nokia announced plans to invest €360 million ($391.6 million) in software, hardware and chip design in Germany, with the aim of advancing Europe’s competitiveness in the...
Nokia intros Federal Solutions unit to sell private 5G to U.S. government agencies
Nokia has launched a dedicated business unit in the U.S. to deliver private cellular, edge computing, and other critical connected solutions to the federal government. The new unit, called Nokia Federal Solutions, has been “bolstered”, the company said, by its recent acquisition of the...
UAE telco du selects Nokia to modernize its voice core network
Nokia will expand and modernize the existing IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) voice core network
Finnish vendor Nokia announced that it has been selected by United Arab Emirates (UAE) operator du to modernize its circuit-switched core network.
As part of the project, Nokia will expand and modernize...
Dynamite deployments, decent growth, desperate telcos – private 5G in 2024 (four predictions)
Is this a review of 2023, or a forecast for 2024? It could be either, on the grounds it looks backwards to look forwards, taking its cues from the past 12 months in private cellular – when the market showed decent growth, but was...
HFCL secures order to upgrade optical transport network for BSNL
BSNL previosuly said it expected to launch a 4G network this year
Indian telecoms vendor HFCL has signed a deal worth INR 11.2 billion ($135 million) with state operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to upgrade its optical transport network (OTN) across India.
The vendor noted...
Orange Spain ends 2023 with 2,463 cities covered by 5G
Orange reported its 5G network currently covers 83.2% of the country’s overall population
Spanish telco Orange ended 2023 with a total of 2,463 towns and cities covered by its 5G network, according to the telco’s latest available data.
Orange reported that its 5G network currently covers...
The current state of 5G deployments in India
Airtel said its 5G offering was available across all districts in India while rival telco Jio's 5G networl already reaches over 7,700 towns and cities
The two largest operators in India, Reliance Jio Infocomm and Bharti Airtel, are rapidly expanding 5G networks after they initially...
Deutsche Telekom fulfills fiber deployment targets for 2023
Deutsche Telekom highlighted that its 5G network currently covers 96% of the German population
German telco Deutsche Telekom said it has achieved its targets in terms of fiber optic deployment. The carrier said it made more than 2.5 million new fiber optic connections possible in...
Nokia to sell its device, service management unit to Lumine Group for $203m
Nokia has agreed to sell its Device Management (DM) and Service Management Platform (SMP) businesses to Canadian telecom and media software company Lumine Group for $185 million euros (approximately $203 million).
Nokia said that its Device Management software capabilities help communication service providers...
Private LTE/5G networks number 2,900 at the end of 2023
There are 2,900 private LTE/5G networks across the world at the end of 2023, including trial and pilot deployments. So says Berg Insight, which calculates a quarter (700; 24 percent) are based on 5G, with close to half of these in trial mode, but...
Deutsche Telekom to launch 5G SA for private customers in 2024
Deutsche Telekom said its 5G network currently covers 96% of the German population
Deutsche Telekom (DT) expects to launch its 5G Standalone (5G SA) offering in Germany next year, the telco said in a statement.
In a round-up of its network achievements during this year, Srini...
Arcep extends trial platform for 5G use cases
Arcep said it has awarded a total of 81 trial licenses since March 2022
French regulator Arcep said it will extend an ongoing trial platform in the 3.8 – 4.0 GHz band for manufacturers and market players wanting to experiment and test new 5G use...
Test and Measurement: O-RAN Alliance concludes fall plugfest
The Open RAN Alliance said that it has successfully concluded its fall 2023 plugfest. The event was co-hosted by 24 major operators, OTICs and independent institutions for testing, the organization said. It ran from September-November 2023 and was held in 16 labs around the...
Nokia has private 5G drone solution certified for US Industry 4.0 by FCC
Nokia has had its industrial LTE and 5G drone solution (Nokia Drone Networks) certified by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US. It said it is the first “native 4G/5G drone-in-a-box solution” to get the nod from the FCC. It is targeted at...
Nokia, Deutsche Telekom start O-RAN deployment in Germany
The deal is part of the MoU signed by Nokia and Deutsche Telekom at MWC 2023 in Barcelona
Nokia and Deutsche Telekom (DT) announced that they have begun to deploy a multi-vendor Open RAN (O-RAN) network with Fujitsu in Germany.
The partners explained that the technology...
In the move to AI-enabled network automation, AIOps is critical
Operators can gain energy efficiencies by using AI technology, but have to holistically consider AI and AIOps
While the focus of the Telco Sustainability Forum (available on demand here) is obviously around the technology and business strategies operators can use to drive energy efficiency, this...
Nokia cuts profit margin expectations in wake of AT&T/Ericsson open networks deal; lays out long-term strategy
Nokia says it has been planning for a new market reality
Nokia laid out its long-term strategy in a business update today that came in the wake of AT&T choosing Ericsson as the foundational vendor in its shift toward open networks. Investors responded by...
BT, Nokia sign telco API deal
BT and Nokia have signed a deal to work on the developing new opportunities to monetize 5G, via the combination of EE's cloud-native network and Nokia’s Network as Code platform.
BT, owner of the U.K.'s EE mobile network, wants to "gain access to simplified...
du launches 5G Standalone network in the UAE
du highlighted that 5G SA will allow local enterprises to leverage network-slicing technology
United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier du confirmed the launch of its 5G Standalone (5G SA) network in the contry.
The Arab telco said that the adoption of 5G SA technology brings many benefits...
Nokia and du complete 5G-Advanced RedCap trial
Finnish vendor Nokia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) telco du announced the conclusion of what it claimed to be UAE's first 5G-Advanced 5G Reduced Capability (RedCap) trial over a commercial network.
The partners said that this recent trial showcased the readiness of du’s 5G network for...