BROWSING: Nokia

Nokia has deployed private LTE networks with more than 120 customers across multiple industries and geographies, it has revealed.  The Finnish vendor said it had deployed almost two in five (37 per cent), on average, of its total private wireless networks in Europe, followed by...

Nokia is working with Hitachi Kokusai Electric in Japan to deploy private LTE and 5G networks for industrial and government customers in Japan. It has struck a parallel deal in Africa with mobile satellite provider Globalstar to enable enterprises to deploy mobile-based applications in...

Dependent on location, network, subscription and the handset used, the roll-out of 5G will herald notable changes in mobile network performance. For subscribers, 5G offers the much talked-about ‘enhanced mobile broadband’ . With its enhanced capabilities, 5G supports many more applications such as 8K...

Private LTE works as a control and communications technology for drones, said Nokia, after concluding a test flight of a drone on a private LTE installation in Japan. The Finnish vendor worked with Sendai City in the centre of Tohoku Region, northeast of Tokyo...

More than 10 million subscribers in China are already pre-registered for 5G services Earlier this week, China’s three state-owned wireless carriers – China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom – debuted 5G mobile services last week in what is being called the largest 5G network rollout in...

Microsoft and Nokia are offering a private LTE and IoT bundle for operators and enterprises. UK based BT is the first operator to resell the package, offered as a managed service. The arrangement, which sees the Microsoft’s Azure based cloud and analytics offered with...

Nokia has signed a contract with telecommunications service provider Hutchison 3 Indonesia (3ID) to provide IoT coverage to enterprises in Indonesia, the Finnish vendor said in a release. Nokia said that 3ID will utilize its fully virtualized Nokia Worldwide IoT Network Grid (WING) managed service...

Nokia is to equip a major state-run industrial training facility in Brazil with 5G and AI to accelerate Industry 4.0 skills, trials, and deployments in the region. The Finnish vendor will deploy connectivity and analytics solutions at the country’s National Service for Industrial Training (SENAI-SP)...

Software, enterprise show growth; CEO calls out 'challenges' in mobile and fixed access Prior to reporting its third quarter earnings last week, Nokia had a market cap of a little more than $29 billion. After reporting its Q3 financials, including a reduction in forecasts for...

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 the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Nokia crowns itself...

Initial speed tests in Kazakhstan trial show a downlink speed of 1.0GB per second Operating under the Beeline brand, VEON’s joint venture company in Kazakhstan, KaR-Tel, has launched a large-scale 5G network trial in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. The trial, conducted in partnership with Nokia, is integrated...

Tech Mahindra and Cisco have come up with a new digital factory blueprint that puts 5G at the heart industrial operations. Tech Mahindra said the solution sets a model for IT-OT integration and security.  The solution covers certain factory functions, including wireless networking on the...

26 GHz trial projects include 5G for venues, lighting and transportation French telecom regulator Arcep has approved the first eleven initiatives to trial 5G technology using the 26 GHz band, the regulator said in a statement. In January 2019, the French government and Arcep had issued...

Latest 5G financing moves part of larger US/China trade war The U.S. government is studying alternatives to facilitate financing to European 5G vendors Ericsson a Nokia in a move to put obstacles to the global expansion of Huawei, according to a report by the Financial...

Multi-vendor, open RAN deployment from NTT DoCoMo highlights momentum For mobile network operators looking to upgrade to 5G, the vendor community is dominated by a limited number of end-to-end suppliers. Aside from the obvious economics this paradigm prescribes, in a software-defined, 5G world, this lack...

Initial focus is on 5G for 20 cities supported by 2,000 towers Middle East telecom group Zain has launched commercial 5G operations in Saudi Arabia, the telco said in a release. Zain said that the first phase of its 5G rollout program stipulates the deployment of...

  US Cellular has announced plans to start offering 5G technology for its customers in Iowa and Wisconsin in the first quarter of 2020. The company said in a release that this initial 5G deployment, which will rely on its 600 MHz spectrum, represents the first...

  Japanese carrier KDDI has selected Ericsson and Samsung for the deployment of a next generation 5G network in Japan. Earlier this week, KDDI said it will also work with Nokia for the deployment of its 5G network infrastructure. Ericsson said in a statement that it has...

  Japanese operator KDDI has selected Nokia as a primary partner to upgrade its 4G network to 5G, the Finnish vendor said in a release. Under the terms of the agreement, Nokia will deploy its Airscale radio access solution, which supports both 4G and 5G operations....

  Nokia opened a 5G lab at its global headquarters in Espoo, Finland, with the aim of enabling customers to experience the vendor’s portfolio of 5G equipment, software and services. The 5G Future X Lab will enable communications service providers, enterprises and infrastructure providers to see...

Nokia Bell Labs VP sees physical industries as a "great untapped opportunity" The telecom industry, and the massive capex that has gone into building out wired and wireless networks, is in large part responsible for enabling a massive boom in digital industries, webscale companies like...

Planning a full 5G launch in 2020 Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo announced it will begin a 5G service trial in a number of Japanese services on September 20, according to local press reports. The telco said that users in Tokyo and other major cities in...

Megafon also planning a 5G testbed Russian mobile operator Beeline has launched a 5G pilot area near the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russian press reported. The launch of the 5G pilot area comes after an agreement signed between the telco and Moscow municipal government. Part of the...

SoftBank to deploy 11,210 5G base stations by early 2023 Japanese telecommunications carrier SoftBank expects to complete  the initial phase of its 5G network two years ahead of schedule, according to a report by Nikkei Asian Review. The carrier had initially planned to install a total...