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The French carrier expects to launch LTE-M in Spain and Romania by end-2019   French telecom operator Orange has announced the commercial launch of its LTE-M network in France. Orange already launched its LTE-M network in Belgium in May 2018. The carrier also confirmed plans to launch LTE-M networks in Spain and Romania by the end...

  Arcep confirmed plans to kick off a 5G tender by mid-2019 French telecom regulator Arcep has kicked off a public consultation period on the 5G auction process for the 3.4-3.8 GHz, 26 GHz, and 1.4 GHz frequencies, the regulator said in a statement. The watchdog called...

Vodafone, Telefónica to pilot disaggregated RAN The broad goal of the Telecom Infra Project is to take the cost out of crucial network infrastructure by disaggregating hardware and software and moving functionality onto commercial-off-the-shelf hardware. By pushing open interoperability between vendors, along with the move...

EXFO's sales up, profits down EXFO reported a quarter that its CEO described as disappointing, but promised that 2019 will be a year of renewed focus on execution by the test company, which has had a number of recent acquisitions. Sales for the company's fiscal...

Telecom regulator Arcep said it plans to launch a consultation process next month French telecoms regulator Arcep said a tender to award mobile frequencies for the provision of 5G services could take place by mid-2019, French press reported. “We are going to launch a consultation in...

  During the demo, the two partners reached a 6 Gbps throughput using the 3.5 GHz band   Orange Belgium teamed up with Nokia to demonstrate the potential and future applications of 5G including virtual and augmented reality, IoT, connected vehicles, eHealth and industrial applications, among others. Orange...

  The French telco aims to launch full 5G commercial services in 2020 MUNICH, GERMANY- Fixed wireless access technology will be the main driver of French telecom group Orange’s 5G rollout, the group’s SVP of quality operations and performance Roberto Kung said in a keynote presentation...

Orange has completed its acquisition of Basefarm  through its subsidiary Orange Business Services. The deal signifies Orange taking an "important step" towards becoming "a global player" in digital enterprise, following the arrival of CEO Helmut Reisinger, who was brought on board to expand its roster...

Spanish operators Telefonica, Orange and Vodafone have secured 200 megahertz in the 3.6 GHZ-3.8 GHz band The Spanish government raised a total of EUR 438 million ($510.2) for the sale of 5G frequencies, the country’s Ministry of Economy and Enterprise reported. The Spanish government auctioned...

The government confirmed Spain’s four mobile carrier are participating in the spectrum auction Spain's 5G spectrum auction has already raised more than EUR 402 million ($469 million) after four days of bidding, according to the latest update from the country's economic ministry. The Spanish government is...

The carrier announced plans to test 5G capabilities in greater Paris and Île-de-France French carrier Orange announced plans to extend 5G tests to greater Paris area and Île-de-France. The telco said that Paris, Châtillon and Linas-Montlhéry are the next zones to host Orange’s new 5G...

  The Spanish government plans to initially award a total of 200 megahertz in the 3.6-3.8 GHz band   Spain will begin auctioning spectrum in the 3.6-3.8 GHz band on July 18, the Economy Ministry said. The country’s four leading operators, Movistar, Vodafone, Orange and Masmovil, will bid...

  The initiative is part of the government’s 5G roadmap to foster technology development in France The French government said it expects at least one major city to have commercial 5G services by 2020 as one of the key initiatives of the country’s 5G roadmap, which...

The European market for cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) communications will grow to 416.5 million connections by 2023, from 86 million at the end of 2017, according to ABI Research. This growth, of 384 per cent, will come with the launch of new internet-of-things (IoT) based...

Cisco and Samsung have completed the first successful 5G fixed-wireless tests on Orange’s live network in Romania. The fixed-wireless access (FWA) tests, in the 26 GHz band, have verified a number of smart city use cases, the trio said. The trial started on June 1,...

Mobile operators from every region have backed the GSMA’s new IoT security guidelines. AT&T is the only US operator so far to have committed to the GSMA measures; it is joined by the leading operator brands in Europe and China. The GSMA guidelines make 85...

The new platform, dubbed Orange Fab, was launched in partnership with a group of investors and companies   French telecommunication group Orange has launched Orange Fab, a Silicon Valley acceleration program designed to identify and support early-stage startups with focus on smart connectivity. The initiative is being...

Amazon's ground-breaking deal for Premier League football rights has compounded a difficult period for BT chief executive Gavin Patterson, which has included massive job cuts, accounting scandals, record fines, and slower revenues. BT has had its grip loosened on Premier League football rights in the...

Automation and 5G network slicing will create opportunities for operators and end users Orange Poland, a subsidiary of French multinational telecom operator Orange, was the first of the service provider's national businesses to test open source network management and operations software, and is building the...

French president Emmanuel Macron’s commitment to invest €1.5bn ($1.85bn) in new education and business initiatives around artificial intelligence (AI) was applauded by the telecoms industry, but only as the latest promise in an intensifying political arms race. Macron said last week France would invest...

Orange said in a statement it supports the French government’s new plan on artificial intelligence (AI), and announced in tandem the acceleration of its own use of AI. The France-based company said it will help train 500 people in the field, and recruit 200...

Unlicensed networks, mostly based on LoRa and Sigfox, make up two-thirds of low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks today, according to a study of 100 LPWA networks by IoT research firm ON World. A third of the total network deployments are geared towards smart city applications,...

European network operators are prioritizing connected cars over other sectors and assets when it comes to internet of things (IoT) technologies, they have said. Both Orange and Telefónica said the opportunity and focus for them is on cars, ahead of factories and cities. Emmanuel Routier,...

Siemens extends contract with Orange Siemens AG has extended its contract with Orange Business Services to help it migrate to a software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) infrastructure that will connect 1,500 sites in 94 countries. Orange has previously worked with Siemens as a MPLS networking provider. The six...