Tag: 5G

January 26, 2024

Reliance Jio Infocomm and Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer OnePlus announced a strategic partnership with the aim of boosting 5G technologies across India. This collaboration aims to bring together the technological innovation and infrastructure of Jio and OnePlus to unlock new […]

January 25, 2024

India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) set a lower revenue target for a planned spectrum auction in March, because local carriers have enough frequencies and will chiefly focus on renewing their existing frequencies in regions where they are expiring, according to […]

January 24, 2024

India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has sent notices to local operators Vodafone Idea and Adani Data Networks, seeking an explanation as to why fines should not levied on them for failing to meet the minimum rollout obligations stipulated on 5G […]

January 23, 2024

The government of India is looking to start exporting a full range of indigenously-designed 4G and 5G stacks in 2024, according to local press reports. The reports noted that the move is a key part of the government’s policy to […]

January 19, 2024

While 5G Standalone is often referred to as “real 5G,” is it really making any impact in the real world? Dozens of operators around the world have deployed 5G Standalone networks in an effort to capture opportunities that fit into […]

January 19, 2024

Chilean telecommunications services regulator Subtel modified the calendar for spectrum auction through which it will award frequencies in the 3.5 GHz band. Under the new scheme, Subtel will announce the winners of the spectrum on February 20. The previous calendar […]

January 18, 2024

Mass adoption of reduced-capability 5G (5G RedCap) for mid-tier cellular IoT applications will start from next year (2024), commencing in China, reckons analyst house Omdia. The arrival of RedCap, it said, will help to drive overall cellular IoT connections to […]

January 16, 2024

Japanese telco SoftBank announced it has initiated field trials for 5G multi-access edge computing (MEC) utilizing the segment routing IPv6 mobile user plane (SRv6 MUP) technology, the carrier said in a release. SoftBank said that the technology enables an “easy […]

January 12, 2024

German carrier Deutsche Telekom said it is relying on ultra-mobile transmission mast to fulfill with short-term requirements due to festivals or large construction sites. A few months ago, Deutsche Telekom developed a prototype called the “mobile phone mast-to-go.” Around a […]

January 10, 2024

As the industry continues to advance 5G networks, the stage is set for the scaled transition to cloud-native standalone mode of operation that will open new automated capabilities designed to help communications service providers (CSPs) overcome fundamental business challenges—reduce ongoing […]

January 10, 2024

Indian state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is targeting a 20% market share of the country’s overall mobile market by the end of 2024 by accelerating the rollout of its 4G network, local press reported. The reports noted that the […]

January 9, 2024

T-Mobile US continues to maintain its lead in offering the fastest 5G speeds and availability, but Verizon and AT&T’s C-Band deployments are helping those carriers to make some inroads. That’s the general breakdown of Opensignal’s latest assessment of the state […]

January 8, 2024

David Joosten, director of the Americas and partner markets at Vodafone Business, identifies key trends that will shape the digital enterprise market in 2024, as follows… 1 | 5G and IoT will benefit society more than AI The convergence of […]

January 5, 2024

Traditional broadband is being threatened by new competitors and changing technology. It’s out with the old, and in with the new. This is both a real challenge and a new growth opportunity. FWA and satellite technologies are impacting the marketplace. […]

January 4, 2024

In the transition to 5G, communication service providers (CSPs) have invested billions of dollars in building their infrastructure and virtualizing key components. Funding from the recent Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in the United States will further infuse capital nationwide to expand […]

December 27, 2023

We live in hope, according to the old saying, but enterprises’ hopes and expectations aren’t exactly aligning for next year. While all 223 of the enterprises I’ve gotten data from are hoping for real and meaningful technology advances in 2024, […]

December 27, 2023

Vandis, Inc announced today that it has agreed to be a reseller partner of T-Mobile for Business, the provider of the nation’s largest, fastest 5G network to help organizations of all sizes be more efficient, collaborate more effectively, and transform […]

December 22, 2023

Irish telco Three claimed to be the first operator in Ireland to launch a 5G Standalone (5G SA) with the aim of improving services for businesses and consumers. Operating initially on a trial basis, the 5G SA network from Ericsson […]

December 21, 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 […]

December 20, 2023

5G networks covered 90% of Germany’s territory as of October, up from 5G coverage of 79% in October 2023, according to data from the country’s Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur). Local carriers Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica Deutschland and Vodafone each covered an […]