Category: Internet

November 22, 2023

China Unicom, the smallest Chinese mobile operator in the country by subscribers, deployed a total of 7,441 private 5G networks for businesses by the end of last month, the telco said in a statement. This number shows an increase of […]

November 20, 2023

Finnish vendor Nokia announced that Japanese mobile operator NTT Docomo is deploying the former’s Open RAN (O-RAN) compliant 5G AirScale baseband solution, including centralized unit (CU) and distributed unit (DU) software, in its commercial network nationwide. Nokia said that this […]

November 16, 2023

Carriers and network equipment manufacturers have stepped up tests and trials of 5G New Radio Reduced Capability (RedCap) in recent months. Geographically, these tests are taking place around the world, reflecting the global interest in 5G RedCap and the hope […]

November 16, 2023

Finnish vendor Nokia announced that it has successfully completed interoperability testing with a Mavenir radio using the O-RAN Alliance 7-2x interface at Nokia’s Open RAN Innovation Center in Dallas, Texas. During the trial, Nokia and Mavenir validated the interoperability of […]

November 15, 2023

The Port of Virginia in the US expects to have autonomous trucks running on a private 5G network at its site from early next year (2024). The port has a new private 5G network from Verizon Business, operating in high-band […]

November 15, 2023

A total of 121 operators in 55 countries and territories have invested in public 5G standalone (5G SA) networks as of the end of October, Jordan Cox, research manager at the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), said during a recent […]

November 14, 2023

6G-SANDBOX has signed of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to foster research in the 6G field, the former said in a release. 6G-SANDBOX is a pan-European testbed for 6G experimentation funded by Smart […]

November 10, 2023

Has 5G failed? No. Except you’d be forgiven for thinking so given everything that has been written about it in recent months – at least among the things I read, by the people I rate (and you all read, too). […]

November 10, 2023

UK-headquartered neutral host provider Boldyn Networks, majority owned by Canada-based CPP Investments, has agreed to acquire private networks specialist Edzcom from Spanish tower company Cellnex Telecom for an undisclosed fee. The deal is for Cellnex’s entire private networks business, which […]

November 9, 2023

In a refreshing reality check from the Industrial 5G Forum (available on demand here), a site director for process manufacturing giant Cargill made clear that 5G isn’t, and likely won’t in the short term at least, play any sort of […]

November 8, 2023

New Zealand carrier One New Zealand said it has reached an agreement to acquire Dense Air’s business with the aim of expanding its 5G footprint. Through this transaction, One New Zealand is acquiring 2×35 megahertz of 2.6 GHz spectrum, which […]

November 8, 2023

Nokia Bell Labs, the Finnish vendor’s research division, is working with Saudi energy company Aramaco, owned by Saudi Aramco, are working to develop 5G-related Industry 4.0 cases and proofs for “priority industrial sectors” in Saudi Arabia – and the wider […]

November 8, 2023

China Unicom and Huawei claim that they are installing a commercial 5G-Advanced production line that features ultra-high reliability and ultra-low latency at the Baoding automation technology branch of Chinese firm Exquisite Automotive Systems (EA), Huawei said in a release. EA […]

November 6, 2023

Finnish vendor Nokia announced a collaboration with Hololight to explore how L4S, an internet protocol invented by Nokia, can enable applications and networks to simultaneously achieve high throughput and low latency in a scalable way. In a release, the vendor […]

November 2, 2023

Colt and Lumen have completed their previously announced deal. For the price of $1.8B, Lumen’s business in Europe, Middle East, and Africa is now officially part of Colt. Lumen’s EMEA business was always focused on the wholesale and enterprise space, […]

November 1, 2023

Swedish vendor Ericsson has launched a new software toolkit with the main aim of strengthening 5G Standalone (SA) network capabilities and enable premium services with differentiated connectivity. Ericsson noted that this enhancement in its portfolio comes as the growth of […]

November 1, 2023

Malaysian state-run 5G network Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) has launched what it claims to be the largest 5G experience center in the country in partnership with Swedish vendor Ericsson. The main aim of the new facility is to raise awareness […]

October 31, 2023

5G-Advanced (5G-A) is expected to be commercially launched around 2026, Hiroyo Masuda, senior architect of 6G infrastructure, strategic planning division of advanced technology development unit at Fujitsu, told RCR Wireless News. “Normally, market introduction of any feature will first be […]

October 30, 2023

Nokia has handed UK-based engineering and services firm NG Bailey a distribution contract to sell its private LTE and 5G solutions into the healthcare, manufacturing, education, infrastructure sectors in the UK. NG Bailey said it will open a 5G demonstration […]

October 26, 2023

Spanish telecom operator Orange said its 5G Standalone (SA) network reached 38 Spanish cities as of the end of the third quarter. Orange’s 5G SA network was initially launched in Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Valencia and Seville. It currently reaches other […]