Category: Local area networks and wide area networks

February 2, 2023

5G technology was available to 73% of the European population by the end of 2022, up from 62% the previous year, according to a recent report by European telecom association ETNO. At the end of 2022, 55.6% of the European […]

February 2, 2023

Swedish vendor Ericsson has signed a partnership with European network provider and system integrator Mugler for private 5G industrial networks in Germany. The two companies had previously carried out a collaboration in the field of private campus networks. In a […]

February 2, 2023

Spanish telecom operator Masmovil is currently offering 5G service in 1,660 towns and cities in 51 provinces across Spain for the customers of its Yoigo brand, the carrier said in a release. According to the operator, 74% of the Spanish’s […]

February 1, 2023

Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) is aiming to launch a 5G spectrum auction in early 2026, Japanese newspaper Nikkei reported. This would be the first time that the Japanese government has used an auction to award frequencies, […]

January 31, 2023

China Unicom added a total of 3.27 million 5G subscribers during December, the telco said on its website. The carrier also said it ended last year with 212.7 million 5G subscribers. China Unicom added over 42 million subscribers in the […]

January 27, 2023

The march of technology? Ain’t it great? IoT mostly works, or can be made to work, without conditions, the story goes. To the point the tech industry doesn’t want to talk about tech anymore; it just wants to scope the […]

January 27, 2023

India’s state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has inked a partnership with compatriot IT company firm Echelon Edge to deploy private 5G network for enterprise customers, local newspaper The Economic Times reported. This partnership will enable Echelon Edge to be […]

January 27, 2023

The Dell’Oro Group published a recent report that the firm said shows that the Open RAN movement has “come a long way in just a few years” and is accelerating faster than initially expected. In fact, the group has revised […]

January 27, 2023

The evolution of 5G into a more mature, software-defined and cloud-native network technology brings with it material changes in the types of skills operators need. As a result, telecom companies are investing more heavily in re-skilling current employees while sourcing […]

January 27, 2023

Canadian operator Quebecor and its subsidiary Videotron have invested nearly CAD10 million ($7.5 million) to acquire new 5G wireless spectrum licenses, in Manitoba in the 600 MHz band and in Quebec in the 3,500 MHz band, Quebecor said in a […]

January 23, 2023

Based on commentary from Crown Castle EVP and CFO Dan Schlanger at the Citi 2023 Communications, Media and Entertainment Conference, 2023 will be a big year from small cell densification in the U.S. market. Schlanger said Citi’s Mike Rollins the […]

January 20, 2023

China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added a total of 18.6 million 5G subscribers during December, the telco said on its website. The carrier also said it ended last year with 614 million 5G subscribers. China […]

January 19, 2023

Few technology innovations have been as heralded — or as polarizing — as 5G wireless communications. Over the last several years, mobile providers around the world have been heavily promoting it as the ideal infrastructure to support an expected wave […]

January 18, 2023

Taiwanese operator Far EasTone Telecommunications expects its 5G subscriber penetration rate to reach 40% by the end of this year from more than 30% last year, local newspaper Taipei Times reported. The carrier’s president, Chee Ching, said that it would […]

January 17, 2023

Researchers at the University of Sheffield have developed 3D-printed radio antennas that could be used to bring mobile networks to people living in remote areas. In a release, the University of Sheffield noted that these 3D-printed millimeter wave aerials are […]

January 17, 2023

Hawaiian service provider Mobi is expanding its horizons, signing a new deal with Federated Wireless to harness CBRS for a 5G wireless broadband service and launching a pilot mobile virtual network operator service in the continental U.S. Mobi won three […]

January 12, 2023

Adora Cruises and the Shanghai branch of China Telecom have announced plans to launch the world’s first 5G cruise ship. In addition to 5G, passengers on the 135,500-gross-ton vessel can also connect to Wi-Fi 6. Adora Cruises is part of […]

January 10, 2023

Taiwanese operator Far EasTone Telecom (FET) said it had delivered what it claims is the world-first 5G smart patrol car solution for a police department, by leveraging AI and Ericsson’s end-to-end 5G network slicing technology. In a release, the Asian […]

January 10, 2023

India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is keeping an eye out for Vodafone Idea’s 5G roll out plans to make sure the company meets its deployment obligations, The Economic Times reported. The telco is mandated to meet the minimum roll out […]

January 9, 2023

Indian telecommunications operator Reliance Jio Infocomm has already launched 5G in 78 cities across India, according to local press reports. Some of the cities where the telco already offers 5G include Delhi, Mumbai, Varanasi, Kolkata, Nathdwara, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Gurugram, […]