Tag: 3G

January 11, 2024

U.S.-based Open RAN (O-RAN) firm Parallel Wireless said it has already deployed a total of 1,500 sites across Africa. Parallel Wireless partnered with regional telecommunications providers and governments in countries including Nigeria, Tanzania, Guinea Conakry, Ghana, South Sudan, Uganda, DRC, […]

April 7, 2023

The “Global Voice and Data 3G/4G Smartphone Tariff Tracker and Analysis” newsletter has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. Pricing is used as one of the key differentiators by mobile operators across the industry. To keep up-to-date with the increased complexity […]

February 16, 2023

Orange Madagascar has signed an agreement with tower company Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) to build additional 2G and 3G infrastructure in the country’s rural areas. The pair said they will deploy at least 500 base stations under a Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) […]

January 4, 2023

Verizon officially turned down its 3G network on the final day of 2022. It had been the last holdout among national mobile network operators, with AT&T and T-Mobile US already having completed their 3G shutdowns. Verizon first began announcing in […]

December 20, 2019

What will it take to get users who are still holding onto 3G rate plans and devices to give them up so carriers can re-farm 3G spectrum? More compelling 4G rates plans, for one, according to new analysis by OpenSignal. […]

January 3, 2019

Qatar has approved amendments to network rollout and coverage obligations in the licenses of Ooredoo and Vodafone Qatar. The amendments adopt unified obligations for both carriers in regard to 2G, 3G and 4G networks. In addition, Qatar’s Communications Regulatory Authority […]

November 14, 2018

After the introduction of 5G networks, legacy 2G/3G/4G networks will exist for a long time. When operators deploy new networks, they have to face many operation pain points of the 5G era caused by the long-term multi-network coexistence and handover. […]

January 16, 2018

For those who are not telecommunications professionals, HSPA is responsible for the “H” on top of your smartphone screen. It shows that mobile data traffic is available. The abbreviation stands for High Speed Packet Access. HSPA employs WCDMA (Wideband Code […]

September 1, 2017

5G is becoming a case of ‘damned if you do damned if you don’t’. Behind the headlines of new achievements and faster speeds lies the reality that many operators are struggling to keep afloat. Indian and Nigerian operators are struggling […]

June 15, 2017

Many operators are deploying LTE in low frequency bands (700 and 800MHz) to improve coverage in rural and in-building penetrations. Others are looking at LTE relays as an alternative approach. We examine the differences between a repeater, a relay and […]

April 5, 2017

While it’s easy to split the small cell market into indoor and outdoor, there are many different industry market sectors each with their own specific requirements and timescales. Which ones would benefit most from improved wireless communications as part of […]

March 29, 2017

I’m willing to bet that for every optimistic conversation about the ‘what’ will be connected in the Internet of Things, there’s a very practical discussion about the extended coverage needed to bring the IoT to life. Why? Simply because the […]

March 24, 2017

Belgium’s largest cable TV and broadband provider Telenet signed a long-term strategic partnership with ZTE to modernize its nationwide network. Telenet acquired mobile operator BASE from KPN for 1.325 billion euros ($1.47 billion) in 2015. in order to gain access […]

November 23, 2016

Operators around the world continue to make steady progress implementing voice-over-LTE services. According to the GSA, as of April 2016, there were 494 commercially live LTE networks spanning 162 countries. Of these, a little more than 10% (55 operators) have […]

October 4, 2016

What’s the biggest concern for mobile subscribers today? The answer used to be coverage. But after the major carriers got a firm grasp on this several years ago, and following the shift from 2G to 3G and on to LTE, […]

August 31, 2016

Mobile operators are good at providing coverage maps with lots of bright colors that show extensive coverage across the U.S. In their advertising, they usually flash the maps up for a few seconds, giving the impression that wherever you go, […]

June 30, 2016

The term “5G” is confusing. We keep hearing public announcements about the 5G network deployments being right around the corner while 4G deployment is still in its hottest phase—some 100 networks seemingly switched on just a moment ago and hundreds […]

April 21, 2016

The Competitive Carriers Association managed to deftly pull off its rebranded Mobile Carriers Show, with a degree of additional difficulty in doing so in a new host city of Nashville, Tennessee. The event, which had previously run under the Global […]

April 13, 2016

We recently published a report with a model of the global “5G” connections for 2021 to 2026, combined with the bandwidth these connections are expected to generate. Obviously, this is a model of what could happen, rather than a strict […]

April 5, 2016

There is exponential growth in 5G mobile communication technology, which will deliver terabits of data to mobile smartphones and tablet computers every second. For users, this will mean faster file download speeds on the move, and clear uninterrupted Skype video […]