5G infrastructure
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Emitel, the Polish tower operator owned by Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited, has secured a contract with Orange Polska to support the expansion of its mobile network coverage in the country. -
AT&T’s FirstNet 5G network for US first responders now boasts more than seven million public safety connections after it added 20,000 square miles of terrestrial coverage in the last year.
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Software Radio Systems (SRS) has successfully deployed its RAN Enterprise 5G solution at Altice Labs' innovation hub in Aveiro, Portugal, as part of a European Commission-funded project.
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Vodafone Idea has picked Nokia to upgrade and expand its optical metro and circle networks across India.
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MedUX, a leader in international fixed and mobile network testing and benchmarking, has released its 2025 benchmark report on 5G performance across 15 European cities.
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Verizon has achieved a new 5G speed milestone, reaching 5.5 Gbps download speeds — the equivalent of downloading 266 Taylor Swift albums a minute — during tests with Samsung Electronics and MediaTek.
Forthcoming events
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Vietnamese carrier Viettel has launched an Open RAN 5G Network, leveraging hardware from Qualcomm to provide enhanced connectivity across the country.
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Ofcom has revealed the UK’s next spectrum auction will take place in 2025, offering mmWave band licences in the 25.1-27.5 GHz and 40.5-43.5 GHz bands.
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Ericsson has completed an overhaul of African operator MTN’s network in Kigali, Rwanda to prepare the East African country for 5G.
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Nokia has secured a contract extension with Taiwan Mobile to boost the performance and capacity of its 5G network and upgrade its 4G/LTE network.
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Some 39% of UK companies are prepared to invest in 5G Standalone (5G SA), new data has revealed.
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Using latest generation mobile networks to allow operators to connect all passengers on the future line and platforms by 2025.
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Rakuten Symphony is expanding its operations in three markets as it looks to bring its Open RAN technologies to Europe and the UK.
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In a quest to bring extended reality to the masses Qualcomm Technologies has opened six R&D labs across Europe.
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In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week from iSIMs to aviation dramas.
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Major satellite operators have confirmed new reach for their coverage over recent days, which will benefit the industrial and logistics sectors, while claiming a world first for IoT connectivity.
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Inmarsat says it has successfully activated a trial payload for its planned 5G satellite project, Orchestra.
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Next generation networks are tipped to transform industry and gaming – but when it comes to sport, 5G, private networks and enhanced broadcasting tech are creating new business cases for network operators. Melanie Mingas explains why it’s a match made in heaven
