5G infrastructure
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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. -
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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Historic difficulties building cell sites in the Philippines affected the deployment of 5G across the country, according to Globe president and CEO Ernest Cu.
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Mobile technologies, including both 4G and 5G, are now a mainstream alternative to fibre broadband, said an industry lobby group today.
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Huawei has lost two court appeals within a few days that together set back its desire to return to supplying European and US telcos with its equipment.
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VEON has turned to Nokia as its Georgian mobile operator, Beeline, modernises its core network ahead of the country's 5G launch.
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There are already 311 private mobile networks in operation using 4G or 5G in 40 countries, according to research from equipment suppliers.
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The Linux Foundation is working with a leading mobile industry organisation to set priorities for 5G and move on to 6G.
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Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung will be the only three vendors allowed to compete for 5G infrastructure contracts in India, says the country’s government.
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US company Airspan has jumped into the UK government’s call for new mobile suppliers by saying it will expand its presence in the country.
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Qualcomm has launched a fellowship and training programme to "identify, educate and attract" home-grown talent to work on the development of 5G in Spain.
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Verizon Business is working with Associated British Ports (ABP) in a project that will see the UK's Port of Southampton become the first British mainland port with a private 5G network.
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Qualcomm has joined a UK government scheme to test 5G wireless for rural applications, from agriculture and fisheries to tourism and safety.
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Nokia has signed a five-year deal with AT&T to deploy the operator’s C-Band network in parts of the US.
