5G infrastructure
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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. -
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.
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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.
Forthcoming events
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This episode features deputy editor Melanie Mingas, editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray and senior reporters Natalie Bannerman and Abigail Opiah.
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Asia carriers saw growth from 30% upwards as the pandemic hit their markets in early 2020.
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The UK government is spending £250 million to help open up the mobile telecoms supply chain and end the dependence on three key suppliers, Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia.
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NEC, the vendor that is already supplying open-source 5G equipment to Japan’s Rakuten, is to set up a centre of excellence in the UK.
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US-based start-up EdgeQ Inc has reached the US$51million funding milestone, paving the way for it to converge 5G connectivity and AI compute onto a “system-on-a-chip”.
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The world’s fastest 5G speeds have been recorded on a commercial network in Finland, delivering 8Gbps for the first time serving two 5G mmWave devices connected simultaneously.
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Silos across the technology industry could hinder development and prevent players from realising the full potential of 5G.
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Nokia has introduced an AI enhancement that sits at the network edge and promises to enhance the 5G customer experience around gaming and streaming.
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The introduction of 5G will more than double the energy consumption by mobile technology in the next 10 years.
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Italian tower company INWIT is to work with TIM – the former Telecom Italia – to install 5G small cells to improve coverage in Italian cities.
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Telia and Ericsson have strengthened their regional alliance by announcing a new 5G deal for Lithuania.
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An uncrewed aircraft carrying an advanced antenna can replace 200 conventional mobile base stations, or even up to 700 in some cases.
Forthcoming events
Datacloud Asia 2025 co-located with ITW Asia
3 DECEMBER - 4 DECEMBER 2025 Singapore, Singapore
