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.
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Telefónica Spain has awarded a contract to Juniper Networks, (NYSE: JNPR) to secure the mobile backhaul of its 5G network.
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More than half of all phones bought in China in the past three months work with 5G networks, according to a new survey.
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The UK’s University of Surrey says it has built the country’s first end-to-end 5G system.
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Two Belgian operators have chosen Ericsson and Nokia for their 5G infrastructure, even though Orange Belgium previously operated a private 5G network with ZTE kit.
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The fourth facility from American Tower Edge Data Centers is ready to welcome tenants in Austin Texas.
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Finnish manufacturer Nokia has extended its longstanding partnership with BT to become the operator’s largest infrastructure and equipment provider.
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Samsung has released the first product from its newly-branded 5G in-building portfolio, Samsung Link.
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European non-profit institute ETSI has released the results of its NFV and MEC Plugtests 2020, as part of its NFV Plugtests Programme.
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SSE Enterprise Telecoms is executing an expansion programme that will see it delivery 100Gbps and 10Gbps services to businesses across the UK.
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A survey of more than 5,000 “ardent gamers” has concluded that carriers offering 5G networks could be in for a US$150 billion profit boost if they correctly capitalise on the cloud gaming market.
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Claiming an industry first, Nokia has digitalised 100% of its 5G network deployments globally, accelerating the ROI on next generation technology for operators.
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Spending on 5G will increase over the next two years but the tough economic environment will delay economic returns, according to a report today from Fitch Ratings.
