5G Networks
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Swisscom is working with Ericsson to offer a standalone Mobile Private Network (MPN) to provide enterprises with private, localised connectivity. -
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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Nvidia is working with SoftBank to reinvent telecom networks to make them capable of supporting AI-RAN, enabling them to run AI and 5G workloads at the same time.
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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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Eight companies have got together to support a new 5G lab that is being set up by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), aimed to develop, test and integrate open 5G solutions.
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Deutsche Telekom has avoided a clash with the German government by deciding to award Ericsson its contract for 5G network equipment.
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South Korea's three major mobile operators have agreed to invest US$22 billion (KRW 25.7 trillion) over the next 18 months, to boost 5G infrastructure across the country.
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Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and AT&T (NYSE: T) have developed a bespoke private cellular network solution for energy, manufacturing and logistics multinational Phillips 66.
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Ericsson has published its second quarter financial results, noting a “solid” result and maintaining its full-year targets for the group.
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The UK’s mobile operators have taken calmly yesterday’s announcement that it will be illegal to buy Huawei for 5G services after the end of the year.
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ZTE and the Hunan branch of China Telecom have jointly launched China's first commercial 5G SA Massive MIMO 1+X SSB (synchronization signal and PBCH block) site with three-dimensional coverage on 3.5 GHz.
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The first 5G small cell network architecture and product definitions have been published by the Small Cell Forum (SCF), in a bid to prevent industry fragmentation.
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The US has won its battle to make the UK ban Huawei from new 5G networks, the government announced today.
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Qualcomm Ventures, the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated, has taken a 1.5% equity stake in Jio Platforms for US$97 million as the Indian telco looks to advance 5G services.
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Vodafone New Zealand has become the country’s first provider to deploy technology with a transmission capacity of 800 billion bits per second.
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Nokia has announced that it plans to use open systems in its radio network – the first such move by a major vendor at a time when smaller equipment makers are putting their hopes in open ecosystems.
