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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T-Mobile customers in Poland can now connect to the country’s 5G network, with services to be rolled out to six million people in 46 locations by the end of June.
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Officials in the UK are exploring ways to rebuild the country’s capability in making telecoms equipment, so local companies can win a share of the current 5G investment programme if Huawei is blocked.
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The Group Of Seven – the international intergovernmental organisation that counts Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and US as members – has turned its attention to 5G in the hope that an extended membership can create a rival to China’s Huawei.
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US-based Cradlepoint has announced two new additions to its senior leadership team, alongside a new market strategy for Europe.
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O2 has developed a blueprint to help protect the UK’s self-driving cars from cyber-vulnerabilities.
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The bad news continued for Huawei this week as CFO Meng Wanzhou lost the first bid to block her extradition to the US on charges of bank fraud. She is also accused of misleading HSBC about a Huawei Technologies Co Ltd-owned company’s dealings with Iran.
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Mobile service providers are making “substantial progress” in their 5G roll outs despite the additional challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Telia Company and Ericsson have switched on a 100% renewable-powered 5G network in Stockholm, ahead of the commercial launch of 5G services.
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Microsoft has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Metaswitch Networks as it looks to create “modern alternatives” to network infrastructure as operators roll out 5G.
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In a rallying speech delivered via video link yesterday, Ericsson president and CEO Börje Ekholm called on the industry to rethink the future role of networks, saying “more than ever, connectivity is key.”
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Africa’s first live 5G network supporting both mobile and fixed wireless services has gone live in the South African cities of Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town following a two-year network modernisation project.
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Japanese cloud-based mobile carrier Rakuten has launched its roaming agreement with KDDI to allow customers to keep in touch across the country.
