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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BT has decided to source its 5G core network from Ericsson, the companies announced today.
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Two Japanese telcos, KDDI and SoftBank, have formally set up a joint venture to build out 5G networks in rural parts of the country.
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Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile is to produce its cloud-based 5G system with NEC after a joint development project.
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Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom has opted to divide its 5G network rollout between Ericsson and Nokia.
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Samsung has won a deal to supply 5G radio equipment to Spark, the former Telecom New Zealand, a move that is seen as meaning Huawei is less likely to win any of the business.
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The 5G network will support more than 10% of global mobile connections by 2023, according to the Cisco Annual Internet Report, paving the way for “more dynamic mobile infrastructures for AI and emerging IoT applications”, including autonomous cars, smart cities, connected health, immersive video and more.
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UK mobile operators will be able to use Huawei equipment in their new 5G networks, but only in limited parts of their infrastructure, and only to a limited percentage, because it is a “high-risk vendor”.
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The US regulator has approved full commercial use of spectrum-sharing on the 3.5GHz band for 5G and other services.
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Senior German industrialist Dieter Kempf has warned against the use of Huawei equipment by the country’s telecoms network – though he did not name the Chinese vendor.
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An unconfirmed report says the UK government will approve “a limited role” for Chinese equipment vendor Huawei in the country’s four 5G networks.
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African wholesale operator Liquid Telecom is adding a 5G wireless network to its existing fibre offering in South Africa.
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TPG Telecom, Australian the company that owns AAPT, iinet and Pipe Networks, will have to wait until January before it knows whether it can merge with Vodafone’s operation in the country.
