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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Next year’s 5G spectrum auction in Brazil could be the biggest yet, according to a senior Nokia executive.
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Swisscom has successfully tried out Ericsson’s so-called Radio Dot small cells to make 5G data calls between two offices.
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Orange Belgium and Proximus – formerly Belgacom – are to set up a joint company to run their mobile networks.
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Users of the first 5G services in Australia get slower connections than people on 4G – while Spanish 5G users get no measurable improvement.
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Deutsche Telekom has criticised the German 5G spectrum auction that will leave it and its three rivals spending €6.55 billion.
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Nokia has claimed to have made more commercial 5G deals than any other vendor with operators around the world, announcing that it has a “steady pipeline in place" for further agreements.
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BT will develop its 5G capabilities further after striking an agreement with Juniper Networks.
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Huawei has stepped up its fight back against the embargo imposed by President Donald Trump by challenging the legal basis under the US constitution.
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Ofcom has announced that Openreach’s telegraph poles and underground tunnels will be opened up to rival firms to encourage them to develop high-speed lines for mobile and broadband networks and invest in full fibre and 5G.
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EE has today launched the UK’s first 5G service in six cities to businesses and consumers.
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Affirmed Networks has launched the Affirmed UnityCloud, a websacle, cloud-native 5G solution that enables mobile operators to converge multiple networks into one unified network.
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The merger between T-Mobile US and Sprint could now go ahead in weeks after the US regulator extracted a deal to guarantee widespread mobile broadband coverage across the country by 2022.
