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 and Ericsson have entered a new multi-million-pound new joint partnership to deliver commercial 5G private networks for the UK market.
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Verizon has landed three new contracts with the US Department of Defense (DOD), which it said are worth US$966.5 million and will see the telco replace the Pentagon's copper-based telephony systems.
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Australian group TPG Telecom, which merged with Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) in 2020, has agreed a network-sharing deal with rival operator Telstra.
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Cohere Technologies has closed its Series D funding round with a US$46 million raise as it brings an enhanced version of its Universal Spectrum Multiplier (USM) to the market.
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Norwegian regulator Nkom has conducted tests to determine whether 5G could interfere with altimeters in helicopters.
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India’s finance minister has confirmed that a 5G airwaves auction will take place in the country later this year.
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Within the last week, Nokia has made a series of announcements about new project wins and kit deployments.
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Orange Belgium has joined forces with La Grand Poste to create another 5G lab in Liege which will open in the first half of 2022.
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Open RAN revenues will account for around 15% of the overall 2G-5G RAN market by 2026, according to a new estimate from the Dell’Oro group.
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Japanese telco Optage is selected HPE 5G core stack for its testbed Local 5G network.
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Major satellite operators have confirmed new reach for their coverage over recent days, which will benefit the industrial and logistics sectors, while claiming a world first for IoT connectivity.
