5G Networks
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Pan-African operator AXIAN Telecom has secured a $100 million financing package from the European Investment Bank (EIB Global) to expand mobile broadband infrastructure across Tanzania and Madagascar. -
Nokia, Telia and the Finnish Defense Forces have completed the world’s first seamless 5G standalone slice handover across multiple countries on a live network.
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Mavenir and e& UAE have announced a multi-year partnership at Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona.
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Vodafone CEO Margherita Della Valle has sounded the alarm over Europe's slow progress in 5G rollout.
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Virgin Media O2 Business, in partnership with River Severn Advanced Wireless Innovation Region (RSAWIR), has announced the launch of 5G Private Network trial at Overbury Farms in England.
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Ooredoo Qatar has selected Nokia to upgrade its core network, enabling the operator to enhance its service offerings with network slicing and AI capabilities.
Forthcoming events
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Samsung and KDDI will form a 5G Global Network Slicing Alliance after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
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Demonstration highlights use cases of new 5G technology
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Crowd sourced data collected by Opensignal between October 2022 and March 2023, has been published by Ofcom in its 2023 Mobile Matters report.
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Network Rail’s telecoms professional services framework has appointed Turner and Townsend to help it drive better connectivity across Britain’s transport network.
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Taiwanese operator Chunghwa Telecom has deployed its 5G private network for Delta Electronics at its Bangpoo factory in Thailand.
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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.
