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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Inmarsat says it has successfully activated a trial payload for its planned 5G satellite project, Orchestra.
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Nokia has deployed a private 5G standalone wireless network for Volkswagen at the car maker’s main plant in Wolfsburg, Germany.
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Australian group TPG Telecom, which merged with Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) last year, has claimed a world record for 5G video and voice calls.
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There will be 4.4 billion 5G subscriptions by the end of 2027 – about half of all mobile subscriptions in the world.
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The UK government has hired a London innovation centre to find ways of diversifying the telecoms market, especially in private 5G networks.
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Orange Belgium has officially opened its Orange 5G Lab in Antwerp where it will test and develop 5G standalone (SA) technology.
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Telefónica has become the latest CSP to use IBM AI-powered automation software and services to implement its first-ever, cloud-based 5G core network platform called UNICA Next.
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HPE Communications Technology Group (HPE CTG) has named Tom Craig as its new general manager.
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BICS has concluded one of the first 5G Standalone (SA) roaming trials in the world, which demonstrated roaming interoperability between two 5G network providers.
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Verizon Public Sector has won a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to deliver 5G Ultra Wideband to seven Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) bases in seven states.
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TIM has been ranked as the fastest 5G mobile network in Europe by Opensignal.
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Ericsson has won a 5G contract with Bhutan Telecom as the landlocked Eastern Himalayan country prepares to launch 5G services at the end of the year.
