Accenture Announces Intent to Acquire Fibermind to Strengthen Fiber and Mobile 5G Network Services
Accenture has agreed to acquire Fibermind, an Italy-based network services company, specializing in fiber and mobile 5G networks deployment, as well as infrastructure engineering services. The acquisition will strengthen Accenture’s…
Ericsson, 3 Denmark, TV 2, and Sony Successfully Trialed a Live Broadcast Over 3’s 5G Standalone (SA) Network
Ericsson, in collaboration with 3 Denmark, TV 2, and Sony, has successfully trialed a live television broadcast of a high-profile football match over a 5G standalone (SA) network, leveraging cutting-edge…
Nokia Makes Cellular Call Using The New 3GPP Immersive Voice and Audio Services (IVAS) Codec
Nokia has made a live immersive voice and audio call over a cellular network. Pekka Lundmark, Nokia’s President and CEO, held a live immersive audio and video call with Stefan…
T-Mobile Offers 5G Backup Plan for ISP Outages
T-Mobile has announced the launch of Home Internet Backup, a new service designed to provide a secondary internet connection for customers facing outages with their primary Internet Service Provider (ISP).…
AT&T and Cisco Introduce a Simpler Way to Deploy 5G Fixed Wireless Access for Businesses
Cisco and AT&T have announced a new digital buying experience that makes it faster and easier for businesses everywhere to take advantage of 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA). For businesses…
DNB and Ericsson Complete Multi-band Booster Solution Trial in 5G Network
Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) and Ericsson have successfully trialed what is known in the industry as a Multi-band Booster solution, which combines the best characteristics of the traditional microwave (6-42…
New Zealand’s 2degrees Selects Nokia 5G Core Running on Red Hat OpenShift
New Zealand communication service provider 2degrees has selected Nokia’s 5G core Registers and Shared Data Layer (SDL) software, which will be deployed on Red Hat OpenShift to more cost-effectively manage data with…
AT&T Launches Enhanced Data Connectivity on the Go
AT&T has announced a new plan giving customers the choice to purchase enhanced data connectivity for real-time responsiveness with the introduction of AT&T Turbo on May 2. Built to support high-performance…
OSIA is Now a Official International Telecoms Union (ITU) Standard
The Secure Identity Alliance (SIA) recently announced that its OSIA specification, is recognized as international standard by the International Telecommunication Union’s Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T). This milestone establishes OSIA as…
NextNav Unveils Dual-Track Approach: Complementing GPS with Additional Spectrum for Broadband
NextNav, a provider of next-generation GPS (Global Positioning System) positioning and timing services, has announced a new vision for the future of positioning and communication. The company proposes leveraging additional…
RADCOM to Provide SaaS Service Assurance Solution on AWS to a U.S. Operator
A U.S. telecom operator has extended its contract to use RADCOM ACE Service Assurance to drive quality and ensure superior customer experiences. As part of this contract extension, RADCOM ACE…
Nokia and Vodafone Complete Open RAN Trial in Italy on Live 5G Standalone Network
Nokia and Vodafone have successfully completed an end-to-end Open RAN trial on Vodafone Italy’s live 5G standalone network. The trial utilized Nokia’s AirScale Massive MIMO radios and Nokia’s baseband software…
Nokia and Anterix Showcase 3GPP B106 Data Call
Nokia and Anterix have announced the successful completion of the B106 data call at Nokia’s Lab in Dallas, Texas. The companies collaborated following the standardization of B106 in 3GPP Release…
Telecom Weekly Roundup: Net Neutrality Wins, 6G Research Heats Up, and Broadband Expansion Takes Center Stage
This week in telecom was a whirlwind of activity, with significant developments in net neutrality, 6G research, and broadband access initiatives. Here’s a quick breakdown of the top news: Net…
Korean Air Showcases a Comprehensive UAM Operations Demonstration with 5G
Korean Air, in collaboration with Hyundai Motor Company, Korea Telecom (KT), Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC), and Hyundai Engineering & Construction, successfully completed a comprehensive urban air mobility (UAM) operations…
FCC Reinstates Net Neutrality Protections in Landmark Decision
In a 3-2 vote along party lines, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has restored net neutrality rules, effectively reclassifying broadband internet service as a Title II telecommunications service. This decision…
Cradlepoint 5G-Optimised NetCloud SASE Secures Agile Enterprises
Cradlepoint, part of Ericsson, has launched its single vendor Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solution, NetCloud SASE. Designed to serve agile enterprises, NetCloud SASE integrates cellular-centric SD-WAN and security into…
Comcast Launches NOW – a New Brand for Low-Cost Internet, Mobile and TV
Comcast has introduced NOW, a new brand of quality, low-cost Internet, mobile and streaming TV products that consumers can purchase month-to-month, whenever they want. NOW Internet is a prepaid service…
US Broadband Buzz: FCC Announces Funding Boost, Race to 5G Heats Up
The race to expand broadband access and improve internet speeds continues to be a hot topic in the US. Here’s a roundup of some key news stories from the past…
Ericsson and Turkcell Establish 5G test Network in Istanbul Technical University
Ericsson has partnered with Istanbul Technical University (İTÜ) and Turkcell to establish a 5G test network at İTÜ’s Ayazağa Campus. The network will showcase the benefits of 5G while providing…
University of Glasgow Announces Breakthrough Development To Deliver Software-controlled 6G Networks
A team led by researchers from the University of Glasgow has developed a wireless communications antenna which combines the unique properties of metamaterials with sophisticated signal processing to deliver a…
Faroese Telecom launches 5G in Faroe Islands across all 18 islands
Faroese Telecom, in partnership with Ericsson, has launched 5G in its modernized network today, bringing 5G connectivity to the entire population across all 18 of the rocky volcanic islands. The…
DOCOMO, NTT, NEC and Fujitsu Announce Sub-terahertz 6G Device Capable of 100 Gbps Transmission
NTT DOCOMO, NTT, NEC and Fujitsu jointly announced last week the development of a top-level wireless device capable of ultra-high-speed 100 Gbps transmissions in the 100 GHz and 300 GHz sub-terahertz…
Nokia and Vodafone conduct trial of L4S technology over an end-to-end PON network
Last week, Nokia and Vodafone announced they are collaborating to test the viability of L4S technology over passive optical networks (PON), which could greatly improve the experience of residential customers…
Aramco and GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc. Sign MOU to Accelerate the Development of the 4G and 5G Ecosystem in Saudi Arabia
SAN JOSE, Calif. & DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, April 05, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aramco has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with GCT Semiconductor Holding Inc., a leading designer and supplier of advanced…
3GPP Announces New Release 17 Schedule
Earlier this month, 3GPP Technical Specification Groups (TSG) announced a firm Release 17 timeline after considering the effects that e-meetings in 2020 had on the work’s progress and the pressure…
Qualcomm and NTT DOCOMO Enable Commercialization of 5G Sub-6 GHz Carrier Aggregation in Japan
Qualcomm and NTT DOCOMO have together enabled the commercialization of 5G sub-6 GHz carrier aggregation (sub6-CA) in Japan, effective immediately, to bring multi-gigabit mobile experiences to DOCOMO customers.
Nokia and Claro Demonstrate 5G in Colombia
Nokia has launched a live 5G network trial in Colombia with mobile operator Claro Colombia. The pilot will cover mobile, fixed wireless access (FWA) and corporate 5G services in 3.5GHz…
Ericsson and China Telecom Make 5G Standalone Data Call with Ericsson Spectrum Sharing
Ericsson and China Telecom (Sichuan) have successfully completed 5G Standalone (SA 5G) Ericsson Spectrum Sharing data call on a commercial network. The milestone was achieved recently on China Telecom’s 2.1GHz…
Samsung and KDDI Demonstrate 5G End-to-End Network Slicing in Tokyo
Samsung and KDDI have announced the successful completion a 5G end-to-end (E2E) network slicing demonstration with a RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) in Tokyo, Japan.
