4G
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Telstra and Optus could be delayed in shutting down their 3G networks over concerns that the closure could cut off services for some of its customers.
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EE has hit its target for expanded 4G coverage six months ahead of a June 2024 deadline.
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Chinese telecom equipment vendor Huawei and Japanese electronics company Sharp recently announced the signing of a new long-term global patent cross-licensing agreement, which covers Cellular Standard Essential Patents, including 4G and 5G.
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Federated Wireless has been selected by VMware to deliver private 4G and 5G networks-as-a-service for enterprises.
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EE confirms the successful deployment of over 600 street-level mobile sites (small cells), across the UK.
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Nokia has announced new, optimised core network software solutions for the field and wide area network (FAN/WAN) needs of public safety and power utilities, expanding the portfolio and range available to large, mission-critical enterprises and governments.
Forthcoming events
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The switch off from 3G will begin next month after a successful pilot earlier this year.
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Satellite company OneWeb is to provide Veon with mobile internet connectivity and digital services in emerging markets.
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Veon’s Beeline network has launched mobile connectivity across the metro service in the capital city of Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
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Mavenir and Ice Communications, Norway’s third largest mobile operator, are partnering on the development of Norway's 4G and 5G networks.
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Tizeti, the West African solar-based internet service provider, is launching its 4G LTE network in 10 new states in Nigeria.
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The government of Rwanda is to end the right of a local company, part-owned by Korea Telecom (KT), to provide wholesale 4G services to other operators
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Australian carrier Vocus is to acquire Challenge Networks, which provides 4G and 5G private mobile networks.
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Aerospace company Airbus has relaunched its high-altitude platform station (HAPS) business under a new name.
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Airtel Nigeria has purchased 100MHz of spectrum in the 3500MHz band and 2x5MHz of 2600MHz from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for US$316.7 million.
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EE has teamed with BAI Communications 4G mobile coverage to a new wave of London Underground stations.
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EE has built or upgraded over 500 4G sites across the UK since December 2021, the operator has announced.
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With US operator AT&T shutting off its 3G networks earlier in the year, the process of 2G / 3G sunset has officially started. We are seeing many operators and governments determining that it is time to migrate away from older 2G and 3G networks, with the spectrum re-allocated for the faster and more efficient 4G and 5G technologies.
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Indian state-run operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is reportedly considering partnerships with Jio for its 4G and 5G national network upgrade.
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SES has signed a multiyear capacity renewal agreement with Claro Brasil, through Embratel, its corporate solutions division.
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Colt Technology Services confirms the availability of its 4G/5G Wireless Access service in Japan.
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Three UK has partnered with connectivity infrastructure provider Freshwave on the operator’s first deployments of the 4G in-building mobile specification.
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The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has issued its first standard covering open radio access networks, the open-source technology that many see as likely to reduce the cost of mobile telecoms.
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Nokia is extending its industrial portfolio of the user equipment to facilitate private wireless network connectivity in North America.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is introducing its own private 5G network, but without 5G for the time being.
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Mobile operators in Europe and Asia are speeding up on their plan to close down 2G and 3G networks, according to the industry’s own suppliers.
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Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 have joined BAI Communications' (BAI) 4G and 5G-ready mobile network across London's underground tube network.
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Roaming specialist Tomia has put some numbers to the #VoLTEgate scandal that means millions of visitors to the US will be unable to use voice roaming from this summer.
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Total global mobile data traffic will quadruple in the next five years to reach 282 exabytes a month, according to Ericsson’s latest Mobility Report.
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The Mexican government will take a majority stake in Altán Redes after the telco after signed a US$388 million rescue package.
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Zain confirms the successful completion of the first live trial in the region of open and cloud virtual radio access network (Open cRAN) in Kuwait.
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stc has announced it has successfully deployed a multi-layer 4G and 5G NSA networks on an Open RAN platform.
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Verizon has pledged an additional $149 million to Florida to meet increasing demands on its network.
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5G upload speeds that support enterprise applications are disappointing according to Cellsmart’s Global Cellular Performance study.
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Mavenir has opened a Centre of Excellence focusing on OpenRAN capabilities in Bonn, Germany.
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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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NEC Corporation confirms the general availability of its 4G/5G Converged Core.
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Vodafone UK is following the group’s German and Italian units by announcing plans to close down its 3G network.
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Three and EE have announced they have joined the BAI Communications network to provide 4G and 5G mobile connectivity across the London Underground.
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EE will upgrade 4G to more than 2,000 areas by June 2024 as part of the Shared Rural Network (SRN) initiative.
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The serviceable addressable market (SAM) for global satellite broadband over geostationary (GEO), medium earth orbit (MEO), and low earth orbit (LEO) satellites will stand at 330 million homes by 2026.
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Mavenir's 4G Open RAN small cell for outdoor deployments is now commercially available.
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MTN Nigeria is planning to raise the equivalent of almost US$220 million in a bond issue to expand its 4G network.
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Samsung has announced it will conduct 4G and 5G trials with Virgin Media O2 in the UK.
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Orange confirms the activation of 4G in Kaw, Camopi, Grand-Santi and Maripasoula in Guyana.
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XL Axiata has switched on a 4G service for the remote communities located across Maluku and Papua.
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A UK windfarm is to install its own cloud-based private 4G and 5G network using open RAN technology from Mavenir.
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ZTE has launched AIVO3.0 to combine granular understanding and modelling of user experience with detailed network analyses and measurements. Capacity spoke to Wang Qiang, Vice President of ZTE Corporation and General Manager of BDS Products, to find out more.
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Nokia Bell Labs has released details of four recent major milestones that it has reached in its work to build a 4G/LTE network on the Moon for NASA.
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Somalia's Hormuud Telecom has pledged to ensure full 4G coverage across Somalia by 2023.
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Mobile technologies, including both 4G and 5G, are now a mainstream alternative to fibre broadband, said an industry lobby group today.
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Ethio telecom has partnered with Ericsson to expand its 4G services into the South West region of Ethiopia.
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Telit, a global IoT provider, has expanded its partnership with Hi-Mix Eletrônicos S/A, a Brazilian Electronic Manufacturing Service (EMS) provider, for the production of LTE modules.
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The German telecoms regulator has issued 123 licences for private 4G and private 5G networks.