5G mobile
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The GSMA and leading European mobile operators confirm the launch of ‘Connecting Europe to 2030: A Mobile Industry Manifesto for Europe’.
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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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Satellite operator Intelsat has demonstrated 5G mobile from space, working with a German research institute and a US antenna specialist.
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Six urban clusters in Texas are among the 10 places in the US for availability of 5G, according to a new survey.
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The Nigerian regulator has started a review of the country’s telecoms licensing process.
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The mobile industry’s technology experts have already defined the next standard beyond 5G.
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CK Hutchison’s Three UK has emerged as leader for 5G availability in the country, ahead of BT’s EE, Telefónica’s O2 and Vodafone.
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Performance of T-Mobile US’s 5G network has improved significantly in both urban and rural areas, according to Opensignal research.
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Realme CEO Madhav Sheth has said the firm aims to democratise access to 5G in India through its range of low-cost handsets.
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Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile US is leading its rivals, AT&T and Verizon, in 5G speed, availability and experienced, according to the latest Opensignal survey.
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Canadian-owned telecoms infrastructure company BAI Communications has hired Telefónica O2 UK’s Brendan O’Reilly to become its global CTO.
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It is already the fastest growing mobile technology in history, but the success of 5G in 2021 depends, like so much else, on the Covid-19 pandemic. Alan Burkitt-Gray looks at the mobile industry’s forecasts
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Nokia is making no profit on its mobile infrastructure sales and 2021 “will be challenging”, CEO Pekka Lundmark has admitted.
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Global roaming is to benefit from a new joint management, reconciliation and settlement platform following a partnership between TOMIA and Clear.
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Nokia and A1 Austria have signed a three-year contract that will see the two collaborate to drive the digital transformation of A1’s enterprise customers through private networks.
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Open radio access networks (open RAN) will account for 58% of total RAN capex by 2026 and will be deployed at 65% of all sites.
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Operators are rolling out 5G networks across the world, so what will they be used for? It’s more than just faster broadband on your mobile handset. Alan Burkitt-Gray talks to someone who knows
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More than half of all phones bought in China in the past three months work with 5G networks, according to a new survey.
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Spending on 5G will increase over the next two years but the tough economic environment will delay economic returns, according to a report today from Fitch Ratings.
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TDC Denmark has launched commercial 5G services on the 3.5GHz spectrum across much of the country following a year-long partnership with Ericsson.
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Saudi Arabia’s 5G users enjoy the fastest overall average download speed in the world, reaching up to 144.5Mbps.
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Telstra’s CEO Andrew Penn has outlined the telco’s 5G rollout and coverage plans, in which he revealed that 75% of the Australian population will be able to access its 5G services by June 2021.
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South Korea's three major mobile operators have agreed to invest US$22 billion (KRW 25.7 trillion) over the next 18 months, to boost 5G infrastructure across the country.
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Ericsson has published its second quarter financial results, noting a “solid” result and maintaining its full-year targets for the group.
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The British economy could see a productivity-based boost to economic output worth more than £150 billion over 10 years, according to new figures from Vodafone.
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Vodafone is building a private 5G network for Ford’s electric vehicle factory in the UK.
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ZTE has named its new president of mobile devices, who has taken responsibility for strengthening resource integrations for 5G opportunities.
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Orange CEO Stéphane Richard has confirmed eight changes to the group’s executive committee, intended to help Orange “exit the health crisis in the best conditions”. Seven other positions remain unchanged.
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Areas of Aberdeen, Brighton and Oxford have become the latest in the UK to connect to 5G, as O2 surpassed its target to switch the network on in 50 locations by summer 2020.
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Belgian operator Proximus has launched the first 5G network in the country – but it will be available mainly in Dutch-speaking areas.
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The industry’s first 5G-optimised wireless WAN edge router for enterprise branch deployments has been released by Cradlepoint.
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Mobile service providers are making “substantial progress” in their 5G roll outs despite the additional challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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In a rallying speech delivered via video link yesterday, Ericsson president and CEO Börje Ekholm called on the industry to rethink the future role of networks, saying “more than ever, connectivity is key.”
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The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) has welcomed nine new member companies, organisations and regulators to the group as global 5G roll outs gain pace.
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Business users will drive the emerging market for 5G, creating an uplift in revenues of as much as 15%, according to new research.
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Mobile games players in Singapore, the Netherlands, Japan and the Czech Republic achieve the best experience from their network providers.
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The world’s carriers will be delivering 160 billion gigabytes of mobile data a month by 2025 – of which more than three-quarters will be video – and video will go up five-fold by 2025.
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People in six major countries have told the mobile industry’s trade association they are happy with 4G and don’t want to upgrade to 5G.
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The rollout of 5G roaming is set to radically transform the connected experiences of tourists and business travellers. But it’s not just subscribers who will benefit.
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Capacity is pleased to announce the shortlist for the Messaging and SMS Global Awards 2019.
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The US telecoms regulator has named two cities as innovation zones to try out new 5G services.
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South Korea’s SK Telecom has announced that it is the first mobile operator in the world to exceed the 1 million 5G customer mark.
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CK Hutchison’s Austrian mobile operator Drei (Three) has launched 5G operations in the southern state of Carinthia.
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Swisscom’s Italian fibre company Fastweb is to become the fifth mobile operator in Italy, following government approval.
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There will be 1.1 billion 5G subscriptions in Asia and North America by 2023 – the fifth year of roll-out – compared with only 417 million 4G subscriptions in the current technology’s year five.
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Users of the first 5G services in Australia get slower connections than people on 4G – while Spanish 5G users get no measurable improvement.
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The industry has announced a record number of 5G devices in June alone, taking the total to 90 devices available for the new mobile technology.
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A meeting of EU permanent representatives has overwhelmingly thrown out a move to mandate Wifi for automated vehicles – leaving the way forward for 4G, 5G and other advanced technologies.
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Data roaming traffic across Asia is rising by 245% according to BICS. The data is sourced from BICS’s global network, which connects over 700 operators and 500 digital service providers.
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An organisation allegedly backed by an unnamed nation has been mounting global attacks against mobile phone operators and stealing customer data and call data records (CDRs).
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Mobile data traffic is growing fast in every region of the world, from 23% a year to 42% a year, according to the latest mobility report from Ericsson.
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Capacity speaks to Huawei's principal consultant Alan Garchitorena about CWR and how Huawei is leading the charge
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Japanese telco SoftBank has selected Nokia as a strategic partner to drive its commercial 5G offering with the Nokia AirScale solution.
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Huawei has stepped up its fight back against the embargo imposed by President Donald Trump by challenging the legal basis under the US constitution.