fixed wireless
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Global managed service provider SmartCIC has partnered with Telecom Management Resources (TMR) to deliver fixed wireless access (FWA) solutions for North American enterprises.
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UK investment vehicle Zegona has reached an agreement with Vodafone to purchase its Spanish business for 5 billion euros.
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Australia’s state-owned wholesale broadband network has turned to Ericsson to expand reach with fixed wireless access (FWA) technology.
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Nokia has been selected by nbn to supply 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) mmWave customer premises equipment (CPE) for nbn’s fixed wireless network upgrade.
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SmartCIC has expanded its fixed-line connectivity and field service solutions across 32 African countries.
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du says it has pushed the download speed of 5G to more than 4.5Gbps, in a project with Nokia and MediaTek.
Forthcoming events
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Broadband company Quickline Communications is to use 5G-based fixed wireless access (FWA) to expand its rural coverage.
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Telecom Italia is reportedly ready to part ways with its fixed network assets as it looks to cut its substantial debt.
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Telcos support Ukraine as Russian operators face blocks
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Sahel Telecom has started operations as a fixed-wireless broadband operator in Nouakchott, the capital city of Mauritania in west Africa.
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A Swiss private equity investor is to acquire a 75% stake in Eolo, the Italian fixed wireless company that last week agreed a wholesale deal with TIM.
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Italy’s TIM is to use a community-owned wholesale wireless provider, Eolo, to improve its rural broadband coverage.
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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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This week’s Metro Connect USA conference considered the impact of Covid-19 on the demands for fibre compare to fixed wireless access (FWA).
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The telecoms regulator of Senegal has told Expresso Senegal to upgrade its mobile network to 4G and to activate its fixed network.
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Rival equipment vendors Ericsson, Nokia and Huawei are working together with others in an alliance to promote the use of 4G and 5G as an alternative to fibre.
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Proximus and Citymesh signed an agreement allowing Citymesh to offer mobile and fixed telecom services to its customers using the Proximus network.
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Nearly 400 US operators are bidding for US$16 billion worth of licences to build rural networks to serve more than 10 million people.
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Orange and the Romanian Ministry of Transport and Communications have signed an agreement in principle to take over Telekom Romania’s fixed line operations.
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Nine months after Liberty Global ended discussions about selling its Swiss UPC cable unit to mobile operator Sunrise, Liberty itself has made an agreed bid for Sunrise.
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Wireless internet providers in the UK are giving strong hints that they are considering offering 10Gbps services using Facebook’s Terragraph technology.
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Since the New South Wales (NSW) government officially declared a state of emergency in December, Australia has been in the grips of one of the worse bushfires in recent memory.
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The company running a mobile network under the brand Vodafone Zambia has lost its licence to operate.
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South African data-only operator Rain has launched a 5G network offering unlimited high-speed data for 1,000 rand ($67) a month.
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Hammer Fiber Optics has today announced that it is nearing the completion of its Sierra Leone fixed wireless network and expansion of its global SMS messaging network.
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Ericsson has joined Nokia in building 5G-based home broadband services for Singtel’s Australian unit, Optus.
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Telenor Group is moving into the Finnish market after announcing today it will acquire a 54% majority stake in DNA in a deal worth around $1.7 billion.
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T-Mobile US is launching what it calls a “limited home internet pilot”, using its LTE network.