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Telekom Malaysia (TM) and ZTE (Malaysia) are to build a hybrid cloud 5G core network designed to support future technologies and applications.

ZTE Corporation has expanded its global frame agreement with Ooredoo Group for the network modernisation of Ooredoo Algeria.

Germany is set to ban the use of Huawei and ZTE equipment in the country’s mobile networks, according to reports last night.

Ericsson lied to US authorities when it tried to settle a corruption case in 2019 and has paid a further fine of more than US$206 million.

As 5G gains traction around the world, the industry is seeking ways to support the growing complexity of networks and services. Wang Qiang, vice president of big data and service products at ZTE, says that autonomous AI-backed services like uSmartNet 2.0 are the way to go.

5G has now passed 1 billion users worldwide, with its continued growth creating huge opportunities but also calling for multiple innovations to capture the technology’s full potential. Bai Gang, vice president of ZTE, explains how his company’s ‘3E’ strategy provides a multi-pronged pathway on the journey towards 5G-Advanced.

The digital transformation is having a profound impact, driving rapid change in a whole range of areas. ZTE outlines how it is using a philosophy of simplicity, agility and openness in its innovations to ride this wave of change.

ZTE Corporation in partnership with China Mobile and Qualcomm Technologies has completed 5G Sub-band Full-Duplex (SBFD) verification and compatibility test.

5G is being deployed and taken up in many parts of the world, but there is much room to maximise the user experience. Zhang Jiong, marketing director for radio-access-network products at ZTE, explains how its Radio Composer can optimise network resources to improve things for both operators and users.

Though 5G deployments are very much the flavour of today, some are already looking forward to the types of technology to deploy to support the next generations of mobile technology. Alex Wang, managing director for radio-access-network solutions at ZTE, explains how reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) technology provides one answer for 5G-Advanced and 6G.

ZTE Corporation together with the Zhejiang Branch of China Telecom, have jointly built a self-adaptive spatiotemporal cognitive network.

A follow-up from ZTE, aluminium under the sea and the British approach to telecoms innovation

Chinese vendor ZTE was hoping this morning that its legal nightmare was over after the US ended its five-year probation.

ZTE’s new management, put into place after the US discovered it was smuggling banned kit to Iran, means it is a different company now.

Life is about to heat up for Chinese equipment vendor ZTE, as the company stands accused by the US of conspiring to commit visa fraud.

Petabit cables, electronic warfare and inside scoops from Ashley Yablon

Ericsson broke rules in Iraq for an eight-year period in the last decade – just when the US was saying Huawei and ZTE was selling equipment to Iran, against US sanctions.

Jian Wen, vice director in ZTE’s corporate branding & communications department, about the equipment maker’s contribution toward a carbon neutral future

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will open a $1.9 billion programme to reimburse mostly rural telecoms carriers for removing network equipment from Chinese companies.

US chip company Qualcomm has revealed that it is working with Chinese vendor ZTE to achieve 5Gbps speeds on 5G services on millimetre-wave spectrum.

The US government has granted Huawei licences to buy microchips for car components, in the first sign of easing in the battle with the Chinese vendor.

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.

Any US operator with up to 10 million customers that bought Huawei or ZTE kit before the end of June 2020 is eligible for compensation to replace it.

Nokia got it wrong with its first attempt to develop 5G equipment, but now thinks it’s turned itself around, the company has admitted.

US President Joe Biden has toughened up his predecessor’s ban on Americans investing in Chinese technology companies.

Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung will be the only three vendors allowed to compete for 5G infrastructure contracts in India, says the country’s government.

The UK is too small to influence to market for telecoms infrastructure, says a new report to the country’s government. And there is no long-term solution to the problem of replacing Huawei kit in the four UK mobile networks.

Huawei has secured the business for the latest expansion of 4G services in Ethiopia’s monopoly operator, Ethio Telecom.

Bulgaria has concluded its 5G spectrum auction in a single day, raising US$8.1 million for the state.

The new US president is suspending actions started by the former Trump administration against Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat.

Gina Raimondo, nominated by President Joe Biden as Secretary of Commerce, appears likely to keep the Trump administration’s ban on Huawei, ZTE and other Chinese companies.

The UK mobile telecoms industry will continue to rely on the Ericsson-Nokia duopoly and the open-source equipment industry is still some years from maturity.

Sweden’s 5G auction is due to start tomorrow after Huawei lost an appeal over the ruling that its equipment should be excluded.

The GSMA, the mobile industry’s trade association, is fighting a battle to ensure its giant exhibition and conference takes place in Barcelona — but the industry is looking increasingly sceptical.

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

Vendors, operators and enterprises are becoming enthusiastic about private 5G networks, running IoT networks separate from what’s out there in the public world. Alan Burkitt-Gray looks at the market