China dominates 5G but spending tails off
China will hit 1 billion 5G users within a couple of years, new research shows, and operators may have already passed the peak of investment in the technology.
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The Telecoms.com Podcast: BT, Huawei and vRAN
Scott, Iain and Pierre get some rare quality time together on this week’s guest-free pod. Inevitably the preamble is somewhat protracted but they eventually get on to reviewing the latest news surrounding BT, including some recent media coverage that landed its CEO in hot water. They move on to discuss the implications of a ban in Chinese 5G kit in Germany before concluding with a look at the competitive implications of the vRAN movement.
China Unicom said to be introducing 6G applications by 2025
The boss of Chinese telco China Unicom told reporters he expects his company to start trialling 6G application scenarios in just two years’ time.
Meta hits back at telcos’ ‘fair contribution’ demands
Social media giant Meta has weighed in on the ‘fair contribution’ debate insisting the campaign to force Big Tech to pay for network infrastructure costs is ‘not the solution’.
5G FWA is emerging as a competitive alternative to fixed broadband
The bullish sentiment swirling around 5G fixed-wireless access (FWA) services continues to build.
Ofcom considering revoking unpaired 2100 MHz spectrum
UK regulator Ofcom says licenses for unused 2100 MHz (1900-1920 MHz) spectrum may be revoked the and the spectrum reallocated.
India reiterates 6G launch plan, but it’s still just a vision
India’s Narendra Modi is sticking by his aim of launching 6G services in the country by 2030, despite the fact that 5G is only six months old.
GSMA makes the case for more mobile spectrum
Telecoms industry body the GSMA has released a couple of reports waxing on future spectrum allocation and its economic implications.
Liberty Global bets $1 billion on Belgium
Liberty Global wants to take full control of its Belgian subsidiary Telenet and is willing to spend US$1 billion to do so.
5G mmWave – Solving the problem of high-density areas with fast 5G for myriad device types
Qualcomm’s Philippe Poggianti discusses with Scott Bicheno the speed and experience benefits mmWave can bring to a wide range of devices, especially in very crowded areas. Thanks to Telefonica, Ericsson and Qualcomm, visitors to Barcelona’s Fira for MWC 23 have been experiencing mmWave technology first-hand.
UK launches mobile phone emergency alert initiative
The UK government will soon conduct a nationwide test of a system that will allow it to push messages to nearly all mobile phones.
BT drafts in AWS for cloud edge computing trial
BT Wholesale is working with AWS to trial a mobile cloud edge computing service for businesses to facilitate mobile IoT applications over EE networks.
VMO2 plugs in 4G and 5G to bits of the London Underground
UK telco group VMO2 joins the party of operators piping in 4G and 5G connectivity to the London Underground Network.
Maybe it’s because you’re a Londoner that 5G’s not much faster
The increase in download speed on 5G compared to 4G is less pronounced in London than in any other part of the UK.
Three says ‘structural change’ is needed in UK telecoms sector
UK operator Three clocked a modest revenue bump of 3% in 2022, but it says the cost of building out network infrastructure in the current system is unsustainable, as merger talks with Vodafone roll on.
US begins search for 1,500 MHz more of ‘spectrum pipeline’
The US National Telecommunications and Information Administration is looking for bright ideas about where the next big chunk of radiofrequency spectrum will come from.
VMO2 drafts in Ericsson to upgrade its 4G and 5G networks
VMO2 will embark upon a campaign of ‘substantial network modernization’ covering hardware, software and service enhancements using Ericsson kit, with the aim of improving 4G and 5G across the UK.
ZTE and China Mobile claim wireless network digital twin first
Chinese kit vendor ZTE has developed a dedicated digital twin platform, which it claims has reached over 90% twinning precision in certain environments.
Private 5G network evangelists need to start selling use cases
What’s needed is starting the discussion with the enterprise by talking up use-cases and showcasing the business problems that private networks can solve, rather than using standard connectivity metrics.
Unlock the full value of 5G with VIAVI
Sameh Yamany, Chief Technology Officer at VIAVI Solutions, introduces the company’s Lab to Live test and optimization solutions across Fiber, 5G and Cloud at MWC Barcelona 2023.
Events
5G Core – Digital Symposium
- 20-20 April 2023
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OpenRAN World (co-located with the 6G Summit)
- 26-27 April 2023
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6G Summit (Co-located with OpenRAN World)
- 26-27 April 2023
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