At Ericsson’s pre-MWC get together I sat down with CTO Erik Ekudden and former Vonage head Rory Read, now Head of Business Area Global Communications Platform to find out if anyone is making money out of 5G.
Rolling power cuts caused by Russian attacks on the Ukrainian grid are making it harder for operators in the region to keep networks online.
It’s that time of year again when we ask some leading lights from the industry to gaze into their crystal balls and take a punt on what we’ll be talking about next year in the world of telecoms.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has blocked a network sharing deal between Telstra, Australia’s largest telecom operator, and TPG Telecom, the country’s second MNO.
Three of the big four vendors have signed up to a pilot scheme led by Freshwave, pitched as ‘the first small cell network in the UK capable of hosting all four mobile network operators from day one.’
Nokia and O2 Telefónica Germany say they have aggregated sub-6 GHz spectrum frequencies in an ‘industry first’ two-component carrier uplink Carrier Aggregation (CA) trial on 5G standalone.
Two of the three Australian mobile network operators have agreed to share network assets for the next decade.
Leading operator EE says it will expand 4G to an additional 1532 rural areas by 2024 as part of the Shared Rural Network programme.
Nokia will be the sole supplier of 5G radio equipment for the Danish network joint venture between Telia and Telenor, which recently picked up new spectrum to enable it to forge ahead with 5G rollout.
A year after it was announced, the Shared Rural Network programme took one step closer to actually happening with the publication of a transparency notice.
French MNOs Orange and Free Mobile have been chatting about forming a network sharing agreement, but it came to nothing.
The telecoms kit maker Nokia is chosen by Finnish Shared Networks to deploy 5G RAN in Northern and Eastern Finland, as well as replacing the existing 2G, 3G, and 4G networks deployed by Huawei five years ago.
Only a matter of days after Sky Italia expanded its offering, Iliad has inked a broadband wholesale agreement with Open Fiber to drive towards the convergence dream.
The UK’s Business Secretary Alok Sharma has confirmed a Government lifeline of $500 million for OneWeb, the ambitious satellite firm which recently filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.
Whether it’s important, depressing or just entertaining, the telecoms industry is always one which attracts attention.
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has launched a consultation to identify the pros and cons of a more collaborative approach in telecoms.
Phoenix Tower International has announced an agreement to purchase 650 wireless towers from Irish telco eir, expanding its infrastructure footprint to a new European nation.
Whether it’s important, depressing or just entertaining, the telecoms industry is always one which attracts attention.
Whether it’s important, depressing or just entertaining, the telecoms industry is always one which attracts attention.
Apparently seeking to demonstrate even greater patriotism than their larger contemporary, the other two Chinese MNOs went big on domestic vendors for their 5G rollout.
UK comms regulator @Ofcom has released an update to its Connected Nations report, which shows the country is nearin hhttps://t.co/D4fdJpWwuE
28 May 2023 @ 13:15:10 UTC
Facebook owner @Meta has been issued a 1.2 billion fine for ##GDPRviolations in relation to data on European citiz hthttps://t.co/xMcjvqVNUQ
28 May 2023 @ 11:10:10 UTC
President Biden has nominated telco lawyer Anna Gomez for Commissioner of the US Federal Communications Commission hhttps://t.co/So1MdLMx9J
28 May 2023 @ 09:20:11 UTC
