Huawei has another intellectual property charm offensive
Chinese telecoms vendor Huawei has published the rates it charges as part of a drive to demonstrate how much effort it has put into R&D.
Chinese telecoms vendor Huawei has published the rates it charges as part of a drive to demonstrate how much effort it has put into R&D.
Dish Network is in double figures, in that it has just inked its tenth towers deal of the year so far, this time brokering a master lease agreement with American Tower.
Finnish kit vendor Nokia is still struggling for cash, so will cut up to 10,000 more jobs over the next couple of years to lower its costs.
FCC commissioner Brendan Carr has outlined a vision for the 5G industry in the US over the coming years that includes sizeable number of new spectrum auctions.
The Japanese digital heavyweight Rakuten has sold 13% share, worth $2.2 billion to new investors to bolster its balance sheet and to finance more aggressive mobile rollout.
Rogers Communications plans to buy rival Shaw for C$26 billion, a deal that both companies are pitching as a driver of 5G rollout in Canada.
Regardless of their RAN vendor, all of Orange’s global markets will be optimizing their networks with Nokia tech.
AT&T will not match rival Verizon’s monster spend on the rollout of 5G infrastructure using its recently-acquired C-band spectrum.
The telecoms industry has been instrumental in underpinning the fast growth and high penetration of mobile internet services and providing critical connectivity during the COVID-19 pandemic. New network technology advancements will expand the service monetisation opportunities for service providers beyond connectivity provision and will accelerate growth compared to the past.
There is further evidence that Biden is picking up where Trump left off regarding policy towards China as his government is reportedly adding restrictions to Huawei trading licenses.
The UK’s mobile network operators are poised to start bidding in the country’s second 5G auction, with the reserve prices for the available frequencies coming it at north of £1 billion.
The Indian government has published new procurement rules for the telecoms space, a move that looks a lot like step in the direction of blocking Chinese vendors from the market.
Verizon will spend $10 billion over the next three years rolling out 5G on its new C-band spectrum and is completely unphased about making a return on its massive investments.
Hot on the heels of the European Commission’s semiconductor pledge, Apple has announced it will make Munich its European silicon design hub.
German operator DT has managed its first call in a pure 5G environment, independent of any legacy 4G kit.
Korean tech giant Samsung claims to have wrestled back the 5G speed record but, as ever, that requires careful qualification.
With all the current 5G hype within the industry it’s easy to forget that not everyone is as excited about the new generation of mobile technology as those that are rolling it out.
As the network enables new behaviors, operators need to closely consider and react to cause and effect working in reverse: not how subscribers affect the network, but how the network affects subscribers.
Pausing only to fantasise about what they’ll get up to once the lockdown lifts, Scott and Iain quickly get out of their depth discussing the technical pros and cons of mid-band 5G spectrum. Continuing to throw caution to the wind they wade into the murky world of US politics before concluding with a look at whether it matters who holds the most patents.
US telco Verizon seems to have been accidentally honest in a tweet from its support team admitting that turning off 5G can help conserve battery life.
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