China accuses US of ideological prejudice over Italy visit
Last week the US secretary of State visited Italy to lobby for cooperation over 5G security and China wasn’t happy about it.
Last week the US secretary of State visited Italy to lobby for cooperation over 5G security and China wasn’t happy about it.
Braving pre-lockdown London once more, Iain and Scott make it into the studio for the second week in a row. They start by reviewing all the geopolitical mucking about involving China and the US, as it affects the telecoms world. They move on to 5G, specifically the launch of Rakuten’s version and conclude with a look at the latest developments in the public cloud for telcos.
France’s auction of mid-band spectrum for 5G services ended almost before it had begun this week, with all four operators acquiring similar amounts of spectrum for broadly sensible prices.
Finnish kit vendor Nokia is on a solid run of winning 5G business, with 17 new deals in Q3 taking it to the 100 mark, just nine short of Ericsson’s total.
Research from analyst firm Omdia indicates the UK is one of the most advanced European countries when it comes to the 5G rollout.
Internet giant Google has launched the latest version of its own-brand smartphone, which will set you back a relatively modest 600 quid.
Italy and the US had a joint press conference in which the Italian Foreign Minister made it clear he’s willing to play ball on securing his country’s 5G networks.
Big telco vendors have another reason to sleep in fear, after Docomo, Fujitsu and NEC laid claim to the world’s first successful 5G carrier aggregation using a multi-vendor RAN.
A report in the German press claims that the government is going to impose new restrictions on Huawei’s involvement in the 5G network that amount to a ban in all but name.
Disruptive Japanese telco Rakuten Mobile has unveiled its 5G offering and, as expected, its significantly undercuts the competition.
Finnish kit vendor Nokia is jubilant after signing a 5G RAN deal to become BT’s largest infrastructure partner.
Telecoms cloud software vendor Mavenir has acquired ip.access for an undisclosed sum to add more strings to its OpenRAN bow.
The UK government has created a taskforce with the stated aim of attracting new vendors to UK telecoms, which has nothing to do with Huawei, the Chinese vendor says.
5G’s potential to enhance the consumer experience of video games through streaming could be truly revolutionary.
The German communications regulator has handed out over 70 licences to public and private sector applicants to build 5G campus networks. More applications are on the way.
Globe Telecom is looking at the possibility of using network equipment suppliers that do not hail from China amidst rising tensions between Huawei, the US and other Western markets.
Lord Livingston will serve as chairman of a new taskforce designed to broaden the UK telecoms industry’s supply chain, Digital Infrastructure Minister Matt Warman revealed on Wednesday.
The standards body at the forefront of advances in mobile technology is still reliant on face-to-face meetings in order to actually get stuff done.
Three UK has named two new executives who will play a crucial role in its ongoing network and IT systems transformation project.
Telcos all over the EU are celebrating after their overlords at the European Commission officially gave 5G and fibre the green light.
5G lessons from Asia https://t.co/O53P1VIVvW #5G #Altran
24 November 2020 @ 14:05:32 UTC
KPN's fibre-backed growth plan is very traditional telco https://t.co/qFmDdAkDdo #4GLTE #5G
24 November 2020 @ 13:45:03 UTC
Vodafone UK doubles down on IoT https://t.co/VT6zLyNtdB #IoT #IOT
24 November 2020 @ 13:45:02 UTC
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