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VMO2 and Nokia help create UK’s ‘first 5G connected hospital’

Virgin Media O2 and the NHS have collaborated to build the UK’s ‘first 5G connected hospital’ which it claims will transform healthcare.

• 04 Jul 2022

5G and edge computing: the winning formula to deliver private networks

Telcos are now looking to private 5G deployments to accelerate their return on investment (ROI) in the network, bringing the technology closer to those that can consume it.

• 04 Jul 2022

TIM reportedly plans an even split between NetCo and ServCo

It looks like Italian operator group TIM expects its restructure to be close to a 50-50 split of staff and debt into the resulting new companies.

• 04 Jul 2022

KDDI advises customers to use landlines amid massive mobile network outage

Japanese MNO KDDI’s network went down at the weekend, reportedly leaving around 40 million people unable to connect.

• 04 Jul 2022

GSMA says industry needs another 7 GHz of 5G spectrum

It’s hard to put a number on the exact quantity of spectrum telcos need in order to fully deliver on the promises of 5G, but it seems the GSMA has done exactly that.

• 01 Jul 2022

BT workers vote to strike amid ‘culture of fear’

Members of the Communications Workers Union working for BT have voted to strike after an ongoing dispute over pay, BT calls the result ‘a disappointment’.

• 01 Jul 2022

BT wants extension to Huawei kit rip-out deadline

BT has confirmed it wouldn’t mind having a bit more time to rip out Huawei equipment from its network, the process having been impeded by the Covid-19 pandemic.

• 01 Jul 2022

Vodafone makes the economic case for disempowering landowners

Small towns and cities will miss out on £7 billion of economic output by 2030 unless mobile operators are allowed to plonk masts wherever they like.

• 30 Jun 2022

VMO2 has sprinkled 1,300 5G small cells across London

UK operator Virgin Media O2 has been busy setting up 5G small cells all around the capital, and it now claims to have more deployed than any other operator in the UK.

• 30 Jun 2022

Phase-array beamforming fundamental to innovations in 5G RAN

For 5G to achieve its true potential, operators need to assess how they maximize the efficiency of spectrum frequencies.

• 29 Jun 2022

The Telecoms.com Podcast: Core, public cloud and supply chain

Following a slight delay to accommodate their hectic social lives, the lads are delighted to once more welcome a special guest – Erlend Prestgard, CEO of Working Group 2. They start by learning all about his company, which seeks to disrupt the network core sector via the ‘as a service’ model. This inevitably leads the conversation towards the role of public cloud giants in the telecoms world, before they conclude with a quick look at some of the supply chain challenges faced by the industry.

• 29 Jun 2022

Voda gives Skoda its very own private 5G SA network

Car maker Skoda plans to automate more of its manufacturing processes through the use of a new private 5G standalone (SA) network.

• 29 Jun 2022

AT&T workers win 15% pay rise agreement

Following six months of negotiations between management and a union representing workers at US operator AT&T, a ‘tentative’ contract agreement that raises base wages and more has been reached.

• 29 Jun 2022

How many EU cross border 5G autonomous car projects do we need?

The other project designed to play around with 5G connected autonomous cars crossing European borders has reemerged, in this case championed by Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson.

• 28 Jun 2022

India’s private 5G rules make few people happy

The Indian government has issued rules for the allocation of spectrum for private 5G networks, but all parties – with a few notable exceptions – have something to complain about.

• 28 Jun 2022

MWC will stay in Barcelona until at least 2030

The world’s leading international trade show for the telecoms industry will stay put in its Barcelona home for at least another 7 years.

• 27 Jun 2022

Chunghwa goes even greener with Ericsson 5G mid-band kit

Taiwanese telco Chunghwa Telecom has made its network more eco-friendly with the installation of Ericsson equipment for mid-band 5G that brings with it a pretty hefty energy saving.

• 27 Jun 2022

Telia moves to majority renewable energy in Denmark and Estonia

Swedish operator group Telia has entered into a couple of ‘Power Purchase Agreements’, which constitutes increasing the amount of wind and solar energy that powers its Nordic and Baltic footprint.

• 27 Jun 2022

China’s fourth mobile operator goes live

China’s fourth mobile operator has launched services, breaking into a market that has long been the domain of the big three.

• 27 Jun 2022

Ericsson and UScellular make tentative progress with 5G drone test

Chicago-based UScellular has successfully tested 5G connectivity between its live network and a drone.

• 24 Jun 2022