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Indosat signs up Nokia for 4G and 5G expansion in Indonesia

Indonesian telco Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison has taken on kit Finnish vendor Nokia to expand its 4G and 5G coverage in a new three year deal.

• 04 Mar 2022

5G HAPS inches forward with Saudi trial

UK-based Stratospheric Platforms (SPL) has announced what it claims is the world’s first successful demonstration of a HAPS-based 5G base station. 

• 04 Mar 2022

Nextel’s back in the US and shooting for a $30bn valuation

The owner of the Nextel brand is heralding its re-entry into the US market and is looking for investors to help it along the way.

• 04 Mar 2022

Orange details 2G and 3G termination plans

Laurent Leboucher, SVP of Orange Innovation, spoke to Telecoms.com at MWC 2022 about the shut off its of legacy networks and the deal with Ericsson and Nokia to build out its 5G core.

• 28 Feb 2022

Bharti Airtel to purchase a 4.7% stake in Indus Towers

Indian MNO Bharti Airtel has said it will snap up a 4.7 percent stake in cell tower firm Indus Towers from Vodafone Idea.

• 25 Feb 2022

Juniper Networks, Vodafone and Parallel Wireless collaborate on OpenRAN RIC trial

Juniper Networks has launched a multivendor RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) trial for tenant-aware admission control use cases in Turkey, working with Vodafone and Parallel Wireless.

• 16 Feb 2022

Vodafone recruits Oracle cloud platform to bolster 5G core

UK operator Vodafone has signed to deal with enterprise tech giant Oracle to implement its cloud native network policy management platform into its 5G core.

• 14 Feb 2022

Rakuten Symphony wants to play to a larger audience in Europe

Japan-based Rakuten Symphony doesn’t want to play second fiddle in the European OpenRAN market.

• 14 Feb 2022

European telcos say big tech should help fund network infrastructure (again)

Telefonica, Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and Orange have reiterated claims that big tech should help fund network infrastructure development, which they are apparently struggling to get ROI on.

• 14 Feb 2022

UK government moves to improve telco access to street furniture

Things like streetlights are handy places to put mobile base stations but they can often be hard to access. The UK government is trying to change that.

• 09 Feb 2022

EE uncovers shocking UK mobile snacking habits

New research from UK operator EE has revealed some startling home truths about exactly what snacks the UK favours while watching things on the phone.

• 09 Feb 2022

Ofcom says broadband and mobile complaints are down across the board

UK comms regulator Ofcom has published its latest quarterly report on the number of complaints it receives related to landline, broadband, mobile and pay-TV services.

• 08 Feb 2022

Embracing government incentives: How can telcos innovate beyond the bare minimum?

Telcos are facing a do or die situation. They either modernise, or fail to keep pace with consumer demand and economic need.

• 07 Feb 2022

Bharti Airtel plots $16 billion subsidiary spending spree

India’s Bharti Airtel has divulged plans to spend more than a trillion rupees doing business with its group companies over the next five years.

• 07 Feb 2022

US telcos ask for $5.6 billion to replace Huawei, ZTE kit

Telecoms operators in the US have submitted applications for funding to replace network equipment from Chinese vendors to the tune of US$5.6 billion.

• 07 Feb 2022

ETNO says Europe’s telco investment climate needs ‘dramatic’ improvement

European telcos are spending heavily on fibre and 5G but the financial health of the sector is suffering.

• 02 Feb 2022

Google ploughs more money into India with $1 billion Bharti Airtel investment

US technology giant Google will invest up to $1 billion in Indian telecoms giant Airtel as part of its Google for India Digitization Fund.

• 28 Jan 2022

Crown Castle looks to a brighter future for small cells

Crown Castle has posted a strong set of financials for last year and is already upping its 2022 guidance. But the big news is around small cells; after years of hype, we are finally starting to see some traction.

• 28 Jan 2022

BT datacentres to power London Underground’s new mobile connectivity

Telecoms group BT has signed a multi-million pound contract to deliver data centre facilities to infrastructure firm BAI Communications, which is masterminding the plan to get 4G on the underground. 

• 27 Jan 2022

NTT hopes to succeed where Google Loon and Facebook Aquila failed

Offering connectivity from balloons and drones is proving a tough nut to crack, but NTT has lined up some partners that it hopes will deliver a breakthrough.

• 17 Jan 2022