Orange Spain and Masmovil in talks to create €20bn JV
After feeding off scraps of speculation about M&A in Spain for more than a year, Orange and Masmovil on Tuesday finally served up something substantial.
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English mobile masts are putting on weight
Mobile operators in England will soon be able to increase the height and girth of many of their mobile masts without having to apply for planning permission.
UK and Japan promise more telecoms collaboration
The UK and Japan have announced their intention to work together more closely on solving telecoms supply chain issues and developing new technologies such as 6G and OpenRAN.
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.
Telefónica Germany rolls out OpenRAN small cells
OpenRAN small cells are rolling out in Munich courtesy of Telefónica Germany, marking another milestone for the budding technology.
The telecoms industry has an innovation problem – Rakuten
A ‘legacy way of thinking’ is stifling innovation in the telcoms industry, and operators will need to adopt new business models in order to not be relegated to utility providers, claims Rakuten.
Mavenir slams Nokia and Ericsson for confusing the OpenRAN story
We caught up with Mavenir at Mobile World Conference to discuss the current state of OpenRAN, and it had some choice words to say about the approaches of kit vendors Nokia and Ericsson.
Dish aims for ‘app store for the RAN’ with VMware RIC trial
Dish Wireless is furthering its relationship with VMware, announcing plans to trial the virtualisation specialist’s RIC for its RAN applications.
Rakuten Symphony makes itself heard with Robin.io acquisition
Rakuten’s OpenRAN-focused venture Symphony rose above the cacophony of announcements at MWC with a flurry of partnerships and a bit of M&A for good measure.
Mavenir partners with Qualcomm to bolster OpenRAN offering
A new deal will see US network software provider Mavenir and mobile chip giant Qualcomm collaborate on new OpenRAN solutions.
Can Open RAN be the silver bullet for rural connectivity?
Certainly the improved network economy of Open RAN suits the more distributed topography of a rural network.
MWC 2022 is set to be the most diverse yet
Ahead of the return of the telecoms industry’s biggest trade show, analyst firm Omdia has given some collective thought to what we might end up chatting about there.
The Telecoms.com Podcast: MWC 2022 preview
After being blown off course by hurricane Dave last week, the lads return for a special episode devoted to anticipating the major themes of Mobile World Congress next week. Inevitably 5G will dominate, with the pandemic-induced three-year gap between shows offering the opportunity to reflect on progress made over that time. Not many people were talking about OpenRAN and public cloud at MWC 19, but those technologies will be prominent this year, so they anticipate those chats too.
Deutsche Telekom and GenCell complete ‘zero emission’ mobile site fuel cell tests
German MNO Deutsche Telekom and green power manufacturer GenCell have completed joint lab tests of a hydrogen-based backup power system for mobile sites called GenCell Box.
Qualcomm and HPE collaborate over OpenRAN kit
US tech players Qualcomm and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are teaming up to make OpenRAN-optimised 5G virtualized distributed units.
Ericsson wants to put less energy into 5G from now on
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson got its main MWC announcement out of the way early with a refresh of its 5G RAN portfolio that focuses on energy efficiency.
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.
AMD completes purchase of Xilinx
US chip vendor AMD has acquired fellow semiconductor player Xilinx for around $50 billion, in what it describes as the largest ever merger in the sector.
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.
Telefónica Tech and Oracle strike global cloud deal
The stars of telecoms and public cloud continue to align, as Spanish telecoms group Telefónica took its partnership with Oracle to the next level.
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