Virgin Media O2 powers 5G emergency services drone
Virgin Media O2 is parading its latest 5G use case, a tethered drone designed to help the emergency services.
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US Cellular is rolling out 5G standalone but may struggle to stand alone
American MNO US Cellular will roll out 5G standalone technology over the coming year, having selected vendor partner Nokia to provide the equipment and related services.
UK government looks to digitise 5G cell site acquisition
Mobile operators need access to street furniture to roll out 5G networks and the UK government is parting with a small amount of cash to make life easier for them.
NEC and AWS expand partnership to drag 5G even further into the cloud
The two tech heavyweights are expanding their existing collaboration to deliver cloud native 5G, enhanced digital government solutions, as well as hybrid cloud.
Ericsson gets some free marketing from Vodafone
Vodafone UK reckons it can halve 5G energy consumption by using a new piece of Ericsson kit.
Deepening O-RAN Alliance crisis stokes fear of global technology split
Ericsson has joined its Nordic competitor to voice concern over the presence of American sanction targets in the OpenRAN industry group, casting further doubt over the future of the lauded technology.
Verizon launches private edge compute platform with Microsoft, as promised
Verizon is furthering its push into the private mobile networks space by making available a private mobile edge cloud computing solution to businesses.
Applications open for Australia’s sub-1 GHz 5G sale
Australia has formally opened its sub-1 GHz 5G spectrum auction process and interested parties have three weeks to submit their applications for a contest that will take place before the end of the year.
Global RAN spend accelerates but core spend slows – Dell’Oro
Telecoms analyst firm Dell’Oro has published fresh numbers that show global 5G SA investment is not keeping pace with the radio access network rollout.
5G smartphone share of global total set to double this year
New research from analyst firm Omdia reckons the 5G smartphone installed base will approach half of the total by the end of this year.
Qualcomm reportedly replaced Huawei in a recent China Mobile tender
Reports from Chinese media talk of US chip company Qualcomm winning a significant proportion of recent China Mobile 5G module business, but the details are sketchy.
Qualcomm launches a 5G drone platform
US mobile chip giant Qualcomm has made its bid to dominate drones as it already does smartphones with the launch of the Flight Platform.
The industry is largely happy with how 5G has come about
Eight out of ten telecoms professionals participating in a recent Telecoms.com survey said 5G has either met or exceeded their expectations.
Croatia reels in $56.2M from 5G-friendly spectrum
Hrvatski Telekom biggest spender ($20.4 million) in auction of 700MHz, 3.6GHz and 26GHz frequencies (and Croatia says hello to EOLO).
NTT unveils “global” private 5G network
Japanese telecoms group offers cross-border 5G network-as-a-service platform but keeps schtum on ecosystem partners.
The curious case of T-Mobile’s 3G shutdown date
UMTS network closure data was originally October 2021, then it was April 2022, and now it’s back to October.
Rakuten Mobile loss almost doubled in Q2
Operating loss incurred at Japan’s challenger operator increased by 85% in Q2 to reach $900 million, which the company attributed to aggressive investment in network rollout and rising roaming cost.
Eurobites: Netmore plans LoRaWAN IoT network in UK
Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: Nokia lands core gig at United Group; Arm sees sales soar; Community Fibre takes majority stake in Box Broadband.
Number of announced 5G devices tops 900 — report
The Global mobile Suppliers Association’s latest tracking shows 938 5G devices have been announced, including more than 600 commercially available. The majority are smartphones and CPEs.
Huawei revenues dip 29% in third straight quarter of decline
Huawei has had its biggest-ever dip in revenue, from two years into Washington’s sanctions which battered both its network infrastructure and smartphone sales and the company’s crucial access to semiconductors.
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