Nokia wins SoftBank 5G core work
Japanese operator group Softbank has picked Nokia to provide the core software for its standalone 5G services.
Japanese operator group Softbank has picked Nokia to provide the core software for its standalone 5G services.
With Sweden having recently banned Chinese kit vendors, the only surprise in Telia’s announcement was Nokia getting all is 5G standalone core work.
Following its announcement last April, KPN has moved ahead with plans to remove Huawei equipment from its core network.
The two largest Belgian CSPs have announced a wholesale swap-out of Huawei gear in their RAN, in favour of Nokia.
Spanish operator group Telefónica has decided OpenRan is the way forward and that Rakuten Mobile is the trailblazer.
Green field US MNO Dish has been doshing out the work for building its 5G network recently and Nokia has managed to grab a piece of the core action.
Forty-one percent of those answering a Telecoms.com survey said the new technology has either met or exceeded their expectations.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has unveiled the HPE 5G Lab, which is designed to accelerate adoption of open, multivendor 5G solutions.
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has cemented its place as SoftBank’s best buddy by adding 5G core work to its recent 5G RAN deal win.
Italian operator TIM has invited nearly everyone except Huawei do bid for work on its 5G core networks according to a report.
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson is celebrating a deal win with UK telco BT, which will be deploying Ericsson’s dual-mode 5G Core on its Network Cloud.
Chinese kit vendor ZTE has won the bid for a bunch of work on the standalone 5G core of China Mobile.
Ethical kit vendor Nokia has launched new technology that allows network slicing on 4G and non-standalone 5G networks.
Within hours of each other Nordic kit vendors Nokia and Ericsson issued press releases announcing the completion of 5G core trials with Japanese operator KDDI.
South Korea’s third MNO will be leaning heavily on Swedish kit vendor for its nascent 5G network, having chosen it for both the RAN and the core.
The Dutch operator announced that it has signed an agreement with Huawei to build the 5G radio network but will only select a western vendor for 5G core.
UK telco BT is one of the first customers for Nokia’s catchily-named 7750 SR-14s IP routing platform, which features its special FP4 chip.
There aren’t many things that could rival Huawei’s headaches derived from government bans, but a snub from another one of the worlds’ largest telco groups might be up there.
In the spirit of making up niches within niches for new device form factors, Intel has unveiled plans for something dubbed the ‘Ultrabook’, which the company is banking on to make up ground lost to tablet devices such as the Apple iPad.
Chinese vendor ZTE has launched an end-to-end 100G carrier network solution, designed to help operators cater for HD video services and cloud computing services, which have led to a massive spike in network traffic. The ZXWM M920 and ZXONE 8000 offer 80-wave, 100G ultra-wide system capacity, enabling a smooth upgrade from 10G to 100G.
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