DT brings in Mavenir to replace Huawei in its 5G SA core
US software firm Mavenir is now a preferred Converged Packet Core vendor for Deutsche Telekom Group.
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BT shares its 5G network vision
UK telecoms group BT has offered an update on how things are progressing with its 5G network and where it’s headed.
Spark calls upon AWS and Mavenir for 5G SA trial
There are signs that Amazon could be in line for another 5G standalone (SA) networking deal.
Rogers begs for forgiveness after in the aftermath of massive outage
Canadian telco Rogers suffered a major outage earlier this month and is under pressure to ensure such a thing never happens again.
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.
Bouygues taps Ericsson for 5G SA core
France’s Bouygues Telecom aims to unlock a whole host of advanced 5G use cases with the deployment of an Ericsson 5G standalone (SA) core network.
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.
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.
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.
Ericsson gets Virgin Media O2 5G SA core gig
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson’s relationship with O2 UK has been maintained after the latter’s merger with Virgin Media.
Vodafone Spain picks Ericsson for 5G SA core
The Spanish bit of Vodafone has joined its British and German stablemates in picking Ericsson for its standalone 5G core work.
AT&T sells its cloud soul to Microsoft
US communications group AT&T has thrown in the towel, selling its Network Cloud technology to Microsoft and moving its 5G stuff onto Azure.
Nokia confirmed to provide Dish/AWS 5G standalone core
It turns out there are some telecoms things even the mighty AWS can’t do, so Nokia has been drafted in to deploy Dish’s 5G SA core.
Nokia bags 5G RAN deal in Denmark
Nokia will be the sole supplier of 5G radio equipment for the Danish network joint venture between Telia and Telenor, which recently picked up new spectrum to enable it to forge ahead with 5G rollout.
AWS takes Vodafone to the edge
The trend of operators outsourcing as much of their infrastructure as possible to public cloud giants continued with the launch of Vodafone’s first European multi-access Edge computing services.
Telenor signs up Enea for its multi-vendor SA 5G project
Norwegian operator group Telenor is striving to create the world’s most diverse standalone 5G core and software vendor Enea is the latest addition to the project.
Ericsson launches network slicing optimisation tool
5G Core Policy Studio is a bit of software designed to help CSPs make the most of the capabilities offered by network slicing.
Nokia scores 5G deal in Austria
Nokia has inked a 5G core and access deal with A1 in Austria, which is obviously good news, but not necessarily a major step forward the Finnish vendor.
Nokia wins SoftBank 5G core work
Japanese operator group Softbank has picked Nokia to provide the core software for its standalone 5G services.
Swedish operator Telia surprises nobody by using Ericsson and Nokia for 5G
With Sweden having recently banned Chinese kit vendors, the only surprise in Telia’s announcement was Nokia getting all is 5G standalone core work.
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