Telstra and Telia join tower sale trend, brokering highly similar deals
It’s all go in the telecoms towers space, with two remarkably similar deals worth billions of dollars coming on both sides of the planet.
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Japan and Finland collaborate over 6G development
The collective 6G efforts of Finland and Japan have vowed to help each other out in a bid to move the nascent standard along.
Deutsche Messe turns to DT and Siemens for mega 5G campus
German operator Deutsche Telekom and industry juggernaut Siemens are going to build two separate private 5G networks on the ground of the Hanover trade fair.
Finland passes new 5G security law to ban risky equipment
The Finnish parliament approved a new law late on Monday to vet 5G equipment as a means to shore up the country’s defence against cyber-attacks and espionage attempts on its communications systems.
Nokia claims new 5G speed record for a commercial network
On its home turf of Finland, in partnership with Elisa and Qualcomm, Nokia says it hit 8 Gbps by combining two devices.
Nokia picked to swap out Huawei at Finland’s shared networks
The telecoms kit maker Nokia is chosen by Finnish Shared Networks to deploy 5G RAN in Northern and Eastern Finland, as well as replacing the existing 2G, 3G, and 4G networks deployed by Huawei five years ago.
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.
Finnish telcos start playing around with mmWave spectrum
Finland has finished its latest 5G spectrum auction in what would appear to be record time and without a single bidding war.
Nokia signals its technology virtue
Finnish kit vendor Nokia has been getting involved with liquid cooling 5G base stations and dynamically refarming loads of spectrum.
Finland joins the quest for quantum computing strengths
The Technical Research Centre of Finland is going to build the country’s first quantum computer, joining a growing European contingent to compete at the front of next generation computing technology.
Telia Finland is doing its bit to help combat coronavirus
The Finnish branch of Telia is supporting government policy making with real-time, but anonymised, user movement data and helping SMEs with ad minutes giveaways.
Consensus on 6G is gradually forming
Participants at the virtual 6G Wireless Summit shared their thinking on what 6G can do and what research is needed to get the underlying technologies in place.
Nokia axes 180 jobs in Finland to keep up with Ericsson and Huawei in 5G
The Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia has announced that up to 180 jobs will be reduced in Finland, as part of its on-going cost-saving programme.
Happy New Year, Europe! And let’s learn AI
Finland is offering free AI course to all EU countries, aiming to provide basic AI literacy to 1% of the Union’s total population by 2021.
China joins the race to 6G
Days after 5G was switched on by the three telecom operators in China, the Chinese government officially launched a 6G R&D programme.
Xiaomi goes Suomi for camera research
The Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has set up in Finland its largest R&D centre outside of China for imaging technologies.
Nokia gets some Telia love with 5G mall win
Swedish operator group Telia showed it’s not entirely monogamous with Ericsson by picking Nokia to run its new 5G network in the new Mall of Tripla in Helsinki.
Nokia taps Telia for new head of strategy
Finnish network vendor Nokia has decided its strategy should be directed by Gabriela Styf Sjöman, formerly of Swedish operator group Telia.
Telia toys with facial recognition for ice cream payments
In the ever-lasting search for 5G usecases, Telia has teamed-up with Finnish bank OP to trial facial recognition payment solutions.
Swisscom, SK Telecom, Elisa and BICS claim world’s first 5G roaming services
The very small number of people who are capable and inclined can now roam between the 5G networks of Swisscom and either SK Telecom or Elisa.
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