Ericsson and DT collaborate over ‘sustainable’ 5G radio
German telco group Deutsche Telekom and Swedish kit vendor Ericsson have built a solar and wind energy powered 5G site, which they say can be self sufficient given the right conditions.
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Huawei still leads the telecoms kit market despite US sanctions
Despite being impacted by the US sanctions, Chinese vendor Huawei remains the market leader for telecoms equipment globally according to market analysis from Dell’Oro Group.
Nokia is going big on software at MWC 2022
Finnish kit vendor Nokia is drip-feeding product announcements in the week leading up to Mobile World Congress and, so far, they’re focused on the software side of things.
Nokia lands all of Elisa Estonia’s 5G RAN work in vendor swap
Finnish kit vendor Nokia has continued its 5G redemption by landing the whole gig at the Estonian subsidiary of Finnish operator Elisa, replacing the incumbent vendor in the process.
Intel and Juniper make beautiful music with Rakuten
Two relative RAN outsiders will develop next-gen DU for Rakuten Mobile’s ‘end-to-end’ virtualized mobile proposition abroad.
Virgin Media O2 flirts with Samsung as a RAN vendor
Newly-merged UK operator group VMO2 is going to conduct trials with Samsung to test the compatibility of its 4G and 5G kit with legacy networks.
KDDI and SoftBank add Nokia to shared 5G RAN ticket
Nokia has secured itself a piece of the action in the shared 5G radio network being rolled out by Japan’s KDDI and SoftBank.
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.
Bharti does 5G OpenRAN deal with Intel
Bharti Airtel has inked a mobile networks deal with Intel that will see it tap into the flexibility of OpenRAN technology as it rolls out 5G.
KDDI and Softbank cosy up with shared 5G RAN
KDDI and Softbank are using shared RAN equipment to help them reduce the cost and increase the speed of their 5G network deployment.
Ericsson needs Intel inside to support mid-band 5G in its Cloud RAN
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has continued its shuffle towards a commoditized, open Radio Access Network by using Intel chips to do its mid-band 5G computing.
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.
Ericsson tiptoes towards OpenRAN with new Open Lab
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has unveiled an Open Lab, which is designed as a hub for collaboration on virtualized 5G RAN technologies.
Samsung and Marvell partner over chip that somehow makes 5G better
Electronics giant Samsung has teamed up with embedded chip specialist to make a new system-on-chip for 5G radios.
NTT Docomo turns to Samsung for help with OpenRAN
Japanese operator NTT Docomo is determined not to let rival Rakuten get too much of a head start with OpenRAN, so has drafted in Samsung to help.
Nokia gets AT&T’s C-Band deployment work
The news that US telecoms giant AT&T will use Nokia for a major part of its 5G rollout comes as the Finnish vendor tries to give investors hope.
Nokia signs global SON deal with Orange group
Regardless of their RAN vendor, all of Orange’s global markets will be optimizing their networks with Nokia tech.
Nokia launches an OpenRAN platform
Finnish kit vendor Nokia has unveiled a new service enablement platform that’s designed to enable innovation across the OpenRAN ecosystem.
Ericsson makes its mid-band 5G move
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has expanded its massive MIMO offering with new products designed to make better use of mid-band spectrum.
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