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.
There are signs that Amazon could be in line for another 5G standalone (SA) networking deal.
Orange has named the companies that will provide the kit for its standalone 5G networks in Europe and it is going with the big traditional telco vendors.
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson’s relationship with O2 UK has been maintained after the latter’s merger with Virgin Media.
South Korean operator KT has become one of the world’s first operators to move its commercial 5G network to standalone mode.
The Spanish bit of Vodafone has joined its British and German stablemates in picking Ericsson for its standalone 5G core work.
A stretch of the UK’s famous Jurassic Coast has become one of the first locations in the world to receive standalone 5G coverage at 700 MHz.
Australian mobile operator TPG Telecom wants to offer reliable indoor 5G coverage and boost the overall range of its network.
A year after it claimed a UK first with a 5G standalone network trial, Vodafone has announced that it is running a commercial pilot of the technology in three major cities.
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.
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.
Deutsche Telekom is trumpeting a new 5G Voice over New Radio (VoNR) milestone, but while voice remains important, its impact on the data experience is what really matters.
Chinese smartphone vendor Oppo has launched a new phone that contains the first eSIM compatible with standalone 5G.
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.
Telefónica’s German operation has taken its first steps in carrier aggregation for 5G and expects hat to lead to the launch of standalone 5G this summer.
German operator DT has managed its first call in a pure 5G environment, independent of any legacy 4G kit.
As Deutsche Telekom’s reliance on Huawei kit increasingly looks like a precarious position, it has taken to playing the field.
Being first doesn’t necessarily give too much away about the winner, but it is an indicator of progress.
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.
Ethical kit vendor Nokia has launched new technology that allows network slicing on 4G and non-standalone 5G networks.
Kit vendor Ericsson has released some new software designed to help operators with their move so standalone 5G NR when they eventually get around to it.