Reliance Jio launched AirFiber services, which is 5G FWA (fixed-wireless access), back in Sept 2023. Since then, the company has reached about 5352 cities/towns in India with the service. At a time when the IPL is just starting, this is a great development for anyone who can't get fiber services in their area. AirFiber doesn't require fiber to be deployed in an area but can offer speeds like a fiber... Read More
South African operator Comsol has launched a 5G FWA (Fixed Wireless Access) network to meet the need for business-class broadband for SMEs. The company claims the service as a cost-effective, reliable redundancy option for enterprises. Comsol's CEO said the new 5G FWA offering complements Comsol's existing FWA portfolio of broadband products. The company has spent the past five years refining a 5G offering that would both be commercially viable and... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in the country, has been trying to raise funds for quite some time. Much recently, the board approved yet another fundraising of Rs 45,000 crore. While the telco is hopeful that this time it will be able to raise funds, industry players are also hoping for the same to happen. This is because Vi's future will affect many companies, including Nokia, a major... Read More
Chilean Operator Entel announced this week that it has activated the first 5G connection in Antarctica, benefiting 191 residents of Villa Las Estrellas, as well as visitors who travel to the settlement. Villa Las Estrellas is one of the Chilean settlements located at the President Eduardo Frei Montalva base on King George Island. Also Read: Entel Partners With SpaceX for Sat-To-Mobile Services in Chile Benefits for Villa Las Estrellas Entel... Read More
American company EchoStar announced this week that the Department of Defense (DoD) Office has extended its contract for the continued deployment of standalone 5G networks at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) in Hawaii and at the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) in Washington State. The contract extension builds on the award for NASWI in 2021 and additional expansion in Hawaii in 2022, extending both through 2025 with additional 5G... Read More
It has been about 18 months since 5G was launched in India. Now, 5G users in the country consume 3.6 times more data than 4G consumers. It has also led to a growth in overall data consumption. Over the last five years, mobile data traffic in India grew at 26% CAGR, reaching 17.4 EB per month in 2023. One of the major contributors to the growth in data consumption is... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), India's third-largest telecom operator, has tested Vi AirFiber, a home broadband solution with multiple partners. Vi showcased the Vi AirFiber during the IMC (India Mobile Congress) 2023. The service hasn't commercially launched as the telco's 5G networks are still not available. Vi AirFiber is a 5G FWA (Fixed Wireless Access) service that will compete with the offerings of Airtel (Airtel Xstream AirFiber) and Jio (Jio AirFiber). For... Read More
Indonesian telco XL Axiata has completed a five-year project with Nokia to modernise its network across Central Java. XL Axiata said that around 4,400 of its existing sites in Central Java have been modernised by replacing the existing network and adding new sites. The telco used Nokia equipment to activate 5G in four cities in the Central Java Province: Semarang, Yogyakarta, Surakarta, and Pekalongan last year. XL Axiata said its... Read More
Maxis, Malaysia's integrated telecommunications provider, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024 to collaborate on a 5G-Advanced (5.5G) acceleration program. This includes various areas to drive commercialisation and adoption in Malaysia, including use cases, key technologies, technology evolution, and the ecosystem. Also Read: Maxis Malaysia Begins 6 GHz Spectrum Trial for Future Data Demands Maxis and Huawei Partnership Additionally,... Read More
Saudi Arabia's Stc Group announced that it has achieved what the company claims to be the highest data uplink speed globally, following a collaboration on a demo with Ericsson. According to a joint statement released on Thursday, both companies are now capable of delivering the highest quality 5G network to customers worldwide. Also Read: Stc Kuwait Launches 5G RedCap Fixed Wireless Access Efficient Integration The successful demo, conducted in a... Read More
Bharti Airtel, a leading Indian telecom operator, looks at 5G FWA (Fixed Wireless Access) or AirFiber as a use case of 5G that can definitely be monetised heavily in the future. The telco believes in the underlying potential and the problem that FWA or AirFiber solves for customers and the telcos. Randeep Sekhon, Bharti Airtel's CTO, at an industry event, said that 5G FWA is a use case that will... Read More
American company EchoStar has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, DISH Network (Dish), has achieved a significant milestone in its 5G network deployment efforts. The company said it filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certifying that its nationwide 5G network delivers download speeds of over 35 Mbps to more than 70 percent of the US population. This certification follows the successful completion of a nationwide drive test, fulfilling... Read More
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