Reliance Jio, a leading telecom operator in India, has successfully tested 5G on the mmWave (millimetre wavelength) band. The test was carried out in the Gujarat Licensed Service Area (LSA). The development was posted by the DoT (Department of Telecommunications) wing of Gujarat. This test was done to carry out minimum rollout obligations. As per the minimum rollout obligations, telcos also need to deploy mmWave 5G before the end of... Read More
Chicago-based fourth-largest full-service US wireless carrier, UScellular, has announced surpassing the 100,000 Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) Home Internet customers milestone. The company attributes its success to the advancements in fixed wireless technology, which have enabled the provision of high-speed and reliable internet services to households across the nation. Also Read: UScellular Expands 5G Coverage to 1.4 Million More People Fixed Wireless Technology Drives Growth UScellular said, Unlike traditional wired connections... Read More
Japan's Rakuten Mobile and New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) have announced the completion of their Research and Development (R&D) project focused on deploying fully virtualized 5G Standalone (SA) mobile network radio access network equipment, utilizing general-purpose hardware and cloud technology, according to the official release. This R&D initiative, part of NEDO's "Research and Development Project of Enhanced Infrastructures for Post-5G Information and Communication Systems," has showcased promising... Read More
Orange Poland is ramping up its Mobile Network by deploying new base stations, modernizing existing infrastructure, and introducing new technologies to meet the needs of growing mobile traffic. According to a blog post by Orange Polska, the telco has activated more than 170 new base stations that can support both 5G and 4G LTE cellular technology since September of last year. Also Read: Orange Polska to Shut Down 3G Services... Read More
Finland's Elisa Oyj has deployed its first fully automated edge data center site, which is the second edge site to go into commercial production this year. According to the official release, this project combines Wind River Studio Cloud Platform as the production-grade distributed Kubernetes solution for managing cloud infrastructure, User Plane Function (UPF) application from Elisa's current 5G core vendor, and the capabilities of Wind River Studio Conductor, a platform... Read More
Airtel Uganda announced the activation of 5G services at Bulange, Mengo, on Sunday (July 30th, 2023). The company stated that Airtel and K2 customers would now be able to enjoy the limitless possibilities that 5G brings. Airtel Uganda also confirmed conducting tests on 11 4G sites in Kampala in February 2023. Subsequently, it applied for the required spectrum from the Uganda Communications Commission to deploy a nationwide 5G network. Also... Read More
India is witnessing the world's fastest 5G rollout. Ashwini Vaishnaw, union telecom minister, said that there are now 3,00,000 5G sites deployed in the country. Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio are the two telecom operators that are continuously rolling out 5G in the nation. Jio has so far reached 90% of census towns and cities with its 5G. On its website, Jio says that it has launched 5G in 6258... Read More
Georgian telecommunications company Cellfie Mobile (Cellfie) has joined forces with Nokia to modernize its country-wide 4G network and prepare the country for a 5G-Ready Network. With this modernization and upgradation, Cellfie Mobile intends to provide even more customers with high-speed broadband services with full coverage and capacity nationwide. Also Read: LMT Expands 5G Network, Covering 70 Percent of Latvia’s Population Upgrading LTE and Introducing 5G As part of the extensive... Read More
The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the premier Telecom R&D Centre of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), has forged a consortium agreement with leading industry partners to bolster India's telecom R&D capabilities. Also Read: DoT to Approach TRAI for Auctioning Spectrum This Week: Report Collaborative 5G RAN Development According to the official release, the collaboration includes Lekha Wireless Solutions Private Limited, Signaltron Systems Private Limited, Sooktha Consulting Private Limited,... Read More
Latvian Mobile Telecommunications (LMT) operator has announced that its 5G coverage is now available to almost 70 percent of Latvia's population, covering approximately 45 percent of the country's territory, according to the official release. LMT has also announced expanding its 5G network since the beginning of the year. Also Read: Tele2 Latvia Invests 100,000 Euros to Enhance Customer Service System 5G Data Consumption LMT reported that among the most active... Read More
The United Arab Emirates (U.A.E) became the fastest 5G market globally in Q2 2023, as per a recent report by Ookla. The median download speed for the UAE market, as per Ookla's Speedtest Intelligence data, was 557.63 Mbps. Etisalat by e& became the fastest 5G operator globally as it was able to deliver a median download speed of 680.73 Mbps. Faster 5G speeds also meant a better experience for the... Read More
Bouygues Telecom and SFR, two French telecommunications companies, can now include 5G to extend their existing network-sharing agreement as Arcep has authorised the amendment, according to the official release. Since 2014, the two companies have been jointly providing 2G, 3G, and 4G services in a large part of France through collaboration. On January 23rd 2023, the two telcos submitted three new contractual amendments to the French telecom regulatory authority, Arcep,... Read More
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