5G has grown rapidly in India. However, lately, the speed at which the telcos were deploying 5G BTSes (base transceiver stations). In September 2024, India added 3385 5G BTS. The total site count went up from 4,53,794 to 4,57,179. Back in August, this number went up by around 1500 only. … Read More
MTN Congo announced that it has become the first operator in Central Africa to launch commercial 5G services, following a pilot phase that began in October 2022. The company said on its X account (formerly Twitter) that 5G will transform the daily lives of the Congolese people and represents an … Read More
It has been two years since 5G was first launched in India. The historic day of October 1, 2022, will always be remembered for the arrival of 5G in the country. So what has changed in these two years for India? Here, we won’t focus on how India has progressed … Read More
Korea Telecom (KT) and its satellite arm, KT SAT, have successfully linked terrestrial 5G networks with a satellite in geostationary orbit (GEO), which the companies claim is a world-first using 5G NTN (Non-Terrestrial Network) technology. KT announced on Monday that it has secured technology that works with KT SAT’s satellite … Read More
Vietnamese telecommunications company Viettel has awarded the majority share of its nationwide 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) deployment to its existing partner, Ericsson. Both partners have signed a related Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance 5G adoption and innovation in Vietnam. Starting immediately, Ericsson’s 5G products and services will be … Read More
Telefonica Germany (O2 Telefonica) announced that it has expanded 1,400 mobile network sites between July and September 2024 and has conducted improvement works at 4,800 sites to enhance 5G network coverage, increase data speeds, and improve network performance. Since the beginning of the year, O2 Telefonica has built 700 new … Read More
Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia recently inaugurated a new 5G Open RAN (O-RAN) testing lab at the C-DoT (Centre for Development of Telematics) facility in Bengaluru, Karnataka. After this, the minister inaugurated the “Tejas Centre of Excellence for Wireless Communications”. Tejas Networks launched a new indigenous 32T32R Massive MIMO radio capable … Read More
Norwegian mobile operator Ice has activated its 5G Standalone (SA) Network, which the operator calls “Pure 5G,” enabling it to offer advanced services on its mobile network. In a recent exercise, Ice conducted tests of the new technology for time-critical services, allowing the deployment of a private network slice for … Read More
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently visited the United States of America (USA). Addressing a forum in New York, PM Modi said that India’s 5G market has grown bigger than America’s 5G market. He stressed the fact that India managed to do this in just two years. To recall, 5G was … Read More
Singtel announced that it has commercially deployed Ericsson’s Automated Radio Resource Partitioning (ARRP) at the 2024 Singapore Grand Prix Formula 1 event, held over the weekend, as part of Singtel‘s 5G Express Pass offering to consumers. This advanced 5G technology allows for real-time, intelligent allocation of network resources, addressing the … Read More
Spark New Zealand (Spark) has named Nokia its preferred 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) partner, with the goal of streamlining operations and consolidating its network infrastructure. With this partnership, Spark will expand its existing 4G and 5G infrastructure in key cities across New Zealand, the company said in a joint … Read More
UAE’s du, part of The Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), announced that it has become the first operator in the Middle East to successfully deploy Huawei’s 5G LampSite X ‘Digital Indoor Solution’ using Three Carrier Aggregation (3CC) Technology. This deployment marks what the operator calls the commercial launch of the … Read More
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