Japanese telco NTT DOCOMO today announced its participation in the ACCoRD (Acceleration of Compatibility and Commercialisation for Open RAN Deployments) project in the United States. This initiative, founded jointly with AT&T, Verizon Communications, and Reliance Jio Infocomm, has secured a grant of USD 42.3 million from the US Department of … Read More
Airtel Africa has announced the launch of Airtel Africa Telesonic Limited (Telesonic), a new fibre bandwidth service aimed at meeting the rising demand for wholesale data across Africa. Leveraging ground fibre assets and submarine cable systems, Telesonic offers comprehensive terrestrial fibre and submarine cable solutions, said Airtel Africa in a … Read More
A1 Austria (A1) today announced that it successfully completed the first 5G edge cloud network slicing trial with Nokia and Microsoft. The deployment, claimed by the technology partners to be the industry’s first, utilised Nokia’s 5G edge slicing solution integrated with Microsoft Azure managed edge compute on A1’s live commercial … Read More
Eutelsat OneWeb and Telstra have announced the launch of the largest rollout of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) backhaul in Australia. This deployment follows the agreement made by the two companies in June 2023, as reported by TelecomTalk. This multi-year agreement will enable LEO capacity to be delivered to Telstra’s most … Read More
Armenian operator Ucom has announced the initiation of a new phase of network modernisation for future transition to 5G, along with plans to expand and introduce an advanced TV platform. Ucom has signed agreements with Nokia for network upgradation and MediaKind for new television platform. Also Read: Ucom Starts Mobile … Read More
Movistar Colombia (Telefonica) has announced the deployment of a dedicated Category M1 (Cat M1) network through its Movistar Empresas unit. This network enables companies to connect their Internet of Things (IoT) devices with greater energy efficiency, operating at low power and long range. Also Read: Ooredoo Oman Prepares for 3G … Read More
DE-CIX Internet Exchanges reported an exceptional surge in data traffic, reaching 59 exabytes in 2023, a remarkable 23 percent increase from the 48 exabytes recorded in 2022. To put this into perspective, 59 exabytes represent the storage capacity of a staggering 460,625,000 smartphones, each equipped with 128 gigabytes of storage … Read More
Hong Kong operator SmarTone has deployed Infovista’s automated assurance solution, Ativa, across its 3G, 4G, 5G, and IMS networks, reportedly transforming customer experience and network performance. SmarTone selected Infovista’s passive probing solution, Ativa, to optimise service and customer monitoring, enhance troubleshooting capabilities, and elevate overall customer satisfaction. Also Read: Cablenet … Read More
Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has announced the launch of a residential 2 Gbps broadband service and introduced symmetrical download and upload speeds across all speed tiers as an optional add-on for customers in the UK. VMO2 claims to have become the first major provider in the UK to offer such … Read More
Airtel Nigeria, a subsidiary of Airtel Africa, and IHS Nigeria and related entities, which are subsidiaries of IHS Towers, announced on Wednesday a commitment for Airtel Nigeria to take 3,950 tenancies over the next five years, with the majority expected in 2024/2025, and extended the term of its existing tenancies … Read More
Telenor has installed a base station in Antarctica at the Norwegian Polar Institute’s research station in Troll. The base station, which Telenor claims to be the world’s southernmost, is operated from the world’s northernmost location in Svalbard. The Norwegian research station, Troll, in Antarctica, has now gained extensive coverage in … Read More
Du, an operating brand under Emirates Integrated Telecommunication Company (EITC), has announced the deployment of a large-scale Three Carrier Aggregation (CA) in TDD Massive MIMO base station, delivering a peak data rate of over 5 Gbps as part of its move towards 5G-Advanced Technology in the UAE. According to Du, … Read More
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