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Srikapardhi March 22nd, 2024 1:23 PM 0 COMMENTS

Comsol Rolls Out 5G Fixed Wireless Access Service for Businesses

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

Tanay Singh Thakur March 22nd, 2024 6:48 AM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Fundraising and Subsidising 5G Devices, What Nokia Says Should Happen

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

Srikapardhi March 21st, 2024 4:09 PM 0 COMMENTS

Entel Chile Brings 5G Connectivity to Antarctica

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

Srikapardhi March 20th, 2024 9:58 PM 0 COMMENTS

EchoStar Secures Contract Extension for 5G SA Deployments at US DoD Bases

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

Tanay Singh Thakur March 20th, 2024 1:24 PM 7 COMMENTS

5G Users Consuming 3.6 Times More Data than 4G Users in India: Nokia MBiT Report

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

Srikapardhi March 18th, 2024 11:15 AM 0 COMMENTS

XL Axiata Completes Network Upgrades, Activates 5G in Central Java, Indonesia

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

Srikapardhi March 16th, 2024 1:18 PM 0 COMMENTS

Maxis Signs Agreements for 5G-Advanced and GenAI Advancements in Malaysia

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

Srikapardhi March 15th, 2024 10:32 PM 0 COMMENTS

Stc Group Demos Highest 5G Data Uplink Speed

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

Tanuja K March 15th, 2024 12:21 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel Sees 5G FWA or AirFiber as a Solution for the Future: Report

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

Srikapardhi March 15th, 2024 10:49 AM 0 COMMENTS

EchoStar Completes Drive Test for Boost Wireless 5G Network

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

Srikapardhi March 14th, 2024 10:30 AM 0 COMMENTS

MTN and Omnispace Partner to Develop Satellite IoT, 5G NTN services

Washington DC-headquartered Omnispace announced this week a collaboration with MTN Group of Africa to explore the use of the S-band for satellite services, aiming to expand MTN's portfolio of wireless services in its markets. MTN provides voice, data, fintech, digital, enterprise, wholesale, and API services to over 290 million customers in 19 countries (markets). Also Read: MTN and NEC Deploy 400G Optical Transponder Solution in Africa Next-Generation Connectivity Under this... Read More

Srikapardhi March 13th, 2024 7:08 PM 0 COMMENTS

Digicel Samoa Granted Conditional Approval for 5G Launch

Digicel Samoa will soon launch 5G services in the Island country. The telco announced on Monday that it has been granted conditional approval from the Government of Samoa to launch 5G technology and is working with Nokia to upgrade cell tower sites. With these upgrades, the telco said it is ready to offer high-speed connectivity to its customers. Also Read: Digicel Fiji Officially Launches 5G Testing Upgrading Cell Tower Sites... Read More