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EchoStar continues to shed subscribers

EchoStar continued to lose customers across its mobile, broadband and pay-TV customer bases as a combined company following the acquisition of Dish Network—but its losses overall were less than at the same time a year ago. Compared to the...

What we learned from 78 seconds of Tesla talking about private 5G

US car maker Tesla has just released a 78 second video about a private 5G network at its Berlin autoplant, and the whole of social media has exploded; or at least, the tech commentariat on certain channels has shared...

New Zealand clears One NZ acquisition of Dense Air’s local business

In November 2023, One New Zealand said it had reached an agreement to acquire Dense Air’s business with the aim of expanding its 5G footprint New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has granted clearance for local carrier One New Zealand Group to...

SK Telecom’s 5G subscriber base grows 12.6% y-o-y in Q1

During the first quarter of 2023, SK Telecom added nearly 530,000 5G subscribers SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest telecom operator, ended the first quarter of the year with a total of 15.93 million subscribers in the 5G segment, up 12.6%...

O2 launches 5G Standalone in Spain

O2 said that its 5G SA service is now available in the cities of Avila, Barcelona, Castellon, Ferrol, Gran Canaria, Madrid, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Segovia, Seville and Vigo Spanish company O2, which is a brand of local telecom operator...

O2 Telefonica and Nokia deploy 5G SA on AWS cloud

Nokia, which supplies the 5G core for the O2 Telefonica 5G SA network, claimed that this development is a first of its kind Amazon Web Services (AWS) will host O2 Telefónica’s Standalone (SA) 5G core network software on its public cloud...

How to simplify Open RAN MIMO testing—from lab to live

LitePoint focused on testing Open RAN MIMO radio units as a whole rather than antenna-by-antenna As operators look to maximize spectrum utilization and deliver strong quality of experience to users, multi-antenna MIMO radio units have become mainstays in global radio...

Three over-the-air (OTA) testing challenges

When it comes to over-the-air (OTA) testing, more test points equals more test time, says NI Chief Systems R&D Engineer When it comes to over-the-air (OTA) testing, more test points equals more test time, and this has never been more...

Fujitsu and ServiceNow to open Industry 4.0 lab, bust data silos, optimise genAI

Japanese IT consultancy Fujitsu and US business software provider ServiceNow are to combine on digital-change sales to enterprises. The duo have signed a deal to open a joint innovation centre (‘Innovation Center’) to showcase new edge/cloud analytics solutions to...

Siemens intros edge IT control system to replace myriad OT hardware; Ford to deploy

Siemens has introduced a new on-prem software-based Industry 4.0 ‘workstation’ to replace all the traditional hardware paraphernalia that has built up in factories to control and automate machines and processes, including physical programmable logic controllers (PLCs), conventional human-machine interfaces...

Empowering the connected future: 5 key technology inventions in 5G Advanced Release 18

Qualcomm is leading the innovation pipeline for 5G Advanced and beyond For decades, Qualcomm has been at the forefront of spearheading pivotal wireless innovations. With 5G, we pioneered key inventions that were adopted into the first three standard releases (i.e., Release...

How to identify and troubleshoot PIM

EXFO and Verizon on how to effectively resolve PIM issues that impact network performance and drive up opex Passive intermodulation (PIM) is a huge headache for mobile network operators. PIM can materially impact network performance while also costing operators time...

CTIA 5G Summit: Competitiveness, auction authority and closing the digital divide

'We are in the midst of a global battle over the future of wireless networks,' said Commerce Assistant Secretary Alan Davidson WASHINGTON, DC—U.S. global competitiveness, the ongoing lack of spectrum auction authority for the Federal Communications Commission and how telecom...

US government announces $285 million for digital twins funding

The funding is part of the $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act, which was passed in 2022 The U.S. Biden-Harris administration is seeking proposals from eligible applicants for the development, validation and use of digital twins for semiconductor manufacturing, advanced packaging,...

Vodafone Idea in talks with Nordic vendors for 4G upgrade: Report

Vodafone Idea recently secure funds via a $2.16 billion follow-on public offer (FPO) Indian carrier Vodafone Idea has reportedly accelerated negotiations with Nordic vendors Ericsson and Nokia with the main aim of upgrading its 4G network, local newspaper The Economic...

Three network trends impacting service assurance

Spirent is already taking steps to automate service assurance in carrier networks At the recent Test & Measurement Forum, Spirent Communications Senior Director of Assurance Strategy Ross Cassan laid out key networking trends that are impacting service assurance and how...

German carriers deploy 4G/LTE network for Berlin subway

O2 Telefonica, Vodafone Germany and Deutsche Telekom took part in this 4G connectivity project German telco O2 Telefonica and Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), the German public transport company which manages Berlin’s subway system, announced the launch of a new 4G/LTE mobile...

What’s next for test and measurement?—NTN, 5G-Advanced, 6G

With the continued evolution of 5G, close-in priorities for operators are understanding the why and how of 5G-Advanced, working with satellite providers on Non-terrestrial networks (NTN), and setting the stage for the commercialization of 6G in the 2030 timeframe....

Three Indian telcos submit bids to participate in 5G auction

Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio Infocomm and Vodafone Idea submitted bids to participate in the upcoming 5G spectrum auction Indian telecom operators Reliance Jio Infocomm, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea will compete to secure additional spectrum for 5G services in an...

Transatel adds satellite NB-IoT via deal with LEO operator OQ Technology

Cellular MVNO Transatel has struck a deal with satellite IoT operator OQ Technology to be able to offer a converged terrestrial/non-terrestrial cellular NB-IoT network service. OQ Technology has deployed NB-IoT on a constellation of low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites. It...

Eight ways LTE Cat 1bis has usurped NB-IoT/LTE-M as the king tech in cellular IoT

Qualcomm has a white paper, actually from last year, about the benefits of LTE Cat 1bis, which makes it hard to see much of a future in NB-IoT and LTE-M for low-powered IoT applications. Indeed, the comparison exercise suggests...

FCC requests more rip-and-replace funding

The FCC now estimates that $4.98 billion is needed to fund rip-and-replace efforts The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last week asked for more funding to support communications providers' "rip-and-replace" projects for Huawei and ZTE equipment, which has been banned by...

Ericsson, DNB partner for 5G use cases in Malaysia

DNB said its 5G network currently reaches over 80% of the country's population Malaysian state-run 5G network Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) and Swedish vendor Ericsson announced the launch of a program to boost the digitalization of enterprises in Malaysia via...

UScellular sees 42% YoY growth in FWA customers

UScellular's Fixed Wireless Access business continues to gain momentum, with the company reporting that it added 124,000 FWA customers during the first quarter, up 42% from the same time last year. Comparatively, UScellular added 87,000 in the year-ago quarter,...

Telkom Indonesia inks cybersecurity deal with F5

F5 and Telkom agreed to work together to provide comprehensive cybersecurity services to organizations in Indonesia Telkom Indonesia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with cybersecurity firm F5 with the main goal of collaborating on cybersecurity services and strengthen...