As part of a drive to upgrade 3G base transceiver stations (BTS), North Korea has begun importing second-hand equipment from China’s Huawei.
Mobile and broadband subscriptions in Vietnam are predicted to see steady growth from 2023 to 2030 delivering revenue increases for operators, on the back of wider economic growth in the country.
Liberty Networks says it successfully deployed free space optics technology from Taara to connect the Caribbean islands of St. Martin and Anguilla during a cable outage.
Chapel Hill Denham’s Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund has agreed to provide long-term financing to West African solar-based internet service provider Tizeti. The senior debt facility will be used to finance the rollout of Tizeti’s state-of-the art broadband network across 15 states in Nigeria.
India’s Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) says state-owned telco BSNL will deploy its home-grown standalone 5G equipment in its network by the middle of next year.
Gambia’s state-backed operator Gamtel has is set to upgrade and expand its core network with Chinese vendor Huawei.
Uzbekistani CDMA provider Rubicon Wireless Communications, which operates as Perfectum, has announced plans to deploy a 5G network in partnership with Nokia.
Huawei, a global leader in technology and telecommunications, is propelling the industry into a new era with the announcement of the world's first comprehensive suite of solutions for 5.5G technology.
In a world defined by rapid technological advancements, the convergence of 5G, cloud infrastructure and artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way we live and work.
The All Bands to 5G Summit held during the Global Mobile Broadband Forum (MBBF) 2023 in Dubai this month resounded with a clear message: 5G has the power to shape the future of connectivity and revolutionise societies. Industry experts and leaders from diverse stakeholders came together, sharing their profound insights.
Canadian RAN provider NuRAN Wireless secured an operating licence in Cameroon as part of wider ambitions to deploy 10,000 sites across the African continent.
Bharti Airtel and Ericsson say that they have successfully tested RedCap software on Airtel’s 5G network, which Airtel hopes will open up new IoT use cases for 5G in India.
Jamaica’s Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) has selected Nokia to deploy the first private wireless network at its container terminal. The network was installed and will be deployed by Nokia Channel Partner EGC International.
As Malaysia continues to position itself as a major hotbed of 5G activity and innovation, the country’s operators are dominating the latest global 5G report from Opensignal, particularly in terms of download speeds and gaming experience.
The Malaysian government aims to extend 5G coverage to at least 85% of the country’s rural population by the end of 2024, with the remaining areas served by broadband satellites.
In yet another reminder of the opportunities for private 5G in multiple industries, John Deere, a global leader in the delivery of agricultural, construction, and forestry equipment, has outlined plans to launch its first private 5G network in a new factory in Brazil later this year.
Vodafone and Orange say they have completed the first 4G calls over a shared Open RAN network in rural areas of Romania.
Jacto, a Brazilian multinational corporation in the machinery sector, has selected technology giant Nokia to deploy what is described as the first industrial-grade private wireless 4.9G/LTE and 5G network for the agricultural machinery industry in Latin America.
SoftBank Corp, the telecommunications subsidiary of the investment holding company SoftBank Group Corp, has announced that from October 2023 it will launch a full-fledged expansion of its global IoT business in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.
The Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur (IIT-K) and InterDigital, a mobile and video technology research and development company, have announced a bilateral research partnership to develop enabling technologies that impact future wireless standards.
Orange Guinea and Huawei have deployed FDD Massive MIMO across the operator’s entire network.
The Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company (GUPCO), which carries out oil and gas exploration, development and production operations in Egypt, has deployed a fixed wireless broadband network from networking solutions provider Cambium Networks’ to connect onshore and offshore operations and thus improve efficiency and safety.
ZTE has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China Mobile Research Institute and Guangzhou MINO Equipment to cooperate on 5G-A Industrial Field Network Technology.
The Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS), an advanced communications standard meant to replace the currently used GSM-R system, may soon be on its way to Poland.
Leading Indian operator Reliance Jio has now launched its long-promised 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) service. It’s called JioAirFiber and is coming to eight cities – Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune.
