Saudi Arabia-based telecom stc partnered on Tuesday with Swedish giant Ericsson to deploy 5G standalone (SA) for consumers and enterprises on Ericsson Cloud Native Infrastructure. This move follows a two-year partnership between both telcos signed back in 2019, when the Saudi firm deployed 5G network using Ericsson’s commercial hardware and solutions including radio access network (RAN). The new expansion on stc’s 5G Core (5GC) network, will support both 5G standalone (SA), non-standalone (NSA), in addition to 4G. […]
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Many tech enthusiasts consider that the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world at just the right time, describing it as the spark that ignited a tidal wave of disruptive technological innovations. Rollout of services and products were accelerated at a skyrocketing pace trickling down to a myriad of other solutions that would have taken years to hit the […]
Worldwide 5G infrastructure revenue is expected to grow by 39 percent reaching $19.1 billion in 2021, up from $13.7 billion last year, according to a report published on Wednesday by U.S.- based research and advisory company, Gartner. The report revealed that communications service providers (CSPs) in mature markets enhanced 5G development in 2020 and 2021, citing the pandemic as a reason for this increase. “The COVID-19 pandemic spiked demand for optimized and ultrafast broadband connectivity to […]
Swedish telecoms vendor Ericsson has been awarded a 3 percent in China Telecom and China Unicom’s joint 5G ran operations, beating out Finnish rival Nokia’s contribution, Reuters reported citing inside sources. Nokia had initially been tapped as the favorite to leverage Ericsson’s market share in mainland China due to complications between the Swedish vendor and Chinese telecom companies; but […]
Australian operator TPG Telecom has agreed to acquire additional 5G spectrum holdings in the 3.6 GHz band from Dense Air.Completion of the transaction will increase TPG Telecom’s 3.6 GHz spectrum holdings from 60 MHz to 90 MHz in Adelaide and 95 MHz in Brisbane, Perth and Canberra. In Sydney and Melbourne, the telco will acquire […]
Mauritius Telecom announced last week the introduction of 5G services to its offering on the island, a step which follows the provider’s receival of 5G license for mobile telephony earlier last month. The telco was among two other companies, Cellplus Ltd and Emtel Ltd, that had applied in February to a public consultation regarding the opening of frequency bands for 5G. By April, the three operators were invited to submit their applications for the spectrum. In […]
Canada has completed its auction of the 3.5 GHz band, opening up new spectrum for 5G services. The bidding raised in total $7.16 billion, with Bell, Rogers and Telus spending the most. Vidéotron, owned by Quebecor Inc spent C$830 million to expand its geographic footprint in Canada, buying licenses not just in its native Quebec […]
Everyone interested in reading about developments in telecommunication technology has had their minds and screens bombarded with news about 5G development and its rapid adoption around the world. It’s that thing that, when the ribbon is cut, will give us ten times the throughput, ten times less latency, and 100 times more capacity that the currently available 4G LTE. What many telecoms novices don’t know is […]
U.K.- based Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) announced on Monday its collaboration with Swedish Telecom vendor Ericsson to supply cloud native, container-based dual-mode 5G core technology. This step will pave the way for VMO2 to deliver ultra-fast connectivity to consumers and develop advanced enterprise use cases. According to the agreement, VMO2 will bring its 4G, 5G […]
The DVB Project has approved commercial requirements for DVB-I service support over 5G networks and systems. The industry group can now move ahead with developing technical specifications for TV services over 5G. It expects to have these ready in Q3 2022 and will continue to update the standards as 5G networks advance. Work has already […]