Vodafone Germany has announced it has launched a private standalone 5G network for airline Lufthansa, despite Lufthansa owning the spectrum. The telco announced that they have taken on the role of service and technology partner to support the deployment and operation of Lufthansa’s network. “The German economy needs 5G. We can do 5G. As a […]
Telecoms
A report was published giving an overview of Russia’s fixed-line telecom and IT markets. It includes information on key regulatory developments, data on fixed-line networks, and an assessment of telcos’ financial and operating performance. The Russian telecom market, supported by a population of about 144 million, is the largest in Europe, with competition most widespread […]
The GSMA has agreed a Science-Based Target (SBT) and has a clear sense of direction on how to decrease Green House Gas (GHG) emissions in the telecoms sector, with target of achieving industry wide ‘net zero’ carbon emissions by the year 2050. The recently announced SBT is a product of the teamwork between the GSMA, […]
Japan has started to work on devising a 6G strategy with the intent of rolling it out from 2030, as they look to make up for lost ground in their slow start in 5G. Firstly, let us be clear, that no one knows exactly what 6G is – but it is going to be faster, […]
Companies have started to enter the private cellular networking market, and not one of them is a telco. This should prompt telcos and operators that may currently be preoccupied with eMBB (enhanced Mobile Broadband) at the expense of enterprise and industrial use cases. Other players are now attempting to become the enterprises’ new partner, so […]
The latest research by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), highlights that spectrum makes up 3.4% of GDP for the highest 20 ICT nations from a number of sources which include employment, non-oil revenue, technological adoption and investment deployment. The range of frequencies from 3 kilohertz (KHz) to 300 gigahertz (GHz) that carries radio signals and […]
Telcos companies Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica and T-Mobile US are testing as to whether blockchain could be used to create and sign inter-operator roaming discount contracts. The current system requires the agreements to be drafted, signed and then implemented by hand. The main idea of this project is that by using blockchain, the process will […]
A company that was supposed to be exhibiting at the Mobile World Congress (and of course now won’t be) is the Canadian telecoms assurance group EXFO. Like many other providers EXFO views service assurance as a potential pain-in-the-neck for communication service providers as the race towards the next generation of networks. The new digital era […]
Australia’s telecom regulator tried to force fixed broadband provider TPG Telecom to build mobile infrastructure and become the country’s fourth MNO but – strangely enough – it was wrong. On Thursday, the Australian federal court ruled in favour of Vodafone and TPG’s plans to merge. This pushed aside the ACCC’s worries that this move would […]
Samsung, have just unveiled their second folding phone, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip. The most substantial improvement over other foldable competitors, is the use of a glass screen. It feels like glass and can be used in the same way as a plastic screen. Although the crease down the middle is somewhat visible, testers have described […]