5G is here, and it is making its debut in providing fixed wireless broadband or augmenting customer experiences at marquee destinations such as stadiums and
We know the shortage of tower climbers is slowing the 5G deployment. But there’s another shortage that’s equally detrimental, though it sometimes gets less visibility. Perhaps
With 5G currently available as a consumer-facing service in key geographies including China, Western Europe and U.S., operators and end users are already exploring what’s
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O2 UK launches LTE-M network on 50 cell sites, more to follow
As IoT devices and applications continues to rise, O2 is confident that LTE-M will continue to support that increase Telefonica’s O2 UK has launched its 4G-based
It’s a slow climb to train enough tower technicians. FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr says the U.S. 5G rollout requires 20,000 of them. Unfortunately, that many
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Bharti Airtel may skip India’s 5G spectrum auction due to high prices
Indian telecom group Bharti Airtel may not participate in the country’s upcoming spectrum auction, which includes 5G airwaves, due to the high prices set by
Not including Snapdragon Ride, Qualcomm automotive design win pipeline tops $7 billion Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf, discussing Q1 2020 earnings on a Feb. 5 conference call,
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Categories 4G, 5G, 5G Talent Talk, AI, Broadstaff, capex, IBM, Network Infrastructure, opex, Software, Software-defined networks (SDN)
5G Talent Talk Podcast: Upgrading telecom: New Software-defined network gives us new value and fresh skills
The future of telecom is much more than an advance from 4G to 5G. The entire industry is being upgraded. It’s no longer just a
5G is very much an evolving technology and will be for some time as the 3GPP continues to refine the standard and vertical-specific use cases
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Categories 4G, 5G, BT, Business, Carriers, EE, EMEA, Huawei Technologies, LTE, Network Infrastructure, O2, US government, Vodafone, Wireless
BT to face higher costs due to Huawei’s restrictions in the UK: CEO
U.K. telecom group BT said that the decision by the UK government to restrict the use of Huawei’s kit in the country’s 5G networks would
The U.S. Commerce Department has withdrawn a rule aimed at further reducing sales to Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies amid concerns from the Defense Department the
The U.S. Commerce Department has withdrawn a rule aimed at further reducing sales to Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies amid concerns from the Defense Department the
The U.S. Commerce Department has withdrawn a rule aimed at further reducing sales to Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies amid concerns from the Defense Department the
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Categories 4G, 5G, Business, Carriers, Mavenir, Network Infrastructure, O2, OpenRAN, Telefonica O2, UK
O2 partners up for UK OpenRAN project
O2 expects the commercial deployment of OpenRAN to accelerate over the next 18-24 months O2, the U.K. operator owned by Telefonica, will work with Mavenir, DenseAir