5G connections globally are forecast to reach 1.8 billion by 2025, according to a new study by the GSMA. The study, ‘The Mobile Economy 2021’, revealed
Dell Technologies and Dish have formed a strategic infrastructure agreement to support the latter’s Open RAN-based 5G network in the U.S. Under this partnership, Dell Technologies
Nokia opens O-RAN test facility in Texas
Finnish vendor Nokia announced that it has opened its first Open RAN (O-RAN) Collaboration and Testing Center at its offices in Dallas, Texas. The new facility
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Categories 3.5 GHz, 5G, 5G spectrum, Americas, Bell Canada, Business, Carriers, Rogers Communications, Spectrum, TELUS, Wireless
Canada kicks off tender to award 5G spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band
The Canadian government kicked off on June 15 an auction of 5G frequencies, a process that had been delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The tender
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Categories 5G, 5G spectrum, Americas, Anatel, Business, Carriers, Claro, Network Infrastructure, Nokia, Spectrum, TIM Brasil, Wireless
Brazilian govt. expects 5G auction to take place next month: Report
Brazil’s communications Minister Fabio Faria has expressed that the government expects the spectrum auction for the award of 5G frequencies to take place next month,
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Categories 5G, Americas, Boingo Wireless, Business, Carriers, DAS, Digital Colony, In-Building Tech, mergers and acquisitions, Network Infrastructure, wi-fi, WiFI, Wireless
Digital Colony wraps up Boingo Wireless buy
Digital Colony has completed its acquisition of DAS and Wi-Fi provider Boingo Wireless for a total of $854 million. The transaction also includes the assumption of
American Tower Corporation (ATC) has closed the Latin American tranche of its Telxius Towers acquisition, comprised of over 7,000 communications sites in Brazil, Peru, Chile
American Tower Corporation announced that it has closed the first tranche of the acquisition of Telxius Towers, comprised of nearly 20,000 communications sites in Germany
Canadian operator Bell Mobility announced the expansion of its 5G network to 23 new markets across Québec, Ontario and Manitoba. Bell 5G’s reach has expanded in
Dish has selected Oracle to enable a Service-Based Architecture (SBA) for its 5G core, the former said in a release. SBA, part of the 3GPP 5G
North American mobile industry standards group ATIS’ Next G Alliance announced the launch of its technical work program and the formation of the key working
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Categories 5G, Americas, Carriers, Millicom, Network Infrastructure, O-RAN, Open-RAN, PARALLEL WIRELESS, Tigo Colombia, Wireless
Millicom selects Parallel Wireless for O-RAN network deployment in LatAm
Millicom has selected Parallel Wireless for the deployment of O-RAN-compliant Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) architecture in Latin America. The O-RAN network will be deployed
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Categories 4G, 5G, 5G spectrum, Americas, Business, Carriers, Claro, Entel, LTE, Movistar Chile, Network Infrastructure, Nokia, Spectrum, Subtel, Wireless
Movistar selects Nokia for 5G deployment in Chile
Chilean mobile operator Movistar, owned by Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica, has selected Nokia to provide its AirScale portfolio to launch the operator’s 5G network in
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) rejected the appeals by the three main Chinese mobile carriers to a delisting related to a presidential order blocking
The global telecom and pay-TV markets saw flat revenues in 2020 and an overall “neutral” impact from the global pandemic after a rebound in the