European carriers expected to deploy 412,000 non-residential small cells this year Europe accounted for 13.7% of all non-residential small cell deployments last year, according to the
Nokia secures 5G carrier deal in Saudi Arabia
STC also working on 5G with Ericsson, Cisco and Huawei Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has announced a cooperation agreement with Nokia, under which the two partners
Microsoft to open data centers in Dubai and Abu Dhabi Microsoft announced plans to open its first data centers in the Middle East, while expanding its
The U.K. government plans to kick off a 5G spectrum auction on March 20 The implementation of 5G technologies will enable cities in the U.K. to
The Finnish government acquired a 3.3% stake in Nokia via its fully-owned holding company Solidium The Finnish government has acquired 3.3% of the shares in Nokia
The 5G testbeds will receive approximately $35 million in funding The U.K. government has allocated £25 million ($ 34.7 million) in new funding to six
The government of Australia also announced plans to offer 5G spectrum in the 3.6 GHz band Italy’s telecommunications services regulator Agcom announced the launch of a
Telenor takes on enterprise in-building wireless with Nextivity solution
Telenor calls enterprise in-building wireless a “top priority” The middleprise is currently the white whale of the in-building wireless vendor market. Declining carrier spend puts the
The project aims to cover 75% of the cities of Bari and Matera with 5G by the end of 2018 Italian mobile operator TIM, together with
In France, Huawei will initially trial 5G technology in the city of Bordeaux BARCELONA–Huawei signed a new agreement with U.K. telecom group BT and French telecommunications
Under the agreement, ZTE will provide technical support, applications and terminals Chinese vendor ZTE has signed a strategic agreement with Middle East telecommunications group Ooredoo to
Deutsche Telekom also announced a smart energy testbed connected by 5G BARCELONA- Deutsche Telekom expects to launch 5G commercial trials in Europe during 2018, Claudia Nemat,
The two companies will collaborate on end-to- end network slicing for critical communications Mobile operator Swisscom announced plans to deploy a commercial 5G network by the end of
With appeals court decision, 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz bands will be auctioned for 5G U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom has said it can now move forward