Verizon wins first private 5G contract in Europe
Verizon Communications has signed its first private 5G contract in Europe with Associated British Ports (ABP) to deploy the mobile network at the Port...
Telus to raise $1.3 bn via stock sale for Capex
Telus said on Thursday it would raise C$1.3 billion ($1.03 billion) through an equity offering as the Canadian telecom company boosts investments in broadband...
Nokia and Huawei power Safaricom 5G service in East Africa
Safaricom has launched 5G services in Kenya, becoming the first telecoms operator to bring 5G to East Africa.
Huawei and Nokia are the telecom network...
Mobile operators added 385.5 mn 5G subscribers in 2020
The world added 385.5 million 5G subscribers between Q4 2019 and Q4 2020 to reach 401 million 5G connections globally, according to data provided...
Europe needs investment of $355 bn for 5G network
Europe needs to make an investment of 300 billion euros or $355 billion into its telecoms infrastructure by 2025 for rolling out 5G across...
China Mobile’s 5G investment touched RMB 102.5 bn in 2020
China Mobile today revealed that its capital expenditure for 2020 was RMB 180.6 billion focusing mainly on the expansion of 5G network.
China Mobile said...
Lockheed Martin, Omnispace to develop space-based 5G network
Lockheed Martin has joined hands with communications provider Omnispace to develop a space-based 5G network for both commercial and government use.
The U.S. defense contractor...
Israel eyes another 5G spectrum auction in late 2021
Israel is preparing for another tender to allocate more 5G mobile frequencies as soon as late 2021, Reuters reported.
Israel allocated three frequencies -- 700...
Samsung wins 5G network contract from NTT DOCOMO
NTT DOCOMO, a leading mobile operator in Japan, has selected Samsung Electronics as a 5G network solution provider.
DOCOMO has nearly 82 million users across...
Turk Telekom achieves 5G speed record during trial with Nokia
Turk Telekom has achieved a 5G speed record during a trial with Nokia in the Turkish capital city, Ankara.
The record, which reached over 4.5...
SoftBank launches 5G mmWave in Japan with Qualcomm
SoftBank has launched its 5G millimeter (mmWave) service in Japan – using devices based on Qualcomm Snapdragon 5G Mobile Platforms and Modem-RF Systems.
5G mmWave allows Japanese...
Poor 5G network prompts users to take legal action in Korea
Some of the 5G smartphone users in South Korea are up in the arms to take legal action against three major telecom operators --...
Orange opens 5G network in Paris at 3.5 GHz spectrum
Orange announced the launch of 5G service – utilizing the 3.5 GHz spectrum -- from 19th March in Paris.
Orange’s 5G will provide maximum speeds up...
Bulgaria to conduct new 5G spectrum auction after legal challenge
Bulgaria’s telecoms regulator said it would hold a new spectrum auction on April 6 for three 5G licences after its decision to allocate them...
UK spectrum auction fetches £1.35 bn in 2021
Ofcom announced the total revenue raised from the principal stage of spectrum auction touched £1.356 billion on March 17, 2021.
Ofcom, the telecom regulator, conducted...
Du signs 5G network expansion deal with Nokia
Du, a leading UAE-based telecom service provider, announced signing of a four-year 5G expansion deal with Nokia.
Saleem Al Balooshi, CTO of du and Amr K....