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SK Telecom 5G powers TV broadcast in Korea

South Korea operators lost momentum in 5G business against China

Mobile operators in South Korea have lost their momentum in the 5G business due to less demand for the new technology from customers because...
3 Hong Kong 5G business

3 Hong Kong launches 5G service targeting individuals and enterprises

3 Hong Kong has launched its 5G service targeting both individual and enterprise customers. 3 Hong Kong’s 5G base stations are served by a 10Gbps...
Huawei 5G base station in China

FCC aims $9 bn 5G Fund for Rural America

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is aiming to establish a $9 billion 5G Fund for Rural America for ensuring 5G connectivity across the United States. The...
SoftBank 5G network

SoftBank and KDDI start JV to share 5G network in rural areas

SoftBank and KDDI announced a 50-50 joint venture called 5G Japan Corporation to promote the build-out of 5G networks in Japan’s rural areas. 5G Japan...
Orange 5G network service

COVID-19 delays 5G for enterprise use cases till 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a delay in the standardization work that would make 5G available for enterprise use cases. Self-driving cars, IoT connectivity, smart...
AT&T campaign

AT&T bolsters 5G spectrum for $2.4 bn during FCC Auction 103

AT&T is the winning bidder for 5G spectrum licenses -- worth $2.4 billion -- covering more than 99 percent of the U.S. population following...
Huawei 5G base station in China

Spain delays auction of 5G spectrum due to coronavirus

Spain will delay its auction of 5G spectrum due to the coronavirus outbreak, the government said on Monday. Spain was planning to free up space...
SK Telecom 5G engineers

SK Telecom reveals 5G business plans after adding 2.22 mn 5G subscribers

SK Telecom today announced its achievements in 5G business since launching the world’s first 5G mobile services on April 3, 2019. SK Telecom has around...
Huawei 5G base station in China

Austria postpones 5G spectrum auction due to coronavirus crisis

Austria will postpone its 5G spectrum auction due to the coronavirus crisis, telecoms regulator RTR said on Thursday. The spectrum auction for the 700, 1,500...
Huawei 5G base station in China

FCC changes schedule for Auction 105 and postpones Auction 106

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced schedule changes for Auction 105 as well as the postponement of Auction 106 – in the wake of...
COSMOTE Greece 5G network

COSMOTE selects Ericsson for 5G network in Greece

COSMOTE, the largest mobile communications service provider in Greece, has selected Ericsson as its 5G radio access network (RAN) supplier. Sweden-based Ericsson currently has 86...
Rakuten Mobile and NEC

Rakuten Mobile and NEC start production of Open RAN 5G radio

Rakuten Mobile and NEC announced the starting of production of the 5G radio unit -- jointly developed by the two companies -- at the Fukushima...
Sprint retail shop in US

Sprint delivers record 5G capacity gains via Nokia software upgrade

Nokia announced that its client Sprint delivered enhanced 5G capacity via a software upgrade on Nokia’s AirScale solution. The lab test delivered approximately 3Gbps total...
China Unicom 5G network

China Unicom reveals 5G network Capex plans

China Unicom and China Telecom have shared 50,000 5G base stations and jointly saved investment costs of RMB 10 billion. China Unicom’s capital expenditure (Capex)...
T-Mobile retail network

T-Mobile secures financial support from 16 banks for Sprint deal

T-Mobile today announced that it is currently financially prepared to close its $26 billion merger with Sprint, based on its previously secured commitments for...
Huawei 5G base station in China

China Mobile reveals 5G network Capex for 2020

China Mobile today revealed that its 5G network investment will be around RMB 100 billion in 2020. China Mobile, the largest telecom operator in the...

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