AT&T lines up routing unit sale to Ciena
AT&T agreed to sell its Vyatta routing and switching unit to US equipment vendor Ciena for an undisclosed sum, preparing to exit the business barely four years after acquiring it…
Ericsson y Vodafone reducen a la mitad el consumo energético de la 5G
Vodafone Reino Unido planea tener desplegadas 1.500 unidades 5G de bajo consumo para abril de 2022, después de que una prueba con el equipamiento de nueva radio efectuada en colaboración…
Ericsson, Vodafone halve energy use in 5G trial
Vodafone UK plans to deploy 1,500 low-power 5G units by April 2022 after a trial of new radio equipment with Ericsson resulted in a near 50 per cent reduction in…
AT&T foresees tight labour market
LIVE FROM BIG 5G EVENT, DENVER, US: Mo Katibeh, AT&T SVP network infrastructure and build, asserted the operator is deploying more fibre than any company in the US, but warned…
SmarTone books profit, warns on challenging outlook
Hong Kong-based SmarTone claimed to have reached 99 per cent 5G population coverage 13 months after launching the service, but adoption of the premium offering couldn’t stem a drop in…
Qualcomm, Ericsson demo 5G NR on CBRS spectrum
Qualcomm and Ericsson completed an OTA 5G New Radio (NR) call on Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum, claiming this is the first such 5G transmission in the band. The…
Intelligence Brief: Assessing latest developments in SA networks and consumer gaming
As expected, MWC21 Barcelona saw an array of announcements on the leading innovations, developments and partnerships which will shape the future of the industry. It comes as no surprise, then…
South Korea targets 5G services growth
South Korea’s government outlined plans to nurture the country’s 5G ecosystem, with the goal to boost the number of companies developing new services nearly 20-times over the next five years,…
Researchers caution on revenue cut from repair rules
Analysts at Juniper Research warned legislation designed to ease the device repair process could blunt shipment revenue for 5G devices in the long-term, but backed devices supporting the technology to…
ARPU rises as China Telecom grows 5G users
China Telecom added 93 million 5G package subscribers in the year to end-June, accounting for 36.2 per cent of its total user base and helping drive ARPU gains. Ke Ruiwen,…