KT warns on B2B obstacles for 5G uptake
LIVE FROM MWC21 BARCELONA: KT’s head of enterprise group argued adoption of 5G services in the enterprise market was hampered by a lack of business cases, and slow development of…
Orange claims cloud-native 5G SA European first
LIVE FROM MWC21 BARCELONA: Orange detailed plans for a two-year trial of what it hailed as Europe’s first standalone (SA) end-to-end 5G cloud native network, unveiling a collection of open…
Musk teases operator deals, offers Starlink update
LIVE FROM MWC21 BARCELONA: SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk (pictured) portrayed his Starlink satellite broadband service as more cooperative than competitive with mobile operators, a fact highlighted by it…
China operators underline network sharing savings
LIVE FROM MWC21 BARCELONA: China Telecom and China Unicom executives highlighted the significant gains from a deal to share 5G infrastructure, explaining the collaboration reduced construction costs by CNY80 billion…
IBM CEO sees operators at openness crossroads
LIVE FROM MWC21 BARCELONA: IBM CEO Arvind Krishna (pictured) insisted operators are at a crossroads between choosing a closed future and one which is open, where they can control their…
ZTE chief hails industrial benefits of 5G
LIVE FROM MWC21 BARCELONA: ZTE CEO Xu Ziyang (pictured) highlighted the massive impact of 5G deployments on industrial verticals, with intelligent manufacturing taking off across the world to increase efficiency,…
Qualcomm unveils smartphone, small cell platforms
LIVE FROM MWC21 BARCELONA: Qualcomm announced the newest additions to its 5G portfolio, as president and CEO-elect Cristiano Amon (pictured) hailed its innovations as helping shape the future mobile ecosystem.…
Verizon chiefs focus on 5G transformation
LIVE FROM MWC21 BARCELONA: Verizon executives Hans Vestberg and Rima Qureshi (pictured) focused on the transformational potential of 5G, explaining the technology goes beyond simply delivering headline-grabbing demonstrations by pushing…
GSMA expects 5G connections to near 2B by 2025
LIVE FROM MWC21 BARCELONA: The GSMA forecast 5G connections to represent more than a fifth of total mobile connections by the end of 2025, reaching 1.8 billion, with highest adoption…