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By Mary Lenninghan for Telecoms.com

Intel has launched a new chip with integrated acceleration for vRAN networks, a move that it clearly hopes will help it maintain a massive presence in the growing market for virtualised radio networks.

Written by Mike Robuck for MobileWorldLive.com

Start-up Paradise Mobile pledged to bolster connectivity and associated services on Bermuda and the surrounding archipelago after tapping Mavenir to deliver a fully cloud-native network spanning 4G and 5G technologies

Written by Juan Pedro Tomás.

South Korea announced the K-Network 2030 strategy with the aim of boosting private-public cooperation to develop future 6G technologies.

Written by Mike Dano for LightReading.com

The US government is plowing $1.5 billion into the open RAN industry in the hopes of cultivating domestic suppliers for 5G. But it's not exactly clear how that money will be spent.

New Delhi, India – Nokia today announced in its annual Mobile Broadband Index (MBiT) report that mobile data traffic in India has risen 3.2 times over the last five years.

Nokia Mobile Broadband Index (MBiT) report finds mobile data traffic in India jumped 3.2x in the last five years, reaching over 14 exabytes per month.

Written by Mary Lennighan for Telecoms.com

Big telcos will spend on average US$1 billion each on network cloud transformation in the next few years, according to new forecasting from Capgemini.

Written by Andrew Wooden for Telecoms.com

Elon Musk’s satellite telecoms operation Starlink has reportedly sent out emails pitching a ‘global roaming service’ for $200 a month.

The five solar farms will generate a total of 216 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity, every year, saving more than 53,000 tonnes of CO2e.

Vodafone gets access to clean, high-quality and affordable renewable electricity for 10 years.

mmWave small cell player confirms a trial with Verizon, and says the operator is also a strategic investor.

Written by Scott Bicheno for Telecoms.com

Telecoms analyst firm Dell’Oro has announced that the 2022 market for Radio Access Network kit came in below expectations.

Written by Nick Wood.

The trickle of satellite-capable smartphones looks set to become a flood if MWC is anything to go by.

Written by Linda Hardesty for FierceWireless.com

Written by Alfred Osiko for GSMA.com

Reflections from the Global Off Grid Solar Forum & Expo 2022

Written by Linda Hardesty for FierceWireless.com

The Nikkei news site in Japan reported that the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) will introduce a spectrum auction system by early 2026. This is a new development in Japan, where previously MIC allocated spectrum to wireless carriers for free.

Written by Iain Morris for LightReading.com