International
News | 10 Feb 2023
New Ericsson solutions boost indoor 5G capacity and precise location services
Ericsson has expanded its indoor mobile connectivity portfolio with three new easy-to-deploy and cost-efficient solutions aimed at delivering 5G coverage, capacity and capabilities across the interior of any work or business environment – regardless of the size or complexity of the building.
News | 20 May 2024
Mobile Internet Adoption Accelerates Among Women in LMICs, but Further Action is Needed to Close the Gender Gap: GSMA
More women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are using mobile internet than ever before, 1.5 billion (66%) in total. In 2023, an additional 120 million women connected to the internet via mobile. Mobile remains the primary – and often only – way people in LMICs access the internet, accounting for 84% of broadband connections in 2023.
News | 17 May 2024
Vietnam now a magnet for datacentre developers
Vietnam's datacentre sector is attracting a lot of interest from foreign investors with international developers and operators, such as NTT and Alibaba, starting to enter the market in a sector that, currently, offers somewhat limited capacity and availability but has the potential for rapid and extensive growth.
News | 15 May 2024
SK Telecom preps telco LLM launch in June
SK Telecom believes it will have its first telco-specific large language model (LLM) ready for action by June, and has developed what it calls an ‘intelligence platform’ that can be used for the development of generative AI (GenAI) applications for the telecom sector.
News | 14 May 2024
GSMA launches its 5G Connectivity Index
The mobile industry association has launched a new interactive index to track the rollout of 5G.
News | 13 May 2024
Cloud services spending leaps by 21% to $76.5bn in Q1
The appetite for cloud infrastructure services remains unsated, it seems, with Synergy Research Group reporting that the global sector was worth a staggering $76.5bn during the first quarter of this year, up
News | 10 May 2024
Gigabit infrastructure act: Council gives final green light to faster deployment of high-speed networks in the EU
To ensure faster deployment of digital network infrastructure across Europe, today the Council adopted the gigabit infrastructure act, which will replace the 2014 broadband cost reduction directive (BCRD).
News | 09 May 2024
Rakuten Mobile Commences Radio Frequency Testing for 700 MHz "Platinum Band"
Targeting early launch of commercial service with superior network quality
News | 08 May 2024
China Mobile tops telco-to-techco ranking
China Mobile is currently the most advanced operator in terms of shifting from telco to techco, according to a new report from research house Omdia.
News | 03 May 2024
SES to acquire Intelsat in compelling transaction focused on the future
Luxembourg and McLean, VA -- SES S.A. (“SES”) and Intelsat S.A. (“Intelsat”) announce an agreement for SES to acquire Intelsat through the purchase of 100% of the equity of Intelsat Holdings S.a.r.l. for a cash consideration of $3.1 billion (€2.8 billion) and certain contingent value rights.
News | 03 May 2024
IBM tops quantum-safe networking ranking
IBM is the leading developer of technology that will enable quantum-safe networking, according to the results of a recent TelecomTV market perception survey that have just been published in our latest DSP Leaders publication, the Qua
News | 01 May 2024
Japan revises NTT Law to bolster the telco’s global ambitions
Japan’s parliament has revised the law governing Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), the country’s largest telco, in what is being pitched as a bid to enhance its global competitiveness but which is regarded by critics as a threat to domestic teleco
News | 01 May 2024
5G non-terrestrial network growth continues but worldwide is still in infancy, GSA data shows
50 operators in 37 countries and territories planning satellite services, with 10 operators already commercially launched
News | 01 May 2024
Hyperscale datacentre capacity doubling every four years – report
News | 01 May 2024
A1 and Nokia deliver 800Gbps service transmission over 1276km across Europe on a single wavelength
Nokia and A1 Austria have successfully delivered an 800Gbps service using a single wavelength, covering a distance of 1276km in a live network from Frankfurt to Budapest. The field trial was completed using Nokia’s FP5 network processor silicon and its sixth-generation super-coherent Photonic Service Engine optics (PSE-6s).
News | 26 Apr 2024
Meet Cape: The US’s new “private” MVNO
New Washington D.C.-based mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Cape has raised $61 million in three financing rounds.
Cape operates as an full MVNO on the UScellular network.
News | 25 Apr 2024
Swede Ellsberger elected new head of standards body ETSI
Former Ericsson, Huawei manager takes up his role this summer.
Jan Ellsberg, a former Vice-President of Ericsson, has been elected the new director general of standardisation body ETSI, following a vote at the General Assembly today (16 April), an ETSI spokesperson confirmed to Euronews.
News | 25 Apr 2024
Samsung and Qualcomm Achieve Innovative Industry-First Milestone With Advanced Modulation Technology
Companies increased downlink speeds over 20% by using the latest 1024 QAM technology
News | 24 Apr 2024
Spanish government becomes largest shareholder in Telefonica
Spain’s state investment firm, Sepi, has increased its stake in the Spanish telecoms group to 5%, in a move designed to counteract Saudi Arabian incumbent stc.
News | 22 Apr 2024
Orange Introduces Augtera Network AI Platform to offer best-in-class quality of service and customer experience
Augtera Networks, the industry leader in AI/ML-powered Network Operations platforms, and Orange, today announced that Orange is adding Augtera Network AI platform to its NOC tools to leverage AI/ML in daily network operations. This will enable Orange NOC to use AI capabilities to:
News | 18 Apr 2024
Samsung knocks Apple off the smartphone throne
Samsung reclaimed the global smartphone market crown from its fierce rival Apple in the first quarter of 2024, during which the total volume of device shipments increased by 7.8%, according to IDC.
News | 17 Apr 2024
Qualcomm Announces Breakthrough Wi-Fi Technology and Introduces New AI-Ready IoT and Industrial Platforms at Embedded World 2024
At the Embedded World Exhibition & Conference, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
News | 17 Apr 2024
United States and Japan Announce Two New University-Corporate AI Partnerships Worth $110 Million
As part of Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s historic state visit to the United States, on April 9, 2024, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, U.S.
News | 16 Apr 2024
South Korea to invest $7 billion in AI in bid to retain edge in chips
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Tuesday his country will invest 9.4 trillion won ($6.94 billion) in artificial intelligence by 2027 as part of efforts to retain a leading global position in cutting-edge semiconductor chips.