After doing a massive U-turn and banning Huawei’s 5G equipment for deployment on nationwide networks, with a goal of completely eradicating the telecom operator from the country by 2027, the UK government is looking for substitutes, and has reportedly contacted Japan.
Ericsson and China Telecom have successfully completed China’s first 5G Standalone (SA 5G) Ericsson Spectrum Sharing data call on a commercial network. The milestone was achieved recently on China Telecom’s 2.1GHz commercial 5G network in Deyang City, Sichuan Province.
The Baltic telecommunications and media group Bitė Group and Ericsson have signed a frame agreement for the introduction of 5G technology in Lithuania and Latvia, providing 5G network coverage in the most populated cities and districts.
Nokia's cloud-native Subscriber Data Management (SDM) software has been chosen by Telefónica UK to enhance the security and reliability of the operator’s networks, and to drive 5G services innovation.
Nokia has today launched its DelOps initiative, a new and innovative approach to managing the complexity of 5G core software delivery and operations, and a new suite of CI/CD Services.
At PT Expo China 2020, Huawei launched the first 5G MEC-based Industrial Visual solution for the manufacturing industry.
Ericsson and Verizon have announced a landmark $8.3 billion, multi-year agreement, where Ericsson will deliver 5G solutions, including Massive MIMO, Ericsson Cloud RAN and software to strengthen and expand Verizon 5G network in the US.
Nokia’s cloud-native, 5G Core software has been selected by SoftBank to enable the launch of SoftBank’s standalone 5G services. Nokia will help support new consumer and enterprise use cases, such as immersive experiences (VR/AR/MR), fixed wireless access, video surveillance and analytics, cloud robotics and connected vehicles with a standalone 5G Core in global markets.
Lebara has extended their MVNO partnership with Vodafone UK, in a new three-and-a-half-year exclusive deal. Lebara Mobile customers will now be able to access Vodafone’s 5G service and customers will continue to be able to use Vodafone’s 4G network, with new features such as 4G Calling being launched this year.
EE has switched on 5G in thirty five new UK locations, taking the number of towns and cities with access to the operator’s 5G network to 160.
Telia and Ericsson have successfully tested, RRC Inactive, enabling three times faster access to network resources and reduced battery consumption for smartphones.
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Samsung today unveiled the new Galaxy A71 5G and Galaxy A51 5G smartphones, adding 5G connectivity and enhanced essential innovations to the popular Galaxy A family.













