Telenor deploys 5G xHaul transport with Cisco and NEC
Telenor has selected NEC and Cisco to deploy 5G xHaul transport networks in Norway and Denmark.Cisco will supply its NCS 540 series as the cell site router and NEC will...
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Ericsson reports growing 5G sales except in China
Ericsson reported strong 5G sales overall for Q3 2021 and confirmed that it has now secured 5G contracts with all three tier-1 US carriers. Excluding the sales reduction in Mainland...
T-2 Slovenia names Nokia as sole 5G provider
T-2 Slovenia awarded a five-year deal to Nokia to supply equipment from its AirScale 5G portfolio. The new deal will see Nokia upgrade T-2’s existing Single RAN radio footprint as...
Microsoft Azure builds a high performance WAN overlay for 5G flows
Microsoft says its global WAN can deliver significant benefits to large mobile operators that run extensive national backbones supporting ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) for 5G tranport.In a blog post this...
Verizon’s mmWave 5G hits 711 Mbps up with Qualcomm, Samsung
Verizon, Samsung Electronics, and Qualcomm Technologie reached upload speeds of 711 Mbps in a lab trial using aggregated bands of mmWave spectrum.The demonstration combined 400 MHz of Verizon’s 5G mmWave...
DISH picks Spirent for 5G core automated testing
DISH Network has selected Spirent Communications to autonomously test its 5G network core and validate its performance. Spirent said its library of automated compliance, capacity and performance test suites, as well...
AT&T signs with Ericsson for 5G RAN over C-Band
AT&T awarded a five-year contract to Ericsson covering the rollout of 5G over its recently acquired C-band spectrum and the launch of 5G Standalone (SA). Financial terms were not disclosedAT&T...
NEC, Netcracker, ADVA, Juniper team on 5G xHaul transport
NEC and its subsidiary Netcracker announced an integrated multi-vendor solution that includes ADVA and Juniper Networks for packet optical automation for streamlined 5G transport. ADVA delivers secure optical connectivity and...
ONF spins out Ananki, a start-up focused on private 5G
The Open Networking Foundation (ONF) launched Ananki, an independent venture-backed company to deliver open source-based Software-Defined Private 5G as a commercial service to address enterprises’ unique requirements of Industry 4.0....
Telefónica chooses IBM, Red Hat, Juniper for UNICA Next 5G core
Telefónica will use IBM intelligent automation software and services to implement UNICA Next – Telefónica's first-ever, cloud-native, 5G core network platform.Specifically, Telefónica has engaged IBM Global Business Services, a leading...
Equinix builds 5G edge-to-cloud sandbox with Nokia
Equinix has established a 5G and Edge Technology Development Center at its Infomart facility in Dallas to provide a production-ready interconnection sandbox environment from the radio network to the cloud....
Spark expands 5G rollout in New Zealand with Nokia
Spark has again selected Nokia for its expanded 5G rollout across New Zealand. The goal is to provide 5G coverage to approximately 90 percent of the population by the end...
O2 completes Germany’s first 5G Voice over New Radio call
O2 has become the first German mobile network operator to make a Voice over New Radio (VoNR) call purely over its live 5G network. Currently, voice calls in all German mobile...
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