FCC Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has announced the latest step in making mid-band spectrum available for next generation wireless services, including 5G. In a Public Notice, the FCC’s Office of Economics and Analytics and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau established the application and bidding procedures for Auction 110, the auction of spectrum in the 3.45 GHz […]
The 5G smartphone market is becoming the most accelerated mobile technology generation ever, offering an extensive opportunity across the network options of both 5G sub-6 Gigahertz (GHz) and mmWave, which can enable ultra-fast data throughput using very short-range networks. However, up until now, the use of mmWave in smartphones has been limited at best, but […]
Despite a backdrop of the on-going effects of the pandemic and the geopolitical landscape, the impact on 5G supply chains throughout the past year has been minimal when compared to the wider smartphone market, according to global tech market advisory firm ABI Research. This has led to 5G mobile device models becoming more diverse, brought […]
US tech business AST SpaceMobile, helped by having raised $462 million in April, is opening a new facility at Space Park, Leicester, UK. AST is owned by entrepreneur Abel Avellan who is best known as the founder and CEO of Emerging Markets Communications (EMC) which he sold in 2016 for around $550 million. AST wants […]
Spain will finally award 5G 700 MHz-licences in July with a 15 per cent discount on the initial price (€1.17 billion) to start at €995.5 million, the lowest in Europe. At the operators’ request, the Administration has reduced the starting price on the grounds that it will boost 5G development and investment in the country […]
Evo Labs is planning to launch in October 2021 a 5G ‘Transformer Case’, aiming to provide super WiFi 6 performance, with 4G, 5G, Starlink, mobile broadband and cable broadband and to provide the best user experience and highest efficiency. It says the Transformer Case easily and cheaply converts existing 4G iPhones and similar Smart devices […]
CSG has formally acquired Tango Telecom, a supplier of convergent policy control and messaging solutions. The acquisition is the culmination of a long-standing relationship that delivers end-to-end digital monetisation solutions to some of the world’s largest and most successful communications service providers (CSPs). The acquisition of Tango Telecom arms CSG with real-time, dynamic policy and […]
Cosmote TV, the service from Greek telco OTE, has delivered what it claims as the first live television broadcast via a 5G network in Greece during the Greek Cup final football match. Cosmote TV’s pilot application included remote control of two robotic cameras and transmission of audio and video via its 5G network, without the […]
South Africa’s spectrum regulator, ICASA, has awarded spectrum licences to a cluster of smaller operators but not to the nation’s established players. The new bandwidth is likely to be used for 5G services. Newcomers Comsol Networks, Nthinte Communications, Real Time Communications, Marion Technology and One Telecom have reportedly been granted 60 MHz of bandwidth each […]
Liberty Global and Digital Colony, a global investment firm dedicated to digital infrastructure, have announced the creation of AtlasEdge Data Centres. Liberty Global and Digital Colony expect the transaction to close in Q3 2021 subject to approvals. AtlasEdge will deliver services via an extensive network of facilities located close to consumer and enterprise end users, […]