Aerospace company Boeing has delivered two satellites for connectivity service provider SES to their launch site in Cape Canaveral, Florida, ahead of the upcoming launch of the twin spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. “SES-20 and SES-21 are the first commercial satellites we’ve delivered since the start of the global pandemic,” […]

India is preparing launch 5G services says Ashwini Vaishnaw, the country’s telecoms minister. Letters have been sent to the telco winners if a recent 5G spectrum auction telling them to prepare for 5G access and usage. “We understand that the spectrum purchased is good enough to cover all the circles in the country,” Vaishnaw told […]

Kacific Broadband Satellites Group (Kacific) has partnered with Vodafone PNG to deploy the satellite operator’s Mobile Backhaul services, help expand Vodafone PNG’s voice and 3G/4G data network into rural areas of Papua New Guinea. Vodafone PNG based in Papua New Guinea, part of the Amalgamated Telecom Holdings (ATH) Group of companies from Fiji, successfully launched […]

Spain has approved a public fund of €116 million to boost 5G advanced and 6G under the framework of Unico I + D. This year, the Administration will award €86 million to those projects that rely on 5G+ and 6G to implement services. The remaining €30 million will be granted in 2023. This is the […]

5G is set to generate $7 trillion (€6.9trn) of economic value in 2030, as it fuels a proliferation of connected devices from smartphones to consumer electronics to enterprise applications and beyond, according to a report from mobile and video technologist InterDigital. The State of 5G Report: Enabling the Boundless Generation, written by ABI Research, explores […]

Philippine telco company PLDT’s wireless subsidiary Smart Communications (Smart) is collaborating with US-based mobile connectivity specialist Omnispace to explore and demonstrate the capabilities of space-based 5G communications using low earth orbit (LEO) satellites. “This collaboration with Omnispace will allow our companies to work together to define use cases for the Philippine market,” stated Arvin L. […]

Canada’s two giant cable distribution companies, Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications, have agreed to sell their jointly-owned Freedom Mobile business to Quebecor’s subsidiary Videotron. The deal is expected to open up permissions for Rogers and Shaw to themselves merge their operations. The proposed merger – announced more than a year ago in March 2021 – […]

Mobile network operators promise their subscribers that 5G will provide higher capacity, faster speed, higher energy efficiency, lower RAN latency, and create massive connectivity. However, these come at the cost of skyrocketing mobile data traffic demands. According to the 5G Small Cells application analysis report from technology intelligence firm ABI Research, worldwide 5G mobile data […]

Customers of Dutch multiplay telco KPN will soon be able to watch entertainment from SVoD service HBO Max through their services thanks to a multi-year collaboration. From September 2022, KPN customers can add an HBO Max subscription to their KPN Internet, TV or Mobile subscription – making the streaming service available to 3.6 million Dutch […]

From their mobile devices to the metaverse, consumers are looking to tech to level-up their stadium outings, according to an Oracle Food and Beverage survey. For example, 57 per cent of stadium goers would like to pre-order food and drinks to avoid the lines and 53 per cent think it would be amazing to engage […]