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Network & InfrastructureAtlasEdge seeks role as UK C-RAN host
Director of Open RAN Paul Rhodes discusses plan to offer MNOs baseband capacity pooling as a way to deliver capex savings, reduced Scope 3 emissions, and support for new applications. However, scepticism around whether operators will adopt the architecture remains…
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Products & ServicesTelefónica goes live with first 5G FWA offering in Brazil
Vivo Box 5G product provides commercial fixed-wireless access for the first time to Vivo customers, with an initial subscription-based service providing 150GB of data per month.
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Financial & PerformanceT-Mobile plans to get more creative in post-integration era
Q4 FY23: American NatCo’s “scrappy team” plotting new ways to make customer gains.
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Partnerships & AlliancesHrvatski Telekom gets back on the radio to Ericsson Nikola Tesla
Croatian vendor adds 5G-focused radio access network deal to core network upgrade contract announced in December.
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Network & InfrastructureT-Mobile US taps Nokia to boost 5G fixed wireless play
Finnish vendor to provide its Multi-Access Gateway to improve FWA scalability and efficiency.
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Financial & PerformanceMacquarie’s altnet Voneus bags £25m funding top-up
Tiger-controlled RBSHL ups stake at possible £625m valuation, with Macquarie assumed to remain in control. FY22-23 accounts also released, claiming strength but modelling downside. More…
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EventsOpen RAN insider briefing: Wind River and allies beyond the tipping point
Presented at Fyuz23 in Madrid with key collaborators Intel and Dell, the systems provider’s ORAN and vRAN ‘Tipping Point’ workshop gives operators an insiders’ roadmap. Deployments at Verizon and Vodafone showcased as operational and commercial outriders. Read more…
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Network & InfrastructureDeutsche Telekom starts open RAN rollout in Germany
Fujitsu and Nokia in first cohort of DT open RAN vendors in its domestic market.
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Network & InfrastructureVodafone backs “intelligent automation” for open RAN
Vodafone, Intel, and Cirrus360 reveal new approach to speed open RAN software and hardware integration.
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Partnerships & AlliancesT-Mobile CEO Sievert recommits to Ericsson, Nokia after AT&T switchup
Sievert signals support for the “de‑verticalisation” of the mobile industry, but highlights benefits of having “two global leaders” in this space.
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Products & Services1&1 to activate mobile services after 5G added to O2 roaming deal
No details provided about surprise expansion of national roaming deal with O2 Germany.
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Financial & PerformanceSoggier MNO spending dampens INWIT sales outlook
Italian TowerCo flags weak fixed wireless access demand and lower discretionary spend in an otherwise solid third quarter performance.
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Network & InfrastructureBrazil’s Vivo calls for 5G RAN sharing freedom
Operator moots 5G extension to wide-scale RAN sharing arrangement with rival TIM Brasil, despite increased regulatory jumpiness over urban infra collaboration between major mobile operators.
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Partnerships & AlliancesO2 Germany kicks off ORAN trials with Samsung
Pragmatic move to lean heavily on Samsung and encompass vRAN will trigger ‘true ORAN’ zealots, but operators understandably prioritise ‘optionality’ benefits and outcomes above all else.
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Network & InfrastructureVodafone urges top operators to shoulder responsibility on scaled open RAN adoption
Vodafone’s Head of Open RAN Francisco Martín Pignatelli emphasises duty of ‘top 20’ operators in supporting smaller players on their “open RAN journey”.
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Network & InfrastructureT-Mobile denies fibre-enabling play for Frontier
TMUS continues to display uncharacteristic caution when it comes to establishing fibre broadband platform, insisting not yet interested in a major, in-house infrastructure build plan or buyout.
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Innovation (R&D)MediaTek and Nokia help BT to 5G reduced capacity win
Partners successfully trial RedCap technology using EE’s 5G SA network, MediaTek’s testing platform, and Nokia’s AirScale RAN portfolio.
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EventsTelco buyers ponder challenges of a disaggregated, multi-vendor future
Speaking at Fyuz, BuyIn’s Elise Raffestin highlights growing complexity of procurement as vendors proliferate.
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Network & InfrastructureVodafone signs Arm to bolster open RAN chipset development
British firm to underpin another line of Vodafone R&D in open RAN silicon after Intel deal earns expansion.
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Network & InfrastructureONF using smarts to solve 5G power problems
Operator-led consortium showcases first results of SMaRT 5G project.