News The merger is under ongoing investigation from the Competition and Markets Authority  The UK government has this week released a “Publication of notice of Final Order” that provisionally approves the Vodafone–Three merger, subject to certain conditions.  Following a “detailed national security assessment”, the cabinet office has approved the...

News  The news follows T-Mobile’s acquisition of Mint Mobile just last month  US mobile operators T-Mobile and Verizon are in discussions to separately buy parts of smaller rival US Cellular, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.  US Cellular serves over 4 million customers, predominately in rural areas. The company was put up for sale...

Press Release Nokia and Vodafone have announced the successful completion of a trial, leveraging Nokia’s anyRAN approach in collaboration with partners Arm and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). The live demonstration, held at Nokia’s Open RAN Innovation Center in Dallas, Texas, showcased the completion of an end-to-end Layer 3 (L3) data call. To achieve...

News Devaluation of the Nigerian Naira and Malawian Kwacha has seen the company post a loss of $89 million after tax, despite a major uptick in subscribers This week, pan-African telecoms group Airtel Africa has reported its end of year results, with the company making a loss of the back of ongoing currency devaluation issues. The results showed...

  News The deployment will allow for increased operational efficiency in lithium mining plants in the Americas  Nokia has announced today that it has been chosen to provide a private LTE campus network to Canada-based lithium mining specialist Sigma Lithium, in with broadband provider Alcon.  Sigma’s LTE network will be deployed in a mining site...

Insight Earlier this year, we spoke with Cullen Xu, Vice President of Huawei’s 5G & LTE TDD Product Line, about key developments in 5.5G network technology and the new experiences this will unlock for customer In 2024, roughly five years into the commercial deployment of 5G, the latest generation of wireless technology continues to find success...