Rakuten Mobile aims to reach 8-10 million mobile subscribers by the end of 2024 Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile, which is part of e-commerce giant Rakuten Group, has reached over 6.8 million subscribers as of the end of March, the carrier said in a release. The operator also confirmed it expected to reach 8-10 million mobile […] The post Rakuten Mobile...

Intel has chip plants in several countries including the U.S., China, Malaysia, Vietnam and Israel According to reporting from The Wall Street Journal, Intel is in discussions with U.S. investment company Apollo Global Management for $11 billion in funding for a chip manufacturing plant in the Republic of Ireland in a deal expected to close in […] ...

During the demo, e& UAE said it aggregated multiple carriers across high-band and mid-band spectrum Emirati-based operator e& UAE claimed a record speed of 30.5 Gbps on its live 5G network, which, according to the carrier, represents a significant milestone in its evolution towards 5G-Advanced technology. The telco noted that this achievement...

Seemingly out of nowhere, the familiar concept of Wi-Fi offloading has become a megatrend in mobile telecom. Also known as mobile data offloading, it refers to the practice of shifting data traffic from cellular networks to Wi-Fi networks to improve the connectivity experience and manage network resources efficiently. This sudden re-focus on Wi-Fi offloading...

The rise of Open RAN, where multi-vendor radio systems comprising centralized, distributed and radio units are made interoperable, is now decidedly mainstream. Following early commercial deployments from greenfield operators, Open RAN is scaling out in brownfield networks. In addition to the pre-deployment interoperability work, there’s also a need...

The number of active IoT devices will more than double to 40 billion by the end of 2033, according to IoT analyst house Transforma Insights. Short-range IoT technologies will account for 73 percent of the total by the end of the period; cellular IoT connections, mostly on LTE-based NB-IoT and LTE-M (and related technologies), will […] The post ‘Not...