It may come as a surprise to some readers that a major operator in Bahrain still runs a 2G network. Well, it won’t be doing so for much longer. Operator Batelco is phasing out its 2G network to make way for what it calls transformation towards advanced mobile development.
The government of Botswana is upgrading its private wireless transmission network using Intracom Telecom’s OmniBAS microwave product family.
A tour of Huawei’s Darwin Exhibition Hall at the company’s Shenzhen headquarters provides a fascinating and timely insight into the status of 5G.
Malaysia’s Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) has signed a 10-year 5G partnership with Ericsson to drive the nationwide deployment of the next-generation wireless cellular technology in the Southeast Asian nation.
Kenyan operator Safaricom has confirmed that it plans to launch a commercial 5G network in 2022.
Belarusian infrastructure provider beCloud has partnered with mobile operator A1 to boost 4G/LTE coverage in the Vitebsk region by “almost seven times”.
The Kingdom of Bhutan in the Eastern Himalayas will soon enjoy the benefits of 5G thanks to a deal between Ericsson and Bhutan Telecom, one of two mobile operators in the country.
In yet another boost to connectivity across the more than 16,000 islands that make up Indonesia, Ceragon, a solutions provider of 5G wireless transport, has said it has been selected to provide connectivity to remote Indonesian islands and regions.
Yesterday’s big story that Ooredoo and CK Hutchison have agreed to merge their Indonesian units is not the only hot telecoms news from Indonesia in recent days. A 5G network launch and a potentially major data centre initiative have also made headlines.
Brazilian carrier Vivo has announced the start of 5G tests in the millimeter-wave (mmWave) of 26 GHz band in partnership with Finnish vendor Nokia.
Continuing the rural broadband theme that has been in the news lately, NetOne – Zimbabwe’s second-biggest operator and a state-owned entity – has announced the next phase of its mobile broadband expansion project.
The giant telecoms corporation America Movil, having decided on a reorganization earlier this year, is now to propose a spinoff of its towers business to shareholders.
The principal telecommunications company in Bahrain Batelco has announced the expansion of its mobile network, to cover major housing developments currently being built by the Ministry of Housing and the private sector across Bahrain.
The Peruvian Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) has announced continued enhancements in its drive to expand mobile coverage in rural areas.
Altan Redes, the consortium tasked with deploying Mexico's 4.5G shared network – called Red Compartida – has announced that it has secured a $50 million loan from shareholders.
South Korea’s third operator LG U+ made strong gains in Q2 2021. Growth was particularly strong in the expanding wireless business sector.
Iraqi operator Asiacell Telecom has chosen Nokia to build its next-generation microwave network.
Confirming what a lot of people might have guessed given the events of recent years, Nigerian regulator the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently reported an increase of over 200 per cent in data usage over the last three years in the country.
Nokia and Indosat Mega Media (aka IndosatM2), a subsidiary of telecommunications provider Indosat, have announced that together they have enabled smart Wi-Fi for what they call an improved broadband experience in Indonesia.
Indonesia’s XL Axiata has detailed its 5G service expansion strategy as it seeks to extend its offering outside of Java.
A1 Telekom Austria Group has chosen Ericsson and Nokia as equipment suppliers for its 5G network deployments in Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia.
ZTE Corporation together with the Hangzhou Branch of China Telecom has conducted 300MHz 5G QCell verification in Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center.
Safaricom, UNICEF, the Kenyan Ministries of Education and ICT and Nokia have come together to connect close to 90 schools to the internet in Kenya.
The new major telecommunications provider in the Philippines DITO Telecommunity Corp. said that it has further expanded its network coverage to seven more areas across the country.
A1 Croatia has launched its 5G offering after winning a holding of 5G-ready spectrum at auction last week.
Mobile operator Megafon has expanded the coverage the first federal-scale Voice over LTE (VoLTE) cellular network in the Russian Federation.
Sercomtel, a regional telecom operator in the state of Paraná, Brazil, Nokia, and Brazilian agricultural research corporation Embrapa have launched 5G connectivity pilot projects in Brazil to develop techn services for the agribusiness sector.
Ukrainian operator Intertelecom has announced the next phase of its gradual shutdown of CDMA-based wireless services.
stc has expanded its strategic partnership with Ericsson for the deployment of 5G Core for New Radio standalone on Ericsson Cloud Native Infrastructure.
United Group has selected Nokia to deliver its cloud-native core network products in Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovenia.
Bahrain-based telecommunication company Zain Bahrain has promised continued investment to expand its 4G and 5G network footprint in the country, with a strong focus on the 5G and LTE enhancements to further improve reliability and indoor coverage.
In an effort to boost its rural coverage, Vodafone Romania deployed more than 700 LTE base transceiver stations between March 2020 and June 2021.
ZTE Corporation together with the Quanzhou Branch of China Telecom has taken the lead in deploying the QCell 5G SuperMIMO solution in Quanzhou, China.
Two recent news stories from Nigeria underline the fact that efforts are continuing in the country to expand connectivity to less-well-served areas, in these two cases through rural satcoms and urban Wi-Fi.
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