Verizon Business and Nokia announced on June 25, 2025 that they have signed an agreement to deploy multiple private 5G deployments in Thames Freeport, UK. Thames Freeport is one of the UK's busiest shipping and logistics hubs, and the private 5G network is located along the Thames estuary...
2025/08/01
2025/07/29
Although Sony has long been associated with audiovisual and entertainment products, the company has also long been focusing on the development of wireless communication technologies and their implementation in society. Mr. Ryo Sawai, General Manager of the DSA Business Preparation Office, Network & System Technology R&D Division, Sony Research & Development...
Ericsson of Sweden released its annual State of Enterprise Connectivity Report (US edition) on June 17, 2025. The report shows 5G as key to the adoption of AI and IoT...
2025/07/25
Ericsson announced on June 4, 2025 that it will deploy a private 5G network in Istres in southern France. The objective is to promote smart cities. The project, in collaboration with local system integrator SPIE and edge/cloud company Unitel, will enable small and medium-sized European...
2025/07/22
On June 4, 2025, the Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance (NGMN), a telecommunications-related industry association, published a proposal document on 6G standardization, "6G KEY MESSAGES - An Operator View...
2025/07/18
The "XGMF-ODAIBA IX Core Fusion of Cutting-edge Industrial Technology and Cutting-edge Communication Technology (IX) Workshop (Vol. 6)" was held at Oki Electric Industry's flagship factory, the new Honjo Plant (Saitama Prefecture). From the workshop held in the H1 building, production sites...
Viavi Solutions, a U.S. company that provides network testing, monitoring, and assurance solutions, announced on June 10 the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hanyang University* in South Korea for AI-RAN, 5G and 6G research.Viavi provides wireless lab testing solutions and specialized...
2025/07/15
Rakuten Symphony, a telecommunications subsidiary of Rakuten Group, and MobiFone, a state-owned telecommunications company in Vietnam, announced on June 4, 2025, the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to test and deploy 4G/5G Open RAN in Vietnam MobiFone is a Southeast Asian...
2025/07/09
This showcase was held at the Expo Messe "WASSE" on the Expo grounds and was a limited nine-day event from May 26 to June 3. More than 40,000 visitors attended during that time, demonstrating the high interest of visitors in future telecommunications....
2025/07/08
Nokia of Finland announced on June 2, 2025 a partnership with Andorix of Canada, a telecommunications infrastructure company for real estate. The two companies will provide private 5G and edge solutions for the real estate market in the U.S. and Canada....
2025/07/04
Rakuten Symphony, a telecommunications subsidiary of Rakuten Group, and Zain Kuwait, a Kuwaiti telecommunications operator, announced on May 26, 2025, the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the pilot implementation of a cloud-native Open RAN (O-RAN). The project will involve...
2025/07/01
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the end of its own AWS Private 5G offering on May 20, 2025. As of the same date, support will be discontinued and access to the service is already no longer available....
2025/06/27
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT-H), Sharp Semiconductor Innovation (SSIC), and Wisig Networks (a wireless-related startup from IIT-H) will be field demonstrating Beyond 5G and 6G technologies on May 15, 2025....
2025/06/24
The NFL's Buffalo Bills announced on May 12, 2025, that they will have U.S. telecommunications giant Verizon as their official 5G partner at their new home, Highmark Stadium, scheduled to open in 2026. Verizon will also be the founding partner of the new stadium...
2025/06/20
On May 7, 2025, 12 major European telecom operators asked EU regulators to allocate the upper 6 GHz band (6.425 GHz to 7.125 GHz) for mobile services. They warned that they "could fall behind the U.S. in the deployment of 6G technology."...
2025/06/11
The June ODAIBA IX Core workshop will be held at Sekisui Chemical's Mizunase Innovation Center, Osaka, which opened in 2020....
2025/06/10
We spoke with Dr. Tetsuya Iye of Kozo Keikaku Engineering’s Communication Engineering Department—who says that “continuous development leveraging the scalability of open-source software (OSS) will accelerate the spread of local 5G”—about the development front line, the benefits of the OSS community, and current interest in the OAIBOX.
