2025/08/01
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...
2025/07/29
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...
2025/07/18
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...
2025/07/08
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."...
2025/06/04
Finland's Nokia announced on May 6, 2025, that it has signed a contract to install a self-owned radio network (privately owned wireless) for the fleet of Danish shipping giant AP Moller Maersk. Maersk will install the wireless network on 450 vessels in its fleet, providing real-time cargo tracking, suppl...
2025/06/03
Research firm ABI Research recently released a new report examining the impact of U.S. tariff policy on the technology industry. In it, the report notes that the current uncertain tariff policy may also negatively impact the private 5G market....
2025/05/30
Finland's Nokia announced on April 24, 2025, the expansion of its strategic alliance with U.S. telecommunications giant T-Mobile in the field of 5G radio access networks (RAN). The new multi-year agreement will deploy Nokia's next-generation baseband and wireless technologies to cover the entire U.S....
2025/05/27
Indian telecommunications giant Bharti Airtel announced on April 22, 2025, that it has signed an agreement to acquire 400 MHz width of the 26 GHz band from Adani Data Networks, part of the country's Adani Group. Airtel, which was aiming to enter the Indian 5G telecommunications market,...
2025/05/23
On April 14, 2025, the European Commission announced a public call for funding totaling €104 million (approximately ¥17 billion) to promote research and development related to 6G. This is part of a public-private partnership between the Commission and the telecommunications industry called "Smart Ne...
