T-Mobile Gains Additional Spectrum to Handle COVID-19 Network Demand

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The FCC has granted T‑Mobile access to additional spectrum to help the carrier handle the surge in demand caused by the coronavirus outbreak. As more people work from home, attend virtual classes, and rely on remote healthcare, dependable connectivity has become essential. To help meet that need, the FCC has temporarily made extra 600 MHz … Read more

Orange and Samsung Partner to Expand Open RAN Networks Across Europe

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Orange and Samsung have expanded their partnership around Open RAN and virtualised RAN (vRAN) to accelerate deployments across Europe. After successful pilots that began in 2023, the two companies have agreed to increase the number of vRAN and Open RAN sites in 2026. Live network integrations during those trials improved end-user experience and overall Quality … Read more

NTT Adopts New Management Style: Remote Work for All 320,000 Employees

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NTT has announced a new management approach designed for a decentralized networked society, extending remote-work support to all 320,000 employees. While many modern startups long ago embraced remote work, the COVID-19 pandemic compelled older, more conservative companies to adapt swiftly. Telecommunications advances allowed business and daily life to continue through strict lockdowns, and widespread broadband, … Read more

Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 Expand UK Network Sharing Agreement

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Vodafone UK and Virgin Media O2 have reached a landmark agreement to extend and enhance their mobile network sharing arrangement for more than a decade. This agreement builds on the companies’ existing partnership and is designed to deliver improved coverage, capacity and service quality across the UK. Although the deal largely stands apart from the … Read more

China LTE Mobile Infrastructure Market Declines, Says IHS Markit

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A 2016 network-sharing agreement between China Unicom and China Telecom helped drive a 16% year‑on‑year decline in China’s LTE capital expenditure, according to a recent IHS Markit analysis. Findings from IHS Markit’s report “2017 Mobile Infrastructure: China Annual Market Tracker” highlight that China, which has the world’s largest mobile subscriber base, reached 1.3 billion mobile … Read more

Charter CFO: 5G Is Not Comparable to DOCSIS 3.1 — What That Means

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Charter Communications CFO Chris Winfrey strongly believes 5G will not displace fixed-line providers because it cannot match the capabilities of wired connections. Speaking at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference, Winfrey said: “I don’t see anything about 5G that ever makes it comparable to DOCSIS 3.1 or DOCSIS 3.1 Full … Read more

Samsung Europe Partners with Activision Blizzard EMEA for Embrace Your Game Campaign

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Samsung Electronics Ltd. has announced a collaboration with Activision Blizzard EMEA: a cross-channel, cross-product marketing campaign designed to showcase the breadth of Samsung’s gaming products. The Embrace Your Game campaign brings together industry-leading hardware and some of today’s most popular games in a first-of-its-kind marketing initiative. Targeting Samsung gamers across 17 markets and 44 countries, … Read more

Ofcom to Probe Whether Sky–21st Century Fox Merger Threatens Media Plurality

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The UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has launched an investigation to determine whether the proposed merger between Sky and 21st Century Fox would undermine media plurality — the public’s right to access a wide range of news sources and diverse viewpoints. Rupert Murdoch, as chairman of 21st Century Fox and News Corp, already exerts considerable influence … Read more