All Network & Infrastructure articles – Page 38
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O2’s Haas calls for end to spectrum auctions
Still reeling from last year’s blow-out 5G auction, O2 is lobbying for a re-think on how spectrum rights are managed, and charged for, by the German government.
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Deutsche Telekom CEO lobbies for full-blown open RAN
Höttges calls for hardware and software disaggregation across all radio bearers, not just 5G. DT working toward a “Chinese-free” core network but awaits recommendations from Berlin on Huawei’s RAN gear.
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Telefónica supports call for COVID climate aid alignment
Telcos represented in UN-backed statement urging alignment of COVID-19 economic response with climate action. GSMA, Magyar Telekom, Orange, and Vodafone also pledge support.
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Cloud-focused telcos haven’t gone native
Vodafone and Telefónica challenge Kubernetes to prove itself in telco environment. Telcos warn against repeating NFV ‘silo’ mistakes with containers. Hybrid VM and cloud-native model the norm for operators already invested in NFV.
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Openreach raises FTTP sights as ADTRAN comes on board
ADTRAN set to take a substantial share of work building BT’s new fibre infrastructure as a third partner alongside Huawei and Nokia. Vendor’s involvement appears to have sparked a small jump in BT’s March 2021 rollout targets.
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Deutsche Telekom rethinks German tower expansion plan
2,000 per year add-on ambition “too optimistic” in current circumstances.
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Vodacom looks to Loon in Mozambique
Mozambique partnership to deliver network expansion, if technicalities ironed out. First Loon tie-up within Vodafone Group.
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Vodafone Germany plans for 3G sunset
CTO Gerhard Mack announces 3G retirement date of 30 June 2021, putting a deadline on spectrum re-farming and prepping the OpCo for accelerated 5G rollout. OpCo follows in footsteps of VodafoneZiggo, which made the same move earlier this year.
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Telekom unveils ambitious 5G coverage target
NatCo aims to cover more than half the German population by end-2020. Counts on antenna upgrades and dynamic spectrum sharing to achieve goal. Huawei question still hangs in air.
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5G finally comes to South Africa
Spectrum-poor operator takes advantage of temporary licence from ICASA.
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Virgin Media pressuring BT on mobile backhaul
Key BT wholesale rival is on the front foot as mobile operators shop around for 5G backhaul.
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European spectrum lag adds to 5G uncertainty
Ongoing delays to auctions are complicating operators’ spend planning, and are not necessarily just down to COVID-19.
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Deutsche Telekom finds on-campus chemistry with BASF
Chemicals group concocting a 5G-based upgrade to network at major plant, with DT involved in pilots. Exec talks up need for low-latency IIoT applications; on-message with DT digitisation push.
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BT prepping 5G satellite integration
SaT5G scheme provides platform to delve into business process modelling.
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Telefónica enters the edge zone with Microsoft
Group edge computing activity picks up pace with use-cases aimed at both consumer and enterprise customers, including a new cloud gaming platform.
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Government herds operators into rural sharing pen
March 2020 deadline met, saving government face. Unknown outcome from pushback against EE fee proposal.
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Magenta Telekom quietly sets up own TowerCo
Group coy on plans but move opens up partnership and monetisation opportunities.
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West Africa Cable System outage
The partly Vodafone-owned West Africa Cable System (WACS) suffered a major, prolonged outage in January 2020.
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Mavenir’s Cantarelli on OpenRAN vision
Vision of new flexibility and optionality in operator RAN deployments; not just a cost-slicer. 5G piece to be added to OpenRAN by end of 2019; vendors position for network densification role. Operators still to adapt themselves culturally and organisationally to exploit OpenRAN changes.
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Rakuten Mobile at DTW19: first cloud-native mobile network operator (from a non-telco)
Inside the rebel base: CTO opens up on Rakuten Mobile and Reliance Jio green-field ventures. Network and customer experience reimagined for challenge to operator establishment. Can telco establishment translate experiences, with legacy encumbrance?