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STC, Huawei complete first indoor 5G trial in the Middle EastSTC used 100 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band Saudi Telecom Company (STC) and Chinese vendor Huawei confirmed they have completed what they claim to be the first trial of indoor 5G in the Middle East region. During the trial in Dammam, STC […]

Huawei opens cybersecurity center in BelgiumThe vendor said government agencies, regulators and customers will have access to Huawei’s cybersecurity practices Chinese vendor Huawei has opened a cybersecurity transparency centre in Brussels, Belgium, with the aim of showing concrete measures to guarantee the security of its 5G solutions Huawei said more than 200 representatives from regulators, […]

Grace Koh to lead US delegation to World Radiocommunication Conference 2019Koh appointed to lead US presence at ITU’s WRC Grace Koh will lead the U.S. delegation to the International Telecommunications Union’s World Radiocommunication Conference 2019, which will be held this fall in Egypt. Koh has private sector experience in technology, legal and regulatory policy and […]

37 House members come out against proposed Sprint/T-Mobile US mergerReps: Sprint/T-Mobile US merger will reduce jobs, hurt competition In a Feb. 28 letter to U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai and Makan Delrahim, an attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, 37 members of the U.S. House of Representatives express opposition to […]

FCC watchful as Windstream files for bankruptcy protectionThe Federal Communications Commission, mindful of the rural services that Windstream Holdings provides — and the federal universal service funds that it receives — says it will be watching closely as the company proceeds with Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Windstream recently filed for bankruptcy protection after a court decision […]

Naver partners with Intel, KT to develop 5G-enabled service robots  Naver will use Intel’s computing solution based on KT’s 5G communications network Naver, which is South Korea’s largest Internet portal and search engine, plans to develop 5G-enabled service robots in partnership with compatriot carrier KT and U.S. tech firm Intel. The partnership would allow Naver […]

Cisco CEO says governments should not worry about Huawei  The executive said that 5G networks will be deployed by a combination of suppliers from Europe, China and the U.S. Cisco System’s CEO Chuck Robbins said that governments should not be worried about the possibility that Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies will dominate the race to deploy […]

O-RAN Alliance continues to draw vendor support despite goal of breaking vendor lock-inEricsson, SOLiD among newest O-RAN Alliance vendor members Operator members of the O-RAN Alliance, which is dedicated to creating open interfaces to enable multi-vendor radio site configurations, want to ultimately get around vendor lock-in, hasten deployment time and lower capital costs. Given this […]

FCC finalizes qualified bidders for 24 GHz auctionAs the Federal Communications Commission moves quickly to open up additional millimeter wave spectrum for commercial use, it has identified 38 qualified bidders who plan to participate in the upcoming 24 GHz auction. That’s two fewer qualified bidders than the previous mmWave auction for spectrum at 28 GHz, […]

Rakuten selects Red Hat’s tech for new mobile network  Rakuten aims to implement an end-to-end cloud-native network to provide differentiated services to its mobile subscribers Red Hat announced that its open source technologies will be used by Japan’s Rakuten Mobile Network as it launches its new mobile network In Japan. The U.S. company said that […]