Ericsson RAN Vendors June 22, 2021 Ericsson beefs up cloud play with mid-band Ericsson boosted its Cloud RAN offering to include mid-band 5G and Massive MIMO compatibility, a move the vendor believes helps operators capitalise on their spectral assets and tap into the network product. By Kavit Majithia
Ericsson North America Operators RAN Vendors Verizon June 21, 2021 Verizon continues sensor push with Senion buy Verizon acquired Senion, a creator of machine learning algorithms which combine sensor inputs to deliver indoor positioning information, to offer enterprises location services on its 5G network. By Martha DeGrasse
AI & Cloud Big Tech Dish Network Nokia North America Operators RAN Vendors June 21, 2021 Nokia deploys Dish core in AWS cloud Nokia revealed it will deploy a standalone 5G core network for Dish Network in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud, a move the US newcomer’s chief network officer Marc Rouanne claimed was a key step in its deployment. By Martha DeGrasse
Network Tech Nokia RAN Vendors June 21, 2021 Nokia cleared for private 5G take off with Lufthansa Nokia won a contract to supply a private 5G network for aircraft services provider Lufthansa Technik’s industrial facility in Hamburg, following a year-long pilot of the system. By Chris Donkin
Huawei Network Tech North America RAN Vendors Regulation June 21, 2021 Huawei dealt blow in bid to overturn rural ruling A US appeals court dismissed a move by Huawei to overturn a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruling barring companies awarded government subsidies from purchasing the vendor’s equipment. By Kavit Majithia
Asia Pacific June 21, 2021 Australia regulator bemoans lack of mobile competition Australia’s competition commission slammed price rises made in the wake of a merger of TPG and Vodafone Hutchison Australia, accusing the country’s three major operators of no longer being concerned about loss of customers. By Chris Donkin
GSMA June 21, 2021 Intelligence Brief: Assessing latest smart city and tower asset developments This year, June is a notable month for the telecoms and technology industry because it’s ringing MWC21 Barcelona in my ears. By GSMA Intelligence