RAN Vendors

Ericsson expects to pocket a cool SEK10.6 billion from the sale of number portability and data exchange services subsidiary iconectiv, a US-based unit it arranged to offload to Koch Equity Development.

Dell’Oro Group VP Stefan Pongratz stated global RAN revenue declined at a double-digit rate for the fourth quarter in a row during Q2, though noted some pockets of the market began to pick up.

ZTE, CelcomDigi and U Mobile registered mobile data rates of 30.8Gb/s during a trial of 5G-Advanced, claiming a global record.

Dell’Oro Group VP Stefan Pongratz stated the vision of open RAN as a way to eliminate vendor lock-in is fading, with the promise of creating a broad market of suppliers for operators to choose from stalling despite the technique taking off.

Nokia struck a partnership with Swisscom’s broadcasting business to deploy its drone solutions for emergency response and industrial use cases, with the service covering the whole of Switzerland.

Mobile World Live brings you our top three picks of the week as Nokia continues to feel the effects of a slump in its Mobile Network division, Huawei plans to open the doors on its $1.4 billion R&D facility and AT&T throttles up the use of genAI-fed autonomous agents.

Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark pointed to continuing challenges for its Mobile Network division during Q2 which contributed to an 18 per cent year-on-year drop in sales across the business, though he cited positive trends elsewhere and reiterated predictions of a H2 revival.