• Satellite Broadband: Pet Project or Solution to Digital Inclusion?

    Near space could revolutionize connectivity, but at a huge cost Satellite broadband has generated a lot of interest this year, not least from high-profile and deep-pocketed investors. It's also a ...

  • AT&T and GM Team Up for 5G Connected Cars

    High-speed vehicular connections by 2023 Last week, General Motors (GM) and AT&T announced a partnership to launch 5G connected vehicles over the next decade. At launch, GM will provide access ...

  • Huawei Recognized for 5G-Based Innovation

    The technologies that earned it five GLOMO awards In late June, the GSMA held its 35th Global Mobile Awards, also known as GLOMOs, at MWC 2021 in Barcelona. The awards ...

  • Rakuten Gains a Foothold in Europe

    Strikes a deal with 1&1 to build fully virtualized Open RAN German mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) 1&1 Drillisch and Rakuten recently announced a long-term partnership to build a fourth ...

  • Canadian 5G Auction Brings Home the Bacon

    Regulator takes steps to increase competition, but are they enough? Following a delay caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the auction of licences for 3.5 GHz spectrum in Canada was finally ...

  • China Drives Surge in 5G Deployment in 2021

    Other markets will follow as China ramps up 700 MHz network roll-outs China is a huge market for the mobile industry and network deployments were always going to be big ...

  • Google Gets Major US Carriers to Sign Up for RCS

    Verizon is the latest name to join the rich-messaging party Last week, Verizon announced that it will make Google's Messages the default messaging app on all Android devices starting in ...

  • BT Maps Out Path to Converged Network

    UK operator sets ambitious targets to retain connectivity leadership Last week, BT executives gave a wide-reaching update to analysts about its network strategy. The news came as the company looks ...

  • Tiny E-SIM Gains Big Momentum

    Phones with e-SIMs are increasing. Should operators be afraid? For over a decade, the wireless industry has been preparing for a whole host of devices armed with reprogrammable embedded SIM ...

  • BT Brings Back Roaming Charges

    But customers continue to tighten purse strings Earlier today, EE confirmed the return of roaming charges for all new and upgrading pay-monthly customers, applicable from January 2022. O2 and Three ...