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T-Mobile Sprint merger hits 11th hour stumbling block
2019-05-23 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
The proposed merger between Sprint and T-Mobile took an unexpected hit today, when sources from the Department of Justice hinted that they were preparing to block the deal. It appeared that the $26 billion merger between America's third and fourth biggest telcos was poised to pass…read more on TotalTele.com »
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New survey reveals growing consumer frustration, as fake-fibre plagues Britain's rural communities
2019-05-23 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
A new industry survey has shown that 57 per cent of Britons were left feeling frustrated by their home broadband services. The research, which was commissioned by rural broadband specialists…read more on TotalTele.com »
Category:Telecommunications
Nokia wins key RAN contract and eyes 5G launch in Malaysia
2019-05-23 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Finnish network equipment provider, Nokia, has signed a three-year contract with U Mobile to deploy a Nokia Single Radio Access Network (RAN) network and launch a 5G network trial in Malaysia. Nokia will also subscribe microwave and IP-based mobile transport technologies to enable U Mobile to expand the delivery of mobile data services across the country…read more on TotalTele.com »
Category:Telecommunications
The UK's inconvenient truth: We couldn't launch 5G without Huawei
2019-05-23 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
It’s been a busy few weeks for Britain’s mobile network operators, with the country’s two biggest MNOs announcing that 5G will be arriving on our shores in less than two weeks’ time. Undoubtedly this marks an important milestone in Britain’s connectivity journey. With the arrival of 5G, the country is ushering in the dawn of the gigabit society, heralding a new age of ubiquitous, ultrafast connectivity. Indeed, Britain will be among the first country’s in the world to rollout commercial 5G services at scale, when EE switch on its 5G networks on the 30th May 2019, followed three days later by Vodafone. At its 5G pre-launch event in London on Wednesday…read more on TotalTele.com »
Category:Telecommunications
Ericsson: Spectrum sharing will be key to scaling up 5G in Europe
2019-05-22 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
European operators must be prepared to utilise spectrum sharing technology in order to scale up their 5G network coverage, or risk having their network growth stunted as they wait for new bands to be auctioned. Governments across Europe have been accused of artificially elevating the price of 5G spectrum boost their own revenues…read more on TotalTele.com »
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