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Deutsche Telekom to Shut Down 3G Network in Summer 2021; to Reuse Frequencies for 4G and 5G

Deutsche Telekom this week announced that it is shutting down its 3G network in the summer of 2021. After Vodafone,…

SK Telecom, Microsoft Launch SKT 5GX Cloud Game Powered by Xbox Game Pass Ultimate

SK Telecom and Microsoft last week launched ‘SKT 5GX Cloud Game’ powered by Xbox Game Pass Ultimate in Korea, making…

S. Korea’s KT Unveils AI-powered Smart Robot Food Server

KT, South Korea’s largest telecommunications company, has introduced a smart robot food server, powered by its Artificial Intelligence (AI) and…

Xilinx Launches T1 Telco Accelerator Card for Growing 5G O-RAN Virtual Baseband Unit Markets

Xilinx recently announced the T1 Telco Accelerator Card for O-RAN distributed units (O-DUs) and virtual baseband units (vBBUs) in 5G…

SoftBank Group to Sell US Cellphone Distributor Brightstar

Brightstar Capital Partners (BCP), a private equity firm announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake…

Iliad Makes €2.2B Bid for Polish Operator Play

Parent company of French operator Free, Iliad Group has launched a public tender offer for all of the shares making…

Verizon Expands Relationship with Amazon to Offer LTE-enabled Ring Alarm Home Security Kit

Verizon and Amazon are expanding their relationship to offer Verizon customers the 7-piece Ring Alarm Security Kit with Verizon LTE…

Rakuten Mobile, Telefonica Partner to Advance OpenRAN, 5G Core and OSS

Rakuten Mobile and Telefónica last week announced the signing of an agreement to cooperate on a shared vision to advance…

Saudi's Mobily Partners Ericsson to Trial 5G on 800/1800 MHz Band using Spectrum Sharing

Saudi Arabia's Mobily has teamed up with Ericsson to trial 5G on 800/1800 MHz band using Ericsson Spectrum Sharing. The…