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Telstra and Ericsson collaborate on edge cloud for enterprises

Australian operator, Telstra and Ericsson will collaborate to develop an edge cloud solution for enterprise use cases. It will be delivered within months and strengthen ...

APAC leaders discuss 5G as South Korea reports numbers boost

Last week, representatives from APAC’s mobile ecosystem convened at the GSMA’s second APAC 5G Leaders’ CxO Summit. The event, supported by Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs ...

France completes delayed mid-band 5G auction

After 17 rounds of competitive bidding spread across just three days, France has completed its long-awaited auction of 3.4–3.8 GHz spectrum. Each mobile operator committed to ...

Telefónica and Rakuten partner to accelerate Open RAN

Telefónica and Rakuten have announced a partnership to accelerate the development of Open RAN technology for 5G access and core networks, and the associated operations support ...

Operators embrace network virtualisation

Telefónica Germany / O2 is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Ericsson to virtualise its 5G core network, leveraging AWS for cloud infrastructure and relying on ...

5G chipsets and devices develop at pace

Qualcomm has announced plans to add 5G compatibility to its budget Snapdragon 4 series chipsets in 2021. While it has already enabled 5G support on an expanded list of ...

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New opportunities created by the transformative capabilities of 5G and IP Services are inspiring Operators to deploy innovative technologies and develop new commercial principles to deliver network economic optimisation.

Directed by 21 leading operators, the GSMA Future Networks Programme guides the industry to meet emerging consumer and business demands with innovations in Network Slicing, Operator Cloud Platform Interoperability and Open Networking.

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