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Mobile phone operator Taiwan Mobile has tapped Finnish telecommunications vendor Nokia to enhance its 5G coverage in Taiwan.

Global IT and network transformation services provider NEC and secure, AI-driven networks company Juniper Networks, have announced they have worked with Algeria Telecom to roll out its modernised, nationwide IP metro commercial network to support current demand for increased capacity as well as future needs driven by 5G and FTTx.

CommScope has announced the introduction of Mosaic, a new active-passive antenna platform that it says assists operators with simplifying and accelerating 5G-related tower deployments.

Game day is being radically transformed, but not everyone stands to benefit, writes Derek Rast, Area Vice President – Australia and New Zealand, Fastly

GUEST OPINION by Chris Wright Red Hat senior VP and chief technology officer: Edge computing is giving life to transformative use cases that businesses are dreaming up today and bringing real-time decision making to last-mile locales.

GUEST OPINION by Ash Halford, Systems Engineering Director, Australia & New Zealand, Juniper Networks:  5G and the transition to multicloud are setting up new customer expectations for network operators. Today’s customers value an excellent user experience above almost anything else—and they are looking to communications service providers (CSPs) to deliver it. If they can’t provide the consistent quality and guaranteed service levels that customers require, they risk losing them entirely.

Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE has rolled out its third-generation 5G Indoor CPE MC8020 at Mobile World Congress 2021.

Melbourne beat Sydney to be Australia’s fastest city for 5G delivery across all frequency bands, according to a new ‘real-world’ measurement which sees that leading cities globally have a significantly better 5G experience than national scores.

NEC has teamed up with its wholly-owned subsidiary and business support system vendor NetCracker and usage data platform DigitalRoute in a strategic partnership in which NEC will offer DigitalRoute's Usage Data Platform alongside its 5G mobile core network (5GC) in global markets.

Optus has switched on 5G at Perth’s Optus stadium, giving sports and concert viewing fans 5G connectivity throughout key areas of the stadium.

Google Cloud and Nokia have announced a global, strategic partnership aimed at jointly developing cloud-native 5G Core solutions for communications service providers and enterprise customers.

Thailand’s mobile services revenue declined in 2020 due to the adverse impact of the COVID-19 crisis on mobile subscription growth and mobile service average revenue per user (ARPU) levels during the year, according to one global analyst.

Optus has teamed with immersive technology app provider Bookful to let children experience reading books using augmented reality (AR).

Network monitoring provider Gigamon has partnered with Nokia to deliver a network visibility and customer experience solution designed to accelerate 5G adoption.

IT infrastructure software vendor VMware has announced its 5G Telco Cloud Platform that includes Tanzu Kubernetes Grid which it says allows Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to "reliably build", manage and run containerised workloads across private, telco, edge and public clouds.

Telstra has passed new milestones with 400 Queensland 5G sites now on-air and both the 450th Telstra 5G site on-air in Victoria and the 30th Tasmanian 5G site also on air, as the telco’s 5G rollouts continues apace.

Bidding limits for Australia’s next 5G spectrum auction, which is scheduled to occur in March 2021, have been announced by the Federal Government.

Optus has announced it is rolling out to its wholesale post-paid partners the ability to enable and purchase services from Optus to offer 5G Home Broadband to their customers.

The forecast number of 5G subscriptions worldwide by 2025 has been raised from 2.6 billion to 2.8 billion, with telecommunications equipment maker Ericsson attributing the additional growth to an increasing number of 5G subscriptions as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic.

Australian executives believe 5G will benefit society as a whole, not just smartphone users, according to new research that reveals businesses also believe 5G will be the “most revolutionary” network development, and create new opportunities for monetisation of the technology.