Vietnam's Viettel deploys 600G wavelengths with Nokia

Viettel, Vietnam’s largest telecom service provider, has deployed 600G wavelengths in the C-band to connect core sites using Nokia's PSE-V super-coherent optical engines (PSE-Vs).In this project, Nokia PSE-Vs is deployed in Nokia’s 1830 Photonic Service Switch platform, and will enable Viettel to scale total network capacity to 25.2 Tbps over C-band. In addition, the existing C-band system can be seamlessly upgraded to C+L band by adding L band components,...

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Bharti Airtel selects Ribbon for optical backbone

Bharti Airtel has selected Ribbon Communications to build its new high-speed transport network supporting 5G mobile backhaul and high-speed enterprise business connectivity throughout Northwestern India. Financial terms were not disclosed.The disaggregated network architecture leverages Ribbon's Apollo suite of programmable and open optical transport platforms, with support for a combined network capacity across C&L bands of up to 51.2T. The...

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Rakuten Mobile now at 5 million subscribers in Japan

Rakuten shared the following metrics for its mobile segment for Q4 and full year 2022:In FY2022, the Mobile segment recorded revenue of 368.7 billion yen, a significant increase of 62.0% YoY. Operating losses of 492.8 billion yen were recorded. After peaking in Q1 FY2022,  operating losses continue to contract due to the increased number of paying customers in line with the end of the campaign offering one-year of free mobile service, increased...

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EE targets 5G expansion in rural areas

EE announced plans to extend 5G coverage to rural communities across the UK for the first time. Nearly 500 smaller communities, including Church Stretton and Birkenshaw in England, Llandeilo and Pen-y-banc (Carmarthenshire) in Wales and Tayport and Ratho in Scotland, now have their first 5G signal from EE, bringing the total number of UK cities, towns and villages where customers can access EE 5G to over 1,000. As part of the rollout, EE’s 5G...

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Spirent offers end-to-end O-RAN testing and validation

Building upon its previously available O-CU and O-RU test solutions, Spirent Communications released its O-DU, and RIC tests, completing its O-RAN test solution portfolio. Spirent’s O-RAN portfolio provides the following:Multi-vendor interoperability and advanced performance testing using real-time emulation - Spirent offers the most thorough, reliable, and realistic testing using comprehensive test portfolios and real-time (bi-directional)...

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European operators form digital advertising JV

Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone are forming a joint venture for digital advertising in Europe. The platform has been designed from the outset to be compliant with European data protection policy such as GDPR and the ePrivacy directive.The four companies will take equal 25% stakes in the new company, which will be based in Belgium. The trial platform requires affirmative opt-in consent by the consumer to activate communications...

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Tarana signs South African distributor for FWA

Tarana has signed Switchcom Distribution as its authorized distributor for southern Africa.Tarana's carrier-grade Gigabit 1 (G1) next-generation fixed wireless access (ngFWA) platform delivers Internet services in either 3 GHz licensed or 5 GHz license-exempt spectrum. The G1 platform is known for its exceptional interference cancellation and non-line-of-sight performance, delivering up to 9.6 Gbps per site and 800 Mbps per link, even in challenging...

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