COVID-19, telecom 2020-04-30
A new report from Analysys Mason predicts that telecom revenue in developed markets will drop 3.4% year-on-year in 2020, although the sector is expected to hold up relatively well as COVID-19 keeps much of the world in lockdown. The analyst firm had prev
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5G, mast burning, Brits, 5G infrastructure 2020-04-30
Brits under lockdown. It could be a new Sky series, a sort of neighbors-from-hell documentary aimed at Brexit-bothered Europeans, to whom the British have long been a bunch of pasty-faced, beer-swilling malcontents. But those disregarding the lockdown (a
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Singapore, 5G 2020-04-30
The Singapore regulator, as expected, has awarded its two 5G licenses to incumbent local operators.One went to market leader SingTel and the other to a JV between the second- and third-largest telcos, StarHub and M1.A bid from the newest operator, Austra
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3GPP, 5G standard 2020-03-14
The 3GPP – the global association developing the world's 5G technology standards – confirmed that the timeline for the completion of two upcoming releases for 5G specifications is to be shifted back by three months. The associati
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COVID-19, UK telcos 2020-03-14
UK operators warn of delayed line repairs; BEREC reports no signs of network congestion; the ethics of data tracking at a time of crisis. The UK government has got the country's telecom industry to agree to a series of measures that are intended to
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