Ooedoo and Nokia will work to develop and deploy 5G private networks for businesses operating across several industries Middle East telco Ooredoo Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Finnish vendor Nokia with the aim of upgrading business connectivity with 5G solutions. Under the terms of the new agreement, both companies will collaborate...

The Spanish government aims to acquire a stake of up to 10% in Telefonica The Spanish government said it had already acquired a 6% stake in domestic telecom operator Telefonica through a state holding company.  Spanish state-run company Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI) noted that the transaction is part of a move to acquire […]...

Hughes facility will serve as testing ground for private 5G solutions for enterprise and the U.S. Department of Defense EchoStar subsidiary Hughes Network Systems announced the opening of a new manufacturing facility and private 5G incubation center in Germantown, Maryland. The Hughes Manufacturing Facility (EXM) produces the company’s satellite modems...

Analysys Mason surveyed over 60 operators worldwide and found a significant positive shift in confidence and focus regarding Open RAN capabilities.   Many of the issues related to performance and total cost of ownership (TCO) uncertainty, previously the biggest barriers to Open RAN adoption, are being effectively addressed, and operators are confident...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has said its new Aruba Wi-Fi 7 access points, out in July, deliver “up to 30 percent” more capacity for wireless traffic compared with standard Wi-Fi 7 gear, courtesy of the firm’s “ultra-tri band hardware technology”. The new 730-series ‘campus APs’ (access points) also do better in terms of network security […] The...

News from last week; NVIDIA has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Israel-based Run:ai, a Kubernetes-based compute management and orchestration software provider. The US chip firm, which has seen its stock value spiral upwards in line with demand for graphics processing units (GPUs) for modish AI computing workloads, said the deal will help...