Connectivity Wireless

Sdxcentral | April 01, 2020

Japan mobile operators KDDI and SoftBank solidified plans to work together on the deployment of 5G infrastructure targeted at rural areas of the country. The move comes on the heels of Japan’s largest operator NTT DoCoMo launching commercial 5G services and just ahead of new entrant Rakuten Mobile’s push into the market. Japan’s second- and third-largest mobile operators will share base stations used to transmit the 5G signals in rural areas. They will also collaborate on the c...

Mobile Infrastructure

Mavenir,Ligado Networks | July 01, 2021

Ligado Networks and Mavenir announced a partnership today. Mavenir will develop O-RAN compliant remote radio devices, and cloud-native Open RAN software compatible with Ligado's L-Band spectrum. Ligado has received clearance from 3GPP, the wireless industry's standards organization, for new technical requirements that would allow its L-band spectrum to be used in 5G networks. These approvals enable manufacturers to develop 5G and LTE devices compatible with Ligado's mi...

Network Infrastructure,Unified Communications

Businesswire | May 25, 2023

MATRIXX Software, a global leader in 5G monetization solutions, is working with Blue Planet, a division of Ciena , to offer intelligent automation solutions. Together, the two companies are providing an integrated solution that enables Communications Service Providers (CSPs) to dynamically orchestrate and charge for complex networks, mobile edge computing and cloud environments at scale. The Blue Planet-MATRIXX combined offering provides intelligent orchestration of multi-access...

lightreading | February 21, 2020

U.S. Cellular – the nation's largest regional wireless network operator with around 5 million customers – said it expects to increase spending on its network in 2020 to help fuel 5G launches. Concurrently, the company announced it would add Samsung as a 5G equipment vendor alongside Nokia and Ericsson, its two previously announced 5G vendors. The announcement represents yet another win for Samsung, which has been gaining significant ground in 5G equipment sales among nationwide U...