Tag: Huawei

February 26, 2021

While most users have yet to experience the benefits of 5G, the race for the next big upgrade has already started, and both companies and governments seem to have accepted the challenge. After all, there are many voices comparing the […]

February 25, 2021

In its latest 5G “magic quadrant” assessment, Gartner labeled Ericsson as the standout network infrastructure and communications service provider, placing it ahead of China’s Huawei and Finland’s Nokia, the only other companies that the Gartner report labeled as “leaders” in […]

February 22, 2021

Chinese vendor Huawei claimed the company has built over half of the 140 commercial 5G networks deployed in 59 countries so far, Ryan Ding, president of Huawei’s Carrier Business Group, said at a pre-briefing for MWC Shanghai 2021. “5G developed […]

January 11, 2021

Tele2 announced that Nokia will be its core partner for standalone 5G networks. More specifically, Nokia said it will deploy standalone 5G core and voice-over-5G technology for the operator in Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Until recently, Sweden’s position regarding […]

November 30, 2020

Will Chinese companies like Huawei and ZTE, who have been blocked from doing business in the USA by the Trump administration because of security issues, now be cleared under the Biden administration? Many have wondered whether this problem was real […]

November 17, 2020

Huawei has confirmed that it has made an agreement to sell its consumer smartphone brand Honor and related business, in a move that has been hinted at since continued U.S. trade restrictions have put substantial constraints on the Chinese telecom […]

October 30, 2020

Telenor Sweden has activated its 5G network in central Stockholm, marking the launch of nationwide roll-out using the new technology. The operator said the 5G network will provide internet access at 1 Gbps to customers with a compatible handset and […]

September 2, 2020

Telefónica has commercially launched 5G services in Spain, the telco said in a release. The European operator said that 75% of the Spanish population will have access to 5G by the end of the year. “The launch of our 5G […]

August 19, 2020

The municipal government of China’s Shenzhen announced that the city’s 5G deployment is fully completed. This makes it the first city in China to to achieve full-scale 5G deployment. The city had deployed 46,480 5G base stations, Mayor Chen Rugui […]

July 6, 2020

The French government will not implement a total ban on the use of equipment from Chinese vendor Huawei in the rollout of 5G networks, but it will encourage local operators not to use such equipment, French paper Les Echos reported […]

June 8, 2020

Huawei’s success and market evolution are a contested topic nowadays, with critics arguing that the vendor is a front for the Chinese government, while several telco operators claim the Chinese vendor is continuously innovating in the industry and setting a […]

June 3, 2020

With the benefit of hindsight, the 5G New Radio standard was collaboratively developed by organizations like 3GPP with a broad goal of creating a single standard rather than rehashing GSM vs. CMDA or LTE and WiMax. But as technology becomes […]

May 26, 2020

As part of the 17th annual Huawei Analyst Summit, Huawei Technologies USA brought together experts from GSMA and Royal Holloway, the University of London for an informative webinar titled: “Cybersecurity Standards and Testing in Europe.” The May 20 webinar, which […]

April 27, 2020

Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE have secured the majority of a contract to provide up to 250,000 5G base stations to China Telecom and China Unicom, Chinese press reported. With these new contracts, the two Chinese vendors have already secured […]

April 16, 2020

In the ongoing generational shift from LTE to 5G, network security is top of mind for carriers and governments, particularly as it relates to Chinese ICT giant Huawei Technologies. While Huawei has had difficulties in the U.S. and markets where […]

April 13, 2020

Open radio access networks are a hot topic in telecom right now with major, multinational operators looking to break out of the big, end-to-end vendor ecosystem potentially in favor of smaller companies working together to foster hardware and software interoperability. […]

March 27, 2020

Dynamic spectrum sharing is widely viewed as a key short-term enabler of scaling out 5G networks quickly. Rather than the slow, expensive process of re-farming spectrum from one generation connectivity technology to the next, DSS lets operators operate LTE and […]

March 9, 2020

Middle East telco Ooredoo Group announced it has selected Huawei to make its network fully 5G-enabled in Oman, Indonesia, Tunisia and Maldives over the next five years, the telco said in a release. Under the terms of the deal, Huawei […]

February 27, 2020

Intel on Monday introduced a raft of new processors, and while updates to the Xeon Scalable lineup led the parade, the real news is Intel’s efforts to go after the embattled Huawei Technologies in the 5G market. Intel unveiled its […]

February 20, 2020

Huawei’s perceived 12-18 month lead over rival 5G kit vendors stands, the Chinese firm said at at partner and media event in London today, as it unveiled a rush of innovations in its radio, transmission, and core network offers that […]