Key Facts Asia-Pacific: New 5G Leaps, Spectrum Deals & Censorship Concerns 5G rollouts and spectrum in APAC: Across Asia-Pacific, operators advanced their mobile broadband ambitions. China Mobile showcased a cutting-edge 6G trial at the China Internet Conference, claiming the world’s first small-scale 6G network with ten prototype base stations caliber.az caliber.az. Peak wireless speeds reached […]
Key Facts Major Smartphone Launches & Announcements Apple iPhone 17 Series Debuts: Apple’s fall launch was the centerpiece of the week. On September 9, Apple unveiled the iPhone 17 family – including the 6.3-inch iPhone 17 and two new high-end models, iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, which feature a striking redesigned aluminum unibody and […]
Key Facts Telecom Industry News: Mergers, Partnerships & Market Moves Satellite spectrum shake-up in the U.S.: In a blockbuster spectrum deal, EchoStar – the satellite operator linked to Dish Network – agreed to sell vast swaths of its mobile airwaves to Elon Musk’s SpaceX for about $17 billion reuters.com. The purchase gives SpaceX’s Starlink satellite unit […]
Key Facts Next-Gen Rollouts and Alliances African 5G ambitions: In a bid to bridge its digital divide, the Republic of Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) formally launched a National 5G Strategy this week. The plan – unveiled at a high-profile event with policymakers, operators and international partners – sets the island nation on a path to […]
Undersea Cable Sabotage Cripples Connectivity A sudden undersea fiber break has wreaked havoc on internet traffic between Europe, the Middle East and Asia. On Sept 7, monitors detected that two critical submarine cables – SEA-ME-WE 4 and IMEWE – were cut near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia ts2.tech. The impact was felt across continents: data slowed to a crawl […]
Key Facts New Technologies & Standards Chinese 6G Chip Leap: Next-generation research is accelerating beyond the lab. In a major milestone, scientists in China announced development of a single microchip that could form the heart of future 6G networks, achieving over 100 Gbps wireless throughput techxplore.com. The all-frequency 6G chip – roughly the size of a […]
New Technologies & Standards 6G leaps & device innovation: Next-generation research is accelerating. In China, scientists announced a breakthrough 6G chipset that delivers over 100 Gbps mobile speeds, using an “all-frequency” design that covers bands from standard cellular up to terahertz waves techxplore.com techxplore.com. The tiny chip (about 11 × 2 mm) consolidates what used to require nine separate […]
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Key Facts North America (USA & Canada) Spectrum and Infrastructure Moves: In the United States, telecom operators poured resources into boosting network capacity. AT&T made headlines with a record-breaking spectrum acquisition – agreeing to pay $23 billion for nationwide licenses held by satellite operator EchoStar, including ~30 MHz of 3.45 GHz mid-band and 20 MHz of 600 MHz low-band airwaves […]
Spectrum and Policy Shake-Ups India’s private 5G debate: A high-stakes policy clash intensified in India over allocating 5G spectrum. In late August, the GSMA (global mobile operators’ alliance) sent a letter urging India’s DoT not to set aside dedicated 5G bands for private enterprise networks rcrwireless.com. The GSMA’s APAC head, Jeanette Whyte, warned that India’s […]