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Ericsson | December 15, 2017

Its been a good week for network infrastructure vendor Ericsson. On Dec. 11, the company won a contract with U.S. operator Verizon to provide core, RAN, transport and services for a 2018 commercial 5G fixed wireless access launch. On the heels of that win, Ericsson announced on Dec. 14, it was selected by Deutsche Telekom to provide a “5G-ready” RAN as part of a five-year deal. Specifically, Ericsson will multi-standard RAN solutions covering DT’s 2G, 3G and LTE networks, while...

SDxCentral | December 10, 2018

T-Mobile Poland claims to be the first off the 5G starting block in its domestic market, announcing the launch of what it described as the “first fully functional” 5G network in the Eastern European country with the support of Huawei Technologies. The Deutsche Telekom subsidiary said the network is currently available in the center of Warsaw, although plans are afoot to extend coverage gradually throughout the entire country depending on the spectrum licensing plans of the Polish reg...

SDxCentral | December 14, 2018

Almost two weeks after launching its 5G commercial network in South Korea, SK Telecom flagged an agreement with German telecom giant Deutsche Telekom (DT) to carry out joint projects in the field of mobile edge computing (MEC) for 5G. The South Korean operator has agreed to partner with MobiledgeX, a U.S.-based subsidiary formed by DT earlier this year to provide a platform for developers to work on low-latency applications. It’s run as an independent company to attract other operators to ...

SDxCentral | January 22, 2019

Deutsche Telekom (DT) signaled plans to expand its 5G test locations in 2019, although Berlin is clearly set to remain the focal point in the early stages of the German carrier’s 5G rollout strategy. A new 5G test site will be established in Darmstadt near Frankfurt am Main in the first quarter of the year with more locations to follow in the coming months. DT already operates a 5G testbed in Hamburg in conjunction with Nokia and the Port of Hamburg that is testing the use of 5G technology...