Bharti Airtel’s optical network completed
14 November 2024
Ribbon Communications has successfully completed a long-haul DWDM project to upgrade Bharti Airtel’s optical transport network.
Airtel has deployed Ribbon’s Apollo 9600 suite of programmable and open optical transport platforms, which support C+L bands, across its 30,000km network.
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UK’s mobile users frustrated with network outages
14 November 2024
Network outages were cited as the biggest frustration for 16% of UK respondents of a report from Ookla, which surveyed over 1,000 UK smartphone users.
Slow-loading web pages and interrupted video streams were listed as affecting 38% and 19% of users respectively, and 26% of respondents said that they are likely or very likely to switch operators within the next year.
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Nokia to coordinate SUSTAIN-6G lighthouse project
14 November 2024
The Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) has selected Nokia to be the coordinator of the SUSTAIN-6G lighthouse project.
The SNS-JU is a public-private partnership funded by the European Commission. Nokia will lead a consortium of innovators that will identify how 6G can play a key role in building a sustainable future, addressing not only environmentally sustainable, but also economically and societally sustainable technologies.
Find out more Sutel restarts 5G spectrum auction
14 November 2024
Regulator Sutel has reportedly restarted the country’s 5G spectrum auction process, following the dismissal by The Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR) of most of the objections of Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (Grupo ICE), the Costa Rican government-run electricity and telecommunications services provider.
There was apparently an error in the annex to the specifications, relating to coverage guarantees. This was one of ICE’s objections and one of the few to be accepted. The error has now been corrected.
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