In a bid to demonstrate the importance it puts into innovation and R&D, Huawei Technologies Co has announced that it will charge a reasonable royalty fee to 5G mobile phones for access to its wireless 5G patents.
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Nokia and Orange to expand Self-Organizing Networks technology across 5G networks
Nokia announced it will expand its Self-Organizing Networks (SON) technology across 5G networks operated by one of the world's leading telecommunications carriers, Orange. The deal will cover all of Orange's markets, starting with France and Spain. Nokia continues to offer widespread support for 2G, 3G and 4G spanning more than one million Orange radio cells in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Nokia to reduce 50% of 5G base station power consumption by 2023
Nokia announced that its AirScale 5G mMIMO Base Station will achieve an average power consumption reduction of 50 percent by 2023, outlining its commitment to climate change and zero emissions.
Cisco leads routing and web-scale switching, upgrades to 25.6Tbps
Cisco Silicon One now provides the highest bandwidth routing and switching silicon in a unified architecture by adding Cisco Silicon One G100, the industry’s first 25.6Tbps programmable and fully-shared packet buffered device in 7nm.
Qualcomm closes deal on NUVIA for $1.4bn
Qualcomm Incorporated announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., has completed its acquisition of the world-class CPU and technology design company, NUVIA for $1.4 billion before working capital and other adjustments.
Nokia, Samsung sign patent licensing agreement for video standards
Nokia has signed a patent license agreement with Samsung, which covers the use of Nokia’s innovations in video standards. Under the agreement, Samsung will make royalty payments to Nokia.
Nokia and du join forces to offer great digital experiences inside UAE
Nokia and du, a leading UAE-based telecommunications service provider from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), announced signing of a four-year 5G expansion deal. Saleem Al Balooshi, CTO of du and Amr K. El Leithy, SVP, Middle East and Africa Market, Nokia signed the deal. As part of the agreement, Nokia will deploy the new 5G sites with its Single Radio Access Network (SRAN) technology. This will deliver 5G services in new locations and address the demand for enhanced broadband services.
Qualcomm raises quarterly dividend by 5%
The Board of Directors of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) has approved a 5 percent increase in the company's quarterly cash dividend, according to a statement released by the company.
Nokia partners with Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft for cloud-based 5G solutions
Nokia announced multiple partnerships with leading public cloud providers. The collaboration of Nokia between Google Cloud, Microsoft, and Amazon, will lead to the development of solutions and use cases to solve key 5G scenarios for businesses worldwide.
Nokia’s first Service Enablement Platform to deliver Open RAN innovation
Nokia has announced the launch of its Service Enablement Platform (SEP), the first commercial solution to deliver radio network programmability, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) innovation across the Open RAN (O-RAN) ecosystem. Nokia SEP launches with Nokia's RIC xApps, including Advanced Traffic Steering and Anomaly Detection, which are currently in proofs-of-concepts and trials with major communication service providers (CSP).