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India's Bharti Airtel has contracted Ciena to deploy a large-scale photonic control plane backbone network that will connect more than 4,000 towns across the nation.

Under the agreement, announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the companies will collaborate to deploy a network spanning 130,000km.

The network deployment, which the companies said will be one of the world…

Automotive industry systems and parts supplier Ficosa has used Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to unveil new connected car solutions.

The company is showcasing a new hybrid vehicle-to-everything (V2X) platform supporting short-range communication over both Wi-Fi and cellular technology.

The Bitax platform supports both DSRC and C-V2X communications over the same hardware…

More than 90% of mobile operators fear that the arrival of the 5G era will result in significantly higher energy costs, according to research from data center equipment provider Vertiv and 451 Research.

A survey of mobile operators, released at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, found high interest in technologies and services that can improve energy efficiency of 5G networks.

Gemalto has announced plans to launch a new 5G SIM aimed at meeting operator requirements for the next generation mobile technology.

The Gemalto 5G SIM will be compliant with 3GPP 5G specifications and the recommendations laid out by SIMalliance.

It will be available in all SIM form factors - including eSIM - during the first half of 2019, and will support functionality…

Cisco announced that it is planning to fork out $5 billion funding over the next three years to help its customers for network transitions to 5G.

Cisco said “the 5G movement is in steep ascent and service providers face significant financing pressures as they prepare for this 5G revolution.”

Cisco's recent Mobile VNI Forecast shows that by 2022, the average 5G connection (22 GB…