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The Indian government has announced plans to put processes in place allowing it to grant immediate approval to 5G field trials and R&D activities, in a bid to ensure India does not lag behind in 5G.

The special regime is being put in place to allow the Department of Telecom to expedite its planned 5G field trials, the Economic Times reported.

The department has approached…

This white paper 5G Americas details the extensive standards work by the global organization 3GPP in the development of 5G wireless technology.

LTE and its advanced evolutions, currently deployed on 609 commercial networks worldwide, is expected to be the dominant mobile wireless technology well into the next decade and now Release 15 the first phase of the 5th generation (5G) of…

China Telecom names Ke Ruiwen president and COO

China Telecom has appointed Ke Ruiwen (pcitured) as the company’s president and chief operating officer, with effect from October 25, 2018.

He’s also been appointed to the Chinese telco’s board, according to the company’s filings to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong [pdf].

Ke replaces Liu Aili, who resigned in July due to…

As the pace of digitalization and automation accelerates globally, and more disruptive innovations in machine learning, artificial intelligence and robotics are expected, new data sources and measurement tools are needed to complement existing valuable statistics and administrative data. This is necessary to better understand the impact of technological change on the labor market and the economy…

Thailand's Dtac has picked up 5 MHz of 900-MHz spectrum as the sole bidder in a spectrum auction held by regulator NBTC on Sunday.

The company acquired the license for 38.06 billion baht ($1.16 billion), a fraction over the reserve price of 37.98 billion baht, the Bangkok Post reported.

Rivals AIS and True had sat out of the auction due to already acquiring 900 MHz licenses,…