*|FNAME|* Qualcomm dazzles with 5G Snapdragon 8-series

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Wireless semiconductor kingpin Qualcomm has used its Snapdragon Tech Summit Digital 2020 virtual event to unveil its Snapdragon 8-series mobile range, including the flagship Snapdragon 888 5G mobile platform for premium mobile devices. Qualcomm has become the clear market leader for mobile 5G chipsets and we have two reports from the summit.

Worldwide mobile industry group. the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) has named the big three RAN equipment suppliers Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia, among 23 initial founding partners and members of its newly established GSA FWA (Fixed Wireless Access) Forum.

The British Government says it will pump £1.6 million (A$2.9 million) into Japanese firm NEC to support a project to develop an open radio access network for 5G. In an announcement on Monday, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said the investment was part of its commitment to try and diversify.

Fujitsu has announced that its O-RAN (Open RAN) compatible 5G Radio Unit was selected by KDDI Corporation for the construction of virtualised base stations for 5G commercial services in Japan, with planned delivery in the second half of FY2021.

Germany has rejected the US push to ban Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei technologies from its 5G rollout, with the Asia Times reporting on Monday that the company would be allowed to build part of the network.

Australia's second largest mobile operator Singtel Optus will go ahead with plans to sell 70% of its "passive" towers, which are estimated to be worth $2 billion, to help pay for its rollout of 5G infrastructure.

Any time Australia's NBN Co is taking a hammering over the abysmal speeds on the fibre network which it is building at a cost of $57 billion - and still counting - there is a bid to make things look better: the equivalent of putting lipstick on a pig.

As always, there is a plethora of more information in the list of stories below and a couple of orders of magnitude more on wirefreez.com!

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Stan Beer
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Qualcomm unveils new Snapdragon 888 5G mobile platform at tech summit

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 “5G Mobile Platform” to power nexgen smartphones

Today, at its Snapdragon Tech Summit, Qualcomm unveiled its newest cellular 5G mobile platform for smartphones and other 5G endpoints in a move to extend its seemingly insurmountable lead in the cellular SoC smartphone market.

GSA FWA Forum signs up Huawei, Ericsson, Nokia and 20 other 5G players

Worldwide mobile industry group. the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) has named the big three RAN equipment suppliers Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia, among 23 initial founding partners and members of its newly established GSA FWA Forum.

Nokia and Telefónica claim 5G networks are 90% greener than 4G

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Xiaomi takes third spot in global 3Q smartphone sales ahead of Apple

Global smartphone sales to end-users in the third quarter fell by 5.7% year-on-year to 366 million units, the technology analyst firm Gartner says, adding that the Chinese vendor Xiaomi had moved ahead of Apple during the quarter to become the third-ranked smartphone vendor globally.
The analyst firm also noted that overall ...

Fujitsu to deliver O-RAN kit for KDDI 5G commercial network using virtualised base stations

Fujitsu has announced that its O-RAN (Open RAN) compatible 5G Radio Unit was selected by KDDI Corporation for the construction of virtualised base stations for 5G commercial services in Japan, with planned delivery in the second half of FY2021. KDDI was…

UK to invest in NEC's Open RAN in bid to diversify 5G supply chain

The British Government says it will pump £1.6 million (A$2.9 million) into Japanese firm NEC to support a project to develop an open radio access network for 5G.
In an announcement on Monday, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden [seen above] said the investment was part of its commitment to try and diversify ...

Ericsson signs up Greek telco WIND Hellas as 5G client

Swedish telecommunications equipment vendor Ericsson has signed a five-year deal with Greek mobile network firm WIND Hellas as its latest client for both standalone and non-standalone 5G technology. A statement from Ericsson said it would supply WIND Hellas with its…

Germany, Japan and South Korea defy US over Huawei ban: report

Germany has rejected the US push to ban Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei technologies from its 5G rollout, with the Asia Times reporting on Monday that the company would be allowed to build part of the network.
Economist David P. Goldman reported that a report in the German business daily Handelsblatt ...

Optus will go ahead with plans to sell towers, says CEO

Telco Singtel Optus will go ahead with plans to sell 70% of its "passive" towers, which are estimated to be worth $2 billion, to help pay for its rollout of 5G infrastructure.
Chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin told a business outlook briefing on Monday that these assets did not provide any ...

Nokia and AT&T extend WING IoT agreement to support 5G upgrades

Finnish wireless networking supplier Nokia has extended its agreement with US telecoms operator AT&T to support global customers wishing to upgrade to 5G with IoT connectivity using its WING (Worldwide IoT Network Grid) solution and IoT ecosystem

Govt makes another bid to embellish NBN's image

Any time the NBN Co is taking a hammering over the abysmal speeds on the network which it is building at a cost of $57 billion - and still counting - there is a bid to make things look better: the equivalent of polishing a turd.
The last time this happened ...