 Hi Voornaam This issue takes an in-depth look at what's happening - or in some cases not happening - with 5G rollouts and policies in various countries around the world.
To start the ball rolling, we look at the US and the obsession it has had with China in the telecommunications trade war since 2016 when you-know-who came into office. We pose the question what does it mean to win the the 5G race? And we look at what that possibly means from a US perspective.
Meanwhile, US telecoms regulator the Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has denied a petition from China's second largest telecommunications equipment provider ZTE to remove its designation as a national security threat.
The UK government has declared war on Huawei, with moves to bring forward an all out ban on the Chinese telecoms supplier, plans to fine telcos who use Huawei products, and pledging US$333 million to subsidise operators replacing Huawei gear
While a debate rages on in the world's second most populous country about the urgency or not of rolling out 5G, two global tech giants are betting big on a booming Indian 5G future. And while India continues to struggle with the when, why and how of implementing 5G technology, in the absence of cordial relations with neighbouring China thanks to recent border clashes, the sub-continent has forged a relationship with Japan to help with developing a 5G strategy.
One country who doesn't appear to feel much in the way of urgency about rolling out 5G surprise surprise surprise is Russia! Authorities have signalled that they are prepared to delay the Russia 5G rollout by five years or longer after a decree was made in the country last week to use only domestic networking equipment in the implementation of 5G wireless networks.
Swedish telecoms equipment supplier Ericsson has partnered with Taiwanese telco Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) to build Asia's first 5G-ready network for Danish power company Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 1 & 2a Offshore Wind Farms. The project has been described as a new milestone in private networks for Taiwanese enterprises.
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!
Best regards
Stan Beer
Editor in Chief 
Since Donald Trump assumed the office of US President in 2016, the administration and all of its functionaries has had an obsession with China, and in particular winning the 5G race at all costs. But what exactly does that mean?
It certainly cannot mean winning the 5G networking equipment race ...
While a debate rages on in the world's second most populous country about the urgency or not of rolling out 5G, two global tech giants are betting big on a booming Indian 5G future. Unlike its neighbour China, the sub-continent…
The UK government has declared war on Huawei, with moves to bring forward an all out ban on the Chinese telecoms supplier, plans to fine telcos who use Huawei products, and pledging US$333 million to subsidise operators replacing Huawei gear…
Authorities have signalled that they are prepared to delay the Russia 5G rollout by five years or longer after a decree was made in the country last week to use only domestic networking equipment in the implementation of 5G wireless…
While India continues to struggle with the when, why and how of implementing 5G technology, in the absence of cordial relations with neighbouring China thanks to recent border clashes, the sub-continent has forged a relationship with Japan to help with… 
Naive. That is the word that comes to mind when one reads the musings of Australian journalists reacting to China's move to impose additional tariffs on Australian wine, just the latest reaction from Beijing to show Canberra that it can hurt the country's economy if it so wishes.
Did anyone seriously ...
Swedish telecoms equipment supplier Ericsson has partnered with Taiwanese telco Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) to build Asia's first 5G-ready network for Danish power company Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 1 & 2a Offshore Wind Farms.
The project has been described as a new milestone in private networks for Taiwanese enterprises.
The new private network will be deployed ...
Nokia wins network deal with Canada's TELUS to provide cloud-native 5G core
Finnish telecoms equipment provider Nokia has won a deal with Canadian operator TELUS to deploy cloud-native 5G core products designed to deliver greater network scale, performance, and efficiency in order to expand the carrier's 5G service offerings.
The TELUS deal comes off the back of a win for Nokia to supply IoT ...
Samsung, Apple and Xiaomi dominate Western Europe 3Q market
Samsung, Apple and Xiaomi fared much better than other smartphone brands in the Western European market during the third quarter, the technology analyst firm IDC says, adding that total shipments decline 6.5% year-on-year to 28.8 million units.
Even though lockdown restrictions were eased across Europe, IDC said the smartphone market was ...
FCC denies ZTE bid to reconsider designation as national security threat
US telecoms regulator the Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has denied a petition from China's second largest telecommunications equipment provider ZTE to remove its designation as a national security threat.
The FCC Bureau’s June 30, 2020 order designated ZTE as a company posing a national security threat ...
At it’s November 23rd meeting, ITU-R SG 5 approved WP5D’s draft recommendation IMT 2020.SPECS which is the first official 5G RAN standard. The document contains the description and implementation details for three new technologies that conform with the International Mobile Telecommunications 2020 (IMT-2020) vision, but this author (and others) do ...
AMTA chief Althaus steps down after 15 years in job
The chief executive of the mobile industry lobby group, Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association, Chris Althaus, has stepped down after 15 years in the role following the organisation's annual general body meeting which was held on Thursday.
TPG Telecom group executive Wholesale, Dan Lloyd, was elected as the chairman and an executive ...
Expenditure on cloud infrastructure services in China grew by 65% in the third quarter to cross US$5 billion (A$6.78 billion), a rise of more than US$750 million in the second quarter and nearly US$2 billion more than the corresponding period in 2019, the technology analyst firm Canalys says.
The company said ...
The world's biggest contract chip manufacturer, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, has reached an important milestone with the beam-raising ceremony for its 3nm process fab at Tainan's Southern Taiwan Science Park on Tuesday.
Beam-raising refers to the placing of the last beam of a building and generally signifies that construction has been ...
If ever proof were needed that the US directly interferes in Australia's internal affairs, US ambassador Arthur Culvahouse has provided it in spades, intervening in a dispute between Beijing and Canberra over a list of Australian actions which reportedly annoyed the Middle Kingdom.
Yet, neither the Federal Government, nor the opposition ...
Chinese smartphone maker realme appears to have taken a glance at the number of low-priced devices emerging from the precincts of its stablemates, and subconsciously said, "I'll raise you on that." That probably accounts for the C11 that was launched in the Australian market recently, a bargain at $199 and ...
If one were to go by looks alone when picking a smartphone, then the realme C12 would certainly be one of the contenders, especially the Coral Red model. In most respects, the C12 is like the C11 which I reviewed…
ITU completes evaluation of 3 new 5G-related technologies
China’s top mobile operators confident in 5G commercial rollout
Google shows off the power of 5G with a movie giveway in the UK
Apple iPad Pro 2021 models could come with 5G technology
Realme 7 5G gets a lukewarm reception
MTN, Vodacom launched 5G in sub-Saharan Africa in 2020
Togo becomes the first country to deploy 5G in West Africa
Oppo Reno5 Pro 5G moniker confirmed ahead of imminent launch
Nokia 8.3 5G review
Government-backed 5G facility to be built in Oxfordshire
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