PTA authorizes cellular mobile operators to start 5G services
- 21-Mar-2026
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has authorized Cellular Mobile Operators including Jazz, Ufone and Zong to start 5G services across Pakistan. According to a news release, all CMOs will introduce 5G services in a phased manner to ensure a high-quality user experience during initial transition. All CMOs will publish updated lists on their official websites, identifying specific […]
PTA issues important update for 5G license distribution
- 16-Mar-2026
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has decided to issue 5G licences to telecom companies later this week. According to PTA officials, licences will be granted simultaneously to the three telecom companies that successfully secured bids in the auction. Officials said the licences will be issued after the companies submit the required bank guarantees. One telecom company […]
China to upgrade 5G to 5G-A network
- 24-Nov-2024
China has unveiled draft guidelines for country’s data infrastructure construction, including upgrading its 5G network to 5G-A-standard and promoting 6G-related research, development and innovation. China will balance the deployment of international communication gateways across its eastern, central and western regions, and expand international submarine and land cable information channels. A satellite internet that integrates space […]
5G launch in Pakistan in 10 months seems ‘impossible’
- 05-Sep-2023
The launch of the much-awaited 5G spectrum in Pakistan within 10 months is nearly impossible as the local mobile operators reportedly are not ready to buy 5G licenses owing to economic instability, it emerged Tuesday. Caretaker Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Dr Umar Saif had said that the 5G services will be launched in […]
Malaysia plans to set up second 5G network from next year
- 17-Apr-2023
Malaysia plans to introduce a second 5G network from next year, four sources told Reuters, in the latest policy shake-up aimed at dismantling monopolies and promoting competition by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s six-month-old administration. Malaysia’s 5G roll-out by state agency Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) has seen repeated delays since its launch in December 2021 because […]
Nokia signs new 5G patent deal with Samsung
- 23-Jan-2023
Nokia said on Monday it has signed a new cross-license patent agreement with Samsung following the expiry of a previous agreement at the end of 2022. “Under the agreement, which covers Nokia’s fundamental inventions in 5G and other technologies, Samsung will make payments to Nokia for a multi-year period beginning 1 January 2023,” the Finnish […]
5G to be launched in country in July next year, claims IT Minister
- 10-Nov-2022
Federal Minister for Information Technology Syed Amin-ul-Haque has said that 5G will be launched in the country in July next year, ARY News reported citing Radio Pakistan. During his visit to Karachi University on Thursday, he underlined the need for cooperation between the ministry of information technology and Universities to meet future needs. He said […]
Ericsson wins Greenland 5G deal
- 30-Sep-2022
Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson has been contracted to build a 5G network in Greenland, initially covering three towns, local phone company Tusass said on Friday. Related: 5G is coming: what can we expect? Deploying Ericsson equipment and Netgear routers, Tusass will bring high-speed wireless internet to the sparsely populated island without resorting to expensive […]
Emirates to resume US flights
- 20-Jan-2022
Emirates said Thursday it will lift a suspension of flights to several US destinations in a “temporary reprieve” after the launch of 5G networks was delayed near American airports over safety fears. Flights to six destinations will resume Friday, and on Saturday services to Boston, Houston and San Francisco will return to Boeing 777 planes […]
Airlines disrupted worldwide by US 5G ‘nightmare’
- 19-Jan-2022
Global airlines cancelled or rejigged dozens of flights as the on-off rollout of 5G mobile in the United States triggered what one airline pilot called a “nightmare” of scheduling for carriers grappling with fast-changing airplane restrictions. A decision by two U.S. wireless carriers to delay switching on the powerful new telecom masts near key airports, […]