TelecomTV TelecomTV
  • News
  • Videos
  • Channels
  • Events
  • Network Partners
  • Industry Insights
  • Directory
  • Newsletters
  • Open RAN
  • Digital Platforms and Services
  • 5G
  • Access Evolution
  • Private Networks
  • Cloud Native
  • Edge
  • Open Networking
  • Sustainability
  • AI, Analytics and Automation
  • 6G Research and Innovation
  • Security
  • More Topics
  • Network Partners
  • Industry Insights
  • Directory
  • Newsletters
  • |
  • About
  • Contact
  • |
  • Connect with us
  • 5G
  • 6G Research and Innovation
  • Access Evolution
  • AI, Analytics and Automation
  • Cloud Native
  • Digital Platforms and Services
  • Edge
  • Open Networking
  • Open RAN
  • Private Networks
  • Security
  • Sustainability
  • Connect with TelecomTV
  • About
  • Privacy
  • Help
  • Contact
  • Sign In Register Subscribe
    • Subscribe
    • Sign In
    • Register
  • Search

5G

5G

What’s up with… SK Telecom, CommScope, Vodafone

TelecomTV Staff
By TelecomTV Staff

Oct 20, 2020

  • SK Telecom advances its 5G content services
  • CommScope acquires virtual RAN assets
  • Vodafone trials Open RAN in the Netherlands

The further development of 5G-enabled services and M&A action in the Open RAN market lead the way in this industry news roundup.

SK Telecom has expanded Jump Studio, a Mixed Reality Capture Studio created in partnership with Microsoft, with a view to further developing its 5G services portfolio.   Jump Studio uses Microsoft’s volumetric video capture technology “to create holographic videos by shooting a person’s dynamic movements through 106 cameras,” notes SKT in this press release. “By combining these with SKT’s ‘T Real Platform,’ which is built with spatial recognition and rendering technologies, the result is highly immersive mixed reality content that can be played on most devices including Android/iOS smartphones, head mounted displays and AR glasses. The core competitiveness of Jump Studio lies in the fact that it can significantly reduce both time and cost needed for content production.” The operator says it plans to use Jump Studio to “promote its 5G content business” in two ways: By “producing truly immersive contents at reasonable costs for the entertainment, advertising, sports and education companies”; and by “distributing content through Jump AR and Jump VR apps in Korea and international markets.” 

CommScope has acquired the virtual radio access network (vRAN) patent portfolio built by San Diego-based startup Phluido for an undisclosed sum. CommScope, which is seeking to strengthen its portfolio of in-building wireless networking solutions, says the patents “address key concepts introduced in both 5G and O-RAN radio access networks, including efficient fronthaul transport, virtualization, and network synchronization.” Several of the patents have, according to CommScope, been declared as “O-RAN standard essential intellectual property,” which should make them increasingly valuable as more and more companies seek to develop Open RAN technologies and build networks based on technology that conforms to the O-RAN Alliance’s specifications. See this announcement for more details.

Vodafone continues to be amongst the more aggressive Open RAN supporters among the network operator community. Having already installed an Open RAN-compliant site in the UK, it has now teamed up with NEC and Altiostar to conduct trials in The Netherlands and has successfully completed a voice call over an Open RAN deployment. “We are delighted to work together with NEC towards the first live Open RAN site,” stated Ruud Koeyvoets, Vodafone Mobile Networks’ Director. “The introduction of the technology enables us to introduce new suppliers, such as Altiostar, giving us greater flexibility when rolling out our mobile network. We’re proud to be pioneering the development of Open RAN and will be monitoring the performance of this pilot,” he added in this press release. 

Japan will join forces with the US and Europe to take on market abuses by the four Big Tech companies, the new head of its antitrust watchdog said on Monday. Reuters says this is a sign Tokyo will join global efforts to regulate digital platform operators. Japan’s Fair Trade Commission is also looking into the practices of Japan’s big carriers around access fees and the secondhand market. This appears to be a means to pile on the pressure to get them to slash their high mobile rates, an obsession of Japan’s new prime minister Soga.

Multinational operator Veon, through its Veon Ventures arm, has joined Sequoia Capital India and Flourish Ventures as investors in ShopUp, “Bangladesh’s leading full-stack B2B commerce platform for small businesses, becoming ShopUp’s first strategic corporate investor.” Veon says the move will expand its fintech reach into the SME market in the country. 

Verizon and Microsoft have teamed up to offer enterprise low-latency service opportunities, by combining the operator’s private on-site edge computing and 5G connectivity with edge services from Microsoft Azure. “The collaboration brings Azure cloud and edge capabilities together with Verizon’s on-site 5G Edge, a mobile edge computing platform designed to enable developers to build applications for mobile end-users and wireless edge devices with ultra-low latency,” note the partners. Read more.

Meanwhile, Nokia has teamed up with AT&T to provide private network capabilities to US enterprises using CBRS spectrum. News of Nokia’s partnership with the US operator can be found in this official announcement. News of the relationship comes only days after Nokia rival Ericsson announced the same tie-up with AT&T: Details of that agreement can be found here.  

Back to Verizon now… The US operator has expanded its rural network coverage with the acquisition of “certain assets” of Bluegrass Cellular, which provides wireless services to 210,000 customers in central Kentucky. Financial details were not disclosed. Read more.

- The staff, TelecomTV

Related Topics
  • 5G,
  • Analysis & Opinion,
  • Asia-Pacific,
  • Edge,
  • Europe,
  • Global,
  • Microsoft,
  • News,
  • Nokia,
  • North America,
  • Open RAN,
  • Radio Access Network,
  • SK Telecom,
  • Telco & CSP,
  • Telecoms Vendors & OEMs,
  • Verizon,
  • Vodafone,
  • VR & AR

More Like This

Digital Platforms & Services

What’s up with… Colt, 5G’s impact on GDP, Cisco

Aug 18, 2022

5G

Satellite firm’s 5G-based ‘one global network’ dream gets closer to reality

Aug 18, 2022

Open RAN

Mavenir takes out $95m loan as radio R&D costs ramp up

Aug 18, 2022

5G

5G will generate $7tn worth of economic value in 2030, finds new State of 5G report

Aug 18, 2022

5G

5G theme related job postings up by 65% in July 2022 over January 2022, finds GlobalData

Aug 18, 2022

Email Newsletters

Stay up to date with the latest industry developments: sign up to receive TelecomTV's top news and videos plus exclusive subscriber-only content direct to your inbox – including our daily news briefing and weekly wrap.

Subscribe

Top Picks

Highlights of our content from across TelecomTV today

0:46

The Cloud Native Telco Summit returns this September!

8:32

Azita Arvani on Being a Female Leader at Rakuten Symphony

16:19

AT&T Amy Zwarico on securing telco applications in the public cloud

1:44

Join us for the greatest industry debate of the year!

TelecomTV
Company
  • About Us
  • Media Kit
  • Contact Us
Our Brands
  • DSP Leaders World Forum
  • Great Telco Debate
  • TelecomTV Events
Get In Touch
[email protected]
+44 (0) 207 448 1070
Connect With Us
  • Privacy
  • Cookies
  • Terms of Use
  • Legal Notices
  • Help

TelecomTV is produced by the team at Decisive Media.

© Decisive Media Limited 2022. All rights reserved. All brands and products are the trademarks of their respective holder(s).