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TALLINN, Estonia, March 27, 2017 - Connected Baltics OÜ, the exclusive Sigfox operator in Estonia, and Telia Estonia Ltd, the market leading telecom operator in Estonia, today announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership to integrate Sigfox’s low-powered IoTconnectivity into the operator’s managed IoT solutions in order to complement Telia’s offering.

Announced at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the roll out of the network comes six months after the trial of the LoRaWAN technology and will be released on a project-by-project basis.

Telstra together with Ericsson today announced the upcoming deployment of LTE-B enabled in Telstra Media services and continued investment for the national roll-out of LTE-B in 2017 and beyond.

Tokyo, Japan - February 22, 2017 - KDDI and Samsung Electronics today announced they have successfully completed a 5G handover trial. It is Japan's first ever 5G multi-cell handover test using the 28GHz spectrum to be conducted in a real outdoor environment, on Tokyo's metropolitan expressway amongst towering skyscrapers. 

Monday, February 13, 2017, Austin, TX – Alepo – an award-winning, global provider of core network and IT software solutions for communications service providers, announced today, in partnership with Blue Arcus Technologies Inc., a leading provider of cost-effective mobile network solutions, the launch of LTE and WiFi services at TTC in Tuvalu.

MTN Irancell, Iran’s second largest mobile operator by subscribers, has commercially launched its 4.5G LTE-Advanced services.

The launch marks the first phase of the company’s investment in its LTE infrastructure and will include the expansion of Digicel’s network with 14 new sites.

ISTANBUL – Turkcell (NYSE:TKC) (BIST:TCELL) is continuing its work on 5G technologies at full speed. Turkcell and Ericsson completed Turkey’s first ever 5G test, achieving download speeds of 24.7 Gbps on the 15 GHz spectrum, the broadest available. The test was also one of the first in the entire world.

(Oslo, December 14, 2016) As the first company in the Nordic region, Telia Norway today launches its own internet based on the new technology "Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT)". Together with partners, Telia is launching a commercial solution for Smart Agriculture based on NB-IoT at the same time as the first company in the world. This marks the start of deployme

Proximus is the first Belgium operator to test 5G technology with technology provider Huawei. During the tests, speeds of up to 70 Gbps were reached, which is more than 100 times faster than 4G. With such speeds, you can download a movie in seconds. As a technology of the future, 5G is essential for new applications such as self-driving cars and the Internet of Things.

Hong Kong, 14th November, 2016 – China Mobile Hong Kong Company Limited (“CMHK” or “the Company”) and Huawei today jointly announced that CMHK has achieved a 4.5G mobile network milestone.

Hrvatski Telekom is the first in Croatia to have presented the latest technologies LTE-A Pro (4.5G Pro) and G.fast that it has been developing in co-operation with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing and with the company Nokia Solutions and Networks.

Vodafone and HiWEB, a leading Iranian ISP, today jointly announced a new non-equity Partner Market agreement for Iran.

Vodafone will assist HiWEB in rolling out and modernising network and IT infrastructure, expanding the fixed and mobile internet services - under the HiWEB brand - that HiWEB can offer to its Iranian consumer and corporate customers.

Early tests are showing speeds of more than 40 Mbps, with the full commercial launch scheduled for November, where speeds will be even greater in certain areas of the Islands.

Vodafone today conducted the first live public 5G demonstration in Australia, with Nokia at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS).

The trial took place in front of media, students and staff of UTS. They witnessed potential applications including controlling a robot, a virtual reality demonstration and speed tests using 5G capabilities.

MTN Irancell has launched its first time division duplex LTE (TD-LTE) services, with coverage in 25 provinces and major cities such as Mashhad, Qazvin, Qom, Zahedan, Kerman, Arak, Ardabil and Urmia, reports TeleGeography on August 5, 2016, citing Techrasa.

Cambodia’s Number One mobile network opened the door to the future with a demonstration of the far-reaching benefits of its 4G LTE service on Thursday, offering the hundreds of people who attended the ceremony a glimpse of Metfone’s most advanced service.

TashiCell officially launched 4G LTE Service in Thimphu, Paro and Phuntsholing on 2nd April 2016. TashiCell deployed 4G under the Band 28, 700 MHz. as it is best suited for Bhutanese Topology. To enjoy 4G services user just need to get a 4G SIM Card and 4G enabled handset that supports TashiCell 4G.

BH Telecom director Mirsad Zaimović told Al Jazeera that the company is fully prepared to deploy 4G networks, but an obstacle to represent state bodies because of problems with digitization in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

GAZA (Reuters) - Israel and the Palestinian Authority signed an agreement to allow a long-awaited third-generation (3G) mobile network in Gaza and the West Bank, they said on Thursday.

Israel said the decision was made after it concluded a security examination as well as other work with the Communications Ministry.

Orascom Telecom and Media Technology (OTMT) says it has effectively lost control of Cheo Technology, the North Korean joint venture cellular operator that uses the Koryolink brand-name and has around 3 million subscribers.

SEOUL, July 8 (UPI) -- North Korea is making a dent in the country's wireless-service monopoly, by introducing a second cellular provider in its growing mobile phone market.

Smart Axiata has announced the commercial launch of its 4G LTE network on 22nd January 2014, making it the first telecommunication provider of Cambodia to operate this latest and fastest way of accessing the internet over mobile.

ZTE’s unified platform EPC and eNodeB solutions to be deployed to help Wind Telecom build cost-effective and high-performance network

Bhutan Telecom, trading as B-Mobile, has announced that operator will be launching the 4G LTE service in country on 24th October 2013. Initially 4G LTE service will be available only in Thimphu in selected areas.