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    Open RAN: Vodafone, Nokia complete lab trial with Arm and HPE

    RAN
    Meanwhile, in Washington DC, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration announces $420 million in new funding for Open RAN
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    AWS partners Mavenir to co-invest in developing telco cloud 

    Automation/AI
    The companies claim the partnership will “revolutionise” the deployment of telecom workloads running on AWS
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    Telefónica Germany launches first commercial vRAN and Open RAN site

    5G & Beyond
    The site uses Samsung's kit and is part of the joint development announced with the operator last year – more sites and network automation to follow
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    Lumine prevails in bid for Casa’s 5G core and RAN assets

    5G & Beyond
    Interloper Skyvera lost out by a narrow margin but cost Lumine $17.2 million more than the original deal it had struck
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    Nvidia buys AI edge cloud management company 

    Automation/AI
    The acquisition of GPU orchestration software provider Run:ai shows it wants the edge and the RAN
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    Cellnex sees Spanish consolidation ahead as Q1 net loss halves 

    Financial/Regulation
    The towerco also has opportunities after the arrival of MásOrange and Digi Spain’s subsequent market approach
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    CACI seals $1.3bn deal for ICT services to US, European and Africa Commands 

    5G & Beyond
    Global military expenditure rose for the ninth consecutive year to an all-time high of $2,443 billion last year – NATO accounted for 55%
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    Saudi Arabia’s sovereign fund PIF and stc agree to form $1.3bn towerco

    5G & Beyond
    With 30,000 mobile towers, the towerco looks the same size as the Ooredoo, Zain and TASC Towers deal in December, but worth more
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    Berlin Open RAN test lab carries out first certification for VVDN 

    5G & Beyond
    Rohde & Schwarz and Viavi support European OTIC in Berlin for O-RAN conformance certification for VVDN kit
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    Nokia CEO sees a second half uptick with fixed leading weaker mobile 

    5G & Beyond
    Despite a 19% drop in sales, Pekka Lundmark remains confident of a stronger second half and achieving the company’s full year outlook
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    4iG demonstrates 6GHz 5G mobile network in lab 

    5G & Beyond
    The Hungarian operator, which owns Vodafone in-country, says so-called 5.5G is capable of up to ten times faster download speeds compared to 5G
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    Ericsson CEO says European telco consolidation is still required 

    5G & Beyond
    The vendor sees sales and RAN market in decline in Q1 but first-quarter operating profit and earnings per share still above market expectations
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    UK motoring association blames mobile operators for slowing EV take-up  

    5G & Beyond
    Britain’s RAC Foundation said the country’s “patchy” mobile signal coverage is causing problems for EV drivers
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    Telecom Namibia deactivates almost half its prepaid subscribers 

    5G & Beyond
    The telco turns off almost 200,000 SIMs as new registration regulations come into force
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    Magenta Telekom wins big in Austrian 5G auctions 

    5G & Beyond
    Regulator Rundfunk und Telekom Regels (RTR) awards 14 packages in the 3600MHz and 26GHz frequency ranges
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