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AT&T, Nokia Agree on 5-Year Access Technology Deal

AT&T and Nokia have signed a five-year agreement under which crucial role in providing the foundation for the services we offer to
the vendor will support the carrier’s fiber network, which passed our customers,” said Chris Sambar, Head of Network at AT&T, of
27.8 million locations as of the second quarter of the year, the Nokia deal. “This expansion will not only enhance broadband
according to the vendor. The fiber access technology will be access for millions of customers but also sets the stage for the
compliant with Build America, Buy America (BABA) rules in place next wave of digital innovation, including Industry 4.0, smart cities,
for the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment IoT applications, and ultra-high-definition streaming.” Early last
(BEAD) program. The contract focuses on Lightspan MF and month, Nokia said that 21 of its products had been self-certified
Altiplano Access Controller technology that will support PON for BABA. The FX and MF OLT modular product lines, the SF-8M
networks that offer capacities of 10G, 25G, 50G, and 100G. No sealed OLT, and the XS-220X-A ONT were highlighted in the press
financial details were included in the press release. “Fiber plays a release. AT&T and Nokia have a long relationship. In March, 2021,
the two companies agreed to a five-year deal under which they
would work together on the carrier’s C-band 5G technology. Nokia’s
technology supports both standalone and noon-standalone and
non-standalone (SA and NSA) approaches. The next month, the
companies completed what Nokia said was the first call on AT&T’s
network using 5G technology in C-band spectrum. The call was
made in Detroit with a 5G smartphone form factor mobile test
device using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X555G modem-RF system,
the Nokia AirScale baseband and 5G massive MIMO (mMIMO)
antennas that, along with Nokia 5G software, operates in the n77
(3700-3980 MHz) spectrum.

AT&T Clears Sony-based Telit Cinterion IoT Module for LTE-M

AT&T gave IoT company Telit Cinterion a major boost by approving unlicensed spectrum, along with satellite connectivity, factors the
its latest LPWA module, a blessing enabling the unit to be deployed IoT player stated helps to deliver smaller modules and lower power
on the US operator’s LTE-M network. Telit Cinterion stated the consumption.
ME310M1-W1 module is the first based on Sony Semiconductor
Israel’s Altair ALT1350 chipset to be approved by AT&T. The IoT
company now plans to seek approval for 3GPP specifications in
various releases, with data communication over non-terrestrial
networks among them. AT&T lists utility meters, agriculture,
alarms and smoke detectors among the potential uses of its
LTE-M network, which covers large parts of North America with
a low-power network. Cameron Coursey, VP of AT&T Connected
Solutions, explained the module is well-suited to the services
run on its LTE-M network, because “many IoT applications have
business models that require zero touch after installation”. Telit
Cinterion highlighted Sony’s chip is compatible with licensed and

China Mobile Tops 1B User Milestone

China Mobile, the largest mobile player in the world by connections, just months before 5G launched in the mainland, China Mobile
surpassed the 1 billion subscriber mark at the end of Q2 with the had 935 million subs. Its net additions since then is larger than
company adding nearly 9.3 million new subs year-on-year. The all but 23 operators worldwide. China Broadnet, the country’s
operator’s user base is more than twice that of the world’s second- fourth mobile player, ended June with 65.6 million subs, GSMA
largest player Reliance Jio in India which has 489.7 million, data Intelligence estimates. China Mobile closed June with 514.2 million
from GSMA Intelligence showed. China Telecom was third with 5G network customers, accounting for 51.4 per cent of total subs.
nearly 417 million mobile subs, Bharti Airtel fourth with 355.8 Its 5G base station count increased by 351,000 in H1 to 2.3 million.
million, followed by China Unicom with 339.5 million. In Q2 2019,
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