Samsung will provide massive MIMO and dual-band base stations to support the operator’s 4G LTE frequencies as well as 5G gear for both 3.5GHz and 28GHz spectrum.
With the blessing of German authorities, all three of the country's leading operators decided to move forward with the deployment of their 5G networks using Huawei equipment.
The legal spat comes as Deutsche Telekom has halted all of its 5G plans pending a firm decision on the use of Huawei equipment from the German government.
The company is testing the ability of its SD-WAN to deliver stable and predictable connections for unified communications and IoT device traffic across a 5G connection.
The Finnish vendor slashed its profit outlook for the remainder of the year and 2020 amid heightened competition in the early stages of 5G deployments.
U.S. government officials are floating the idea of subsidizing Huawei's competitors to match the generous financing terms the Chinese vendor offers operators.
The operator is no stranger to early adoption — it previously laid claim to the world’s first commercially available mobile 5G network in December 2018.
Huawei is desperate to change global perceptions of its business and is willing to license its 5G technology, including patents, to a company based in the West.
GTT Communications' stock price plunged to its lowest level in more than five years in the aftermath of the company's dismal Q2 earnings reported last week.
Cisco, which originally made the $5 billion commitment for 5G in February, is also building strategies and programs to prepare its workforce for new jobs and opportunities that 5G
The announcement dovetails a similar contract BT landed in June with Juniper Networks to support its move to a cloud-based, unified and virtualized network infrastructure.
The acquisition includes KPN International’s long-haul fiber routes and metro rings in London, Amsterdam, Paris, and Frankfurt, Germany and will expand GTT’s network across 21 European countries.