IHS Brazil signs deal with TIM to build up to 3,000 sites

Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has reportedly opened its long-waited 5G spectrum auction to all players, starting with the 2500-2600 MHz band, with more bands to follow in the coming days.

Ericsson and Huawei have made separate announcements showcasing advances in carrier aggregation for 5G microwave backhaul – one with Malaysian 5G wholesaler Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) and the other with China Unicom Inner Mongolia, respectively.

Safaricom announced on Monday that its 5G network is now available in all 47 counties in Kenya, which it claims makes it the biggest 5G operator in the country, although the network still only covers just 14% of the population.