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Nokia, Elisa And Qualcomm Claim New 5G Speed Record in Finland

Finnish vendor Nokia, working in test devices over its live network. The base reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR)
partnership with local mobile network station involved in the development utilized applications and a commercial introduction
operator (MNO) Elisa and US-based two Nokia AirScale radios, each using is expected in 2021. Commenting on the
Qualcomm Technologies, claims to have 800MHz of commercial millimeter wave matter, Sami Komulainen, Executive Vice
achieved the world’s fastest 5G speeds 5G spectrum at 26GHz. These provided President, Production at Elisa, said: ‘This
on a commercial network. Announcing the connectivity to two 5G smartphone form is an important development and another
development in a press release the vendor factor test devices powered by a Qualcomm step in our efforts to bring the fastest
said that it had delivered a downlink Snapdragon X55 5G Modem-RF System speeds and best 5G experiences to our
speed of 8Gbps in Finland, for the first featuring second-generation Qualcomm customers. Elisa was the first in Finland
time serving two 5G mmWave devices QTM525 mmWave antenna modules, with and amongst the first in the world to
connected simultaneously. With the speed each device reaching 4Gbps peak speeds deploy 5G. Reaching 8Gbps is a natural
having been showcased at Elisa’s flagship from the base station. According to Nokia, step in our 5G development and we want
store in Helsinki, Nokia said the milestone the ability to deliver this higher speed will to explore the possibilities 5G offers and
had been achieved by utilizing its 5G support a range of new low-latency, high- push the technology further to benefit our
mmWave technology and Qualcomm bandwidth services, such as high-speed customers.’
Technologies’ 5G smartphone form factor video downloads, mission-critical or virtual

Vodafone 5G Coverage Reaches 10M Germans Ahead of Schedule

Vodafone Germany has announced that its 5G network now covers
ten million people thanks to the rollout of around 3,000 antennas
at more than 1,000 locations across the country. Around 300
towns, cities and municipalities have recently gained access to
Vodafone’s 5G services ahead of the year-end target date, including
Saarbrucken, Meppen and Mosbach, while coverage has also been
improved in locations such as Hamburg, Munich, Dusseldorf and
Leipzig. By the end of the year, coverage is set to increase to 15
million Germans, before reaching 30 million by the end of 2021 –
ten million more than previously planned. Vodafone is using the
1800MHz band to provide 5G in densely populated cities, while
the 700MHz range is already being deployed in rural areas and
the 3500MHz band is being rolled out in high traffic areas such as
stadiums and train stations.

France's OVH Partners with Google for European Cloud Computing Push

French technology firm OVH said it is partnering with area. Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet's Google dominate the field of data
Google to build up its capacities in cloud computing, storage worldwide, which has fueled calls from politicians in Europe for
leaning on the U.S. giant's technology to speed up a homegrown alternatives to rise to the challenge of becoming credible rivals.
push towards developing a European contender in the Some have positioned the storage of sensitive corporate and state data as
a matter of sovereignty and national security. OVH and Dassault Systemes
are two of the companies in France that have been racing to develop their
businesses amid warnings from ministers that Europe was already well
behind. OVH said in a statement that its partnership with Google Cloud would
allow it to bring some of the U.S. firm's technology into services which its
teams would operate and run in Europe. "Listening to our customers, partners
and policymakers in Europe, we understand their need for even greater control
and autonomy," Google Cloud's Chief Executive Thomas Kurian said in the
same statement. The two firms did not disclose any financial details.

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