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Airspan plans to supply a 5G Air-to-Ground (ATG) system for Space Compass’s High-Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) program, using an aircraft operating around 16–18 km to act as a stratospheric node for maritime monitoring. The end-to-end solution—airborne radios and antennas, onboard 5G processing, and a complete ground-based 5G RAN, core, and management stack—targets secure command-and-control plus real-time sensor data exchange between the HAPS and ground stations up to roughly 300 km away. After lab and pre-flight work, the team intends to validate the system on a light aircraft in 2026, followed by stratospheric trials in 2027.
2025 has seen major telecom and tech M&A activity, including billion-dollar deals in fiber, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity. This monthly tracker details key acquisitions, like AT&T buying Lumen’s fiber assets and Google’s $32B move for Wiz, highlighting how consolidation is shaping the competitive landscape.
Indoor 5G enables high-speed, low-latency connectivity in enclosed environments like offices, hospitals, and airports, supporting mission-critical applications and smart building operations. The market is driven by technological advancements in small cells, distributed antenna systems, and a mix of mmWave and Sub-6 GHz bands. Asia-Pacific leads in adoption due to smart city initiatives and government support. Picocells and antennas are key components, with growing demand in emerging economies fueled by subsidies and infrastructure upgrades. Recent developments include partnerships and acquisitions aimed at strengthening indoor 5G capabilities.
Discover the latest shifts in the telecommunications landscape, from Casa Systems' strategic bankruptcy and the DoD's consideration of 3GHz spectrum release, to Airspan's financial resurgence, Huawei's robust earnings against Qualcomm, Jio's milestone in 5G subscribers, and the repercussions of AT&T's significant data breach. In this 187th episode of The G2 on 5G, we cover: 0. Intro
1. Casa Systems files for bankruptcy as it attempts to reorganize its 5G core, RAN and cable assets
2. Is the DoD preparing to release 3GHz spectrum for 5G or 6G applications?
3. Does Airspan’s reorgainztion breathe new life into the once high flying provider of Open RAN and small cell infrastructure?
4. Is Huawei on the road to recovery with its latest $99 Billion earnings? What does it mean for Qualcomm?
5. Reliance Jio hits 100 million 5G subs, will it double down on spectrum to maintain its lead?
6. AT&T data breach impacts 73M customers
Fiskarheden, a leading Swedish sawmill, partners with Radtonics to build a private 5G network. This move enhances efficiency, sustainability, and safety, propelling Fiskarheden to the forefront of industrial digitalization in Sweden.
5G Magazine - "Private Networks" edition provides an in-depth view of the current state of the global Private 5G Networks covering ecosystem players' expectations, challenges, strategies, deployments, architecture, and use cases. The featured articles/interview in this edition are from AT&T Business, Amdocs, OnGo/CBRS Alliance, and Capgemini Engineering. Additionally, we cover 27 ecosystem players, including network equipment vendors, mobile network operators, cloud/edge vendors, enterprises, CBRS spectrum operators, and private network specialists, including neutral hosts and system integrators. Sample ecosystem players we have included in this issue are Nokia, Ericsson, Rakuten, AT&T, Parallel Wireless, Verizon, Telefonica, Vodafone, Bosch, Mercedes-Benz, Lufthansa, Celona, Federated Wireless, Athonet, and Airspan.

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