VanillaPlus Telecom Contract Hot List November and December 2022. Get the inside track on who is winning telco business around the world.
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| Vendor/Partner | Client, Country | Product/Service (Duration & Value) | Awarded | Source |
| 1&1 | Orange | Vendors conclude long-term agreement for provision of international roaming services for 1&1 mobile network. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Cisco, Dell Technologies, Splunk, T-Mobile | Vendors form GDIT to accelerate 5G adoption, advanced wireless, edge technologies across government agencies. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Arrow Electronics | Sunway Communication | Vendors sign agreement expanding RF connectivity offering, broadening market reach. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| AT&T | BlackRock | Deal to provide a fibre network to ISPs, other businesses across the U.S. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Axiata, Telenor | Celcom, Digi | Completion of merger of Celcom, Digi in Malaysia, amid demand for data and digitalisation solutions. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| BAI Communications, ASM Global | Basketball Cantù | Vendors collaborate for development of advanced communications systems to support the club. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| BAI Communications | ZenFi Networks | Completion of ZenFi acquisition to accelerate growth in US market. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Banque des Territoires | Orange | Partnership deal offers digital platform to manage and enhances regional data. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Bell | Centech | Three-deal alliance as Bell leverages its network capabilities, 5G, AI management to help emerging Canadian businesses. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Betacom | Qualcomm | Alliance to accelerate enterprise adoption of private 5G networks for Industry 4.0. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Bharti Airtel | Aviat Networks | Deployment of Aviat’s outdoor WTM 4800 E-Band , Multi-Band solutions to expand capacity of microwave backhaul network. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Bharti Airtel | Lemnisk | Acquisition of stake in Lemnisk to build CDP platform, and create scalable and omnichannel engagement for customers. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Bhart Airtel | Meta, STC | Collaboration to bring 2Africa Pearls subsea cable network, boosting India’s digital ecosystem. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Bharti Airtel | Ribbon Communications | Chosen Ribbon to expand its current IP Transport backhaul network in order to deploy 5G throughout India. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Bharti Airtel | Tech Mahindra | Alliance deploys ’5G for Enterprise’ solution at Mahindra’s Chakan manufacturing facility. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Bluebird Network | Missouri Telecom | Intent to acquire middle-mile fibre network assets from MTI, while expanding existing fibre network. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Cadence Design Systems | United Microelectronics Corporation | Vendors announce that users are adopting their certified mmWave reference flow and experiencing improved results. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Charter Communications | Comcast | Vendors announce streaming platform joint venture will operate and conduct business as Xumo. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| China Mobile | Ericsson | Vendors launch energy-efficient 5G sites to accelerate energy conservation and carbon emission reduction efforts. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Cisco | OTOGLOBE | Deal to assist OTEGLOBE increase capacity, performance of its network for improved connectivity. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Cyan | Viasat | Deal to collaborate, expand satellite connectivity services across the globe. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| e& | Ericsson | Vendors sign MoU to explore initiatives aimed at reducing energy consumption, building efficient and sustainable future networks. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Elisa Polystar | Hutchison Drei Austria | Supports Hutchison to automate network engineering operations, improve network quality, customer experience, efficiency. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Elisa Polystar | One | Elisa’s KALIX and OSIX service assurance solutions provide insights derived from its mobile networks. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Ericsson | Airtel Niger | Deployment of Ericsson’s dual-band three-sector Radio 6626 to provide a 5G-ready and efficient network. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Ericsson | Apple | Vendors reach multi-year, global patent license agreement relating to patented cellular standard-essential technologies. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Ericsson | BMW, Deutsche Telekom, Qualcomm, Valeo | Vendors announce ‘breakthrough’ POC for automated driving applications. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Ericsson | China Mobile, Tencent Cloud | Vendors teamed up to reduce network latency, improve reliability demanded in time-critical applications and services | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Ericsson | Digital Economy Promotion Agency (depa) | Vendors sign MoU to collaborate towards driving 5G based digital transformation in Thailand. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Ericsson | Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) | New ‘world record’ distance for Gigabit speeds over Malaysia’s 5G network that paves way for affordable, high-speed connectivity. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Ericsson | Elisa | Uses Ericsson cloud-native dual-mode 5G Core to support operator’s upgrade to 5G Standalone in Estonia. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Ericsson | KDDI, Sony | Vendors carry out a proof-of-concept (POC) showing complete network across two simultaneous slices. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Ericsson | Australia National Broadband Network (NBN) | NBN fixed wireless access footprint set to grow by up to 50% nationally by 2024 under ten-year partnership extension with Ericsson. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Ericsson | Optus | Creation of RAN solution leveraging lightweight, new generation radios and basebands which reduces energy consumption. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Ericsson | TIM | Chosen to provide its 5G Core to modernise current Evolved Packet Core, debut 5G SA in a single cloud-native solution. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Ericsson | TU-Sofia | Partners collaborate to prepare Bulgarian students for a 5G ready future. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Ericsson | Turkcell | Deal deploys triple-band Radio 4466 for maximising energy efficiency, reducing carbon footprint. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Fastweb | Netcracker | Fastweb moves to Netcracker Revenue Management as part of a deal extension, and to improve business, wholesale divisions. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Gamma | Dubber | Gamma offers intelligent call recording as a service, applicable for general business, regulated compliance requirements. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| HCLTech | Intel, Mavenir | Deal to develop and provide scalable private 5G network solutions for CSPs, broader cross-vertical enterprises. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Helium Deploy | Baicells | Align to bring the US Helium 5G network to the international community. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Huawei | OPPO | Vendors sign global patent cross-licensing agreement that covers cellular standard essential patents, including 5G. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Huawei | Orange | Vendors secure world record of 157 Tbit/s transmission prototype testing over a 120 km fibre on Orange network in South West France. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| HUBER+SUHNER | CL Electrical Controls | Vendors partner to produce and supply RF cable assemblies to mobile operators in the UK. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Infobip | ClearSky | Deal to deliver CPaaS solutions to wireless carriers across the US. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Infovista | BTC (Botswana Telecommunications Corporation) | Adoption of Infovista products for 4G and 5G mobile network planning, testing, optimisation and benchmarking. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Infovista | Gigamon | Deal to assure greater flexibility and connectivity for 5G networks. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Intelsat | Japan Airlines | Deal announces Intelsat’s connectivity service will launch on airlines’ Embraer E190 aircraft for its subsidiary airline, J-AIR Co. Ltd. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| IPLOOK Technologies | Intel | Deal to deliver effective 5G edge UPF enhancement for super-fast 5G network deployments. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Keysight Technologies | Synergy Design | Deal to advance the development of 5G O-RAN and vRAN infrastructures. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Kontron | Napatech | Team up on optimised platform for 5G UPF in telco edge data centres, private networks. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Mavenir | Magyar Telekom | Chosen by Magyar Telekom to deploy a cloud-native containerised converged packet core. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Mavenir | PM Factory | Deployment of Mavenir’s cloud-native Packet Gateway to boost MVNO solution set. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Microsoft | MTN Group | Agreement to accelerate digital, cloud transformation while working towards a shared vision of driving Africa’s growth. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Motorola | Stromnetz Berlin | Vendors sign a 10-year service contract to maintain city-wide, business-critical communications infrastructure. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Motorola Solutions | Government of Senegal | Contract to deploy a nationwide communications ASTRO P25 radio network to modernise public safety communications in Senegal. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Motorola Solutions | Rave Mobile Safety | Acquisition to help organisations, public safety agencies communicate and collaborate during emergencies. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| MTN Group | Microsoft | JV deal to boost digital, cloud transformation working towards a shared vision of driving Africa’s growth. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Netcracker Technology | Swisscom | Alliance extension for professional services and OSS to support converged B2C and B2B services. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Nokia | atNorth | Use of Nokia’s data centre interconnect routers to enable expansion of operator’s market share in the Nordic region. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Nokia | BT | Vendors expand partnership in a five-year deal for its AVA Analytics software for fixed networks. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Nokia | Balitower | Deal to use Nokia’s mobile transport solutions, services to modernise its IP network, as part of a three-year nationwide project. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Nokia | du | Deployment of SDAN for du to enable zero-touch network operations, as part of three-year project. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Nokia | Etisalat | Collaboration to achieve speeds up to 100 Gb/s on single wavelength four times faster than the most advanced networks. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Nokia | FCCN | Deal connects Portugal’s universities with 100Gb/sec long-haul optical transport network. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Nokia | Globe Telecom | Completion of field trial of C+L band WDM optical line system with Philippine mobile operator, Globe Telecom. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Nokia | Inria | Vendors extend research partnership to address future challenges facing networks and distributed computing. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Nokia | KDDI | Deployment of performance degradation detection and resolution solution nationwide to improve network quality, reduce OPEX. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Nokia | KINX, Korea | Deal to use Nokia’s optical networking solution to connect KINX’s data centres in Korea. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Nokia | KPN | Demonstration of 20 Gb/second broadband speeds in a field trial with the Caresse animal hospital in Rotterdam. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Nokia | Liquid Technologies, PayGoZo | Deal to provide internet for South Africa’s Kayamandi Fibre Project. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Nokia | MCIT | Vendors boost customer network support with maintenance hub in Saudi Arabia. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Nokia | NBN Co | Deployment of Nokia’s broadband platform, Altiplano Access Controller to deliver a smarter, greener nbn network. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Nokia | Nedaa, Dubai | Vendors explore 5G network slicing for smart city and public safety use. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Nokia | O2 Telefónica Germany | Vendors aggregate sub-6 GHz spectrum frequencies in a carrier uplink Carrier Aggregation (CA) trial on 5G Standalone. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Nokia | Orange France | Extension of collaboration with Orange France to upgrade its microwave backhaul network with latest product generation. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Nokia | State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) | Deal extension uses Nokia optical transport to bring scale, security and agility to China’s power grid. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Nokia | TPG Telecom | Vendors reach a 5G uplink speed of 2 Gigabits per second (Gbps) using TPG Telecom’s 5G mmWave spectrum. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| NTT DOCOMO | Lenovo | Vendors reach deal to grant a patent license covering cellular wireless standard essential patents, including 5G, to Lenovo. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| OneWeb | Airtel Africa | Deal to to deliver OneWeb’s high-speed, low-latency LEO connectivity services to government and enterprise customers. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| OneWeb | Paratus | Multi-year agreement to build a gateway in Luanda, delivering high-speed, low-latency connectivity to under-serviced areas. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| OneWeb | Q-KON Africa | Distribution partner agreement to offer broadband connectivity services in African countries. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Optus | Ericsson | Deployment of Australia’s radio access network (RAN) site at Optus’ Moorebank site in Sydney, New South Wales. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Orange | Medusa | Vendors align to offer open, high-performance interconnection solution to partner operators of the Medusa cable. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Orange | Vanu | Vendors provide connectivity in rural areas, deliver technology upgrades, based on Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) model. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Panasonic Connect | Yokohama City | Vendors to test beyond-5G network demonstration aimed at automated driving. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Picocom | Accton Technology Group | Partnership for upcoming 5G Open RAN products, deliver Picocom’s ORANIC in-line PHY/NIC distributed unit card to mass market. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Quantexa | Vodafone | Vendors partner to connect scattered, siloed data points across Vodafone to deliver improved experience for business customers. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Qorvo | MediaTek | Collaboration that extends Qorvo’s position in 5G smartphones, includes mobile Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi routers, 5G/Wi-Fi automotive platforms. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Qualcomm | EvoNexus | Vendors align to identify early-stage companies bridging emerging technologies, use cases with 5G network. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Qualcomm | Siemens Smart Infrastructure | Deal to reimagine building automation by applying 5G private network, based on Snapdragon X55 5G Modem-RF system. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Qualcomm Technologies | Spanish universities | Collaboration provides 5G training courses, access to 5G trainings and opportunity to receive a 5G training certification. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Qualcomm Brasil, Anatel | Cambium, Telium | Collaboration to make 6E Wi-Fi connection available to residents of São Paulo. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Rakuten Symphony | Juniper Networks | Vendors partner to drive change to RAN Intelligent Controller business model. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Ribbon Communications | CBTS | Adoption of Ribbon Connect to deploy Operator Connect Accelerator for Microsoft Teams. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Ribbon Communications | Evolutio | Deal to upgrade network using Ribbon’s Virtual C20, as part of ongoing network transformation. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Rohde & Schwarz | VIAVI Solutions | Vendors combine their capabilities to deliver an integrated solution for conformance testing of O-RAN Radio Units. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| S&T Iskratel | AVM | Interoperability of S&T Iskratel’s XGS-PON Optical Line Terminals (OLTs) with AVM’s FRITZ!Box. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| SecurityGen | Network Intelligence | Vendors partner to strengthen the security of 5G and cloud-based infrastructures. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Singtel | telco Telkom & Medco Power, Indonesia | Vendors align to advance regional data centre strategy to address digital infrastructure demand critical to ASEAN’s growth. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| SK Telecom | Singtel | Vendors sign MOU to jointly grow the metaverse business in countries where the group operates in, starting with Singapore. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Skyworks Solutions | MediaTek | Adoption of MediaTek to offer a complete modem-to-antenna automotive-grade 5G solution. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Speedcast | Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) | Vendor conducted systems deployments to improve overall communications capabilities at multiple research sites in Antarctica. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| stc | Nokia, MediaTek | Vendors switch on 5G 4CC-CA in Middle East and Africa, achieving a faster time to market for 5G use cases. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| T-Mobile | Cisco | Vendors team up to launch highly scalable and distributed nationwide cloud native converged core gateway. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| TEOCO | MTN South Africa | MTN chooses TEOCO’s ASSET 5G planning solution to deliver 5G services to its 34.5 million subscribers. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Telefónica Open Future | Startup Madeira | Collaboration agreement to support local entrepreneurial community. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Telstra | Ericsson | Alliance announces commercial network deployment of Ericsson’s packet fronthaul technology in Telstra’s network. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Telstra | Ericsson | Vendors announce technology trial of Ericsson Cloud RAN 5G data call on Telstra’s commercial network. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Telstra | Ericsson, Qualcomm | Vendors announce new 5G download peak speed benchmark of 7.3Gbps achieved in Telstra’s live commercial network. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| True Online | ZTE | Alliance launches Thailand’s 50G PON prototype in the Grand Fortune Hotel. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| UScellular | Cradlepoint | Vendors team to offer enterprise-grade 5G business internet, enabling connectivity and improved work productivity. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Verizon | World Champion Fantasy (WCF) | Multi-year contract to integrate Verizon’s tools, services and techstack into WCF’s PlayerX platform. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Vodafone Cook Islands | SES | Availability of 4G+ networks, high-performance internet connectivity across Cook Islands after O3b mPOWER agreement. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Vodafone Group | Dubber | Agreement to offer recording and AI services directly from Vodafone mobile networks. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Vodafone Group | Vodacom | Completion of transfer of 55% shareholding in Vodafone Egypt to Vodacom Group to boost growth in financial services, IoT. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Vodafone Hungary | Netcracker | Deployment of Netcracker cloud BSS, OSS solutions to boost digital transformation for fixed-mobile convergence. | 12,22 | Full Details |
| Vodafone Qatar | Mowasalat | Deal to launch a public Wi-Fi service for passengers on buses and taxis across the country. | 11,22 | Full Details |
| Zinier | Virgin Media O2 | Selected by Virgin Media O2 as preferred supplier for field service automation software, chosen to deliver essential services. | 12,22 | Full Details |
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