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U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a state of emergency to ban U.S. companies from using security equipment manufactured by foreign telecom companies, a move that appears to be targeting the Chinese technology giant Huawei, AFP reported.

Vivacom is extending its contract with Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) to deploy 4G Voice service and Wi-Fi calling. With the pre-integrated Fast VoLTE Launch solution, the service's deployment time has been significantly reduced. The agreement builds on Vivacom's existing Ericsson Evolved Packet Core network and adds virtual IP Multimedia Subsystem (vIMS).

US telecom AT & T announced plans to launch a "true 5G network" by the end of this year, CNET reported on Tuesday. With this, the operator hopes to overtake other industry competitors planning their 5G networks in 2019.

Taiwan's Anti-monopoly Commission fined US manufacturer of chips "Qualcomm" with a record USD 773 million for breaking the law, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.

Telenor Bulgaria announced on Thursday that it will offer fourth-generation (4G) mobile technology services under the Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard in the 1800 MHz band to its customers starting on December 1.

Samsung Electronics posted a near 40 percent fall in first quarter net profit April 29, missing analyst estimates despite a surge in memory chip demand that cushioned a slump in smartphone sales.

The title of this article should have been "Zaytung and 5G or you can surf the net faster as long as you behave as I want you to." President Tayyip Erdo?an spoke about Turkey's mobile network at an event earlier this week. He said Turkey is on 3G, whereas many countries have already begun installing 5G and LTE networks.

Finland's Nokia announced on April 14 that it was in advanced talks to purchase all of its Franco-American rival Alcatel-Lucent.

"Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent confirm that they are in advanced discussions with respect to a potential full merger, which would take the form of a public exchange offer by Nokia for Alcatel-Lucent," said a statement.

Mobile operator Max announced Wendsday the launch of new 4G LTE mobile Internet services - a range of prepaid packages, mobile data joint subscription plans for up to six users, as well as add-ons with the option for expansion of the data packages.

Turkey's government is asking for 2.3 billion euros from the telecommunication industry for its new 4G tender. The English 4G tender resulted in 2.3 billion pounds years ago. The government is very keen on getting the most out of this tender.