Eased the network congestion in hotspot areas and greatly improved user experience. Lao Telecom recently worked with Huawei to verify the enhanced FDD smart massive MIMO solution based on Huawei’s latest software version of eRAN17.1. Over the past few years, Lao Telecom has seen a rapid growth in traffic, with…
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Optus secures ‘golden GHz’
New spectrum assets will support a wide range of new 5G use cases. Australian telco Optus has acquired a range of new licences in the 26GHz spectrum band. With the fastest 5G network in Sydney and Melbourne, the additional spectrum will add support to the network and enable state-of-the-art mmWave…
Read MoreHuawei connects Russia with 5G
Working with Russian mobile operator to activate 5G in the capital city. Russian mobile operator MTS has chosen Huawei to activate its 5G networks at 14 iconic locations in Moscow. This activation is a milestone preluding accelerated commercialization of 5G in Russia and marks MTS and Huawei’s first achievement in…
Read MoreTechnology transformation helped New Zealand businesses
Broadband was an important tool for operating business and staying connected. Technology and digitisation have played an important role in keeping New Zealand businesses moving in the one year since the first nationwide Covid-19 lockdown. The 2degrees Shaping Business Study found that in spite of the immense pressures faced at…
Read MoreSingapore looking to integrate tech and infrastructure
Integrating Singtel’s 5G Multi-access Edge Compute with Surbana Jurong’s P24K suite of facility management systems . Singaporean government-owned consultancy company, Surbana Jurong and Singtel have formed an alliance to integrate technology and infrastructure to co-create smart city solutions that will accelerate the transformation of key industries. To kickstart the partnership,…
Read MoreChinese port uses 5G trucks
Smart container trucks represent a new breakthrough in the smart port transformation. Recently, the international port city city in east China’s Zhejiang province. Its port, the Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, hybrid platooning of 5G smart and traditional container trucks with China Mobile Ningbo and Huawei. To date, the port has reached a…
Read MoreMobile devices are their company’s biggest IT security threat
Changes to remote working practices made during lockdown adversely affected their cybersecurity. Mobile device and cloud-based apps have become ubiquitous due to individuals and organisations battling to maintain productivity, best practices for security have not kept pace with IT teams still treating mobile security separately to overall enterprise security practices,…
Read MoreExpansion beyond borders priority for APAC businesses
Streamlining the way the future of work opeartes with technology is key enabler to a modern workplace. Asia Pacific (APAC) business decision makers are calibrating their digital transformation strategies while balancing cost management initiatives and plans for growth in new markets. In a recently released report, The APAC Transformation Vision: Balancing…
Read MoreHong Kong Telecom builds 5G standalone for smart apps
Smart mobility is one of the key elements of the HK Govts Smart City Blueprint. HKT has built a 5G Standalone (SA) network architecture capable of network slicing which supports industrial grade applications. The HKT’s 5G SA network has the technological advantage of dedicating a network slice for ensuring ultra-high…
Read MoreAccelerating 5G network uptake in Australia
COVID changes the way data is consumed. M2M Connectivity will act as the master distributor of Peplink across Australia and New Zealand, with the aim of building a new network of channel partners across the region. Peplink develops a wide range of solutions that combine multiple sources of WAN, including…
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