Minister Plate gives an insight about the readiness of Base Transceiver Station Infrastructure Development. The Indonesian Government is looking to collaborate and coordinate with cellular operators, as part of its next steps in completing the development of Information and Communication Technology (TIK) infrastructure. Minister of Communication and Information, Johnny G.…
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India gets a live 5G demonstration
Airtel and Qualcomm Technologies will collaborate to enable a number of use cases. India’s Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) and Qualcomm Technologies have announced their collaboration for accelerating 5G in India. Recently, Airtel became one of India’s first telco to demonstrate 5G over a live commercial network in the city of Hyderabad.…
Read MoreSingtel and Optus expand 5G ecosystems
Enabling 5G solutions like robotics, drones, autonomous vehicles and artificial intelligence to operate at ultra-low latency. Singtel and Optus will expand their 5G ecosystems by enabling enterprises and start-ups to develop low latency 5G solutions on their Multi-access Edge Compute (MEC) infrastructures. The MEC, leveraging the Amazon Web Services (AWS)…
Read MoreMalaysia uses special purpose vehicles to deploy 5G
All telecommunications service providers will have open, fair and equal access in obtaining wholesale 5G network services. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has announced the Special Purpose Vehicle by the Ministry of Finance. According to the Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB), the Special Purpose Vehicles will be used to…
Read MoreNokia deploys 5G standalone RAN Sharing network for M1-StarHub joint venture
5G SA services and supports Singapore’s digital economy. Antina the joint venture by mobile network operators M1 and StarHub, has selected Nokia for 5G standalone (“SA”) Radio Access Network (“RAN”) Sharing network in South East Asia. The commercial deployment of a 5G SA network will cater for the growing data…
Read More5G will drive overall mobile services market in Singapore
Positive outlook for 5G in Singapore. Favourable regulatory landscape and the expansion of 5G services are expected to drive the overall mobile services market revenue of Singapore at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7 per cent between 2020 and 2025, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics…
Read MoreSouth Korean telco reduces power usage
Replaced its legacy equipment with Single RAN. SK Telecom innovated power usage reduction project has been recognised as a successful case of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction by the Korean Government. Aimed at increasing the efficiency of its network equipment, the project utilizes a technology called Single RAN, which enables…
Read MoreAustralia will lead Asia-Pacific mobile communication growth
Followed by India with mobile revenue CAGR of 10.1 per cent over the forecast period. Australia will witness one of the fastest compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.4 per cent in terms of mobile service revenues in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region between 2020 and 2025, according to analytics company…
Read More5G comes to towns in New Zealand’s North Island
Accelerate the growth of new digital capabilities and scale digital innovation for enterprises and workers. New Zealand telecommunication company Spark has switched on 5G in Te Awamutu and New Plymouth, the latest locations in its nationwide rollout of the next generation of mobile technology. As New Zealand continues to experience…
Read MoreOverlay technology changes network ownership dynamics for telecoms service providers
MPLS is being replaced by the internet, a process accelerated by COVID-19. In an astonishingly short period of time, overlay networking like SD-WAN has become, the de facto WAN technology in the enterprise telecoms market. Overlay technology uses a combination of tunnelling technology and orchestration and control software to create…
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