Government assess the impacts of a draft circular on national technical regulations on terminal devices. Vietnam will issue new technical regulations for terminal devices of terrestrial mobile communication, which will include integrating 4G into such devices. The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) last week held a webinar to assess the…
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20,000 customers to get free 5G access and 10GB local data with three-month trial. Singtel has launched its 5G non-standalone (NSA) network and introduced a three-month trial for its consumer and enterprise customers. As a forerunner of 5G, Singtel’s 5G NSA network is capable of delivering 5G speeds of about…
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Discusses the key 5GDN requirements of smart grids using specific cases. Huawei and other 5G Deterministic Networking Alliance (5GDNA) members such as, the China Southern Power Grid; Guangdong Planning and Designing Institute; Global Energy Internet Research Institute; State Grid Qingdao Electric Supply Company; Beijing Sifang Automation; NARI Group Corporation; China…
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Huawei and ZTE led the charge. A recently published report by Dell’Oro Group, shows revenues for 5G Core market (5GC) are expected to approach US$1B for 2020, with continued strong growth into 2021 as service providers ramp-up 5GC deployments. In the second quarter of 2020, 5GC accounted for nearly 15…
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Support for telcos to offer of faster data speeds, ahead of nationwide rollout of 5G standalone networks. Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) will support Mobile Network Operators’ (MNOs) plan to ride on existing 4G networks to deploy 5G Non-Standalone (NSA) networks. This will be part of trials to allow…
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Providing a summary of the specifications released to its members. The 5G Future Forum, a group of global 5G leaders accelerating the delivery of multi-access edge Computing-enabled solutions around the world, has released abstracts of its first technical specifications to provide a summary of the specifications released to its members. There are two major…
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Miners in China use 5G for everything including, remote operations of excavators. China-based mining company China Molybdenum has applied 5G technology in the Sandaozhuang mine to help its miners use excavators remotely, reports several media publications. With its high speed and low latency, the technology enables workers to remotely control…
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COVID-19 drives strong interest and openness towards technology among customers. At SingTel’s 28th annual general meeting in late July the Singapore-based telecommunications provider detailed how COVID-19 had impacted its business, as well what technologies will help it move forward through the pandemic. According to the SingTel the drop-in business activities,…
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Creating opportunities in AI. Tencent has unveiled its comprehensive blueprint for the development of its Artificial Intelligence technologies at the 2020 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai. The ICT company announced its Light 2.0 Program and four new platforms including an AI pan-entertainment platform, an AI console for broadcasting…
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Chinese 5G Smart Grid Project in 3GPP. China Telecom, together with 27 other members including China Southern Power Grid, State Grid, global carriers, Huawei, and other vendors, submitted the 5G smart grid project. Initiated in 3GPP R18, the project will define the standard E2E architecture of 5G smart grids for…
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