Speculations it has been awarded to a small telco with billionaire ties. Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia has announced it has revoked18 instruments including Instructions and Determinants are applicable use of frequency bands of 700MHz, 900MHz, and 2600MHz frequency bands. In a statement Dato’ Saifuddin bin Abdullah Minister of…
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Expanding network and security solutions. India-founded HCL Technologies intent to acquire Cisco’s Self-Optimizing Network (SON) technology. The acquisition, comprising of products and services built on Cisco’s SON technology, will compliment HCL’s needs in the telecommunications industry. This includes tier-one communications service providers globally and application support to its clients. The…
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Cambodia prepping for more broadband services. Developing ASEAN country Cambodia is seeing its efforts to expand and upgrade its telecom infrastructure bearing fruit. In a recent report by research and consultancy firm BuddeComm, Cambodia is “well on the way on preparing for the rollout of 5G services”. It was reported…
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Research shows telcos making strides in 5G networks. Mobile service providers say they are making substantial progress toward ushering in a new generation of 5G Networks that will enable ultra-high-speed mobile connectivity and a wide variety of new applications and smart infrastructure use cases. Progress includes steady work toward virtualising…
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Partnership comes off the announcement, that the UK Govt. is reviewing a ban on Huawei. China Mobile Tianjin (Tianjin Mobile) and Huawei have announced the industry’s first commercial use of next generation optical transport network (NG OTN) for Tianjin Medical University General Hospital. China’s digital economy has seen continual growth…
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Students and faculty to be provided with on-campus 5G lab for research, teaching and learning, and other projects Optus and Curtin University have partnered to ramp up research on 5G and connect staff, students and industry to the cutting-edge technology. Underpinned by the Optus 5G network, the co-investment will provide…
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Huawei and China Mobile Guangdong keep busy with launch of enterprise private line service China Mobile Guangdong and Huawei have worked together to launch an enterprise private line service based on next-generation optical transport network (NG OTN) technology between Guangzhou’s Dongfengzhong and Liwan districts. The service upgrades China Mobile Guangdong’s…
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Uniting to grow 5G in APAC country Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), IBM, Samsung and M1 will be embarking on Singapore’s first 5G Industry 4.0 trial, in the second quarter of 2020. The aim of the trial will be to demonstrate the impact of 5G for enterprises and drive…
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Taiwanese telco revenue decreased by 6.2 percent The outbreak of coronavirus has been blamed for the “challenging start to 2020”, for Taiwan telecommunications company, Chunghwa. In a statement to the media Chi-Mau Shieh chairman and CEO of Chunghwa Telecom said, the telco had entered the pandemic in a “position of…
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China Mobile extends to 17 provinces Ericsson has been awarded a 5G contract from China Mobile including 5G radio access network (RAN) and 5G core (5GC) components for the second phase of its nationwide new radio (NR) standalone rollout. Under the terms of the deal, China Mobile extends its 5G…
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