All telcos affected. The Australian mobile services market was hit hard by the pandemic in 2020, with the total number of Services in Operation (SIOs) declining by 606,000 (or 1.7 per cent) from 2019, compared to a typical net increase of 800,000 to 1.1 million SIOs annually since 2016, according…
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Additional obligations have been included in the RCEP agreement. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement is an agreement to broaden and deepen ASEAN’s engagement with Australia, China, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand. Together, these RCEP participating countries account for about 30 per cent of the global GDP and 30…
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Analyst firm finds stability and revenue growth in broadband subscribers. S&P Global Market Intelligence firm has found telcos in East Asia reported a stable year-over-year fixed broadband subscriber and revenue growth in the first quarter despite the impact of COVID-19. Still, the monthly and quarterly numbers reflect traces of the…
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ZTE keeps busy with 5G projects across Asia. Telecommunications company ZTE Corporation has won the bid to build the 5G IPRAN project for Thailand telecommunications provider — True. ZTE will help True build its 5G IPRAN network to achieve unified transport of 2G/3G/4G/5G mobile services, FTTx, WLAN access and enterprise…
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Margins during the second quarter of 2020 are expected to be negative. Networking and telecommunications company Ericsson has increased its footprint in China through 5G contract awards from all three major operators in China. The market position is important for Ericsson as it makes “strengthens” its position in the 5G…
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DICT calls for restrictions to be lifted in the implementation of cell sites. The Philippines Government is set to drive the advancement of the digital transformation in the country, in a bid to help the country’s economy recover from COVID-19. According to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)…
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Telco breaches 50,000 customers’ privacy Australian law firm, Maurice Blackburn has brought a class action suit against SingTel Optus to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, for a breach of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). The complaint concerns the mistaken disclosure of customer data by Optus. In October 2019,…
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Contracts are over and above a defence contract Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) has secured contracts worth about SDSD$1.6B, by its aerospace and electronics sectors in the first quarter of 2020. These contracts are over and above a defence contract that its Land Systems arm secured. The Group’s Aerospace sector…
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Previously worked at Telstra, Vodafone and IBM Orange Business Services has appointed Nick Lambert as its senior vice president in Asia Pacific (APAC). Stationed in the Singapore office, Lambert will be responsible for setting the strategic direction of the business and spearheading growth across all market segments, including key markets,…
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Malaysian telco has launched a bundled fixed line number calling with Microsoft Teams Unified Communications. This will allow voice calls from any place at any time across multiple devices. In a statement to the media, Maxis said the service will be available to customers in the enterprise, government, and SME…
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