BROWSING: APAC

Kagan: Huawei Connect 2023 focused on connecting everything

The recent Huawei Connect 2023 event in Paris showed how as wireless, telecom and data networks continue to grow, they will ultimately connect everyone and everything. The theme of this year-end event was “Accelerating Digital and Green Transition Together" and shows what was accomplished...

NTT, Chunghwa Telecom partner on international network initiative

The partnership involves the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) concept, pioneered by NTT Japan’s NTT Corporation and Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom Co. have entered a partnership around the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) concept, which promotes the use of photonics technologies to develop high-speed,...

Kagan: Huawei showed off 5.5G and FWA progress at MBBF 2023

A few weeks ago, at a wireless conference in Dubai, Huawei showed their progress and the direction for the next several years. In fact, every wireless company worldwide will experience these same growth opportunities. So, let’s take a closer look at where the wireless...

Malaysia aims to cover 50% of rural areas with 5G by mid-2024

According to local press in Malaysia, the government said that no less than 85% of rural areas will have 5G coverage by the end of next year The government of Malaysia aims to ensure at least half of rural areas in the country have access...

Qualcomm to reduce staff in China amid dwindling smartphone demand

The Qualcomm R&D facility in Shanghai, China opened in 2010 and employs nearly 400 staff While Qualcomm has denied rumors that it plans to shut its Shanghai R&D facility or enact “large-scale” layoffs in China, it did reveal that will reduce the facility’s staff, citing...

KKR to acquire 20% stake in Singtel’s regional data center unit

KKR will have the option to increase its stake to 25% by 2027 In a new agreement, a fund managed by KKR is purchasing a 20% stake in Singtel’s regional data center business worth up to S$1.1 billion ($807 million). The deal is part of...

Nvidia bets on India with Tata Group, Reliance Industries AI partnerships

Nvidia CEO said India 'possesses size, data, and skill' necessary to be a leader in AI Nvidia announced new partnerships with Indian conglomerates Tata Group and Reliance Industries to develop language models for business and consumer AI applications, cloud infrastructure and generative services in...

Nokia and NTT in private 5G Thai-up private network services in Thailand

NTT is to resell Nokia's private cellular and edge cloud system to a total addressable market of 3.2 million enterprises in Thailand – in line with the country's Thailand 5.0 scheme Global system integrator NTT is to resell Nokia's private cellular and edge compute...

GSMA predicts rapid 5G growth in APAC region

The GSMA expects 5G connections to account for 41% of all mobile connections by 2030 According to the GSMA’s new Mobile Economy APAC 2023 report, the Asia Pacific (APAC) region is experiencing exponential 5G growth, with next-gen connections predicted to account for 41% of all mobile connections...

Spectra expands TIP OpenWiFi architecture in India

TIP OpenWiFi is an open source-based Wi-Fi architecture that leverages open-source development and automated testing Indian managed service provider Spectra has expanded its deployment of Telecom Infra Project (TIP) OpenWiFi solutions to cover more of its Multi-Dwelling Unit (MDU) and enterprise customers. TIP OpenWiFi is an...

Singtel and SK Telecom host metaverse event in Singapore

The event, Destination:ifland, was just the first part of a larger series called The Meta Guide Singtel and SK Telecom (SKT) held a joint metaverse event where attendees designed digital avatars and then participated in various activities. The experience, called "Destination:ifland", took place at the...

5G hits the open water with Adora Cruises, China Telecom partnership

The 5G ship is scheduled to set sail at the end of this year Adora Cruises and the Shanghai branch of China Telecom have announced plans to launch the world’s first 5G cruise ship. In addition to 5G, passengers on the 135,500-gross-ton vessel can...

Nepal Telecom postpones 5G trials, says there aren’t enough devices

Nepal Telecom plans to conduct the 5G trial using the 2600 MHz frequency band State-owned Nepal Telecom has postponed its 5G trial by several weeks, citing a dearth of compatible mobile devices. Specifically, the carrier will conduct its trial using the 2.6 GHz airwaves that...

Brunei kicks off 5G trial

Brunei launched a 5G pilot project in April 2021 to demonstrate 5G proof-of-concept network environments The Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam (AITI) announced that the Asian country is officially beginning 5G trials. The (AITI) is working with wholesale telecommunications provider Unified National...

Chinese carriers add 28.3 million 5G subscribers in January

Chinese operators recorded a net gain of 28.3 million 5G subscribers in January, according to the carriers’ latest available figures. China Mobile, the world’s largest operator in terms of subscribers, added a total of 14.48 million 5G subscribers during the first month of 2022.The operator...

Telstra inks network sharing deal with TPG Telecom in Australia

Australian carriers Telstra and TPG Telecom announced a ten-year regional Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN) commercial agreement. Under the terms of the deal, TPG Telecom will secure access to around 3,700 of Telstra’s mobile network assets, increasing TPG Telecom’s current 4G coverage from around 96% to...

EU starts WTO dispute against China over telecom patents

The European Union has filed a case against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) for restricting EU high-tech companies from going to a foreign court to protect and use their patents. In a release, the European Commission noted that China "severely restricts EU companies...

FSG selects Nokia, Mavenir to rollout Australia’s fourth mobile network

Australian rural carrier Field Solutions Holdings (FSG) has selected Nokia and Mavenir as its primary technology partners to build Australia’s fourth mobile network. As part of the deal, the technology partners will supply 4G and 5G radio access networks and mobile core.  Mavenir will provide...

Telstra’s 5G network covers over 77% of Australian population: CEO

Australian operator Telstra’s 5G network reached 77.5% of the country’s population as of the end of last year, the carrier’s CEO Andrew Penn said in the company’s earnings release. Penn said that Telstra’s 5G network was now more than twice the size of Telstra’s next...

Vodafone Idea, Nokia demonstrate 5G VoNR in India

Indian telecom operator Vodafone Idea says that it has successfully demonstrated 5G Voice over New Radio (VoNR) in partnership with Finnish vendor Nokia. The telco said that the demo was part of the ongoing 5G trials in the city of Gandhinagar, in Gujarat. Once deployed, the...

SK Telecom ends 2021 with 9.87 million 5G subscribers

South Korean operator SK Telecom ended 2021 with a total of 9.87 million subscribers in the 5G segment, after a net addition of 4.4 million customers during the year, the carrier said in its earnings statement. In the last quarter of 2021, SK Telecom added...

Keysight helps LG Electronics to demo 6G RF front-end module

Keysight Technologies said it helped Korean company LG Electronics to demonstrate a 6G radio frequency (RF) front-end (RFFE) module at the 2021 Korea Science and Technology Exhibition held at the Korea International Exhibition Center (KINTEX) in Ilsan, Korea in December 2021. 6G standards have not...

India expects 5G auction to be completed by August: Report

India expects to conclude its 5G spectrum auction by August and for services to be rolled out subsequently, CNBC reported, citing the country’s Telecommunications and Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. The ministry said that the country’s telecoms regulator TRAI is in the final stages of its...

Rakuten Mobile reaches coverage target for its 4G network

Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile announced that the population coverage ratio for its 4G network has reached 96%. Rakuten Mobile noted that the goal had been reached four years ahead of the target set when it initially outlined its deployment plan. This plan had been approved...