BROWSING: China
RedCap surge to drive cellular IoT volumes up 70% to 5.4b by 2030
Mass adoption of reduced-capability 5G (5G RedCap) for mid-tier cellular IoT applications will start from next year (2024), commencing in China, reckons analyst house Omdia. The arrival of RedCap, it said, will help to drive overall cellular IoT connections to 5.4 billion in 2030,...
Broadcom expects to close VMware acquisition tomorrow
China has given regulatory approval to Broadcom's acquisition of VMware, which is now expected to close tomorrow. China was the final global regulator that needed to approve the merger in order for it to go forward, and Broadcom is moving quickly now that all...
Estonia turns to China in damaged Baltic Sea telecom cable investigation
The two cables running between between Sweden and Estonia were mysteriously damaged on October 8th
Earlier this month, two underwater telecommunication cables that run between Sweden and Estonia were damaged, and as the European countries are continues to investigate the cause of the damage, Estonia...
US further restricts AI chip exports to China
The new set of chip restrictions hitting China are designed to close loopholes in existing regulations
The U.S. Department of Commerce has escalated its efforts to resist the sale of advanced chips to China after loopholes in last year’s export restrictions were put in place. This...
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...
Kagan: How Qualcomm is dealing with growing China problem
Bloomberg has reported that Qualcomm has just suffered another significant stock decline. They have in fact been struggling for several different reasons over the past several years. The good news is, they remain one of the few leaders in the smartphone chip market, worldwide....
#TBT: Leap struggles with debt; Wireless web users near 10 million; China sees CDMA surge … this week in 2002
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
Leap Wireless struggles...
What are the major 5G consumer and enterprise developments in China? (Analyst Angle)
China has successfully established itself as a global leader of 5G deployments. In the past two years, 5G user penetration in China has jumped from 18% to 36%. Similarly, China’s 5G subscriber base stands at 1.2 billion as of 1Q 2023, with the three...
‘Millions of sensors’ – LoRa Alliance trumpets H1 LoRaWAN surge in APAC
The LoRa Alliance has trumpeted growth in the Asia Pacific region, ahead of its bi-annual meetup in Tokyo in October. It claimed “millions of sensors” have been added in the region in the first half of 2023 on the backs of “large projects” in...
IoT growth flat, industrial IoT ‘soft’; Quectel, Telit Cinterion lead IoT module market
Quectel, Telit Cinterion, and Fibocom captured more than half of the total cellular IoT module shipments in the first quarter of 2023, according to market analysis from Counterpoint Research. Quectel remained the leading vendor; Telit Cinterion climbed to second. Total shipments were flat compared...
Foxconn to build telecoms, EV equipment factories in Vietnam
Foxconn is investing $246 million in Vietnam's northern province of Quang Ninh
Reports indicate that Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) has been granted permission by Vietnam authorities to invest $246 million in assembling telecoms and electronic vehicle (EV) equipment in the country.
The company, according...
Chinese government urges telcos to boost coverage in underserved areas
MIIT’s chief engineer said that Chinese telcos need to accelerate 5G deployments outside of urban areas to better address underserved populations
SHANGHAI - Officials from the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) urged Chinese mobile operators to...
Huawei to launch full set of commercial 5.5G network equipment in 2024
The Huawei 5.5G concept refers to advancements in areas like integrated sensing, Level 4 autonomous driving and green IoT
SHANGHAI - Chinese vendor Huawei announced plans to launch a set of commercial 5.5G network equipment in 2024. The announcement was made by Huawei's director and...
China allocates 6 GHz spectrum band for 5G, 6G services
In China, the 6 GHz spectrum has been identified as the only high-quality resource with large bandwidth in the mid-band
The Chinese government allocated spectrum in the 6 GHz frequency band for 5G and 6G services, the country’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)...
Chinese operators join GSMA’s Open Gateway initiative
The GSMA Open Gateway initiative is a global industry framework designed to accelerate digital services and mobile apps
Chinese mobile operators China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom have joined the GSMA Open Gateway initiative, a global industry framework aimed at helping accelerate digital services...
As MWC Shanghai 2023 approaches, what insights can we gain from China’s 5G development to date?
MWC Shanghai 2023 is set to return this June to the Shanghai New International Expo Center. After the success of MWC Shanghai 2021, which saw more than 200,000 attendees from 114 countries and territories, there has been high anticipation for the return of the...
China Telecom invests $434 million in quantum technology
With the investment, the carrier has established the China Telecom Quantum Information Technology Group Co.
China Telecom this week revealed that it has invested 3 billion yuan ($434 million) in the establishment of the China Telecom Quantum Information Technology Group Co., which will be headquartered in...
MEC market has ‘failed to materialize,’ says Dell’Oro
Dell'Oro lowered the MEC market's expectations by more than 20% for 2023
According to analysts at the Dell’Oro Group, the Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) market has “failed to materialize.” As a result, the firm lowered the market’s expectations by more than 20% for 2023.
“The MEC...
China bans US chipmaker Micron, fanning global tensions
Micron failed to pass a cybersecurity review, says the Cyberspace Administration of China
Tensions between China and the U.S. escalated over the weekend when the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) announced its decision to ban Idaho-based memory chipmaker Micron from selling to Chinese companies.
According...
Oppo shutters in-house chip unit amid market uncertainties
Oppo established its in-house chip unit, called Zeku, in 2019
With the global semiconductor market still facing shortages, political tension and other setbacks, Chinese smartphone maker Oppo has announced the abrupt closure of its in-house chip design unit.
"Due to the uncertainties in the global...
Cellular IoT module market jumps 14% – led by China, Quectel, Qualcomm, NB-IoT
Cellular IoT module shipments rose by 14 percent in the 12 months to the end of 2022, with China leading the way for regional shipment volumes India leading the way for regional shipment growth, NB-IoT leading the way for low-power IoT volumes, LTE CAT1.bis...
Baidu launches first capital-city driverless cab service in Beijing
Chinese search engine and cloud analytics firm Baidu has won a permit to provide a driverless ride-hailing service in Beijing. It said the new taxi service will be the “first-ever fully driverless fleet” in any capital city in the world. It follows the rollout...
Record WLAN shipments and revenues in Q4 – Cisco shipped ‘more than ever’
The fourth quarter of 2022 saw record shipments of enterprise-geared wireless LAN (WLAN) devices, mostly Wi-Fi devices, with volumes topping 10 million in the period, according to research firm Dell’Oro Group. Revenues spiralled upwards, alongside, to reach $3 billion, also a record. Cisco shipped...
Additional chip restrictions could impact Nvidia, Qualcomm
The White House is pondering more extensive U.S. limitations on the sale of chips and chip-making equipment to Chinese companies, and those could have substantial impacts on Nvidia's ability to sell to Huawei and a lesser impact on Qualcomm, according to press reports on...