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China Mobile International is positioning itself as an enabler of cross-border private 5G deployments, helping Chinese enterprises build advanced industrial networks overseas while supporting global manufacturers entering China. The firm explains how China’s operator-led model, vast ecosystem, and turnkey delivery …

Airbus is expanding its private 5G rollout with new networks in Hamburg and Toulouse, partnering with Ericsson. The deployments support factory digitalization, enabling advanced use cases like augmented reality, asset tracking, and predictive maintenance, as Airbus advances plans to replace …

Chip EDA company settles with DoJ for knowingly selling to a military university in China that is on the banned Entity List Electronics and semiconductor design company Cadence has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, agreeing to …

Can the U.S. win back the 5G edge — and protect its AI lead? Recently, Ajit Pai wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that the United States of America has lost its 5G leadership position to China. Pai is …

China Telecom was the first telco to adopt DeepSeek with the launch of a full-stack DeepSeek-R1/V3 inferencing on its Xiran intelligent computing platform Over the weekend, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) reported that the country’s big three …

Verizon said a small number of individuals and a small percentage of traffic were impacted in Salt Typhoon Verizon said that it has “contained” the impacts of the Salt Typhoon hack, which targeted high-profile political figures and was allegedly perpetrated …

Amid the ongoing revelations related to the Salt Typhoon cyber attack on telecommunications companies including AT&T, Verizon and Lumen, a Senate subcommittee recently held a hearing on the issues related China and cybersecurity, as well as economic security and national …

The number of global cellular IoT connections jumped 24 percent in 2023 to finish the year at 3.3 billion; the number will increase by 88 percent (at a compound growth rate of 10 percent per year) to reach 6.2 billion …

Chinese Low Earth Orbit company Geespace deployed 10 additional satellites last week which are now in normal operation, bringing its total to 30. Geespace calls its Geesatcom constellation “China’s private equivalent” to Starlink. The company said that it now covers …

The Shanghai government has increased its chip investment to about $2 billion According to local new outlets, the Shanghai government has doubled its domestic chip investment fund, with the latest funding round increasing the total to about CNY14.5 billion ($2 …

Over the past decade or two, I have watched the United States first welcome, then get harsh with Huawei, the wireless network builder from China. Fear that data which travelled over their gear could be seen by the Chinese government. …

5G-A technology is seen as a key upgrade to the 5G network in terms of both functionality and coverage China will boost efforts to commercially launch 5G-Advanced (5G-A) technologies, which will enable a wide range of applications of artificial intelligence …

Singtel is currently using AI to support marketing communications to develop new campaigns and carry out faster testing SHANGHAI — The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is helping Singaporean telco Singtel to improve the efficiency of its own call centers …

Annual spending on private 5G networks will grow at a compound rate (CAGR) of about 42 percent between 2024 and 2027, accounting for nearly $3.5 billion by the end of 2027, according to new research from SNS Telecom & IT, …

The order has dealt a blow to U.S. semiconductor firms Intel and AMD According to reports from The Wall Street Journal, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology have told Chinese telecom operators that they must remove foreign chips from …

New numbers, just in (further discussion here); analyst group Dell’Oro Group says private 4G/5G RAN revenues jumped around 40 percent in 2023, compared to 2022, with Nokia, Ericsson, and Huawei leading global sales during “this initial phase” – and Nokia, …

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China is also predicted to reach a 5G adoption rate of 90% by 2030, making it a world leader in this space, says the GSMA China is expected to reach a 5G adoption rate of 90% by 2030, making it …

The global market for cellular IoT module slipped by around two percent in terms of annual shipment volumes in 2023, compared to 2022. It is the first time the cellular IoT sales have shrunk over a 12 month period, according …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 restrict the sale of advanced chips to China after loopholes in last year’s export restrictions …

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 …

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 …