BROWSING: APAC

KT reaches over 100,000 5G subscribers: CFO

Korean telco KT has gained more than 100,000 5G subscribers since the company launched commercial services at the end of April, the carrier’s CFO Kyung-Keun Yoon said during a conference call with investors. The executive said that more than 80% of 5G subscribers are selecting...

ZTE selects Intel’s eASIC devices for 5G wireless products

Intel announced that Chinese vendor ZTE selected Intel eASIC devices for its 5G wireless products. The U.S. chipmaker said ZTE selected Intel eASIC devices to meet the critical cost and power requirements demanded by large-scale 5G deployments. “Intel’s alliance with ZTE marks a major milestone in...

5G subscribers in South Korea reach 260,000

5G subscriptions in South Korea have already reached 260,000, local press reported, citing data from the government. The country’s three carriers launched commercial 5G services on April 3. The government said that users are complaining about the coverage and the speed of the next-generation wireless communication...

Ericsson strikes 5G, AI agreements in China

  Ericsson and China Unicom have inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate the development of commercial 5G and promote 5G technological innovation, the vendor said in a statement. Signed at China Unicom’s 5G Innovation and Cooperation Conference in Shenzhen, China, the agreement strengthens the...

ZTE posts profits of $128.2 million in Q1

Chinese vendor ZTE posted a CNY860 million ($128.2 million) profit for the first quarter of the year, compared with a loss of CNY5.4 billion in Q1 2018. Operating revenue of CNY22.2 billion in Q1 2019 was down 19.3% from CNY27.5 billion in the same quarter...

China Unicom to launch 5G trials in seven major cities

Chinese mobile operator China Unicom announced plans to launch a 5G trial network in seven major cities across the country, local press reported. The carrier said that the trials will be carried in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Hangzhou and urban Xiong’an New Area. The carrier’s chairman, Wang Xiaochu, confirmed at...

UK greenlights Huawei to take part in 5G contracts: Report

The U.K. government has cleared Chinese company Huawei to participate in parts of the country’s 5G rollouts, The Daily Telegraph reported. Huawei will be kept away from sensitive core elements of the 5G infrastructure, according to the report. The decision to allow Huawei to participate in 5G...

Huawei launches 5G-powered hardware for self-driving cars

Chinese vendor Huawei has launched what it claims to be the world’s first 5G-powered hardware for self-driving cars. The Chinese firm launched the MH5000 module, based on its Balong 5000 5G chip, at the Shanghai Auto Show. “Based on this chip, Huawei has developed the...

Huawei’s Q1 revenues up 39% year-on-year

Huawei posted revenues of CNY179.7 billion ($26.8 billion) in the first quarter of 2019, an increase of 39% year-on-year, the company said in a release. The vendor's net profit margin in Q1 2019 was about 8%, slightly higher compared to the same period last year. “Huawei maintained...

CEO says Ericsson targeting 5G contracts in China

Ericsson aims to obtain a share of 5G contracts in the Chinese market once local carriers start to deploy the technology, the company’s president and CEO Börje Ekholm said during a conference call with investors. “Our estimate is that they will commence rollouts in the later...

SK Telecom to deploy 5G for military academy in Korea

Korean telco SK Telecom has signed an agreement with the Korea Military Academy (KMA) for the provision of innovative technologies, including 5G, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), the company said in a statement. Under the terms of the deal, SK Telecom and the...

China complains to the WTO about Australia’s Huawei 5G ban

China’s government said at a meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that Australia’s restriction on Chinese 5G technology was “obviously discriminative” and appeared to break global trade rules, Reuters reported. China’s representative at the WTO’s Council on Trade in Goods said measures to restrict...

KT launches nationwide 5G services in Korea

Korean carrier KT Corp has officially launched commercial 5G services in the Asian nation, the telco said in a statement. KT Corp claimed to be the first service provider in the country to offer unlimited data plans without a speed cap, allowing subscribes to have...

Japan approves carriers plans to build 5G networks

Japan's government has approved plans by the country’s four mobile carriers to build 5G wireless networks with investment set to reach JPY 1.6 trillion ($14.4 billion) over the next five years, the Nikkei Asian Review reported. Applications submitted by NTT DoCoMo, KDDI, SoftBank and e-commerce...

Samsung Electronics supplies 53,000 5G base stations for Korean carriers

Samsung Electronics has already provided a total of 53,000 5G radio base stations to Korea’s three mobile operators, the Asian vendor said in a statement. Samsung Electronics said that 5G service is now commercially available to consumers and enterprises from all three mobile carriers in 85 cities...

ZTE, China Mobile launch broadband solution for marine users

Chinese vendor ZTE has partnered with a regional branch of China Mobile to launch a marine broadband satellite solution. ZTE said that this new broadband satellite solution, dubbed "Heweitong," can solve the common problems of marine communication, such as poor coverage, slow data rate, and...

SK Telecom launches nationwide 5G services in Korea

Korean carrier SK Telecom has officially launched commercial 5G services across the country, the telco said in a statement. SK Telecom said that nationwide coverage is being offered through a total of 34,000 5G base stations in 85 cities. The company has rolled out its 5G...

NTT DoCoMo adds new companies to 5G trial

Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo has reached an agreement with enterprises and organizations in the United States and Israel as well as Japan, to collaborate in trials involving a 5G mobile test network established in Guam, the telco said in a statement. NTT DoCoMo highlighted that...

ZTE to return to profit in Q1 after recovery from U.S. sanctions

ZTE expects profits for the first quarter to reach almost $179 million Chinese vendor ZTE Corporation forecasted a first quarter profit of up to CNY 1.2 billion ($178.18 million) as it recovers from sanctions imposed by the U.S. government in 2018. Shares of ZTE rose as...

Ericsson inks MoU with SK Telecom to focus on cloud native 5G core

  The two partners said they will build solutions for predictable performance and high availability Ericsson has signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding with Korean telco SK Telecom to focus on possible enhancements and optimization enabled by cloud native micro-services-based principles, the Swedish vendor said in...

Ericsson, ZTE announce 5G deals in Asia

  The Swedish vendor has been selected by Koran carrier KT, while ZTE inked a 5G MoU with Malaysian telco U Mobile Korean carrier KT has awarded Ericsson a 5G commercial contract to enable the nationwide launch of commercial 5G services in Korea. Korean operators are expecting...

Telecoms sector represented 5.5% of China’s GDP in 2018, GSMA says

  The industry association said 5G connections in China are expected to 460 million by 2025 China’s mobile ecosystem added CNY5.2 trillion ($750 billion) in value to the country’s economy in 2018, equivalent to 5.5% of China’s GDP last year, according to a new GSMA report. China’s...

Vodafone Idea strikes deal with Nokia for network upgrade in India

  The European vendor will install several technologies including Single RAN, massive MIMO and small cells Indian carrier Vodafone Idea has inked a partnership Nokia for the deployment of a LTE network across multiple service areas. As part of the agreement, Nokia will deploy Single RAN Advanced,...

Huawei develops own OS to be used in the event of a future ban

  The Chinese vendor said the own proprietary OS would be used as a Plan B if an eventual ban prohibits the use of Android and Windows Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies confirmed that it has a proprietary operating systems for both smartphones and computers, which the...