Mobilink and Waird combined entity to serve 50 million mobile subscribers
International telecom groups VimpelCom and Global Telecom Holding together with Warid Telecom Pakistan and Bank Alfalah, a subsidiary of the Dhabi Group, completed the merger of Pakistani telecom operators Mobilink and Warid Telecom.
The combined...
KDDI will provide services with Ericsson CDP internet of things solution
Swedish vendor Ericsson is partnering with Japanese operator KDDI to deploy Ericsson Device Connection Platforms to manage global "internet of things" connections.
The partnership will provide enhanced connectivity services to KDDI's enterprise customers and support the deployment of...
Cloud RAN solution to be deployed by operators in Q2 2017
SHANGHAI – Chinese vendor ZTE Corporation launched its newest generation radio access network solution – ZTE Cloud RAN – during Mobile World Congress Shanghai.
Designed to reconstruct the wireless network based on the cloud processing platform,...
Leading Chinese companies lay out the opportunities and challenges presented by the internet of things
Supported by the government, China’s leading digital players are gearing up to lead the world in harnessing the internet of things (IoT). With its massive managed economy, the country should...
In addition to smart city deployments, ZTE launches government-oriented IoT application with China Mobile
Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer ZTE has been involved in more than 150 smart city projects across China, the company’s CIO and chairman of ZTESoft, Chen Jie told reporters.
“We have a very...
LTE connections in the Asia Pacific region to account for one third of total mobile subs by 2020
SHANGHAI--Mobile subscribers in the Asia Pacific region are expected to reach 3.1 billion by 2020, up from 2.5 billion at the end of 2015, the GSMA’s Director...
5G trial includes technologies including NFV, SDTI cloud and network slicing
SHANGHAI – SK Telecom announced it signed a memorandum of understanding with Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson to cooperate in the development of the 5G core network.
Under terms of the deal, the three parties agreed...
Google partnered with APAC carriers China Mobile, China Telecom, SingTel, KDDI and bandwidth provider Global Transit
In an effort to bolster its application and cloud customer experience, Google, in partnership with numerous Asia-Pacific interests, yesterday brought online its 10 terabit per second Faster Cable System,...
The telco aims to launch VoLTE in 300 cities this year
SHANGHAI – China Mobile expects to reach 500 million LTE subscribers by the end of this year, according to the operator’s president and CEO Li Yue, speaking during a keynote presentation at this week's...
NTT DoCoMo also confirmed plans to commercially launch 5G networks in 2020
SHANGHAI – Japanese telecom operator NTT DoCoMo expects its Premium 4G LTE service to reach speeds of up to 500 megabits per second, the company’s new president and CEO Kazuhiro Yoshizawa said during a...
5G trials conducted ahead of 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea
SHANGHAI – Korean telecommunications company KT confirmed "5G" technology will be available during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, which are set to take place in February 2018.
Speaking at this week's Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2016...
Asian telcos expressed interest in trialling ZTE multi-user shared access technology
SHANGHAI – Chinese vendor ZTE announced its cooperation with more than 10 operators on pre-"5G" technologies in a move to speed up the evolution of "4G" networks.
The vendor's pre-5G initiatives include massive multiple-input/multiple-output antenna technology,...
China currently counts 100 million cellular M2M connections
SHANGHAI – China's machine-to-machine market is expected to reach 1 billion connections by 2020, with the majority coming from the developing low-power, wide-area market, according to Mats Granryd, director general at GSMA, speaking during a presentation at the...
SK Telecom and Ericsson tout first SD telecom infrastructure demo targeting 5G network slicing, while Ericsson mobile 5G test hits 7 Gbps speeds in transit
SK Telecom and Ericsson claimed to have demonstrated the first software-defined telecommunications infrastructure based on Hyperscale Datacenter System 8000 at...
CEO discusses Huawei efforts around network operations and maintenance, cloudification
During an event in Shanghai, Huawei's rotating CEO Eric Xu said in the near-term future, by 2025, technology will have advanced to create mobile networks "beyond our imagination."
Xu was speaking to mobile operator representatives during...
Verizon 5G efforts could leverage KT's millimeter wave technology
Verizon Wireless plans to work closely with Korea Telecom as part of its effort to lead the development of a "5G" standard. Korea Telecom announced the partnership this weekend, and said the two carriers will cooperate to expedite...
The authorities plans to raise $83B through the spectrum auction tender
The government of India has approved the reserve prices for spectrum blocks in seven bands, a process in which the authorities expect to generate approximately $83 billion in revenue, local press reported.
The reserve prices...
VoWi-Fi deployment builds on successful hetnet trials
Singapore telecom operator Singtel aims to roll out a commercial Voice-over-Wi-Fi service in August following positive results from its heterogeneous network trial conducted over the past year in the Jurong Lake District.
The hetnet trial was carried out with the collaboration...
Huawei and ZTE provided vendor support for LTE-Advanced Pro trials
Sri Lankan mobile operators Dialog Axiata and Mobitel recently carried out trials of LTE-Advanced Pro technology. The test was carried out on its LTE network in partnership with Chinese vendor Huawei, Dialog Axiata said.
“The demonstration...
4G small cells part of plan to cover 99% of the country by June 2017
Australian operator Telstra announced deployment of 135 small cells to provide 4G coverage to customers in more than 130 rural and regional communities across the country.
This deployment is part of...
Ericsson said it is cooperating with US authorities
Swedish vendor Ericsson is under investigation by U.S. authorities over possible corruption in its activities in China, according to Swedish press reports.
Ericsson confirmed it received a request from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in March 2013 to...
Apple Pay service also coming to France and Switzerland
Apple announced plans to launch its digital wallet service, Apple Pay, in new international markets including France, Hong Kong and Switzerland in the next few months.
Apple SVP Craig Federighi also confirmed during a keynote at the...
Gaia Smart Cities acquires IoT unit of local firm
Indian startup Gaia Smart Cities has acquired compatriot firm netCOR Solutions’s "internet of things" division.
Under the terms of the agreement, netCOR Solutions will invest in Gaia Smart Cities to support the development of the firm.
Gaia said the...
KT was selected in 2015 by the government to construct and operate the network targeting the 2018 Winter Olympics
Korean telecom operator KT completed what it claims to be the world's first public safety long-term evolution network trial, the Korean Times reports. The country's second-largest...
