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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Verizon 5G efforts could leverage KT's millimeter wave technology
Verizon Wireless will 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 that 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...
IHS expects VoLTE subs to reach 310M by the end of 2016
The number of Voice-over LTE users worldwide is expected to reach 1 billion by 2020, according to research firm IHS, which said there were 185 million VoLTE users at the end of last year....
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...
Connected vehicles are part of the Huawei smart city portfolio
Chinese ICT services provider Huawei signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SamTech Middle East, a regional systems integrator specializing in smart vehicle tracking systems.
Under the terms of the deal, SamTech will develop customized applications...
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...
Gaia Smart Cities acquired the IoT unit of local firm
Indian startup Gaia Smart Cities acquired compatriot firm netCOR Solutions’s Internet of Things (IoT) division.
Under the terms of the agreement, netCOR Solutions will invest in Gaia Smart Cities to support the development of the firm.
Gaia said...
ZTEÂ already takes part in China LoRa Application Alliance
Chinese vendor ZTE Corporation has officially joined the board of directors of the LoRa Alliance.
As a new board member, the Chinese firm will work together with other members to boost the development of LoRa technologies worldwide in...
Asia ends March with more than 734M LTE subscribers, according to the GSA
LTE technology gained 182 million connections in the first quarter of this year, according to recent figures from the Global mobile Suppliers Association.
GSA revealed that the number of LTE and LTE-Advanced subscriptions...
50% of smartphone users in China will make mobile payments by 2020
A total of 195.3 million mobile users in China will be making proximity mobile payments this year, an increase of more than 45% compared to the previous year, according to a recent study...
Mobile health service 'Tonic' offers medical and wellness advice
Telenor Health, the digital health unit of Norwegian operator Telenor, launched a mobile health service in Bangladesh, the company said in a statement. Launched through Telenor’s mobile operator Grameenphone, the m-health service, dubbed ‘Tonic,’ is a...
Toyota aims to develop data communication modules for its in-vehicle connectivity by 2019
Japanese telco KDDI signed a partnership with Toyota Motor to establish a global communication platform to enable the operation of communication networks to support connected cars. Toyota announced plans to develop globally uniform data...
