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In the past two months, customers of Australian mobile carrier Telstra have experienced network outages of varying degrees of severity prompting Telstra and primary equipment vendor Ericsson to launch a …

Thai operator plans to launch VoLTE-enabled phones with Huawei Thai mobile operator Advanced Info Service launched commercial voice-over-LTE services across all 77 provinces in the country, according to an announcement …

Indian telecommunications operator Reliance Communications extended the exclusivity period by two months for talks with rival Aircel to consider the potential merger of operations.   Reliance entered into merger talks with …

Voice-over-LTE trial set for Henan province ZTE launched a voice-over-LTE trial with China Unicom in China’s Henan province. The deployment calls for ZTE to deploy an end-to-end VoLTE solution including voice over …

The deal includes 2G/3G deployments across portions of Thailand Ericsson signed a three-year contract with Thai telecommunications services provider True Move to deploy LTE-Advanced carrier aggregation and 2G/3G networks across …

Indian carriers aim to complete the deal in Q2 Reliance Communications confirmed its shareholders have approved a proposal to acquire local telecom firm Sistema Shyam Teleservices. The deal has been …

The five-year IBM partnership is valued at $200 million IBM and Indonesian telecommunications firm Indosat Ooredoo signed a five-year partnership under which they will develop and deliver solutions on the …

Builds on 5G MoU signed by Ericsson, China Mobile Ericsson said it is joining China Mobile’s 5G Joint Innovation Center program to accelerate development of next-generation wireless networks. The program …

On February 22-25th, the 2016 Mobile World Congress was held in Barcelona, Spain. Leading global operators, standards organizations, open source communities, analyst institutions, partners and media outlets gathered to discuss …

The Google concept of providing rural cellular connectivity from specially designed balloons, dubbed Project Loon, could be tested on the vast Indian subcontinent, according to reports. According to The Economic …

APAC leads global LTE connections in market share The global LTE and LTE-Advanced market reached 1.068 billion connections by the end of 2015, following 156 million net additions during the …

TrueMove said China’s ICBC will provide a guarantee worth $1 billion Thai telecom operator TrueMove confirmed it has secured financial funding to pay for spectrum in the 900 MHz band it …

China to account for 24% of smartphone shipments Total smartphone shipments are expected to reach 1.5 billion units this year, representing a 5.7% compared to 2015, according to a report …

Baicells, using Radisys software, is testing LTE-LAA small cell with China Mobile Chinese tech company Baicells has been making moves in the small cells space as of late, most recently …

The Japanese firm plans to start deploying the NFV technology on its network this month NTT DoCoMo said it has completed development of what it claims to be the world’s …

Amdocs aims to reach double-digit growth across target regions in 2016 North America remains the key market for Amdocs despite increasing growth from other emerging markets, according to Vincent Rousselet, VP for …

Indian telecom operators look to complete the operation by September Indian mobile operators Reliance Communications and Aircel agreed to merge their operations, according to The Economic Times. The report claims …

Both companies look to boost 5G cooperation this year BARCELONA, Spain – Chinese vendor ZTE, together with compatriot telecom operator China Mobile, announced a “5G” high-frequency prototype. “The ZTE-developed prototype …

‘Pre-5G’ initiatives include massive MIMO, UDN and MUSA BARCELONA, Spain – Chinese vendor ZTE said it expects to market “pre-5G” technology in certain parts of Asia and Europe this year. “This …

Top industrial Internet of Things vendors are Cisco, GE, IBM, Intel, RTI, Rockwell Automation The Asian-Pacific region will lead market growth related to the industrial “Internet of Things,” which is …

Xiaomi, Huawei and Apple led in market share  A total of 117.3 million smartphones were shipped to China in the last quarter of 2015, an 8% year-over-year increase according to …

The operator has to pay first installment due from LTE spectrum auction by March 21 Thailand’s telecom regulator NBTC threatened to file a lawsuit against local mobile operator Jasmine International …

Facebook board member Marc Andreessen makes colonialism remark on Twitter; Zuckerberg calls comment ‘upsetting’ India’s telecoms services regulator TRAI has issued a new regulation prohibiting discriminatory tariffs for data services …

In final results before combination with Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia Networks sees solid growth in Greater China, EMEA regions Finnish vendor Nokia recorded net sales of 3.6 billion euro ($4.05 billion) in …

Overall SoftBank revenue expands 7.9% year-over-year Japanese mobile operator SoftBank ended the third quarter of fiscal year 2015 with 31.68 million mobile subscribers in the country, up from 31.17 million …