Brunei launched a 5G pilot project in April 2021 to demonstrate 5G proof-of-concept network environments
The Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam (AITI) announced that the Asian country is officially beginning 5G trials. The (AITI) is working with wholesale telecommunications provider Unified National...
Globe Telecom has sold more than 5,700 of its mobile towers, with another 1,350 towers pending
Filipino carrier Globe Telecom has confirmed the sale of 5,709 cellular towers in a deal worth $1.28 billion. According to the telco, the majority of the funds will go...
The APAC smart electricity metering market will grow at a CAGR of 6.2% during the 2021-2027 period
The smart electricity metering market in Asia-Pacific is expected to reach 1.1 billion units in 2027, up compared to 757.7 million in 2021, according to a report from...
In 2021, cloud gaming revenue is expected to be over $1 billion for the first time
Bridge Alliance, which is made up of operators and their customers in the Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, announced that two alliance members, SK Telecom and SingTel, have successfully completed the...
Hong Kong reclaimed the title of strongest APAC cloud nation from Singapore
Hong Kong has reclaimed the lead over Singapore when it comes to cloud readiness in the Asia Pacific region (APAC), according to the Asia Cloud Computing Association (ACCA). In the ACCA’s 2020 cloud...
StarHub looking beyond eMBB to 5G for URLLC
With 5G on track to launch in Singapore and 2020, the three carriers are waiting for state regulators to finalize spectrum allocation before moving forward with plans to bypass non-standalone 5G networks like those in the U.S....
5G growth in the APAC region was 3x to 4x the size of the incremental LTE growth
A recently published report from Dell’Oro Group revealed that healthy LTE growth and surging 5G investments in the Asia Pacific region added fuel to the Radio Access Networks (RAN) market upswing that began...
Cisco and Google's partnership in India is part of the global initiative to scale accessible, reliable Wi-Fi
Cisco announced early this week that it has teamed up with Google to provide free, high-speed Wi-Fi to 200 locations across India in the next two months. The...
If 5G is a race the US needs to win, why not run faster?
In the U.S., Verizon and AT&T have deployed 5G in parts of some cities. T-Mobile says it can offer nationwide service in the 2020 timeframe but that largely hinges on...
China and South Korea are the top markets in terms of IoT adoption within the region, according to the study
Spending on the internet of things in the Asia/Pacific region excluding Japan (APEJ) is forecasted to reach $381.8 billion by 2022, according to a new...
Some of the countries where commercial 5G technology will be a reality sooner than in other markets are located in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. South Korean telcos will be allowed to start using 5G frequencies for commercial services at the end of this year...
The LPWAN provider is targeting apps like energy and fluid management, on-site tracking, geo-fencing, waste control, environmental metering
France-based business communications provider Orange Business Services has launched its IoT Connect Anywhere, a low-power wide area network (LPWAN) connectivity solution, in markets including Hong Kong, Asian...
IPO will give SoftBank more capital to invest in tech, startups, sharing economy
With approval from Japanese financial regulators in hand, SoftBank is working toward a $21.04 billion initial public offering of its telecom business. SoftBank plans to keep around two-thirds of shares in the...
Combined carrier would be second largest behind China Mobile
An eye on 5G leadership, Chinese authorities are considering a potential merger of China Telecom and China Unicom, two of the nation's three mobile operators, according to a report from Bloomberg.
Citing "people familiar with the matter,"...
Strong demand in India contributes to Ciena revenue growth
Ciena reported its third quarter financials this week and strong growth in the APAC region, along with other positive trends, resulted in Q3 revenues of $819 million up more than 12% from the same quarter last...
The fruits of the research we fund are a public good not a threat to America
Recently my company Huawei was strongly criticised by several members of the U.S. Congress. They asked the U.S. secretary of education to investigate whether our co-operation with U.S. universities...
ZTE lost $790 million in Q1 due to the impact of the ban
Chinese network infrastructure vendor ZTE has issued a revised earnings report for the first quarter of the year that puts quarterly losses at more than CNY 5.4 billion ($790 million) after taking...
Globally 3.5 GHz is a 5G band, but not in the U.S.
To deliver multi-gigabit-per-second throughputs associated with 5G, operators around the world are working with regulatory authorities to test and commercially deploy in an increasingly variable mix of spectrum. The key driver shaping spectral...
The Asia Pacific (APAC) region has several smart cities under development, mainly grouped in countries such as China, Japan, South Korea and Singapore. Here we describe three of the region’s most developed smart city initiatives.
Singapore
In 2014, the government of Singapore launched its Smart Nation...
Initiative is part of Indian government's plan to speed up the commercial 5G launches
India’s telecommunications ministry is in talks with South Korean authorities to set up joint 5G test laboratories in India, the Economic Times reports.
According to the report, the initiative was launched during...
The government confirmed three operators will bid for 28 blocks of spectrum in the 3.5Ghz band and 24 blocks in the 28Ghz band
The government of South Korea set the reserve price of the auction for 5G frequencies at 3.3 trillion won ($3.1 billion), according...
Analyst: 5G is one part of network transformation
At an event for analysts in Shenzhen, China, Huawei CEO Eric Xu reportedly downplayed the transformation value fo 5G, running contrary to industry-wide talking points about the next-generation fo wireless, according to Mobile World Live.
"We do have...
Enterprises in the Asia-Pacific region are forecast to deploy 1.67 million of small cell units this year
The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region accounted for 58.6% of all non-residential small cells deployments last year, according to the latest report by the Small Cell Forum. Last year, a...
ZTE singled out as a national security concern in U.K.
Chinese telecom infrastructure, smartphone and technology companies Huawei and ZTE are currently the focus of significant federal-level interest in the United States. There are bills in the US House and Senate that, if passed, would...
