The GSMA further expects APAC will have 670 million 5G connections by 2025
SHANGHAI- China and India will account for almost half of all new mobile subscribers expected to be added worldwide by the end of the decade, Mats Granryd, Director General of the GSMA,...
5G also projected to have a major impact on the Chinese economy
A new report from China's Acadaemy of Information and Communications Technology, as detailed by Chinese media outlets including the South China Morning Post, predicts China's three carriers--China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom--will...
The smart meters will be deployed by Indian utility Tata Power in Mumbai
U.K. firm CyanConnode Holdings, a specialists in narrowband radio mesh networks that enable internet of things (IoT) communications, has won a new purchase ordersfor 10,400 smart meters from Larsen & Toubro (L&T),...
NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) launched its software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) Service Portfolio with coverage spanning more than 190 countries. The debut marks a milestone for NTT Com, making it the first provider to deploy a worldwide SD-WAN services.
SD-WAN is a way to...
Ericsson projects 500 million 5G subscriptions by 2022, but European leaders express skepticism about the pace of innovation
In a new report, Ericsson projects that North America and the Asia Pacific region will lead in 5G adoption as the technology becomes standardized and commercially deployed....
The Asian nation aims to launch commercial 5G services in 2020
TOKYO--Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has recently started a trial of a 5G system in Japan, Yukihiko Okumura, the leader of the 5G Mobile Communications Promotion Forum Japan’s 5G Trial Promotion...
The vendor said that it expects 5G compatible handsets to be commercially available in two years
TOKYO--Chinese vendor ZTE expects to see revenues from the sale of standardized 5G equipment in 2019, the company’s managing director for 5G solutions, Alex Wang, told reporters during a...
KDDI and Nokia pushed 1 Gbps throughput in Tokyo MDU using 28 GHz band
Building on a 5G partnership, Nokia and Japanese operator KDDI this week shared details of a recent trial designed to test next generation mobile services in the context of an ultra-dense,...
Digital transformation specialist Happiest Minds Technologies acquired IoT firm Cupola Technology
Indian IT company Happiest Minds Technologies has announced the acquisition of IoT specialist Cupola Technology. Happiest Minds Technology focuses on next generation digital transformation, infrastructure, security and product engineering services. The firm said that...
The smart city initiatives will be implemented in Tianfu New Area
Finnish network infrastructure vendor Nokia and China’s Tianfu New Area Chengdu Administrative Committee have signed a strategic agreement to develop smart city initiatives.
Under the terms of the smart city deal, both parties will collaborate on...
ABI Research said most of the projects are related to smart lighting, meters, buildings and transportation
The governments in China, Japan, and South Korea are currently leading the deployment of smart city initiatives in Asia, according to a recent study by ABI Research.
The report revealed...
When I say "hologram call," I assume most of us immediately picture Princess Leia pleading for Obi-Wan Kenobi's help as a tiny, 3D image projected from R2D2. While the experiment conducted by carriers Verizon and KT isn't exactly that, it's still pretty cool.
According to...
The eLTE smart grid solution is already commercially available in China
Chinese vendor Huawei has released its wireless smart grid solution, dubbed the eLTE SmartGrid. The vendor said its new eLTE SmartGrid solution applies advanced 4.5G cellular wireless communication technology in the electric power industry to...
Trails are also being carried out in Hangzhou, Shanghai and Fuzhou provinces
Chinese vendors ZTE and China Mobile have announced they have completed the operators' first narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) field test in Guangzhou.
The vendors said that the trial involved the validation of core network, service,...
Kyocera looks to provide nationwide IoT services by 2020.
Japanese firm Kyocera Corporation announced its subsidiary Kyocera Communication Systems has started providing internet of things network services based on French firm Sigfox’s IoT network.
Kyocera said the service is available in Tokyo, Kawasaki...
Singapore regulator awarded 175 megahertz of spectrum in the 700 MHz, 900 MHz and 2.5 GHz bands.
Singapore telecommunications regulator Info-communications Media Development Authority concluded the first phase of a spectrum auction, which raised 1.14 billion Singapore dollars ($816.2 million) for the...
Bharti Airtel set to receive nearly $950 million for the stake in Infratel.
Indian telecommunications operator Bharti Airtel sold a 10.3% stake in its tower business Bharti Infratel for $948 million to a consortium of funds advised by KKR and the Canada...
The Indian telco will own 30 megahertz in the 2.3 GHz band once the acquisition if fully completed.
Indian telecommunications company Bharti Airtel signed an agreement to acquire Tikona Digital Networks' 4G business for $244 million. The acquisition will allow Bharti Airtel to increase its...
SoftBank 5G tests ongoing in 4 GHz and 4.5 GHz bands
Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank recently acquired a license to expand tests of 5G communications in the 28 GHz band. The company already has already begun testing 5G in the 4 GHz and 4.5 GHz...
SAN FRANCISCO – In a keynote presentation at the IEEE's Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, Chih Lin-I, chief scientist of the China Mobile Research Institute, highlighted the need for the telecom industry to embrace the agility associated with software-centric operations.
Chih-Lin I showed slides quantifying...
Regulator looks to open up 5G spectrum during 2019 and 2020.
Hong Kong’s Communications Authority announced plans to open up new spectrum for "5G" services in the 26 GHz and 28 GHz bands in 2019, and in the 3.4 GHz to 3.7...
Vodafone to support the Chinese bike-sharing service already operating in 33 cities.
Vodafone announced it is providing all the managed internet of things connectivity for Chinese bike-sharing company Mobike’s operations in Singapore, which is the firms first business outside of China.
Under terms of the...
Indian company Prompt Softech was founded in 1995 to help tackle inefficiencies in the local dairy supply chain. The company initially launched operations with three main offerings: an electronic weighing scales, data logging software and a machine for measuring fat content in milk.
“Previously the...
Proposed merger of Vodafone and Idea Cellular operations would result in nearly 400 million combined customers, robust spectrum for LTE and 5G.
Vodafone Group and Idea Cellular moved on long-simmering plans to combine their cellular operations in India, announcing a proposed deal to...
