APG submarine cable system links nine countries and regions across APAC.
Singapore telecommunications operator StarHub launched services over the Asia-Pacific Gateway submarine cable network system.
APG is a 10,900 kilometer submarine cable network system that links nine countries and regions in Asia Pacific with...
Reliance to receive $1.6 billion for the tower transaction.
Indian telecommunications firm Reliance Communications signed binding agreements with Brookfield Infrastructure to sell nationwide tower assets to affiliates of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and its institutional partners, the telco said in a statement.
The deal calls...
Subsea fiber infrastructure expected to enhance connectivity between Australia and Asia.
Australian subsea cable operator Trident Subsea Cable and Indonesian company Triasmitra entered into a strategic venture to own and operate a telecommunications fiber cable connecting Singapore and Indonesia.
The two companies said...
Building on smart city project, Cisco will work with ICreate to explore the possibility to set up IoT hub in Gujarat.
U.S. networking giant Cisco signed two agreements with the International Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology and Gift in Gujarat, India,...
Contract includes both indoor and outdoor small cells.
Ericsson and Australian operator Telstra partnered to deploy LTE small cell solutions. The deal includes Ericsson's Radio Dot System and Pico Cell RBS 6402.
"The outdoor small cell deployment and indoor small cell solutions...
Thinxtra currently uses LPWA IoT network technology in Australia and New Zealand.
Thinxtra, an Australian provider of "internet of things" infrastructure, announced plans to launch a Sigfox low-power wide area IoT network in Hong Kong early next year. The Australian company said...
The fiber system connects countries in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Western Europe
The SEA-ME-WE 5 Consortium completed deployment of a 20,000-kilometer subsea fiber infrastructure developed by a 16-nation consortium.
The system is designed with 24 terabits per second of capacity on three-fiber pairs, said...
South Korea's KT is targeting a 5G commercial service launch in 2019.
South Korea’s second largest mobile operator KT said it expects to complete the construction of a trial "5G" network in certain areas of the country by September 2017, ahead of plans...
Australian company TPG Telecom secured 60 megahertz of spectrum for $73 million.
Australian operator TPG Telecom is set to become Singapore’s fourth mobile operator after the country’s Infocommunications Media Development Authority awarded 60 megahertz of spectrum in a recent spectrum auction.
According to...
China's three largest carriers added approximately 289 million LTE subscribers between January and October.
China's three largest mobile telecom operators ended October with approximately 704.3 million LTE subscribers, according to the latest available figures from carriers China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom. During...
IoT spurs growing accelerometer and gyroscope market
The "internet of things" is helping grow the accelerometer and gyroscope market, which is expected to reach $3.5 billion by 2022, according to a new report from MarketsandMarkets.
According to the report, "Accelerometer and gyroscope market by accelerometer type, gyroscope type,...
The two companies plan to jointly develop IoT solutions designed to improve safety for emergency services.
Japanese ICT firm Fujitsu announced a strategic partnership with DHL Supply Chain U.K. to develop new services based on wearable technology and the "internet of things."
Under...
Japanese ISP Biglobe counts 2 million fixed broadband subscribers and 400,000 mobile customers.
Japanese telecommunications company KDDI is set to acquire rival internet service provider Biglobe from Japan Industrial Partners for $694 million (80 billion Japanese yen). The deal is set to...
The two companies plan to evaluate technical and commercial feasibility of 5GÂ research.
Huawei and U.K. telecommunications provider BT have partnered to carry out joint "5G" research activities. The agreement calls for the companies to evaluate the technical and commercial feasibility of the...
The firm operates 121,000 cell towers and other sites across India.
India-based tower owner Indus Towers plans to invest nearly $15 million to deploy 500 new telecoms sites, including new cell towers, across India within the next 12 months, Indian press reported.
Of the...
SoftBank looks to deploy a few thousand massive MIMO sites across Japan in 2017.
TOKYO – Japanese mobile operator SoftBank believes massive multiple-input/multiple-output antenna technology will represent a key part of the firm’s "5G" strategy.
Hidebumi Kitahara, senior director of mobile netowrk planning at SoftBank,...
Edge Computing Consortium members include Huawei, Intel, ARM and Chinese institutions.
Chinese vendors, together with Shenyang Institute of Automation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, Intel, ARM and ISoftStone established the Edge Computing Consortium in Beijing. The...
The Asian telco looks to deploy 10,000 5G sites across China by 2020.
China Mobile plans to launch tests of "5G" technology next year, Chinese press reported, with the telco looking to roll out nearly 10,000 5G base stations by 2020.
According to...
On the road to 5G, the Chinese vendor looks to carry out new trials of massive MIMO technology next year.
TOKYO – ZTE is in talks with Japanese mobile operators to carry out trials of massive multiple-input/multiple-output antenna technology next year, according to Leo Chao,...
The Ultra Express Link submarine cable is set to be operational next year.
Hong Kong telecom firm HKT revealed plans to deploy the Ultra Express Link, a high-capacity fiber optic submarine cable connecting Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate and Chai Wan, both in...
KT looks to reach 85 cities with NB-IoT services by March 2017.
South Korean telecommunications operator KT expanded its partnership agreements with Samsung Electronics, Ericsson-LG and Nokia, with a focus of deploying a nationwide narrowband "internet of things"Â network by the first half...
Both companies will continue 5G trial activities in Japan
Chinese vendor Huawei and Japanese mobile operator NTT Docomo have carried out a large-scale 5G trial in the 4.5 GHz band in Yokohama, Japan.
During the trial, 11.29 Gbps total user throughput and less than 0.5 millisecond...
Reliance to target enterprise customers in India using Cisco Jasper platform.
Reliance Group signed a strategic partnership with Cisco Jasper to launch Unlimit, a new venture to focus on the provisioning of "internet of things" services for enterprise customers across India.
Reliance Group said Unlimit customers will...
The telco aims to launch 5G trial networks in Seoul and other cities to support connected cars and VR
Korean mobile operator SK Telecom has deployed what it claims to be the world's largest millimeter wave-based "5G" trial network using the 28 GHz band at...
