Huawei oil and gas partners include Honeywell, Richfit, RFD, Evinsys and Bandweaver
Huawei and partners including Honeywell, Richfit, RFD, Evinsys and Bandweaver showcased solutions covering the industry chain of the oil and gas sector during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) 2016.
Some...
SoftBank said it will continue to deploy the Ericsson solution in dense urban areas
Ericsson said it completed a commercial implementation of its Elastic Radio Access Network for Japanese mobile operator SoftBank.
Elastic RAN is part of the Ericsson Cloud RAN solution and was developed...
5G trial to take place in Tokyo using the 28 GHz band
Ericsson reached an agreement with Japanese telecommunications operator NTT DoCoMo and U.S. chipmaker Intel to build a "5G" trial network in various areas of Tokyo beginning in 2017.
Ericsson said the main goal of...
Cloud Foundry Foundation said the gap in cloud developer skills is threatening the firm’s digital transformation
Companies in Japan, Korea and the United Kingdom are having trouble hiring cloud developers, Cloud Foundry Foundation’s Marketing & Research Head Devin Davis told RCR Wireless News.
The executive said companies...
Philips will work with Xiaomi to develop smart lighting for the device-maker's smart home platform
Philips Lighting aims to expand its presence in the Chinese market through a joint venture agreement with Chinese mobile internet firm Xiaomi.
Under the terms of the smart home lighting JV,...
KT plans to deploy a test 5G network for verification next year
Korean telecoms operator KT and Samsung Electronics have completed a demonstration of what the compaines claim to be the world’s first 5G connection through a network built end-to-end for 5G.
The demo took place at...
Huawei is planning a commercial trial of NB-IoT in Q4
Huawei announced the large-scale commercialization of its end-to-end narrowband "internet of things" solution will take place starting next year.
The Chinese vendor said its NB-IoT solution is designed to help global operators expand services into new markets....
SK Telecom also announced plans to launch 35 IoT services before the end of the year
Korean operator SK Telecom has already completed the development of 24 different internet of things (IoT) services for the domestic market. New services include several areas including gas and electricity.
SK Telecom is pushing enhanced...
New Juniper Research study projects more than 2 billion will use mobile banking by 2021;  banks are becoming concerned about competition from tech firms
More than 2 billion mobile users will have used their devices for banking purposes by the end of 2021, compared to 1.2 billion this...
The new smart city initiative will be located between Seoul and Incheon
Dubai Holding has launched its smart city initiative in Korea which will cover an area of 4.7 square kilometers, and will be located between the two metropolitan cities of Seoul and Incheon.
Under the...
The initiative includes Dutch knowledge centers and Silicon Valley-based firms
The Netherlands has signed an agreement with the government of California for the development of smart cities initiatives, which have been priorities for the respective country and state leaders since 2013.
The S4C project set up...
The total value of the Nokia deal reaches approximately $500 million
Finnish vendor Nokia signed an agreement with Indian operator Bharti Airtel to expand 4G telecom infrastructure across nine circles in India.
Under the terms of the deal, Nokia will deploy its 4G Frequency Division Duplex-LTE...
Cell tower deal valued at $1.65B
Indian telecommunications firm Reliance Communications on Friday signed a nonbinding deal with asset manager Brookfield to sell a 51% stake in its cell tower business for 110 billion rupees ($1.65 billion).
Under the terms of the agreement, the stake in Reliance...
Reliance Jio launched on Sept. 5 with offer of free data and unlimited voice and text messaging services
Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm said it has attracted more than 16 million subscribers in the mobile segment since the launch of commercial operations on Sept. 5, according to...
The Philippine telco said data monetization will play a key role in digital transformation
BERLIN – Philippine operator Globe Telecom has been actively implementing its digital transformation strategy, said Joe Caliro, Globe’s head of retail and content experience, during a presentation at the Amdocs Experience 2017...
Nokia and Optus will carry out a 5G trial in Australia using the 4.5 GHz band
Australian telecommunications firm Optus has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Finnish vendor Nokia to collaborate on the development of 5G technologies.
Under the terms of the agreement, both companies...
The cloud deal aims to connect over 3,500 sites across 37 markets
British Telecom signed a contract with global human resources services provider Randstad Group to deploy a new global information technology infrastructure providing cloud connectivity to more than 3,500 sites across 37 countries in Europe, North...
The ELAA demo used 2.6 GHz licensed spectrum band and 5 GHz unlicensed spectrum bandÂ
Qualcomm and SK Telecom are claiming the first over-the-air demonstration of enhanced licensed assisted access and licensed assisted access that utilizes both licensed and unlicensed spectrum.
The demo took place at SK...
The new initiative will allow partners and customers to test internet of things applications at no cost
Japanese company Fujitsu has set up an environment at the firm’s Digital Transformation Center (DTC) in Tokyo, a co-creative workshop space for testing internet of things systems combining...
The deal between the Korean giant and the Russian telco includes 5G, IoT and MIMO technologies
Korean electronics manufacturer Samsung Electronics and Russian telecom operator Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore and develop new technologies, including 5G, IoT and MIMO.
Under...
China and the US are currently the two largest markets, study finds
Global cellular IoT connections – from 2G to 5G – reached almost 261 million at the end of 2015 and are forecasted to approach 1.22 billion in 2021, according to a recent study by...
China and the US are currently the two largest markets, study finds
Global cellular IoT connections – from 2G to 5G – reached almost 261 million at the end of 2015 and are forecasted to approach 1.22bn in 2021, according to a recent study by...
A '5G' test took place in the city of Melbourne and used 800 megahertz of spectrum
Swedish vendor Ericsson and Australian telecommunications firm Telstra have carried out an outdoor test of a 5G trial system in Melbourne, Australia.
The European company said the trial demonstrated 5G...
The two Korean firms developed a millimeter wave 5G system in August 2015
Korean telecommunications operator SK Telecom, together with Samsung Electronics, has successfully tested handover between 5G base stations at 28 GHz in the outdoor environment. Â
SK Telecom and Samsung claimed to be the world’s...
