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Network evolution in the era of 5.5G

by Harry Baldock | May 10, 2024

Insight Earlier this year, we spoke with Cullen Xu, Vice President of Huawei’s 5G & LTE TDD...

US chip companies have licenses to sell to Huawei revoked

by Georgia Sweeting | May 8, 2024

The US government has revoked certain licenses that permit US chip makers to export goods to Chinese tech giant Huawei. The crackdown will mean that major chip producers like Intel and Qualcomm’s sales to China will be significantly reduced.

Indian elections delay nation’s satellite broadband plans

by Harry Baldock | May 8, 2024

News The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) says the election could set back spectrum...

NTT looks to grab stake in Philippine data centres from PLDT

by Harry Baldock | May 7, 2024

This week, PLDT Chairman Manuel Pangilinan has confirmed to Reuters that discussions are underway regarding the sale of up to 49% of the company’s data centre business unit to Japan’s NTT.

South Korea’s newest operator Stage X strikes partnership with Rakuten

by Harry Baldock | May 2, 2024

This week, the newest mobile network operators in Japan and South Korea, Rakuten Mobile and Stage X, respectively, have agreed a strategic partnership alongside Rakuten Symphony that will see the trio collaborate on everything from network strategy to 6G technology.

Transpacific Honomoana cable to be extended to New Zealand

by Harry Baldock | May 1, 2024

News Australian telco Vocus has agreed with cable owner Google to connect the existing route to...

Aussie telcos Optus and TPG team up for network sharing

by Harry Baldock | Apr 30, 2024

News TPG had initially agreed a similar deal with Telstra, but this was quashed by the competition...

Korean Air shows off comprehensive urban air mobility system backed by 5G

by Harry Baldock | Apr 26, 2024

This week, Korean Air has announced the successful demonstration of their urban air mobility (UAM) operating system, a system which could become the foundation upon which commercial flying taxi services could be launched by 2025.

China Mobile’s three-pronged strategy to boost the 5G-A ecosystem

by Gagan Kaur | Apr 26, 2024

Viewpoint The world’s largest service provider in terms of network scale, number of subscribers...

UK and New Zealand partner for subsea cable earthquake detection trial

by Georgia Sweeting | Apr 25, 2024

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the UK’s National Metrology Institute, has partnered with Measurement Standards Laboratory (MSL) in New Zealand to carry out earthquake detection tests through subsea cables in the Pacific Ocean.

Uzbekistan’s Perfectum partners with Nokia for 5G

by Harry Baldock | Apr 24, 2024

Nokia today announced a landmark 5G deal with Perfectum in Uzbekistan. This greenfield deal marks a significant step towards the deployment of cutting-edge 5G technology in the country, revolutionizing connectivity and paving the way for future innovation.

TikTok ban inches closer as bill passes the Senate

by Georgia Sweeting | Apr 24, 2024

The US Senate has voted 79-18 to pass a landmark bill to force TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to sell the company or face a ban in the US. The bill gives ByteDance nine months to sell its 60% stake in TikTok, or the app will be blocked for use in the US.

SoftBank to invest $960m in Japanese AI

by Georgia Sweeting | Apr 23, 2024

Japanese tech giant SoftBank has announced that it will invest JPY 150 billion $960 billion to upgrade its computing infrastructure to deliver a Generative AI (gen AI) platform in the Japanese language.

“We’ve out innovated China”: US Commerce Secretary slams Huawei chip tech

by Georgia Sweeting | Apr 23, 2024

The US secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo has dismissed Huawei’s latest chip technology breakthrough powering its latest smartphone, the Mate 60 Pro, which was released in August last year.

Embracing intelligence and accelerating service-centric operations transformation

by Total Telecom Staff | Apr 22, 2024

Viewpoint [Shenzhen, China, April 18, 2024] Huawei recently hosted a roundtable discussion titled...

Nokia curries favour with US by reducing orders with Chinese supplier

by Harry Baldock | Apr 19, 2024

This week, anonymous sources speaking to Nikkei Asia said Nokia had reduced orders with supplier Foxconn Industrial Internet in order to help meet requirements of the US’s ‘Clean Network’ programme.

Axiata and Airtel sign agreement to merge operations in Sri Lanka

by Harry Baldock | Apr 18, 2024

The move will be facilitated by a stake swap, with Dialog Axiata taking 100% ownership of Airtel Lanka in exchange for giving Bharti Airtel a 10.4% stake in Dialog Axiata

Japanese government lifts restrictions on NTT

by Georgia Sweeting | Apr 17, 2024

This week, the Japanese government has passed a law to ease restrictions on Japan’s largest telco NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) that were first placed on the company 40 years ago.