Chinese equipment vendor ZTE announced double-digit profit growth despite the external environment remaining complex and volatile in 2023 for the company.
Indian telecommunications provider Bharti Airtel has teamed up with Secure Meters, a company that focuses on users of energy in homes and workplaces to help reduce energy waste, to deploy 1.3 million smart meters in Bihar, a state in eastern India. The smart meters will use NB-IoT services.
The Philippines’ communications regulator agreed to extend its SIM registration deadline as operators struggled to register over half of subscribers, but it will look to limit services to unregistered SIMs.
The Philippines’ ICT regulator reportedly said it held crunch talks with operators today (April 24) to potentially extend its hard SIM registration deadline of April 26, which could see over half of total subscribers cut off from connectivity services.
In another example of the growing interest in 5G shown by many industries, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)-Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (TCIL) to explore the potential of applications of 5G and other wireless communication technologies in its SAIL-Bokaro Steel Plant.
A lot of headlines have been generated in the Indian press by the news that billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla has returned to the board of Vodafone Idea less than two years after leaving the mobile service provider – but how significant is this appointment?
Nokia has announced the results of a trial conducted last year over a 3,551 km subsea cable between Jurong in Singapore and Manado in Indonesia – and they are pretty impressive.
The Philippines’ Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) rebuffed operator requests to extend its SIM registration deadline, demanding operators ramp up efforts to register subscribers who risk being deactivated.
Huawei CFO Sabrina Meng (pictured) urged industries to embrace digital transformation as the “time is ripe” to embrace new technology for growth, while also pledging the Chinese vendor will continue to invest in connectivity, computing, storage, and cloud.
Chinese vendor ZTE has won two more notable contracts. One, in India, is from Vodafone Idea. The other, in Brazil, is from new entrant Unifique.
Now Telecom completed the last bit of paperwork needed to secure a full grant from the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), paving the way forward to construct its full 5G network for the Philippines-based operator.
Key executives at PLDT have left their posts following the operator’s massive PHP48 billion (US$853 million) budget overspending, including the operator’s chief financial officer.
The Vietnamese communications regulator announced it will auction off 4G and 5G spectrum with companies only having two days to submit interest.
Could the state-supported 5G network Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) be under threat from competition in Malaysia? A number of sources are suggesting that Malaysia plans to introduce a second 5G network from next year, though this remains unconfirmed by government.
Global communications company Viasat has confirmed that the scheduled launch date for the ViaSat-3 Americas satellite is 18 April this year. The ViaSat-3 satellite will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.
Philippines-based operators Globe Telecom and Smart Communications urged the government to extend the deadline for subscribers to register their SIMs, as less than half of subscribers have signed up.
Sri Lanka national ICT solutions provider SLT-Mobitel is to implement Netcracker Digital BSS and Professional Services to consolidate its billing system for upgraded fixed, mobile and online charging capabilities.
The wait is, apparently, nearly over. Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of global conglomerate the Aditya Birla Group, and one of the shareholders of operator Vodafone Idea (aka Vi), has been heard on Indian TV saying Vodafone Idea is to begin its 5G rollout soon.
The over-arching purpose of smart cities is to improve the living standards of their people through multiple pathways, be it waste management, transportation or energy efficiency, to name a few. All of this can lead to making citizens more productive and delivering what all countries desire - economic growth.
BDx Indonesia, one the largest wholesale data centre and cloud-focused operations in the Indonesian market, recently held the ground-breaking ceremony for its greenfield data centre, CGK3A, in TB Simatupang, South Jakarta.
The Philippines government revealed only 36.79% of SIM cards had been registered before the hard deadline set for this month when unregistered SIMs will be deactivated.
Netplus Broadband, North India’s leading wireline internet service provider, has chosen OcNOS from IP Infusion, a provider of open network software and solutions for wireline and mobile network operators, to strengthen and scale its network as the company expands broadband services to all its customers across the region.
Malaysian satellite solutions provider MEASAT has secured a contract with Intra Oil Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Perdana Petroleum, a company that provides offshore marine support services for the upstream oil and gas industry.
Telkomsel signed an agreement with its parent company Telkom to merge with its broadband arm IndiHome to create a company worth IDR58.3 billion (US$3.9 billion), a move to capitalise on the rising demand for broadband in Indonesia.
CamGSM, which operates as Cellcard, has had its application to list on the Cambodian stock exchange approved in principle by the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX).
Chinese company Highlander, which specialises in maritime and marine technology, has built what is described as the first commercial underwater data centre facility off Hainan island in China – and now wants to sell submerged data centre facilities to global customers.
Ericsson and Intel have announced a collaboration strategy aimed at increasing 5G adoption in Malaysia, with the companies highlighting the benefits that this will provide to the country’s burgeoning smart industry sector.
Bharti Airtel, one of India’s biggest telecommunications service providers, has partnered with India Post Payments Bank (IPPB), a division of India Post, to launch WhatsApp banking services for IPPB customers, enabling them to access banking services on their mobile phone.
Huawei reported a plunge in profits in its 2022 financial year blaming “external environments and non-market factors”, and that 2023 will be a “crucial” year for the vendor’s “sustainable survival and development”.
Telekom Malaysia completed its new fibre optic hub across the northern regions of Sabah and Sarawak to connect remote locations situated there.
AIS partnered with Bangkok Bank to expand its fintech strategy by launching a debit card, which the operator aims to have six million accounts opened by 2028.
Axiata Group’s proposed sale of shares in its tower unit edotco has attracted the interest of four possible buyers.
Philippines-based operator Globe Telecom penned a memorandum of understanding with Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC), to enhance their communication channels and safeguard bank accounts against online fraud.
Total fixed communication services revenue in India is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.4% from US$10.2 billion in 2022 to US$13.9 billion in 2027, mainly driven by the strong growth in the fixed broadband segment. That’s the view of data and analytics company GlobalData in its India Fixed Communications Forecast (Q1 2023).
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