Local press reports in Fiji indicate that plans are under way for a major network upgrade for mobile operator Digicel Fiji. Its estimated cost is about $13.7 million. The network upgrade aims to boost LTE coverage across the country’s islands.
Mobicast has become Vietnam’s second active MVNO following a service launch covering Hanoi.
Following the revelation of a previously unseen directive issued in May, Malaysia has clarified that it will not allocate 5G spectrum directly to operators in lieu of an open tender.
New evidence has emerged that Huawei deliberately obscured the relationship between its Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou and the Iran-based Skycom Tech.
A Canadian court has ruled that the US charges against Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou are sufficient to allow the extradition case against her to proceed.
Jamaican operator Digicel has filed for Chapter 15 recognition in a US federal bankruptcy court as it moves to the next stage of its debt restructuring strategy.
A new 5G agreement will see China Mobile sharing network resources with China Broadcasting Network (CBN), granting the market leader access to the TV provider’s 700MHz spectrum.
A new report from Fitch Solutions tips Vietnam for a swift transition to 5G given the government’s support for the technology and the country’s device manufacturing sector.
China Telecom Global (CTG) has selected Angola Cables as its preferred carrier to bolster its long-haul links between Asia, Africa and Latin America.
The Chinese smartphone market registered its largest ever fall in shipments in the first quarter of 2020.
Vodafone Cook Islands and Avaroa Cable have announced that they are working together to prepare for the Manatua Cable going live later this year.
Timor-Leste has been pressing ahead with the regeneration of its economy and the rebuilding of infrastructure, reports Research & Markets.
While it registered strong revenue growth in Q1 2020, one-off severance costs resulted in Indosat Ooredoo recording an overall loss.
Nokia’s departing CEO Rajeev Suri has defended the vendor’s recent contract record, indicating that lucrative deals are in the pipeline even though it has missed out on some major wins.
China Unicom and China Telecom have followed market leader China Mobile in quietly leaving Nokia off their standalone 5G network equipment suppliers’ lists.
OPT New Caledonia (OPT-NC), the main provider of telecommunications in the French overseas territory located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, has selected Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) to construct and install the Gondwana-2 subsea cable linking New Caledonia to Fiji.
Chinese enthusiasm for 5G rollouts has helped Huawei to weather the first quarter of 2020 despite the Covid-19 pandemic and trade blocks in the US.
An estimated 3.6 billion people remain offline, and most people who are unconnected live in low-income countries, where an average of just two out of every ten people are online. Now a new initiative aims to reach them with vital health information – by text.
Facebook is reportedly seeking regulatory clearance to launch a mobile payments offering in Indonesia alongside local partners.
The launch of the Philippines new third player DITO (formerly Mislatel) is “on track” in spite of the Covid-19 pandemic.
3 Indonesia has deployed Nokia’s 3G-4G dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) technology in its live network infrastructure to dynamically extend its 4G bandwidth when the demand for 3G subsides.
Indonesia’s new Nusantara Dua (Palapa N1) satellite did not enter its allocated orbital slot on schedule and has reportedly been destroyed.
It appears the Asia America Gateway (AAG) undersea cable has recently experienced another issue, meaning that Vietnamese internet users have yet again had to deal with slow internet connections.
Digicel Group has issued a new restructuring plan intended to cut its debt burden by as much as US$1.7 billion.
Huawei and ZTE were the major winners in China Mobile’s recent CNY37.1 billion ($5.2 billion) 5G tender, leaving Nokia empty-handed.
Telenor Myanmar has complied with a government order to block access to over 200 websites.
The Vietnamese telecommunications sector is a booming market with huge opportunities for local and foreign investors, reports Research & Markets.
China’s Big Three operators have all reported a fall in subscriber numbers, likely due to the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19 (coronavirus).
Nokia has partnered with China Mobile/CMCC Guangxi to deliver a landslide monitoring and early warning system for highways operations management company, BGIGC Group.
True Move has become Thailand’s second operator to launch commercial 5G services after receiving its 2.6GHz spectrum licence.
Indonesia’s Telkomsel surpassed its 4G deployment goals during 2019, deploying around 23,000 4G base transceiver stations across the country.
OpenRAN is set to be trialled for the first time in Asia via a collaboration between Indosat Ooredoo, the GSMA and the Telecom Infra Project (TIP).
The continuing outbreak of Covid-19 (coronavirus) has seen smartphone shipments in China plummet throughout February.
China Mobile has completed the first phase of its 5G build-out and is now tendering for the second, reports China Securities Journal.
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