ConnecTechAsia, the new ICT event comprising CommunicAsia, Broadcast Asia and the inaugural NXT Asia officially commenced this morning at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. The three-day industry leading ICT event is unique in that it represents the only business platform in Asia which covers the whole ecosystem of info-communications, broadcasting and emerging technologies.
Chinese telecommunications behemoth Huawei has responded strongly in response to allegations that it is a threat to national security - following recommendations by Australian intelligence agencies that the company should be prohibited from bidding on lucrative future 5G contracts.
Solomon Telekom Company Limited, trading under the name Our Telekom, is expanding its partnership with SES Networks to enable faster and improved mobile and internet services to communities scattered throughout more than 900 islands within the Solomon Islands archipelago.
Australian telecommunications incumbent Telstra has announced that it will axe 8,000 between now and 2022. The job cull is part of the operators’ plan to completely transform its existing business structure and operations.
Chinese telecommunications behemoth Huawei has announced that it will partner with Singaporean mobile operator M1 on the country’s first end-to-end 5G live trials.
South Korea, one of the prominent countries leading the charge towards the commercialization of 5G networks has conducted one of the world’s first ever 5G auctions.
A number of prominent politicians form the US House of Representatives and US Senate have written to Google CEO Sundar Pichai urging him to sever all ties with Chinese telecommunications behemoth Huawei over its alleged threat to national security.
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Operators looking to quickly and cost-effectively deliver new 5G services are today a step closer to being able to do so, as the Broadband Forum and NTT successfully demonstrated the disaggregation of time-critical PON functions.
Qualcomm’s acquisition deal of NXP remains uncertain just weeks after reports claimed the deal was set to be rubberstamped by Chinese regulators. However, sources close to the merger deal have claimed that the deal is still very much up in the air and dismissed that antitrust regulators had vetoed the deal.
