Asia-Pacific Telecom Co Ltd (APT) has selected Ericsson to modernize the communications service provider’s network and support with 5G Non-Standalone (NSA) Multi-Operator Core Network readiness. This includes integration with Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) on the 3.5GHz frequency band in Taiwan.
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CITIC Telecom CPC expands ASEAN presence with innovative technology businesses
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Amazon introduces first mobile-only video plan with India’s Airtel
Accelerating its efforts to increase access to high-quality entertainment for every Indian, Amazon introduced Prime Video Mobile Edition – a mobile-only plan at an amazing introductory price of INR 89. India becomes the first Amazon Prime country in the world to offer customers a mobile-only Prime Video plan. Powered by affordable data, the ubiquitous smartphone has become the country’s preferred screen for entertainment. Prime Video Mobile Edition is a single-user mobile-only plan, providing SD quality streaming to customers which is created especially for a mobile-first country like India. Prime Video is collaborating with Airtel, India’s premier communications solutions provider, for the first roll-out of Prime Video Mobile Edition.
ZTE bags BSI’s Privacy Strategy Contribution Award for privacy protection and compliance
ZTE Corporation has been awarded the Privacy Strategy Contribution Award by BSI at the 3rd Smart Summit Economic Forum, in recognition of its outstanding contributions to privacy protection and compliance.
SK Telecom to release online-only mobile plans
SK Telecom announced that it will launch online-only mobile plans on January 15, 2021 to increase customer value through reduced cost burden and expanded option for mobile price plans.
Tata Communications seals ‘A-’ for sustainability best practices
Tata Communications, a global digital ecosystem enabler, has been recognised by global environmental non-profit organisation, Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) with the distinguished ‘A-’ leadership score for implementing current best practices in sustainability for climate change. Tata Communications score is higher than the global average of ‘C’ and higher than the Asia region average of ‘D’. The company scores the highest global score for playing a leading role in Climate Change governance, value chain management, energy efficiency, risk and opportunity disclosures in CDP 2020 reporting.
ZTE assists China Telecom in bolstering China’s Internet architecture
ZTE Corporation, a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, has helped the Inner Mongolia branch of China Telecom complete the construction of directly connected nodes in the national-level Internet backbone in Hohhot, and implement device deployment and service provisioning. That indicates the successful Internet information interconnection in the region. China Telecom has made great progress in 163 backbone construction.
ZTE and China Unicom conclude first power saving function verification for China’s 5G terminals
ZTE Corporation announced that ZTE and China Unicom have completed China's first comprehensive power saving function verification for 5G terminals.
Nokia and M1 partner to drive Singapore’s 5G standalone network
Nokia and M1 have signed a partnership agreement to deploy Nokia’s cloud-native Core software in order to drive Singapore’s 5G standalone network launch in 2021.
Thailand dtac selects Ericsson for 5G network
Thai communications service provider dtac will be served by Ericsson 5G radio access network (RAN) to provide coverage for almost half of Thailand’s 70 million population residing in the Bangkok Metropolitan area, the central plains and the eastern economic and industrial region of Thailand.