As Huawei kicked off the 14th Global Mobile Broadband Forum in Dubai, UAE, Li Peng, Huawei's Corporate Senior Vice President and President of the company's Carrier BG, delivered a keynote. In his speech, Li called on global carriers and industry partners to rise to the occasion, address increasing demands on networks, and make the most of the future trends.
WhatsApp, the popular text and voice service, has expanded its payment offering in India by launching an in-chat payments service for businesses. With millions of users in India, WhatsApp now allows shoppers to pay for products and services through the app using credit and debit cards, WhatsApp Pay and India's digital payments network, UPI.
Vietnam is planning to phase out its 2G network services by December 2023 in order to develop more advanced telecommunication technologies. The Authority of Telecommunications, under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC), has held meetings with telecom service providers in Vietnam, who have committed to disabling 2G-only devices by the end of this year.
DITO Telecommunity, based in the Philippines, has obtained a 15-year $3.9 billion loan from a group of international banks to finance the expansion of its network.
MEASAT, Malaysia's rural broadband service provider, has announced that it is now connecting nearly 600 school sites in remote areas across the country through its high-speed wireless satellite broadband service, CONNECTme NOW.
Reliance Jio has launched its 5G-based fixed wireless access (FWA) service, called JioAirFiber, in eight cities in India: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune.
Globe Telecom has obtained a PHP15 billion ($263 million) loan from Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company to fund its network upgrade and debt refinancing.
PLDT has grown its information and communications technology (ICT) business, consisting of data centers, multi-cloud access and a suite of fixed and wireless solutions, reaching ₱23.2 billion (over $40 million) in service revenues in the first half of the year.
Lava International, an Indian mobile phone manufacturer, has announced its goal to introduce 4G feature phones. The company seeks to capture a third of the country's feature phone market over the next year and grow into a prominent player in the budget phone segment.
True Digital Group, a digital transformation enabler in Thailand launched by True Corporation, has selected Vectra AI, an expert in AI-driven cyber threat detection and response, to enhance its defense against the increasing number of cyber threats.
