Category: Telecom

Retail Asia27/07/2017
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India’s Bharti Airtel has reported a steep 75% decline in first quarter profit as a result of the intense competition triggered by the entry into the market of Reliance Jio Infocomm. Net profit fell to 3.67 billion rupees ($56.9 million), marking the Indian incumbents third straight quarter of declining income. Revenue meanwhile fell 2.6% to 255.46 billion […]

Retail Asia26/07/2017
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The Competition Commission of India has approved the proposed merger between Indian operators Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, which would create the market’s largest mobile operator by subscribers. The regulator has cleared a proposal that would see Vodafone initially holding a 50% stake in the combined company, Idea’s major shareholder the Aditya Birla Group holding […]

Retail Asia26/07/2017
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China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has given approval for a pilot program involving opening investment in China Unicom to the private sector, to evaluate transitioning to a mixed ownership model for the market’s state-owned operators. In an announcement, Unicom confirmed that the NDRC has given in-principle approval for the pilot program. But the details […]

Retail Asia26/07/2017
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Japan’s NTT Communications has launched the nation’s first pilot of embedded SIMs (eSIMs) for connection and remote provisioning for MVNOs. The operator said it has built an environment for remote SIM provisioning on its MVNO platform in Hong Kong supporting both M2M and consumer devices. NTT Com will now launch verification tests in Japan in light of […]

Retail Asia26/07/2017
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China Telecom is expanding its data center capacity in Hong Kong as part of the collaboration agreement with Global Switch signed in April. The company has added a new floor with its Shatin data center to increase server capacity, and has also arranged to build and operate the colocation areas for two of the new […]

Retail Asia26/07/2017
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SK Telecom has developed a prototype of an ultra-compact quantum random number generator (QRNG) chip configured with entropy source and a deterministic random bit generator (DRBG). A QRNG generates true random numbers without any kind of pattern, meaning that it is ideal for use in cryptography. However, so far, the cost and size of QRNGs […]

Retail Asia25/07/2017
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ZTE and Intel have released a white paper covering an NFV reference design for a containerized vEPC application as part of the two companies’ joint research into virtualization of telecoms networks. The two companies are jointly researching cloud native and NFV technologies. Intel is helping ZTE develop virtual evolved packet core applications based on cloud […]

Retail Asia25/07/2017
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More than half of Australians prefer fingerprints, voice or retina scans in place of PINs when authorizing, according to research commissioned by Visa. The research also indicates that 29% of Australians are ready to use an internet-connected device, like a smart home virtual assistant or connected fridge to make payments on their behalf. “Australian shoppers […]

Retail Asia25/07/2017
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The Philippines government is considering lifting foreign ownership restrictions on local telecoms companies and other utilities to help stimulate the industry. The government has proposed to raise the current cap limiting foreign direct ownership to 40% of a utility company up to 70%. While the economic planning ministry believes the change could be implemented with […]

Retail Asia24/07/2017
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3 Hong Kong, the mobile arm of Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings (HTHKH), has launched today a new data roaming service, called Roam-in-Command, providing discounted data roaming plans for mobile subscribers traveling 21 countries in three continents. 3 HK’s new Roam-in-Command service comes with four packages. Each pack provides customers with up to 14 days […]

Retail Asia24/07/2017
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Huawei has entered a strategic partnership with Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) to accelerate the nation’s digital economy thrust. The company has likewise entered agreements with Keppel Data Centres, and Ascent Solutions also related to Singapore’s digital economy future for a Smart Nation. The partnerships aim to enhance industry collaboration, enable local companies to scale globally, empower the […]

Retail Asia24/07/2017
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India’s largest operator by subscribers Bharti Airtel has accused disruptive new market entrant Reliance Jio Infocomm of attempting to distort competition and create a monopoly with its proposal to scrap the current interconnect usage charge (IUC). At an industry consultation held by telecoms regulator Trai to discuss the future direction of India’s planned new national telecoms policy, […]

Retail Asia24/07/2017
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Military-run telecom group Viettel, one of Vietnam’s three largest mobile service providers, recorded a pre-tax profit of VND1 trillion (US$41.2 million) from its overseas investments in the first half of 2017, a 156 percent year-on-year increase, according to Viettel’s latest report. The report, which reviews the business results of Viettel’s overseas investments in nine markets, […]

Retail Asia21/07/2017
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Singapore’s M1 has reported a 17.6% slump in net profit for the first half of the year to S$68.8 million ($50.3 million) as a result of flat revenue and higher depreciation and interest expenses. Service revenue stayed at $406.2 million despite a 22.3% year-on-year increase in fixed service revenue to S$61.2 million. Mobile revenue by contrast fell […]

Retail Asia20/07/2017
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Hawaiki Submarine Cable, the company building a subsea cable between Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and the mainland US, has commissioned the construction of the New Zealand cable landing station. New Zealand electrical engineering and construction company McKay has been commissioned to construct a landing station at Mangawhai Heads on New Zealand’s North Island. The multi-million […]

Retail Asia20/07/2017
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Japan’s SoftBank has forged a joint venture with WeWork Companies to bring WeWork’s novel workspace as a service offering to Japan. The two companies will each own 50% of the joint venture, which will operate under the name of WeWork Japan. By entering Japan, WeWork will expand its global community and connect its more than […]

Retail Asia20/07/2017
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ZTE has released an intelligent energy management system designed to operate over Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) network, which has been installed as a pilot project in Zhangjiang Intelligent Park. The system leverages IoT technologies for energy-saving and emission reduction management. For technology enterprises, laboratory equipment accounts for a high percentage of electricity consumption to ensure efficient operations. However, […]

Retail Asia20/07/2017
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Cisco Jasper has unveiled “Control Center,” a new expanded model to bring the benefits of its IoT connectivity platform to a broader audience. Control Center 7.0 addresses business’ needs for greater flexibility with a new multi-tiered IoT platform that gives companies various options to meet their specific needs, regardless of their stage of IoT implementation. This new […]

Retail Asia20/07/2017
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Ericsson has revealed plans to accelerate its turnaround strategy after swinging to a 1 billion kronor ($120.4 million) loss in the second quarter. Net sales for the quarter fell 8% to 49.9 billion kronor, or 13% adjusted for constant currency. Ericsson also reported a 1.2 billion operating loss, of a slim 300 million kronor profit […]

Retail Asia19/07/2017
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Although 5G is still a few years from becoming a reality, Juniper Research has identified five mobile carriers as the “most promising 5G mobile network operators” – namely SK Telecom, NTT Docomo, KT Corp, China Mobile and AT&T Mobility. South Korean mobile carrier SK Telekom ranked No 1 for the extent of 5G trials over the past 24 months in the […]


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