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Retail Asia02/09/2016

Ericsson has announced plans to commercially launch the first 5G New Radio (NR) equipment in 2017, a key enabling technology for future 5G networks. The 5G NR radio supports Ericsson’s Massive MIMO and Multi-User MIMO 5G plugins. It uses advanced antennas and a large number of steerable ports to support these new technologies, as well […]

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Retail Asia29/08/2016

The Philippines’ Globe Telecom is fast-tracking the rollout of LTE over its recently-acquired 700-MHz spectrum. The operator revealed it has recently rolled out more than 150 700-MHz base stations, mostly in Metro Manila. The new sites cover major business districts and populated areas in the country. Globe launched its first 700-MHz base station Quexon City […]

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Retail Asia23/08/2016

Vodafone Fiji has become one of the first operators in the Pacific to roll out an LTE-Advanced network. The operator has gone live with an LTE-A network that currently covers 65% of the population, and aims to expand this to 85% by Christmas. The network offers theoretical peak downlink speeds of 225Mbps. Customers with compatible […]

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Retail Asia23/08/2016

Singapore’s M1 has announced it has commenced Singapore’s first commercial HetNet rollout in collaboration with Nokia. As part of the rollout, M1 plans to progressively deploy Nokia’s Flexi Zone small cells and Wi-Fi equipment at hundreds of high-traffic hotspots across Singapore, including mass transit stations, malls and popular outdoor areas. The operator will also use […]

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Retail Asia17/08/2016

Ooredoo Myanmar has signed up 500,000 LTE users since launching 4G services in May and is pushing ahead with the operator’s ambitious rollout plans. The operator’s CEO Rene Meza told that the operator now has a total 4G population coverage of 4.6 million people in Yangong, Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw. The company is concentrating its […]

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Retail Asia16/08/2016

Ericsson and Nokia are both trialing using drones to dynamically improve coverage of next-generation mobile networks. Ericsson and China Mobile recently announced they have completed a 5G drone prototype field trial on the operator’s network. During the trial in Wuxi, a drone was flown using the operator’s mobile network with 5G-enabled technologies and handovers across […]

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Retail Asia16/08/2016

LTE-Advanced deployments have reached the mainstream adoption phase, according to the latest GSA figures. LTE-Advanced now accounts for 147 of the 521 commercial LTE networks that have been launched worldwide, while LTE-Advanced Pro is used in a further 9, according to the GSA’s latest Evolution to LTE report. The TD-LTE standard has seen 78 commercial […]

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Retail Asia02/08/2016

SK Telecom and Nokia have completed the development the first all-in one portable public safety LTE system for emergency first-responders. The system is compact enough to fit in a backpack, and comes with all the elements required for mobile communications, from a base station, switching system including an evolved packet core to push-to-talk technologies. It […]

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Retail Asia27/07/2016

Singapore’s StarHub plans to start rolling out carrier aggregation and 64 quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) technology by the end of the year to triple peak upload speeds to 150Mbps. The operator recently completed a trial of the technologies with Nokia, aggregating spectrum in the 1800-MHz and 2600-MHz bands. Following the successful tests, StarHub plans to […]

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Retail Asia11/07/2016

Telenor Myanmar has officially launched 4G services, starting in capital city Nay Pyi Taw. With the launch the operator has become Myanmar’s second mobile operator to launch LTE services, following Ooredoo Myamar’s debut in May. Telenor Myanamr CEO Petter Furberg said in addition to the debut in the capital, the company is continuing to test […]

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Retail Asia01/07/2016

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo has announced plans to deploy LTE-Advanced at the summit of Mount Fuji, Japan’s highest and most famous mountain. The company will provide mobile services with maximum downlink speeds of 375Mbps as well as 3G service during the climbing season from July 10. The company will also offer a maximum downlink of 337.5Mbps […]

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Retail Asia22/06/2016

In a South Asia first, Sri Lanka’s Mobitel and Dialog Axiata have each completed successful trials of 4.5G technology capable of speeds of over 1Gbps. Mobitel announced it has tested a technology it calls LTE-A Pro at the operator’s test lab. The operator partnered with Huawei and ZTE to test LTE-A technology capable of using a […]

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Retail Asia14/06/2016

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo announced it has granted a standards-essential patent license for its wireless technologies to equipment vendor Huawei. The operator has now granted patent licenses to more than 10 companies and plans to pursue more such licensing deals in the future. As a result of its extensive R&D efforts over the past two decades, […]

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Retail Asia20/04/2016

The company has to date deployed more than 4,500 base stations in Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Bali, Nusa Tenggara, and Papua. According to the operator, 4G subscriber take up is strong. The company has around 5 million 4G subscribers, and is aiming for 12 million by the end of the year. The latest city to […]

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Retail Asia14/04/2016

The Philippines’ PLDT, through wireless subsidiary Smart, has commenced the rollout of LTE-Advanced carrier aggregation. The operator has initially deployed the technology in the popular tourist destination of Boracay, marking the first implementation of the technology in the Philippines. Smart said the Boracay LTE-A network has posted speeds of up to 250Mbps. The company started […]

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Retail Asia24/03/2016

Thailand’s TrueMove H has appointed Ericsson to support its LTE-Advanced rollout in north, central west and south Thailand. Under the contract Ericsson will help deploy LTE-A carrier aggregation and further expand TrueMove H’s 2G and 3G networks on the 900-MHz, 1800-MHz and 2100-MHz spectrum bands. The three year contract will see Ericsson provide multi-standard radio […]

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Retail Asia20/10/2015

Telecommunications firm XL Axiata says that its 1,800 MHz 4G/LTE services will likely be available in Bandung, West Java by the end of the month, while subscribers in Jakarta may enjoy the service in November after the company concludes its nationwide band refarming. “There have been minimal obstacles in the refarming process. That’s why we […]

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Retail Asia27/08/2015

ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, is pleased to help PT Smartfren Telecom launch 4G LTE-Advanced network in Indonesia, giving users access to the highest-performance mobile broadband services. The new 4G LTE-Advanced, which supports both the FDD-LTE and TDD-LTE standards, was […]

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Retail Asia09/07/2015

Indonesia’s five largest mobile operators have all launched 1800-MHz LTE services, while a new player has indicated an intention to enter the LTE market. Telkomsel, PT Indosat, XL Axiata, Hutchison’s 3 and Smartfren all recently rolled out 4G services over the band in various cities and regions. Telkomsel switched on its network in Makassar, South […]

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Retail Asia07/07/2015

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Indonesian mobile operator XL Axiata today launched a commercial 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) service in the 1800MHz band in Mataram, Lombok. The firm’s director of service management Ongki Kurniawan explained that the decision to choose Lombok was based on its ‘special relationship’ with the area. ‘Since entering this region, we [have built an] affinity […]

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