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Retail Asia18/04/2019

Openet has appointed Tony Regan as vice president of market development for the APAC region, the BSS firm announced earlier this week. In his new role, Regan will run Openet’s market development team in APAC, working closely with regional sales VP and sales team to drive the company’s continued expansion in the region, the company said. Prior to […]

Retail Asia25/10/2018

Members of the International Telecoms Week (ITW) Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF), including PCCW Global and Telstra, have completed a proof of concept trial demonstrating how blockchain technology can transform inter-carrier settlement by streamlining complex transactions. The two operators as well as Colt Technology Services, BT, Orange and Telefonica, demonstrated the viability of a platform capable of settling voice transactions between operators within minutes […]

Retail Asia24/10/2018

Samsung Electronics announced that it has acquired Barcelona-based artificial intelligence startup Zhilabs in a bid to further enhance its 5G capabilities. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Zhilabs will be fully owned by Samsung, but it will continue to operate independently under its own management, the South Korean vendor said in a statement. Zhilabs provides […]

Retail Asia09/02/2017

Spanish telco Telefónica has contracted Huawei to virtualize its 4G networks in 13 countries as part of its UNICA program. The Spanish telco said the two companies are building a large scale virtual Evolved Packet Core (vEPC), an industry-approve framework for providing converged voice and data on 4G LTE networks, in Latin America and Europe. […]

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Openet names Regan marketing development VP for APAC

Blockchain used for inter-carrier settlements in PoC trial

Samsung buys Spanish AI firm Zhilabs in prep for 5G

Telefónica selects Huawei to build virtual EPC network in 13 countries