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Retail Asia30/08/2017
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SmarTone FY17 profit falls 16%

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Hong Kong mobile operator SmarTone has reported a 16% decline in group net profit for the financial year ending in June to HK$672 million ($858.8 million) as a result of falling revenue amid a challenging competitive environment. Service revenue fell 6% to HK$5.16 billion as handset revenue declined due to increased migration to SIM only […]
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Retail Asia30/08/2017
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Myanmar’s MyTel to launch 4G in 1H18

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Vietnamese operator Viettel’s joint venture in Myanmar plans to launch 4G-only services in the first quarter of next year. The joint venture, MyTel, plans to cover 90% of the population by its official launch, deploying nearly 7,200 base stations and 33,000km of fiber. This footprint would be double that of its nearest rival. According to […]
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Retail Asia30/08/2017
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StarHub offers unlimited data on weekends

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Singapore’s StarHub has launched a range of new postpaid mobile plans offering free unlimited local data access on weekends. The range of plans will offer unmetered access from 12am on Saturdays to 11:59pm on Sundays. During the week the plans range from 3GB of bundled data for S$48 ($35.46) per month to 15GB for S$238. […]
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Retail Asia29/08/2017
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SmarTone trials LAA on live network

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Hong Kong’s SmarTone has completed a trial of license assisted access (LAA) technology over a live network using equipment from Ericsson. The trial combined 10 MHz of licensed LTE spectrum with three 20MHz carriers of unlicensed 5-GHz spectrum to ahieve download speeds of around 800Mbps. Using a Qualcomm Snapdragon LTE mobile test device and Ericsson […]
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Retail Asia29/08/2017
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India consulting on next spectrum auction

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The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has launched a public consultation on details of the next round of spectrum auctions, including for spectrum to be used for 5G. The regulator is seeking views on the timing, pricing and amount of spectrum to be sold during the next auctions. Trai is seeking views on the […]
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Retail Asia29/08/2017
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Symbio launches sub-wholesale MVNO service

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Australian wholesale telecoms operator Symbio Networks has launched an innovative new sub-wholesale MVNO offering allowing the activation of new SIMs within seven seconds of order placement. Through an agreement with Australia’s largest mobile operator Telstra, Symbio Networks will provide a service providing 4G coverage of 95% and combined 4G and 3G coverage of 98.8% of […]
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Retail Asia28/08/2017
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Emerging APAC nations most exposed to malware

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Emerging APAC nations are the most vulnerable to malware, according to Microsoft’s bi-annual Security Intelligence Report (SIR). Of the top locations across the globe most at risk of malware infection in the first quarter of 2017, most of them are developing economies in the region. The report found that Bangladesh and Pakistan have the highest […]
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Retail Asia28/08/2017
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STI to expand 4G services to Bali

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Sampoerna Telekomunikasi Indonesia (STI) has announced plans to expand its Net1 Indonesia branded LTE services to the island of Bali. The operator’s 450-MHz LTE service will be deployed to all areas of Bali ranging from Gilimanuk on the west to the eastern end in Gili Selang, the operator announced. STI is targeting rural areas before […]
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Retail Asia28/08/2017
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Sri Lanka instructs cellcos to register SIMs

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The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) has instructed the nation’s operators to register their customers SIMs in order to curb fraud and crime. The operators have been told to register SIMs with owners’ personal details and photocopies of their National Identity Cards, the Daily Mirror reported. President Maithripala Sirisena had proposed the SIM registration scheme […]
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Retail Asia25/08/2017
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Korean cellcos may sue govt over subsidy hike

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South Korean mobile operator’s SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus are considering taking the government to court over an order to increase discounts for new subscribers. The operators last week received a formal order to implement a 25% discount rate for regular new subscribers as part of the current government’s objective of reducing telecoms expenses […]
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Retail Asia24/08/2017
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China cloud computing market grew 54% in 2016

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China’s cloud service providers have been urged to beef up their security ecosystem in expectation of managed security services becoming a new growth area in the increasingly challenging area of security. IDC’s latest China Cloud Service Provider Security 2017 Vendor Assessment found that the nation’s public cloud computing market expanded 54% in 2016 from a […]
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Retail Asia24/08/2017
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China Telecom 1H17 profit grows 7.4%

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China Telecom has reported a 7.4% growth in net profit for the six months ending in June, even amid an intensifying competitive environment. Net profit for the half-year period reached 12.54 billion yuan ($1.88 billion), on the back of a 4.1% year-on-year increase in revenue to 184.12 billion yuan. Service revenues grew 6.8% over the […]
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Retail Asia23/08/2017
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ECI launches hybrid virtualization platform

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ECI has launched its Hybrid Virtualization Platform that designed to support multiple network functions virtualization (NFV)-based use cases to help communication service providers can simplify operations, increase agility, reduce opex and provide better SLAs. Featuring ECI’s vE-CPE family, the Hybrid Virtualization Platform combines hardware with management and orchestration (MANO), providing a platform as a service […]
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Retail Asia23/08/2017
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Cambodia’s Smart Axiata launches 4.5G

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Cambodia’s Smart Axiata has launched 4.5G mobile connectivity in the country in collaboration with Huawei. The launch supports speeds 10 times faster than those available over normal 4G, the companies said. Smart Axiata will also potentially be able to use the technology to introduce new services including wireless home broadband and IoT services for residential and […]
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Retail Asia23/08/2017
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Cisco to buy Springpath for $320m

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Cisco and Springpath have apparently been working together for a while, and this will let Cisco bring those teams in-house rather than having to build them from scratch. Springpath’s specialty is hyperconvergence, and it has developed a distributed file system aimed at enabling server-based storage services. Hyperconvergence is a term I’m still coming to grips […]
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Retail Asia22/08/2017
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Ericsson suing Wiko over patent infringement

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Ericsson is suing French smartphone maker Wiko in Germany, accusing the company of infringing Ericsson patents essential to 2G, 3G and 4G cellular technology. In a statement, Ericsson said Wiko has been infringing on its intellectual property rights without any license or compensation for years. Ericsson chief intellectual property officer Gustav Bismark said the company has […]
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Retail Asia22/08/2017
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5G connections to reach 1.4b by 2025: Juniper Research

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5G connections are forecast to reach 1.4 billion by 2025, an increase from just one million in 2019, the anticipated first year of commercial launch, according to Juniper Research. In a new research, Juniper warned that to be successful, 5G fixed wireless broadband would need to meet expectations in real-world scenarios to compete with fiber […]
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Retail Asia21/08/2017
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BT, Dell EMC explore new way to manage traffic

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BT and Dell EMC have entered a research collaboration  dedicated to exploring a new way of managing network traffic using agile, programmable telecoms networks. The proof-of-concept trial, which is taking place at the BT Labs in Adastral Park, Suffolk, will explore how disaggregated switching can create flexible networks which are more responsive to customer needs […]
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Retail Asia21/08/2017
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AIS launches 1Gbps Next G mobile service

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Thailand’s AIS has launched a new mobile service offering connection speeds of up to 1Gbps by combining 4G and Wi-Fi connectivity. AIS’ Next G branded service is now available on supported handsets via a firmware upgrade. The service has been developed in collaboration with Samsung and Korea Telecom. It uses Multipath CTP technology to integrate […]
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