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Retail Asia12/07/2017

Nepal’s WorldLink has engaged Nokia to deploy the nation’s first 100G optical network. WorldLink, Nepal’s largest fixed broadband operator, is upgrading its 650km backbone network with Nokia’s PSS DWDM technology. The backbone network spans from capital Kathmandu to the cities of Bhairahawa and Birgunj, and provides international connectivity between Nepal and countries including India. WorldLink […]

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Retail Asia11/07/2017

Singapore’s StarHub plans to lean on providing data analytics based on its customers’ consumption habits to compensate for the increased competition set to be caused by the introduction of a fourth player to the mobile market. The operator is already facing intense competition in the mobile sector, and this will intensify with the entry of […]

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Retail Asia11/07/2017

India may see a mega merger this year, if reports out of the region are correct. Tata Group has long been seeking a way to reconfigure its capital structure and relieve the pressure of its debt, and they may have found a way to do it with the help of the rival Bharti Enterprises group. The two […]

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Retail Asia10/07/2017

Xiaomi and Nokia have signed new a multi-year business collaboration and a patent cross-licensing agreement covering each vendor’s cellular standard-essential patents. As part of the transaction, fast-growing Chinese handset vendor Xiaomi has also purchased patent assets from Nokia. Under the business cooperation component, Nokia will meanwhile provide network infrastructure equipment designed to meet the high capacity, low power […]

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Retail Asia10/07/2017

Singapore-based MyRepublic is gearing up to conduct an IPO by the end of next year, and use the funds to expand its operations to cover at least 10 countries in the next five years. In a media briefing, MyRepublic said it is currently exploring listing on the Singapore, Hong Kong and/or Australian stock exchanges. MyRepublic […]

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Retail Asia10/07/2017

The Philippines’ PLDT has expanded the reach of its FTTH services to east Metro Manila in the latest phase of its nationwide fiber expansion program. The operator has added over 70,000 fiber lines in the area following deployments in south Metro Manila as well as Cebu, General Santos and Naga City. With the expansion, PLDT’s […]

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Retail Asia10/07/2017

China Telecom’s main research arm the China Telecom Shanghai Research Institute has joined the HomeGrid Forum to support the deployment of G.hn technology in Asia. The Institute has been working on G.hn related products for more than three years, with China Telecom selecting G.hn as its home networking technology of choice. China Telecom Shanghai announced […]

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Retail Asia10/07/2017

NEC Asia Pacific today announced the launch of the Smart Communications System SL2100 for small- and mid-sized businesses in the Asian market. With wide-ranging, enterprise-grade voice over IP (VoIP), mobility and Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC&C) features, the SL2100 also offers industry specific features for retail, healthcare, food service and entertainment, as well as hospitality […]

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Retail Asia07/07/2017

Ericsson chairman Leif Johansson (pictured) will step down from his position as the struggling Swedish telecoms equipment vendor enters a new phase. Johansson, who has been serving as chairman of the company since 2011, has informed the company that he will not make himself available for re-election at the shareholder’s AGM in 2018, according to a […]

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Retail Asia07/07/2017

China Unicom, Ericsson and Qualcomm have completed the first demonstration of LTE Cat-M1 Voice over LTE use cases. The demonstrations at last week’s Mobile World Congress Shanghai involved providing connectivity for a fire alarm trigger panel and a GPS emergency tracking device. The demos were conducted using Unicom’s spectrum, Ericsson’s IoT and VoLTE capable network […]

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Retail Asia07/07/2017

Nutanix has revealed that that the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud OS will be delivered as a full software stack with new multi-cloud capabilities in Nutanix Calm and a new cloud service called Nutanix Xi Cloud Services. The new offerings, announced at its .NEXT Conference 2017, are designed to allow customers to use Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Software […]

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Retail Asia06/07/2017

India’s big data analytics sector is set to record impressive growth in the coming years, WNS Global Services has predicted. The sector is expected to witness eight-fold growth to reach $16 billion by 2025 from the current $2 billion, according to industry experts. The sector is also looking at registering compound annual growth rate (CAGR) […]

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Retail Asia06/07/2017

Pakistani mobile operator Jazz has formally secured its 4G license after submitting the sole bid for a 10 MHz block of 1800-MHz spectrum in May. The license was officially awarded to the company during a ceremony on Friday. Jazz has become Pakisan’s third operator to be granted a 4G license, after China Mobile’s Zong and […]

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Retail Asia06/07/2017

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo has contracted Ericsson to provide the vendor’s Unified Delivery Network (UDN) global content delivery network solution for the DoCoMo mobile network. The contract marks Ericsson’s first deployment of its UDN in Japan. DoCoMo will initially use the platform to roll out content distribution services, and will follow this up by introducing future […]

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Retail Asia05/07/2017

New Zealand telecoms operators are entering the race for IoT, with Vodafone and Spark both announcing they will soon roll out IoT networks in the country using low-power, wide-area networking (LPWAN) technologies. Following initial tests with technology partner Nokia last September, Vodafone NZ said it will deploy a narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) network early next year to support an […]

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Retail Asia05/07/2017

Citing the growing cost of cybercrime in the economy, the Australian government has directed the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) intelligence agency to utilize its offensive cyber capabilities to disrupt, degrade, deny and deter organized offshore cyber criminals. Currently used to help target, disrupt and defeat terrorist organizations such as Daesh, the offense capability is subject […]

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Retail Asia05/07/2017

Nokia has announced the completion of the transaction with the China Huaxin Post & Telecommunication Economy Development Center to create the Nokia Shanghai Bell joint venture. The deal marks the official launch of the Nokia Shanghai Bell business, which combines the former Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell with Nokia’s China business. But the two entities have effectively […]

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Retail Asia05/07/2017

Nepal’s Ncell Axiata has contracted ZTE to provide network virrtualization technologies for a new virtual subscriber data management (vSDM) platform. The operator’s vSDM platform will use advanced virtualization, advanced distributed architecture, hierarchical storage, multi-level protection and cloud technologies, ZTE said. Ncell is conducting the project in a bid to establish a more intelligent and flexible telecoms […]

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Retail Asia05/07/2017

Taiwan’s mobile operators have completed the switch-off of their respective 2G networks. The switch-off on Saturday has left the nation’s remaining 2G holdouts unable to place any calls except for emergency calls, or send or receive text messages or use data serices. At the time of the shutdown there were an estimated 60,000 2G holdouts […]

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Retail Asia04/07/2017

Enterprises need to start thinking now about ways virtual reality (VR) can be used within the workplace, according to recruiting experts Hays. While the technology is yet to become more commonplace across the wider world of work, experts say the possibility for its wider application is already here. As the technology sees an increase in […]

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