Category: Telecom

Retail Asia26/06/2017
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India’s Tata Communications has launched three new nodes for its IZO Private Cloud service designed to support enterprises’ hybrid cloud adoption while ensuring regulatory compliance. The new private cloud nodes in Germany, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Malaysia aim to enable CIOs to gain more control over all their applications by creating a hybrid, high-performance IT infrastructure where different […]

Retail Asia26/06/2017
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The Australian government has introduced new legislation that would mandate the supply of broadband services with peak speeds of at least 25Mbps to all premises in the country. The proposed Telecommunications Reform Package would require that services provided over the in-construction National Broadband Network (NBN) – even the fixed-wireless and satellite services – would need […]

Retail Asia26/06/2017
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Hong Kong has been ranked third worldwide for broadband download speeds, with HKBN named the market’s fastest provider, according to Speedtest results from Ookla. Between the fourth quarter of 2016 and the first quarter of 2017, Hong Kong achieved an average download speed of 142.65Mbps. This speed represents the experience of a typical consumer in […]

Retail Asia23/06/2017
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Myanmar Post and Telecom (MPT) has adopted 4×4 multiple input multiple output (MIMO) technology for its recently-launched 4G network covering Yangon, Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw. The operator is using LTE-Advanced technology capable of internet speeds of up to 150Mbps in 47 townships across the three cities. MPT meanwhile plans to extend its LTE-Advanced network […]

Retail Asia23/06/2017
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Worldwide spending on the Internet of Things (IoT) to grow 17% year over year in 2017, and to be near $1.4 trillion by 2021, according to IDC. “The discussion about IoT has shifted away from the number of devices connected,” said Carrie MacGillivray, VP for Internet of Things and mobility at IDC. “The true value […]

Retail Asia22/06/2017
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Thailand’s first state-provided high speed fixed broadband services for rural areas are on track to launch by mid-2018, according to reports. The fiber-based service will be offered to 3,920 border villages across 62 provinces by this time, providing broadband at speeds of at least 10Mbps. The low cost services will start at just 50 baht […]

Retail Asia22/06/2017
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IoT interoperability and standardization has moved forward in Taiwan after oneM2M, the global standards initiative for M2M and the IoT, held its fourth interoperability testing event in Taipei. Interop 4 gave organizations implementing oneM2M standards the opportunity to check end-to-end functionality via oneM2M interfaces and validate interoperability, with a total of 13 companies taking part. […]

Retail Asia22/06/2017
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Japan’s NTT DoCoMo will adopt the SAP HANA platform as the foundation of its data needs to improve customer service. Large volumes of data, as large as 18TB, will be collected from various touch points, including nationwide DoCoMo Shops, for processing and analysis. The new platform will initiate better customer services by helping to identify […]

Retail Asia22/06/2017
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Juniper Networks has launched a new Cloud-Grade Networking portfolio to help operators and enterprises more rapidly build and deploy cloud networks. Cloud-Grade Networking introduces a new set of principles for the way applications and services are designed and delivered, utilizing telemetry, automation and machine learning capabilities. The paradigm comprises four principles –  a platform-first approach, […]

Retail Asia21/06/2017
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Google has launched its first Google Cloud Platform (GCP) region in Southeast Asia. Named “asia-southeast1”, the region, located in Singapore, has been established in a bid to improve latency for both GCP customers and end users in or near Singapore. The Singapore region is GCP’s third in Asia and primarily caters to customers in Singapore, […]

Retail Asia21/06/2017
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Nokia Bell Labs has announced the first successful demonstration of ultra-low latency 10G passive optical networks (PON) for mobile fronthaul. In the demonstration, Nokia Bell Labs showed how it is possible to use a commercial next-generation PON to transport ultra-low latency CPRI streams via a standard single fiber running between the Baseband Unit (BBU) and […]

Retail Asia20/06/2017
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India’s digital economy has the potential to reach up to $4 trillion in just four years, according to India’s tech firms. This outshines the government’s goal of making India a $1 trillion digital economy by 2022. IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who chaired a meeting with industry captains to chalk out a growth plan, said […]

Retail Asia20/06/2017
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SK Telecom has announced it has developed and successfully tested a quantum repeater over a 112km pilot fiber network. The repeater can dramatically extend the distance of quantum communication, and could pave the way for the application of quantum cryptography to commercial LTE networks. Quantum cryptography is the most secure form of communications equipment known […]

Retail Asia19/06/2017
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BT has launched a new security service that uses technology from IoT security company ForeScout Technologies to  provide real-time agentless visibility and control of devices connected to corporate networks. BT Managed Endpoint Access Security can support managed, unmanaged, private, BYOD and IoT devices. ForeScout’s agentless approach to network security is designed to real-time discovery, classification, […]

Retail Asia19/06/2017
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Huawei has teamed up with business intelligence and analytics company Tableau Software to provide comprehensive big data services for various industries. The companies have announced the mutual authentication of Tableau’s data visualization software with Huawei’s FusionInsight big data platform. FusionInsight is a converged data processing and service platform integrating the Hadoop ecosystem, a massively parallel […]

Retail Asia18/06/2017
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Singtel has launched a promotion granting its Singtel Circle quad-play customers free access to 50 live music stations operated by Canada-based music service Stingray Music. Subscribers to Singtel’s postpaid mobile, fier broadband and Singtel TV plans will be granted complementary 24/7 access to music genres in English, Mandarin, Malay, Tamil and other languages. The service […]

Retail Asia16/06/2017
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The rapid technological developments in Southeast Asia have led to great demands for Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, according to a recent survey from Asia IoT Business Platform. The survey indicates that more than 70% of local enterprises and organizations are currently in the process of exploring or finding possible IoT solutions to be deployed […]


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