ZTE announced that it has signed a global frame agreement with Ooredoo Group for the supply of radio, cloud core, transport and 4G/5G CPE/terminals as well as related implementation and integration services for the Ooredoo Group’s operating companies. This global frame agreement extends the strategic partnership between the two parties for further five years.
Globe, a leading digital platform in the Philippines, with major interests in telecommunications, financial technology, digital marketing solutions, venture capital funding for startups, entertainment, and virtual healthcare, has signed an exclusivity agreement with Singapore-headquartered ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) on the carve-out of Globe’s data center business in the Philippines (Globe DC). Under the exclusivity agreement, Globe and STT GDC will enter into discussions and aim to sign definitive agreements related to Globe DC.
Lenovo has announced the expansion of the Lenovo ThinkEdge portfolio with the introduction of the new ThinkEdge SE450 server, delivering an artificial intelligence (AI) platform directly at the edge to accelerate business insights. The ThinkEdge SE450 advances intelligent edge capabilities with best-in-class, AI-ready technology that provides faster insights and leading computing performance to more environments, accelerating real-time decision making at the edge and unleashing full business potential.
Digital Realty and Ciena have a signed an agreement to deliver an open, secure and dynamic cloud-based interconnectivity to customers across Asia Pacific. As a key milestone on Digital Realty’s roadmap for open interconnection, the new connectivity options further enable connected data communities on PlatformDIGITAL® through the integration of Ciena’s DCI solution.
Cradlepoint has announced an expansion of its strategic partnership with Optus Enterprise to solve connectivity challenges with 4G and 5G cellular solutions, as more customers embrace wireless wide-area networking. The partnership enables Optus Enterprise to sell the Cradlepoint NetCloud Service and portfolio of wireless edge solutions for branch, mobile, and IoT networks.
ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, and Kacific, a leading satellite broadband operator in Asia Pacific, have successfully deployed its pioneering Mx-DMA® MRC (Multi Resolution Coding) technology in conjunction with its first Ka-band satellite, Kacific1, to provide high-speed, low-cost, ultra-reliable broadband to rural and suburban areas of the Pacific and Southeast Asia.
Nokia has announced that Japanese operator KDDI has selected Nokia’s 5G Core and Converged Charging software to support its transition to a fully automated, cloud-native 5G Core architecture.
Ms. Chen Zhiping, Vice President and General Manager of the Branding Department at ZTE, has delivered a keynote speech entitled "A Digital Road to Carbon Neutrality", sharing how ZTE can help companies in multiple industries save energy, reduce emissions and realize society's carbon neutrality goals through ZTE's digital technology innovation.
PLDT, Philippines' largest fully integrated telecommunications company, and its wireless unit Smart, announced that they are utilizing the anti-fraud solutions of Vesta to enhance the protection of online transactions made by customers across their digital channels.
Huawei’s first flagship event for Asia-Pacific (APAC) region ICT industry – Huawei Connect 2021 – Asia Pacific launched on Friday, themed "Dive into Digital in Asia-Pacific", explores how digital technology can better integrate with business scenarios and industry know-how to address critical business challenges, and how stakeholders can work together more effectively to foster an open industry ecosystem and drive shared success.
