Service News

As the leading Hotspot router manufacturer in Japan, NEC Corporation has chosen to bundle their latest dual SIM-equipped model, the Aterm MR05LN, with a free 1GB trial data plan from Ubigi. Ubigi is Transatel's (NTT Group) consumer brand for global 3G/4G-LTE connectivity, compatible with any modem-equipped device. Presented exclusively in Japan for the moment, the offer is expected to spark the interest of connectivity-challenged homeworkers and nomadic workers, and companies targeting employee productivity in a Post-Covid context. The packaged proposition, launched today, will be presented online to consumers via Amazon and distributed to companies via NEC Corporation sales.

The UN Broadband Commission and Huawei held the sixth Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF 2020) online in Beijing. With the theme of "Intelligent Connectivity, New Value Together", this year's UBBF discussed the challenges and opportunities facing the connectivity industry in the intelligent era.

Kacific Broadband Satellites Group (Kacific) has started directing resources towards the planning and design of its next satellite, Kacific2.

Nokia and New Zealand operator Spark have launched 5G services in the Auckland Viaduct area to bring high-speed wireless connectivity to a major international sailing event.

PCCW Global and Neeco, a global provider of advanced ICT technologies, features and innovative solutions, have signed a collaboration agreement that will enable Neeco to make use of PCCW Global’s Console Connect IoT solution to provide greater coverage and more reliable IoT mobile connectivity for clients in the Asia Pacific region.

Chinese telecom giant Huawei said its nascent homegrown operating system could be available on smartphones early next year, as it pushes to build an alternative app ecosystem after the US barred it from using Google's Android.

Philippines-based telecommunications and digital services company, Smart, a subsidiary of PLDT, will be launching IoT services nationwide, utilizing the Worldwide IoT Network Grid (WING) managed service to deliver a fully virtualized and future-proofed end-to-end solution to meet the critical requirements of Smart’s enterprise customers.

Huawei announced that in The Forrester WaveT: Open, Programmable Switches for A Business-wide SDN, Q3 2020 report, their CloudEngine data center switches were recognized as a leader by Forrester. These switches achieved the highest score in current offering as well as full marks in the following seven criteria - hardware support, switch hardware and OS strategy, automation and programmability strategy, evolution training, open networking, engineers, and partners. Huawei believe this fully reflects the leading position of its products and services.

Colt Technology Services has announced that Mitsubishi Research Institute DCS Co. Ltd (MRI DCS) is using its Dedicated Cloud Access (DCA) and Ethernet solutions for their new service “Dibertas”.

ZTE Corporation has unveiled ZTE Axon 20 5G, the world’s first under-display camera smartphone, delivering the industry’s first true full display.