The telecommunications regulatory authority in Thailand has stated that the on-going issues with its auction of 1800MHz spectrum would not affect its plans to launch 5G services in the country by 2020.
Cameraphone manufacturer, OPPO, has announced the opening of its first Australian Service Center, located in Sydney's Macquarie Park. The Service Center will serve as an easily accessible service hub for Australian OPPO customers, whether they choose to walk-in or send-in their devices for repair.
Australian telecommunications incumbent Telstra has announced that it will begin deploying new 4G technology in high-traffic areas after it demonstrated theoretical peak speeds of 2Gb/s at Ericsson’s lab in Sweden.
PCCW Global, the international operating division of HKT, Hong Kong's premier telecommunications service provider, and Virtutel, an Australia-based wholesale and enterprise telecommunications specialist, have signed a service agreement to bring hosted unified voice services to Australia and New Zealand using PCCW Global's multi-tenant nTwine Unified Communications-as-a Service (UCaaS) platform.
Ribbon Communications Inc., a global leader in secure and intelligent cloud communications, announced that SoftBank, one of Japan’s largest tier one carriers, has selected the recently launched Ribbon Protect platform for its advanced ability to provide real-time communications network traffic monitoring and analytics.
Infomedia CEO, Michael Tomlins has claimed that regulation and industry maturity remain the key challenges preventing the mobile payments sector from scaling. Telecom Review Asia Pacific managed to secure an exclusive interview with the CEO of the UK-based firm in an effort to understand and explore some of the major trends that are emerging within the mobile payments industry. Tomlin outlined the company’s vision for the MENA and APAC regions and offered some predictions on how the market will evolve.
PCCW Global, the international operating division of HKT, Hong Kong's premier telecommunications service provider has officially announced the public launch of Console Connect, the industry's first Software-Defined Interconnect platform powered by a leading Tier 1 global IP network available in 150 countries.
Digital Realty, a leading global provider of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, announced a partnership with Singapore Internet Exchange (SGIX) to provide local peering at Digital Realty's Singapore data center facilities in Jurong West and Loyang East.
Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG), one of the leading smartphone manufacturers, signed a Global Strategic Partnership agreement with Dubai's Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism). The signing ceremony was held on May 14th, 2018 at Huawei's HQ in Shenzhen, China.
Foreign companies based in China are preparing for a crackdown on VPN - following the decision by the Chinese government to introduce regulations that insist companies and individuals must use government-approved VPNs from March 31st onwards.
