Industry News

5GDN Industry White Paper was jointly released by Huawei, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom recently. Since the establishment of 5G Deterministic Networking Alliance (5GDNA) last year, this is the first time the 5GDNA has introduced 5G Deterministic Networking (5GDN) comprehensively, including definition, concepts, key technologies, and successful use cases of 5GDN. This release opens a new chapter for 5G development, promotes development of more network applications, and puts 5G at the center of industry digitalization.

Huawei has made two key announcements for its leading 5G solutions: the first 5G service experience-based network planning criteria, and a new ground-breaking 5G digital engineering solution.

Nokia and Japan’s newest mobile network operator Rakuten Mobile are working together to enable the operator’s implementation of a fully automated operations environment for the 5G era. Nokia will operate Rakuten Mobile’s virtualized core network to manage total cost of ownership (TCO). The agreement will allow Rakuten Mobile to focus on developing its portfolio of disruptive services and expanding its service footprint, while developing operational maturity and automation capabilities.

Following a Supreme Court ruling made last week, India’s Vodafone Idea could be facing potential bankruptcy for failing to pay billions in outstanding government fees in the next few days.

Indosat Ooredoo had a robust 2019 as it refreshed its strategy to serve the needs of Indonesia’s evolving telecommunications landscape.

ZTE Corporation announced that it has been ranked first in the CPE industry with a 14 percent market share in Q3 2019, according to the latest report “Home Networks Intelligence Market Monitor” of the research firm IHS Markit. 

ZTE Corporation announced that it has released the 5G+ICT Industry Trends White Paper in conjunction with Deloitte China. This white paper comprehensively reviews global 5G development in 2019, analyzes how operators and equipment vendors reduce cost, improve efficiency, and innovate in a complex international political and economic landscape. It specifies how 5G empowers the development of vertical industries and promotes digital transformation of intelligent manufacturing.

NEC Corporation (NEC), a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies, and Mavenir, the industry's only end-to-end cloud-native 4G/5G network software provider for communication service providers (CSPs), have announced a collaboration to deliver a 5G open virtualized RAN (vRAN) solution to the Japanese enterprise market. This will open up local/private 5G network opportunities for enterprises, regional authorities and other organizations. 

Revenue from machine-to-machine (M2M)/Internet of Things (IoT) in Singapore is set to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.78% between 2019 and 2024, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

India's Supreme Court ordered top telecom companies to pay $13 billion in unpaid spectrum and licensing fees by 17^th March or face punishment in a fresh blow to ailing mobile carriers.