China is in the middle of a rapid shift towards cloud technologies. Execution of the 13th Five Year Plan will deliver substantial investment into cloud computing and the sector is undergoing unprecedented growth. Meanwhile, organizations operating Read more…
SmarTone and Ericsson have commenced a trial of FDD massive MIMO technology as the cellco continues its march towards 5G. The two companies are trialing FDD massive MIMO on the 1800 MHz band to put Read more…
China Telecom has signed an IoT business partnership agreement with Bridge Alliance, enabling the telco to provide IoT and M2M services to multinational enterprise customers across Bridge Alliance’s footprint. Bridge Alliance is a mobile alliance Read more…
SoftBank, NTT Communications, PCCW Global, PLDT, Facebook and Amazon have formed a consortium to build and operate a 14,000 km trans-Pacific submarine cable system – called Jupiter – connecting California and Japan by way of Read more…
KDDI has announced that it will start offering KDDI SD-Network Platform, a network solution using SDN technology, to corporate customers in 37 countries and regions starting December 5th. Today, enterprises are expected to seamlessly optimize Read more…
SEOUL (Reuters) – Global demand for tech products has helped Samsung Electronics’ shares surge about 50% this year, outpacing gains in the wider market, but the Korean conglomerate’s rally has another, more esoteric driver: its Read more…
The launch of Amazon Key has divided opinion. Key is a camera and digital locking system that allows Amazon to leave parcels in customers’ homes, without someone having to be there. Customers can watch the process Read more…
The drive to create the first quantum computer has been viewed as the new arms race. But that drive is underpinning another, more pressing race: quantum cybersecurity. Put simply, when quantum computers become reality, modern Read more…
The worldwide market for telecoms business services is expected to grow less than 1% over the next five years, according to Analysys Mason, but there are still significant opportunities for operators to work towards a Read more…
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese search engine giant Baidu and Shouqi Limousine & Chauffeur, a car-hailing operator, are joining up to develop driverless vehicles, the official Xinhua media service reported on Saturday. Baidu will provide Shouqi Read more…
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Nokia said on Friday it remained confident in the potential of its digital health business for which it took a write-down in the third quarter. Digital health is one of the areas Read more…
The Internet of Things continues to expand rapidly, and the smart home will be one of the keys to further growth through the 2020s, according to new research from Strategy Analytics. The report found that nearly Read more…
(Reuters) – Apple quashed concerns of muted demand for its iPhone X on Friday, saying pre-orders for the 10th anniversary phone were “off the charts”. The company’s shares, which have fallen steadily since it announced Read more…
The telecoms industry has been buzzing about SDN/NFV and the benefits of network virtualization for years, yet adoption has been surprisingly lackluster for a technology that promises telcos badly needed agility to compete in the Read more…
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Nokia is still reviewing its options for its undersea cables unit, a business that underpins the global Internet, chief executive Rajeev Suri said on Thursday. Reuters reported in May that Nokia was Read more…
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) announced it is pushing ahead with its plans to refarm the 900-MHz and 3.6-GHz spectrum bands for 4G and 5G, respectively. The ACMA said it plans to enable Read more…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Technical indicators suggest the BadRabbit cyber attack which hit Russia and other countries this week was carried out by hackers behind a similar but bigger assault on Ukraine in June, security researchers Read more…
Snap generated plenty of interest around its first hardware product, but the fact that more than 50% users wore the spectacles for just four weeks indicates that the device was nothing more than a passing Read more…
ETSI says its Technical Committee for Reconfigurable Radio Systems has developed a system which it says can enable gradual and stepwise deployment of software reconfigurable radios in connected cars. ETSI’s Software Radio Reconfiguration model addresses Read more…
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has announced new purpose-built platforms and services capabilities it says can help companies simplify the adoption of artificial intelligence, with an initial focus on deep learning. Inspired by the human brain, deep learning Read more…
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