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FIRA WIRE DAY 3: China Mobile, Saudi Telecom, SK Telecom, Huawei
MWC 2019, Day Three: Small Cell Forum; APIs for open RAN; China Mobile drives 5G interoperability; Saudi tags Nokia; Huawei and two MoUs; SK Telecom wins GLOMO. Read more…
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Nokia bags $2.3b in deals with China’s three operators
Nokia says it has signed three separate frame agreements worth a combined value of more than 2 billion euros ($2.3 billion) with China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom to facilitate their respective transitions to Read more…
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Vodafone, China Mobile and Huawei demo ONAP-based CCVPN
Vodafone, China Mobile and Huawei have collaborated to demonstrate advanced ONAP orchestration capabilities for cross-operator multilayer VPN services. Cross-domain, cross-layer VPN (CCVPN) is one of the use cases of the upcoming ONAP Casablanca release in Read more…
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China Mobile reveals LTE-V2X roadside units
China Mobile Research Institute, China Mobile IoT (CMIoT) and Qualcomm Technologies have announced new roadside units (RSUs) for LTE-V2X direct communication (PC5) based on Qualcomm’s 9150 C-V2X chipset solution. Developed by CMIoT and China Mobile Read more…
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ZTE tests SDN controller with China Mobile’s CloudOS
ZTE announced that it has completed the first decoupling and interconnection test of its ZENIC SDN controller with China Mobile’s carrier-grade CloudOS. The joint test involved environment installation inspection, basic function and stability, and verification of Read more…
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Huawei powers China Mobile’s new cloud VR service in Fujian
China Mobile Fujian (a.k.a. Fujian Mobile) has launched a ‘cloud VR’ service that entailed upgrading its fiber broadband service from 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps – and Huawei says it helped with all of that. Read more…
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Nokia signs $1.1 billion network frame deal with China Mobile
Nokia and China Mobile have signed a one-year frame agreement – valued at up to 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) – to support the operator’s transition to a ‘future-oriented network infrastructure’, while providing seamless connectivity Read more…
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Nokia and China Mobile set up lab to explore AI apps for 5G
Nokia and China Mobile have signed an MoU to investigate the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to optimize future networks and enable the delivery of new Edge Cloud and 5G services. To Read more…
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NTIA urges FCC to block China Mobile from US telecoms market
(Reuters) – The US government moved on Monday to block China Mobile from offering services to the US telecommunications market, recommending its application be rejected because the government-owned firm posed national security risks. The Federal Read more…
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Sino Group and China Mobile Hong Kong sign NB-IoT/5G pact
Sino Group and China Mobile Hong Kong (CMHK) have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding to develop pre-5G infrastructure across Sino Group’s residential and commercial properties, using CMHK’s NB-IoT technology. The partnership will initially encompass Read more…