Malaysian operator CelcomDigi Berhad (CelcomDigi) and South Korean operator SK Telecom have sealed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore and develop Malaysia’s first operator-led mobile metaverse platform. The MoU was signed at MWC 2023.
The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and mobile industry association the GSMA have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), that, the partners say, is intended to bring the transformational power of mobile connectivity to support Africa’s most significant healthcare challenges.
There seems to be reasonably positive news for Digicel, an operator present in about 25 markets across the Caribbean and Central America, but less positive news for its founder and Chairman Denis O’Brien, as creditors move to seize control of the business in return for its writing off $1.8 billion of its borrowings.
At Mobile World Congress 2023, Ooredoo has extended its partnership with Huawei to implement the vendor’s 5G solutions in Iraq, Kuwait, Oman and Tunisia.
The Board of Directors of the World Broadband Association (WBBA), a multilateral, industry-led association, providing leadership for digital broadband across the next decade, recently held its first meeting in Barcelona. At that meeting Li Zhengmao, former CEO of China Telecommunications Corporation, was elected as the Chairman of the Board.
Vietnam’s MobiFone has signed a 5G cooperation agreement with Nokia at MWC 2023.
MWC 2023 may almost be over but there’s still time for at least one more major show announcement involving giant vendor Nokia – this time with Indonesian telecommunications provider Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH).
At MWC 2023 operator Singtel and vendors Ericsson and Qualcomm have announced the successful achievement of a maximum upload speed of 1.6Gbps on 5G millimetre wave. Achieving this upload speed is described as an industry first.
Rohde & Schwarz, a leading name in test and measurement, has added 3GPP NTN test capabilities to verify the world’s first 5G satellite-to-mobile messaging smartphone from Bullitt, a leading manufacturer of rugged phones.
Etisalat launched standalone (SA) 5G in the United Arab Emirates, claiming this to be the first SA 5G in the Middle East and North Africa.
Ooredoo Group has selected Nokia to upgrade its existing radio access networks (RAN), as well as deploy new sites in Algeria and Tunisia.
Estonian regulator TTJA (Tarbijakaitse ja Tehnilise Jarelevalve Amet / Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority) has opened applications for its upcoming auction of 5G-ready 26GHz spectrum.
True and dtac’s merger has successfully closed, in a deal marked as the largest telco merger in Southeast Asia by combined enterprise value.
At Mobile World Congress 2023, NEC affirmed its focus on 5G and its belief that open RAN is the technology to power it – in emerging markets as well as developed ones.
Huawei and Omdia recently released a white paper discussing mobile VPNs.
Botswana's Debswana Diamond Company Limited and Huawei have jointly announced at MWC 2023 the world's first 5G-oriented smart diamond mine project.
iBASIS, a provider of communications solutions for operators and digital players worldwide, and Sequans Communications, a developer and provider of 5G/4G chips and modules, have announced during MWC 2023 that Actility, a leading provider of IoT connectivity platforms, has chosen iBASIS and Sequans to roll out programmable cellular IoT solutions with eSIM and iSIM.
CFE-TEIT, the communications subsidiary of Mexico's Federal Electricity Commission, and global communications company Viasat have signed an agreement to provide high-quality satellite connectivity to 850 underserved communities across Mexico.
Mauritius Telecom, the largest ISP in Mauritius, has announced plans to use artificial intelligence-based technology to enhance visibility and optimize its residential Wi-Fi connections through a partnership with Aprecomm, a company that offers cloud-based automated solutions to enhance wired and Wi-Fi network performance.
Indonesia’s Telkomsel is boosting its collaboration with ZTE, with the two parties signing an MoU at Mobile World Congress 2023 that will see them jointly develop enterprise 5G services.
As digital transformation becomes ever more essential, cloud-based transformation has become a common choice for global telecom carriers.
Chinese equipment vendor ZTE and China Mobile won the “Best Mobile Innovation for Connected Economy” award at the Global Mobile Awards (GLOMO) at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
UAE operator du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), and Ericsson have announced a strategic partnership at MWC 2023 to transform du’s information technology (IT) operations. du will leverage Ericsson's artificial intelligence (AI) and Ericsson business and operations support systems services (BSS/OSS) to improve quality, unlock efficiencies, and increase agility.
NVIDIA, a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) computing, is developing a new AI-on-5G solution that combines 5G vRAN, edge AI and digital twin workloads on an all-in-one, hyperconverged and GPU-accelerated system. Built with NTT DOCOMO, Fujitsu and others, the all-in-one solution enables telcos to deliver immersive graphics, metaverse applications and computer vision from a single server.
New figures from GSMA Intelligence, announced during MWC 2023, show that 5G connections are expected to double over the next two years, expedited by technological innovations and new 5G network deployments in more than 30 countries in 2023 alone. Of the new networks to be deployed in 2023, it is expected that 15 will be 5G standalone networks.
Intracom Telecom, a global telecommunication systems and solutions vendor, has announced the launch of its new millimetre wave (mmWave) MU-MIMO Terminal Station, the WiBAS G5 GigaConnect. The company is displaying the product at its stand during MWC 2023.
Digital Transformation is driving APAC growth according to ZTE SVP and head of Asia, Mei Zhonghua. Developing Telecoms caught up with Mei during MWC 2023 to discuss the vendor’s growing operations in the Asia-Pacific region. Read the full interview here.
V.tal, an end-to-end digital infrastructure solutions company and owner of the largest neutral fibre optic network in Brazil, and leading technology company Cisco are working together to increase the capacity of V.tal’s multi-tenant fibre-optic neutral network in Brazil.
Ooredoo business, a communications provider focused on supporting business needs, and part of Ooredoo, the Qatari multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Doha, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with My Rateb to collaborate on new financial services in Kuwait.
Oman is the latest country to announce plans to phase out 3G services. The country’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has said it will stop providing 3G mobile services gradually, starting from the third quarter of 2024.
Econet Wireless selected Ericsson to upgrade its RAN and mobile core network in Zimbabwe's capital city Harare, as part of its wider strategy to expand 5G footprint in the country and enable enterprise use cases.
In a bizarre turn of events, the city government of Makati, the financial district of Manila, the Philippines capital, has reportedly padlocked the headquarters of wireless carrier Smart Communications over a tax and permit dispute.
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