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Genting Malaysia Bhd is assessing the full implications of additional taxes announced in Budget 2019 and will take appropriate action to mitigate their impact. The action includes a review of its marketing expenditure as well as cost structure, it told the…
Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings’ mobile division 3 Hong Kong has secured a temporary permit to conduct 5G new radio trials. Hong Kong’s Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA) has granted 3 Hong Kong permission to conduct network trials…
Pakistani mobile operator Jazz has formally secured its 4G license after submitting the sole bid for a 10 MHz block of 1800-MHz spectrum in May. The license was officially awarded to the company during a ceremony on Friday. Jazz has become Pakisan’s third…
The Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has backtracked on its decision to grant Ncell a 4G license in response to a directive from the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC). The committee recently directed the regulator to prevent Ncell from…
Thai regulator NBTC is likely to have to postpone the planned 2600-MHz 5G auction until 2018 due to regulatory and administrative hurdles. The regulator had planned to hold the 2600-MHz auction in September this year, but this process will probably need to be…
Channeling people’s love of lucky numbers into the state budget: Why not? Vietnamese people are die-hard fans of lucky numbers and are ready to pay a hefty price to obtain license plates or phone numbers with “meaningful” strings of digits. In that context,…
Citizens over 21 years old with a monthly income of at least $445 will be allowed to enter local casinos from mid-March. Betters in gambling-mad Vietnam will soon be allowed to stake their fortune in some casinos across the country, the government said…
Myanmar has formally awarded its fourth and final nationwide telecoms license to a joint venture consisting of Vietnamese military-run operator Viettel and local ICT companies. The consortium has been awarded a 15-year license to offer nationwide services in…
China has awarded its seventh electric vehicle production license to a unit of Jiangling Motors, according to a posting by China’s state planner, as the country accelerates approvals for green car projects. Jiangxi Jiangling Group New Energy Vehicle has…
The Korea Customs Service will begin evaluations for the much coveted duty-free licenses today, and the winners will be announced Saturday. Despite the political scandal surrounding the process, five bidders have been competitively releasing their plans for…
Singapore’s Infocomm and Media Development Authority has pre-qualified ISP MyRepublic and Australian telecoms group TPG Telecom to participate in an auction for a fourth mobile license. MyRepublic and TPG will bid for a 60-MHz lot of spectrum in the 900-MHz…
Nepal Telecom has finally received a 4G operating license, clearing the company to launch services on January 1. Regulator the Nepal Telecommunications Authority has resolved to issue the license based on the detail rollout plan the operator submitted…
GTel Mobile has become Vietnam’s fourth 4G licensee, joining MobiFone, Viettel and VNPT in securing a license. As with the major operators, GTel Mobile has secured permission to deploy 4G services on the 1800-MHz band. GTel Mobile is owned by Vietnam’s Global…
China Telecom has reportedly expressed an interest in expanding into Egypt through the acquisition of a 4G license in the market. The operator, along with Saudi Telecom Company, have been in contact with the communications ministry regarding potentially…
Hong Kong ISP HKBN has secured a license from telecoms regulator OFCA to offer MVNO services in the market. OFCA has granted HKBN an expanded services-based operator license to allow the company to offer mobile services using the infrastructure of established…
Norway’s Telenor has secured a 4G license in Pakistan for $395 million as the sole bidder for an 850-MHz spectrum block. Telenor Pakistan will join China Mobile subsidiary Zong in holding a 4G license following the auction. The operator is seeking to…
