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Singapore’s StarHub has announced plans to cut around 300 jobs and pursue other cost-cutting measures as part of a plan to respond to intense competition and shrinking core telecoms revenues. The strategic transformation plan will also see the operator invest…
Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings’ (HTHKH) mobile division 3 Hong Kong has joined the call for reforms to the market’s spectrum policy and roadmap to expedite the launch of 5G services. In a submission to the government’s consultation on…
Indonesia’s telecom companies must vastly improve their customer service, the regulator has warned, after revealing that some providers had deliberately made their service worse in 2017. The likes of Telkomsel, Indosat and XL “dominate the list of worst-rated…
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…
The Philippines’ Globe Telecom announced it has become the first operator in the nation to implement 4-component-carrier aggregation LTE-Advanced using the 2600-MHz band. The upgrade effectively doubles LTE capacity in areas covered by the deployment, the…
Malaysia’s Axiata Group has arranged to sell a 34.1% stake in its wholly-owned telecommunications infrastructure services division edotco Group for $600 million. The operator will place $400 million worth of primary shares with Innovation Network Corporation…
Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holding’s mobile division 3 Hong Kong is offering a year’s free subscription to its premium subscription TV and VOD service to all new and existing 4G users. The mobile version of the myTV SUPER and TVB Premium…
Thai mobile service provider TrueMove has deployed Procera’s ScoreCard technology to monitor the quality of experience (QoE) its network is delivering to subscribers across 2G, 3G, and 4G LTE. ScoreCard is being used for raw QoE KPI intelligence and the…
Thailand’s Dtac has become the market’s first mobile operator to implement an SDN-ready IP/optical network using equipment from Nokia. Dtac is implementing the technology to replace its existing IP core routing and DWDM infrastructure, in order to achieve the…
Globe Telecom in the Philippines is providing a major enhancement to its Cartoon Network Watch and Play app, allowing customers to livestream Cartoon Network and on-demand content via a new authenticated service. Globe customers will soon be able to log in to…
M1 and Nokia have teamed up to roll out the first nationwide commercial narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) network in Singapore by 2017. When completed, the deployment – Nokia’s first large-scale deployment with an operator partner in Asia – is expected…
Singtel and Ericsson have completed the first live demonstration of 5G prototype technology, achieving a peak throughput of 27.5Gbps. The demonstration used Ericsson’s 5G radio prototypes to showcase the capabilities offered by the new networking technology,…
Australia’s largest privately-ˇowned cold storage operator, Oxford Cold Storage is seeking an operational and financial partner to expand its world-ˇclass cold storage services across Asia. In a global first, Oxford is piloting a system of Automated Guided…
Australia’s Telstra has revealed plans to roll out 135 small cell 4G base stations in remote communities across the nation as part of the government’s Mobile Black Spot program. The operator is also making the investment as part its efforts to expand its 4G…
Thailand’s Dtac has announced a major prepaid brand revamp and introduced new promotional tariff plans as part of efforts to attract at least 1 million digital consumers to its prepaid subscriber base. As part of the revamp, Dtac will replace its Happy…
A number of international telecoms operators have reportedly expressed an interest in participating in the privatization of Vietnamese state-owned operator Mobifone. Companies including Norway’s Telenor, Sweden’s Comviq and Australia’s Telstra have shown…
