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Smart Axiata deploys Huawei FWA Suite

Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) users of Smart Axiata in Cambodia has increased significantly with total registered subscribers exceeding 100K+ in 2021 and its service is now available in 20+ provinces. One of the contributing factors to this growth in subscriber base is the FWA Suite from Huawei, the industry’s first intelligent solution that enables end-to-end […]

March 1, 2022

China Mobile Tianjin, Huawei to build Premium OTN

Tianjin, as the economic center of the Bohai Sea region and largest port city in North China, vigorously develops emerging industries in the past decade, including Internet, big data, and intelligence, and has become one of the leaders in digital economy nationwide. This derives from Tianjin’s investment in high-speed, secure, and reliable data transmission channels […]

February 28, 2022

Research: Smartphone market recovers in 2021

After a significant drop in revenue in 2020, the global market for smartphones recorded a growth in revenue of 13.4 per cent in 2021 to a total of $365.5 billion (€324.6bn). GfK experts also forecast a further recovery for 2022. 2021 started off positively for the smartphone industry: In the first and second quarters, the […]

February 25, 2022

US telcos claim $5.6bn to switch out Chinese gear

The FCC says it has received $5.6 billion (€4.9bn) worth of refund requests for its Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Programme, as operators move to replace Huawei and ZTE infrastructure. The FCC opened applications late October, and closed on January 28th, receiving 181 applications. A total of $1.9 billion was originally allocated to the […]

February 7, 2022

Report: Record time spent on mobile

Mobile continues to dominate as consumers spent a record 3.8 trillion hours on mobile in 2021, according to mobile data and analytics company App Annie’s State of Mobile 2022 report. “Mobile is the Greatest of All Time and the go-to device of the future,” asserts Theodore Krantz, Chief Executive Officer. “The big screen is slowly dying […]

January 13, 2022

Greece: ERT updates OTT platform with Telmaco and Insys VT

ERT has launched the latest version of the Greek ERTFLIX OTT platform. The new backend implementation and the updated interface are the results of cooperation with the Greek systems company Telmaco S. A. and the team from Insys Video Technologies. ERTFLIX is a platform of the Greek state TV broadcaster, ERT, and provides users with […]

January 12, 2022

Forecast: 2022 a new era for wireless innovation

ABI Research forecasts that 2022 will represent a key year for wireless connectivity innovation as Wi-Fi 6, 6E, and Ultra-Wideband adoption accelerates across a growing number of end markets. The technology intelligence firm says that next year Wi-Fi 6 will reach well over 1.5 billion annual chipset shipments, while 6 GHz enabled Wi-Fi 6E chipsets […]

November 24, 2021

Alchimie amplifies AVoD network with Amagi

Amagi, a global leader in SaaS for broadcast and connected TV on the cloud, has announced that Alchimie, a video content aggregator and distributor, has partnered with it for channel creation and distribution to Advertising Video on Demand (AVoD) platforms. Amagi is distributing 23 of Alchimie’s channels to Rakuten TV and to Samsung TV Plus […]

November 17, 2021

Huawei’s revenues crash

The Covid pandemic, plus semi-conductor chip shortages and problems with a US ban on Chinese technology and in particular on Huawei’s smartphones and circuitry, have badly damaged the Chinese company’s revenues. Huawei says that in the first half of 2021, the total revenue of consumer products including smartphones was 47 per cent lower than that […]

October 22, 2021By Chris Forrester

Huawei foresees 5Gigaverse Society

During the 12th Global Mobile Broadband Forum (MBBF) 2021, Yang Chaobin, President of Huawei Wireless Solution, delivered a keynote speech in which he addressed ‘Innovation for 5Gigaverse Society’. “5G is developing rapidly worldwide, with more than 170 networks built and nearly 500 million users developed within two years,” he noted. “As 5G commercial deployment enters […]

October 15, 2021By Colin Mann