Asia-Pacific

Optical

Telstra launches continuous connection on its subsea infrastructure

via flickr © archer10 (Dennis) (CC BY-SA 2.0)

5G

And now Germany joins in

Yes, five, we get it.... © Huawei

5G

Huawei validates 5G NR over 2.6GHz

5G

China Unicom and ZTE Complete the World’s First 5G Call with ZTE’s 5G Prototype Smartphone

via Flickr, Philip Leara (public domain)

Finance & Banking

Who would you trust with your financial data?

5G

NEC provides face recognition demo system utilizing MEC to DOCOMO 5G Open Lab OKINAWA

Cloud

Nearly half of Asia Pacific enterprises are proceeding on a hybrid cloud pilot without a formal strategy, NTT Communications warns

via Flickr © Jonathan Miske (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Submarine Network

Telstra sheds a little light on subsea cable investments

The Great Telco Debate

Debate 6: 5G And IoT meet Industry 4.0 but where does it leave the Telcos?

5G

Taiwan 5G Alliance-CHT Pilot Team Signs MoU with Korea 5G Forum

The Great Telco Debate

Debate 5: Security is everywhere but which aspect can generate revenue?

The Great Telco Debate

Debate 4: Analytics, Machine Learning and the Edge

The Great Telco Debate

Debate 3: Progress in softwarising and virtualising the world’s telcos

The Great Telco Debate

Debate 2: Filling the fibre gap

IoT Devices

HomePod available in China starting Friday, January 18

Data & Analytics

KDDI Open Innovation Fund 3 invests in big data company GeoSpock

5G

Telstra confirms agreements for commercial 5G devices

5G

NEC contributes to NTT Docomo 5G UHD live video transmission test with Tobu Railway

Security

ZTE issues cybersecurity statement

Source: Samsung

Devices

Samsung all bent out of shape by worsening smartphone market

© KDDI

5G

The kids are alright...thanks to Samsung and KDDI's 5G kit

© Samsung

5G

Samsung and KDDI demonstrate real-time 4K video via 5G at a Japanese train station

Energy & Utilities

Singtel partners with Geneco to offer electricity plans

via Flickr © Janitors (CC BY 2.0)

Security

Huawei's Hu hoisted with his own petard