Asia-Pacific

Telco & CSP

Statement from Bharti Airtel

VR & AR

SK Telecom expands its VR business by opening a new 5G Virtual Social World

Telco & CSP

Airtel launches Enterprise Hub, a one-stop digital self-care portal for enterprise customers

via Flickr © eflon (CC BY 2.0)

5G

Spark's multi-vendor 5G rollout in NZ is all heart...and some head

via Flickr © Tjeerd (CC BY 2.0)

4G LTE

Nokia teams with Hitachi to support Japanese corporates with ‘Local 5G’

OTT

Softbank's Z Holdings and Line reach agreement over business integration

Telco & CSP

Announcement of Transfer of Shares of Z Holdings Corporation through Secondary Distribution to Shiodome Z Holdings Co., Ltd. (PDF)

Mobile

South Korea launches first GSMA ‘We Care’ initiative in Asia, tackling international device crime

Mobile

China's smartphone market narrowed its decline to -3.6% in Q3 2019

APIs

Telcos’ Open API use outpaces vendor supply, reveals TM Forum survey

5G

ZTE, China Telecom and China Unicom take the lead in completing 5G co-build co-share verification

Devices

India's smartphone market ships record 46.6 million units in 3Q19, owing to multiple online shopping festivals

Automotive

SUBARU Corporation and SoftBank Corp. Start Joint Research on Use Cases Related to Driving Assist and Automated Driving Control Using 5G and Cellular V2X

AI & ML

Tech Mahindra and Israel-Based Startup Atidot Collaborate to Offer Artificial Intelligence Enabled Solution for Life Insurance Companies

AI & ML

The gloves are off: Alibaba strikes back at Google Cloud and AWS with its own custom AI accelerator

Source: Canalys

Devices

Global smartphone business bounces back say market analysts

Broadband

Airtel Home Broadband gets a new brand identity with ‘Xstream Fibre’

via Flickr © Chase Elliott Clark (CC BY 2.0)

Security

MessageTap shows China doesn't need Huawei's help to hack telcos

Optical

NTT, Intel and Sony establish new global forum dedicated to realizing the communications of the future

Edge & MEC

ZTE releases Common Edge white paper to share its insights on MEC

Blockchain

Asia-Pacific Blockchain solutions spending increases by 81% in 2019

Mobile

dtac selects Ericsson managed services solution in Thailand

AI & ML

China’s AI ambition gets a reality check as the USA reclaims top spot in global AI investment

Optical

Optical Network Alliance established to promote industry prosperity through cross-domain cooperation