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2024.06.11

07:14

Foxconn, Nokia to produce 5G equipment in Vietnam

Asia Tech Wire (June 11) -- Foxconn and Nokia will produce 5G equipment in Vietnam, according to Vietnamese media outlet VietnamPlus.

2022.03.03

08:45

KT reaches deal with Turkish telecom firm on 5G, AI services

Asian Tech Press (Mar. 3) -- South Korea's KT Corp has reached a deal with a leading Turkish telecom firm on 5G and artificial intelligence (AI) services.

2022.03.02

07:03

Samsung partners with NTT East to build private 5G networks in Japan

Asian Tech Press (Mar. 2) -- Samsung announced a partnership with telecom company NTT East on Tuesday, jointly building a private 5G network in Japan.

2022.02.28

15:00

China to build over 600,000 new 5G base stations in 2022, a govt. official says

Asian Tech Press (Feb 28) -- China plans to build more than 600,000 new 5G base stations in 2022, a government official said on Monday.

2021.12.16

07:47

Huawei, TeleTalk partner to officially launch 5G services in Bangladesh

Asian Tech Press (Dec 16) -- Bangladeshi telecom operator TeleTalk partnered with China's Huawei to officially launch 5G services in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on December 12.

2021.12.03

09:37

South Korea's 5G user base to exceed 20 million this year

Asian Tech Press (Dec 03) -- According to media reports, data from South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT shows that the country's 5G subscribers reached 19.38 million in October, up 970,000 from 18.41 million in the previous month.

2021.10.07

10:03

Xiaomi 5G phones surpass Apple, Samsung in Eastern Europe market share

Asian Tech Press (OCT 07) -- According to market research firm Strategy Analytics, Xiaomi's 5G smartphone shipment share in Central and Eastern Europe reached 42% in the third quarter of this year, surpassing Apple and Samsung to become the No. 1 5G phone in the region. Xiaomi became the largest smartphone supplier in Europe for the first time in the second quarter of this year, with a 25.3% market share and a record 12.7 million shipments.

2021.09.02

05:47

South Korea's 5G users exceeded 17 million by the end of July

Asian Tech Press (SEP 02) -- South Korea was the first country worldwide to launch commercial 5G services, and 5G has been commercially available in the country for more than two years.

2021.08.10

09:27

U.S. concerns about Huawei equipment in Brazil's 5G telecoms network

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan raised concerns about Huawei equipment in Brazil's 5G telecoms network during his visit to the country last week, a White House official said on Monday, but Brazil made no promises about whether it would use products from the Chinese company.

2021.07.19

09:01

Nokia reaches deal with Taiwan Star Telecom to expand 5G installed base

Asian Tech Press -- Finnish telecom giant Nokia Oyj (NOKIA: Helsinki) tweeted on Monday to announce an agreement with Taiwan Star Telecom (TST), a Taiwan-based mobile network operator, to expand its 5G installed base.

2021.07.13

10:25

S. Korea Opens 5G Product Test Sites for SMEs to Push Commercialization

South Korea, which has taken the lead in launching commercial 5G services, is also increasing its support for developing and applying 5G technology.

2021.07.06

10:11

SA: OPPO, Vivo and Xiaomi 5G smartphone sales reached $15 billion in Q1

A recent research report released by Strategy Analytics shows that 5G smartphone sales from Chinese vendors OPPO, Vivo, and Xiaomi reached $15 billion in Q1 2021.

2021.07.05

11:30

Sumitomo Electric to produce 5G chips in the U.S.

Since the second half of 2020, chip shortage has been a major theme in the semiconductor industry. An increasing number of people working and studying at home during the epidemic had led to an increase in market demand for various types of semiconductor products such as microchips used in smartphones and computers.

2021.07.02

13:00

Malaysia appoints Ericsson over Huawei to build 5G network

The Malaysian government has awarded Sweden’s Ericsson an 11 billion ringgit ($ 2.6 billion) contract to design and build its 5G telecommunications network, snubbing Chinese competitor Huawei Technologies.

2021.06.30

13:00

S. Korean mobile trio sued by hundreds of 5G users over disappointing network services

Hundreds of 5G mobile users filed a joint lawsuit Wednesday against the country's three major mobile carriers -- SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. -- over disappointing quality of the latest generation networks, according to their legal representative.

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