Telecommunications

2022.03.24

04:55

China regulator says it firmly opposes U.S. revocation of license for Pacific Networks

Asian Tech Press (Mar. 24) -- China's technology industry regulator said Thursday it strongly opposes the U.S. revocation of Pacific Networks Corp.'s and ComNet's telecom service authority.

2022.03.17

04:01

U.S. FCC revokes license for China's Pacific Networks

Asian Tech Press (Mar. 17) -- The U.S. government has revoked the license for Chinese telecom firm Pacific Networks Corp. and its wholly-owned subsidiary ComNet (USA) LLC to provide telecom services in the country.

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.

03:15

S. Korea seeks to commercialize 6G services by 2028

Asian Tech Press (Mar. 2) -- South Korea seeks to commercialize 6G mobile services by around 2028, the country's science and technology minister said.

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.

2022.02.22

17:00

Malaysian telecoms firm Axiata suspends IPO plans for towers unit amid Myanmar turmoil

Asian Tech Press (Feb 22) -- Malaysian telecoms firm Axiata Group Berhad has suspended plans to list its infrastructure unit because of political unrest in Myanmar.

2021.11.22

08:51

Apple's iPhone 13 series removes support for China Telecom 2G/3G networks

Asian Tech Press (Nov 22) -- Apple's iPhone 13 series does not support China Telecom's 2G/3G networks, while China's other two major telecom service providers, China Mobile and China Unicom, are not affected.

2021.11.12

03:35

Biden signs legislation to crack down on Huawei, ZTE, other Chinese tech companies

Asian Tech Press (Nov 12) -- U.S. President Joe Biden signed legislation on Thursday to crack down on Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., ZTE Corp and other Chinese telecom and technology companies.

2021.11.03

07:21

Chinese government urges U.S. to withdraw ban on China Telecom

Asian Tech Press (Nov 3) -- The Chinese government urged the United States again on Wednesday to withdraw its decision to revoke the license of one of the three major Chinese state-owned telcos to operate in the country.

2021.10.28

09:20

China Telecom's operating license revoked by US

Asian Tech Press (Oct 28) -- The U.S. government has revoked the license of one of the three major Chinese state-owned telecommunications companies to operate in the country.

2021.10.20

09:18

Beijing opens VPN business to foreign investors

Asian Tech Press (Oct 20) -- Beijing is allowed to open up its Virtual Private Network (VPN) business to foreign investors, expanding its opening-up efforts.

04:55

Ericsson plans to resize operations in China due to sales drop

Asian Tech Press (Oct 20) -- Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson said Tuesday that it plans to resize its operations in China due to a reduced market share in the country.

2021.07.26

14:25

Huawei hires Democratic lobbyist Podesta

Asian Tech Press -- Huawei has hired senior Democratic lobbyist Tony Podesta as an advisor, according to the Wall Street Journal.

2021.07.23

10:39

India's top court rejects mobile carriers' plea on dues

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India's top court rejected on Friday a plea by mobile carriers seeking corrections of what they called errors in the government's calculation of their dues, leading to a slump in the shares of embattled Vodafone Idea.

2021.07.02

18:00

Telenor considering future of its operations in Myanmar amid terrible business situation

Telenor's logo is seen in central Belgrade, Serbia. (REUTERS/Marko Djurica)

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