Category: Telecommunications
China’s OPPO Ready to Build US$1.5-B R&D Complex in Guandong Province
By EDD K. USMAN, SDN, Twitter @edd1819, Instagram @bluestar0910, Facebook: SDN — Science, Digital & Current News (SDN) — CHINA phone manufacturer OPPO is establishing a 10 billion Renminbi (RMB) research and development (R&D) complex in Guandong province. The site will be in the town of Chang’an, Dongguan, Guandong. In today’s currency exchange rate, the RMB10 billion […]
Huawei Registers ‘Harmony’ Trademark as Operating System in Europe
By EDD K. USMAN, SDN, Twitter @edd1819 CHINESE tech giant Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. has filed another trademark in the operating system (OS) category in the European Union (EU). The OS is called “Harmony” even as the company, which is fighting off the United States’ trade blacklist, had already filed multiple trademarks in the OS […]
President Duterte Awards Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to Mislatel
Update: Monday, July 8, 2019, 10:27 p.m. (SDN) — It’s now official: the Philippines has its New Major Player (NMP) in the Telecommunications (telecoms) industry. President Rodrigo R. Duterte, fulfilling one of his campaign promises, handed the much-sought Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) to Mislatel Consortium during a handover ceremony in Malacanang on […]
Duterte to Award CPCN Today to Mislatel Consortium — DICT
(SDN) — TODAY, July 8, is the day the Philippines’ New Major Player (NMP) will receive its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN). So, would Mislatel Consortium, the NMP or Third Major Player (TMP) be able to fulfill its promise of a better internet connectivity that what is provided by PLDT/Smart Communications and Globe Telecom? […]
Ericsson Mobility Report: 5G Uptake Even Faster than Expected
Media Release: · 5G subscriptions now expected to reach 1.9 billion by 2024 as operators ramp up deployments and users switch to 5G devices · 5G coverage is forecast to reach 45 percent of the world’s population by end of 2024 · In 2024, 5G networks are projected to carry 35 percent of the global mobile traffic RAPID […]
Huawei Owns Over 80,000 Patents Worldwide; Pays $6-B in Royalties Globally
Huawei issues 31-page White Paper titled “Respecting and Protecting Intellectual Property: The Foundation of Innovation.” Says: — Research & Development Investment is a marathon, not a sprint. — In 2018, the Chinese giant telecoms company invested 100 billion Chinese Yuan (CNY). — Over last 10 years, Huawei investment amounts to CNY480 billion (around U.S.$73 billion). […]
Breaking News: Huawei Acknowledges Trump’s Allowing American Companies to Sell Again to Chinese Telecoms Giant
(SDN) — HUAWEI Technologies Co. Ltd. can again do business with American companies. The technology world has virtually gone upside down after United States President Donald Trump has rescinded his ban on Huawei, the Chinese technology giant and the world No. 1 in manufacture and sales of telecommunications (telecoms) equipment. Huawei reacts to U.S. leader’s […]
Globe Is Connecting More Filipinos through its Home Air Fiber 5G
Media Release: Globe makes Philippines the 1st country to experience commercial 5G fixed wireless internet in Southeast Asia THE Philippines became the first country in Southeast Asia (SEA) to experience commercial fifth-generation (5G) fixed wireless broadband after Globe Telecom launched the Globe At Home Air Fiber 5G postpaid plans. Globe President and CEO Ernest Cu […]
Huawei Deputy Chairman Ken Hu Shares Progress in 5G Development at Shanghai MWC 2019
Media Release: China’s Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., the world No. 1 manufacturer/vendor of telecommunications equipment, and the global No. 2 in smartphone sales, joins the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019 in Shanghai, China, which opened June 26 at Kerry Hotel. Ken Hu, Huawei deputy chairman, delivered a talk at the MWC, titled “Service Innovation: Accelerating […]
In Photos: Huawei PHL Brings Journalists to its Shenzhen HQ, China
By EDD K. USMAN, SDN, Twitter @edd1819 SHENZHEN, Guandong, China (SDN) — IN time for the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019 in Shanghai, Huawei Philippines has brought five Filipino journalists here to its headquarters Ms. Karenina “Karrie” Escueta-Buenafe, public relations manager at Huawei Technologies Philippines, accompanied the Manila-based reporters. Their first stop was the Huawei […]