Orex SAI launches Open RAN 5G FWA in Indonesia
13 November 2025
Orex SAI, the Open RAN joint venture between NTT DoCoMo and NEC, announced on Wednesday that its new Indonesian subsidiary has begun deploying Open RAN-based 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) services in parts of Indonesia, in collaboration with local network provider Solusi Sinergi Digital (Surge).
The deployment follows extensive joint preparations, including technology demonstrations and laboratory trials conducted since the signing of a comprehensive agreement in March.
Find out more BSNL and Viasat expand collaboration to support India’s low-altitude economy
28 October 2025
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Viasat India have announced an expanded partnership focused on advancing satellite-based IoT and UAV technologies to foster India's emerging low-altitude economy.
The collaboration aims to establish a dedicated Centre of Excellence for UAVs, IoT, and related innovations, with a special emphasis on commercial uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) and Viasat’s Velaris UAV service.
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Dialog Axiata expands 5G trial network across Sri Lanka ahead of spectrum auction
24 October 2025
Dialog Axiata has announced the expansion of its 5G trial network into 15 districts nationwide, as the company prepares for the country’s highly anticipated 5G spectrum auction scheduled for early December.
The trial network now covers major urban centres including Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Kandy, Kurunegala, Puttalam, Anuradhapura, Nuwara Eliya, Galle, Matara, Batticaloa, Ampara, Trincomalee, Jaffna, and Kilinochchi, with plans to extend further into additional urban and rural areas.
Find out more India launches first indigenous 4G telecom stack
02 October 2025
India has achieved a significant milestone in its telecommunications industry with the unveiling of the country’s first domestically developed 4G stack.
The project was a collaborative effort involving state-owned telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), and Tejas Networks. This innovative, cloud-based Bharat Telecom Stack was completed within two years, with TCS leading the integration of C-DOT’s EPC core network technology with Tejas’s base stations and radio infrastructure at 100,000 sites. The project also saw the establishment of data centres and the deployment of TCS’s Cognitive Network Operations platform to enable continuous, real-time network management.
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