Quarter 1, 2023

NEWS

• 3i Infotech wins WiFi monetisation deal
• AirJaldi Networks explores expansion
• MEASAT extends broadband services
• Dialog completes mmWave 5G test

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• Grameenphone SIM card sale ban lifted
• Starhub optimistic for future
• India’s smartphone shipment nosedive
• Dialog Axiata reports loss for 2022

ON THE NETWORK

• 5G, IoT, and the move beyond connectivity

FEATURE

• Acting fast when disaster strikes

FEATURE

• Advancing national interests with broadband

INDUSTRY VIEW

• Mobile industry predictions for 2023

WIRELESS USERS

• Telkomsel deploys 5G IoT solution
• ZTE, AIS and SUT develop Thailand’s first smart factory

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• Ceragon releases new RAON software
• URGROUP’s tunable DWDM transceivors
• Field Master MS2080A spectrum analyzer
• New access points meet WiFi 6 requirements

WORLD NEWS

• neXat and Servicio Satelital partner
• Stargroup to expand LTE to rural communities
• SKT employs AI voice authentication at call centres
• UAE and Oman to be linked via OEG

Quarter 4, 2022

NEWS

• Singtel aims for net zero
• SpaceX partners with the Philippines
• India drafts new telecommunications bill
• TCC and Kacific to connect the underserved

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• Vodafone Idea reports net loss
• Globe Telecom ‘relevant and competitive’
• Malaysia merger to proceed
• Telenor pursues Pakistani ops sale
• Malaysia merger to proceed
• True-DTAC merger hits bumps

FEATURE

• Adding value in Southern Asia

INDUSTRY VIEW

• Digital transformation from the inside out

WIRELESS USERS

• High speed WiFi for 4,000 stations
• Neutral-host urban NaaS for rail

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• Grandstream launches two dual-band WiFi routers
• New VSAT service for small maritime vessels
• Realm Enablement Suite accelerates IoT solutions to market
• SeeHawk Monitor automates network management

WORLD NEWS

• Sepura and Softil deliver critical comms
• Mobile phone recycling cuts CO2
• Eutelsat and Tizeti partner on broadband
• Verizon trials 5G via eSIM
• Omantel launches 400GbE DCI service

Quarter 3, 2022

NEWS

• Teltronic to equip Delhi-Meerut RRTS with Mission Critical Services MCX
• Cinturion, Lightstorm sign TEAS cable India deal
• Irix enhances connectivity across Borneo and Sarawak
• M1 to launch offshore 5G coverage for Singapore’s southern coast

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• Vodafone agrees Indus Towers merger
• ABS appoints new CEO
• Bangalink agrees tower sharing initiative with BTCL
• BSNL to sell more than 10,000 towers

FEATURE

• Mission critical: dealing with disaster

INDUSTRY VIEW

• Mesh networks

WIRELESS USERS

• Connectivity in mining
• Tourism safety protocol

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• The Pharaoh from Antenova
• Samsung and Airbus partner to launch new critical comms kit
• Pure glass from Nippon
• The Huawei WiFi Mesh 7

WORLD NEWS

• Lynk Global and BICS to expand mobile coverage to the global underserved
• Tanzania gains first 5G mobile network
• Marlink to use Starlink capacity for enterprise and maritime customers
• Liquid to offer SMEs new connectivity via satellite

Quarter 2, 2022

NEWS

• Thailand launches 5G alliance
• India wants ‘homemade 6G by 2030’
• Inmarsat completes first tests of integrated terrestrial networks in Singapore
• Bladon sends 200 micro turbine generators to the Philippines

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• Airtel Uganda applies for extension
• MTN to invest more in Ghana
• Lesotho operators begin SIM registration
•  Orange appoints new leaders

FEATURE

• Is southern Asia doing enough with renewable energy?

INDUSTRY VIEW

• Smart Cities

COUNTRY BY COUNTRY

• India

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• Motorola’s bluetooth earbud
• The Curvalux antenna
• Kenwood’s emergency solution
• Mobile Mark upgrades LTM series

WORLD NEWS

• Orange France, Ericsson partner for 5G converged charging solution
• Deutsche Telekom turns to nature for 5G site
• Bezeq posts solid Q1 figures
• Canada bans Huawei

Quarter 1, 2022

NEWS

• Cambodia delays launch of national internet gateway
• NTC launches 4G at popular religious site
• Nokia and Teletalk roll out 5G in Bangladesh
• ASEAN gets ‘first’ 5G smart hospital

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• Telenor completes Myanmar exit
• Saudi Telecom acquires Pakistani tower firm
• EU telcos look to Phillipines
• ATC appoints new CEO

FEATURE

• Are we at the start of a new ‘space race’?

COUNTRY BY COUNTRY

• Nepal’s 5G strategy in 2022

INDUSTRY VIEW

• 5G: insights from APAC

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• Mining tools
• ‘High-end routers’
• ‘Breakthrough next-gen VSAT platform’
• Optimised for IoT applications in the world?

WORLD NEWS

• Hawaiian Telecom’s US$100m fibre investment
• Cellnex unveils Ireland IoT plans
• Israel’s Partner Communications sees Q4 boost
• Orange and MasMovil talk Spanish merger

Quarter 4, 2021

NEWS

• Inmarsat gets first install by ADE
• Singapore telcos win more spectrum
• Viettel joins mobile money ranks
• Intelsat expands across Indian waters
• Airtel picks Juniper
• Sri Lanka lanches QR solution

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• Nepal Telecom opens 270 vacancies
• Teletalk and Huawei roll out 5G in Bangladesh
• Afghanistan services ‘back to normal’
• Smart invests in Cambodia
• SLT posts positive growth
• Singtel net profit more than doubles
• Indonesia city gets commercial 5G

FEATURE

• 5G: the towers and the tech

INDUSTRY VIEW

• RF over fibre

CASE STUDIES

• A focus on Vietnam

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• Ultra-rugged phablet
• FleetBroadband terminals
• Sepura’s new SCU3 Vehicle Device
• New directional coupler

WORLD NEWS

• Nokia,Orange complete network trial
• 4iG acquires Telenor Montenegro
• Telstra acquires Pacific firm
• ‘First’ 5G cross-border test site in Europe
• Colombia talks spectrum caps

Quarter 3 2021

NEWS

• Myanmar towers attacked
• TM and Tata Communications partner
• Singtel promises standalone 5G by 2025
• ‘Pakistan to lag behind’, says GSMA
• ‘Criminals target mobile banking’
• Is broadband in the region where it should be?
• SpaceX launches Yahsat’s satellite
• edotco partners with Metfone
• Reliance Jio welcomes gov reforms

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• Dhiraaagu picks Subex
• Reliance, Google delay phone launc
• BSNL’s 4G rollout: TCS the ‘favourite’
• Telkomsel sells 4,000 towers to Mitratel
• Ooredoo’s paid apprenticeship program
• Viettel forms two innovation labs
• MTN ‘talking to buyers about about Afghan unit’
• Ufone wins unused spectrum
• New telecom secretary of India

FEATURE

• The state of broadband connectivity in the region

INDUSTRY VIEW

• The role of IoT in agriculture

CASE STUDIES

• How satellite is making a difference

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• Nokia’s all-in-one solution ‘for premium 5G mobile indoor coverage’

WORLD NEWS

• Oman issues tender for first satellite
• Vodafone Greece deal with Grid Telecom
• Rock Mobile becomes Jamaica’s third player
• Ufinet moves into Brazil following acquisition of NB Telecom
• Deutsche Telekom switches on O-RAN Town deployment in Germany
• KT fined for slow internet

Quarter 2 2021

NEWS

• Bollywood star loses 5G plea
• Afghanistan set for 4G auctions
• Telkomsel switches on 5G
• Philippines hands 25-year franchise to Dito
• Skylo partners with Inmarsat for IoT
• Bangladesh bans illegal handsets
• No second wave slowdown, says Ericsson boss
• ‘Stop linking Covid with 5G’, telco says
• Mavenir powers first smart city in Thailand
• Pakistan’s ‘poor telecom’ case
• Nokia to power AirFiber in India

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• Globe Telecom secures US$100m loan to finance capex
• SLT-Mobitel emerges amongst Sri Lanka’s top 10 brands

FEATURE I

• Network monitoring

INDUSTRY VIEW

• Satellite connectivity, through the eyes of Hughes

FEATURE II

• Smart cities

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• China launches ‘world’s first 6G’ test satellite

WORLD NEWS

• Mexican president attacks telcos
• Russia launches satellites for UK telecom
• China Mobile targets Shanghai listing
• Bahamas considers mobile entrant
• Ooredoo appoints first female CEO
• Telecom Italia ‘could drop Huawei’
• Türk Telekom, Nokia in ‘5G-ready’ network

Quarter 1 2021

NEWS

• Cambodia’s NIG going ahead
• Globe sees traffic spike
• Nokia chosen for 5G rollout
• Maldives to Sri Lanks subsea cable goes live
• NBTC considers payment for 5G licences

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• Vyke and x-Mobility sign two new deals for APAC expansion

FEATURE I

• Shaping the future of satcoms

INDUSTRY VIEW

• Evina’s David Lofti explains how mobile carriers can stop the financial havoc

FEATURE II

• Fixed wireless access and Wi-Fi on the move

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• Teltronic presents the new MCBS

WORLD NEWS

• Phoenix Tower and Monaco Telecom partner
• 'Most African operators lack a strategy’
• SpaceX’s Starlink arriving in Lebanon in 2022
• Nokia to supply Cibicom with LTE network

Quarter 4, 2020

NEWS

• Grameenphone gets 500 towers from edotco
• Mount Everest welcomes 5G infrastructure
• NT urged to up its game
• Gilat carries 5G traffic over Thaicom satellite
• Pakistani government approves strategy
• Enea and Matrixx partner to accelerate 5G
• Reliance Jio calls for spectrum auctions
• Vietnam to end 2G services in 2022
• Firms partner for 5G-ready transport network

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• Ooredoo Maldives introduces SuperNet broadband services

FEATURE

• 5G was the biggest technology topic a year ago, before it was relegated by coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic. Robert Shepherd gets back to the once hot talking point to see how things have progressed…or not

INDUSTRY VIEW

• Enea’s Indranil Chatterjee examines the potential implications of Covid-19

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• WIRELESS SOLUTIONS Last mile unit is easy to disguise

WIRELESS USERS

• AIS has developed a mobile IoT-based solution for monitoring the temperature of perishable goods during transportation

WORLD NEWS

• SCG22 mobile terminal deployed worldwide
• SpaceX gets FCC funding
• Bouygues launches commercial 5G in France
• MTN officials visit Ghana for ‘peace talks’
• Madagascar joins free Wi-Fi party
• Potraz boss criticises telecoms vandals

Quarter 3, 2020

NEWS

• Bangladesh welcomes first solar-wind tower
• Liquid Group offers QR payments in Cambodia
• 3 Indonesia partners with Nokia
• Telekom Malaysia’s Q2 earnings sky-rocket
• Google AI expands flood alerts
• Thai giant urges factories to adopt 5G
• Laos welcomes 5G network
• NEC joins MIST cable project
• Singtel’s 5G network up and running

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• Maldivian firm Dhiraagu upgrades Biz Fibre Broadband packages

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• Intellian launches latest addition to GX range

FEATURE

• Robert Shepherd takes a look at the critical comms networks in place ready to help out when things take a turn for the worse

INDUSTRY VIEW

• Jaishun Tu takes a look at how developing countries should approach 5G

WIRELESS USERS

• Holidaymakers free to surf the net with speed thanks to Wi-Fi upgrades in India, Maldives and Singapore

WORLD NEWS

• TIM offering ‘unlimited data’
• ‘Aerkomm needs a telecom licence first’
• UFO turns out to be internet balloon
• Israel greenlights fibre-optics network rollout
• TPG Telecom signs network deal with NAB
• TDC launches 5G in Denmark
• Madagascar tops Africa’s net speeds
• China Telecom makes push for US licence

Quarter 2, 2020

NEWS

• Thailand ‘smart airport’ 5G ready
• Internet back to normal in Vietnam
• Telkomsel expands LTE coverage in Indonesia
• Huawei and UnionPay team up
• Afghan and Uzbek state operators expand 4G
• DITO to miss launch deadline
• Maldives to replace outdated cable
• ‘India could ban Chinese firms’
• Smart Axiata to integrate authentication

WIRELESS BUSINESS

• BSNL orders ex-employee and activist to vacate official quarters

FEATURE

• Should you consider Low Earth Orbit networks above geosynchronous satcoms?

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

• A look at Hytera’s smart, new PoC radio with integrated DMR

WIRELESS USERS

• Top Malaysian institution to build reliable Wi-Fi network at its state-of-the-art campus

INDUSTRY VIEW

• How satellite-based cloud services offer opportunities that rural economies can rely on

WORLD NEWS

• OneWeb saved from bankruptcy
• Thuraya modernises network using Ericsson
• Belgium grants temporary 5G licences
• Singapore chooses Nokia over Huawei
• Canada’s Telus picks Samsung for 5G
• Bouygues adds users and boosts reach
• Claro Brasil launches 5G
• China Telecom makes push for US licence
• Rajant and Velodyne Lidar join forces