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  • Vodafone New Zealand, Spark step up IoT push

    Vodafone New Zealand, Spark step up IoT push

    New Zealand telecoms operators are entering the race for IoT, with Vodafone and Spark both announcing they will soon roll out IoT networks in the country using low-power, wide-area networking (LPWAN) technologies.

    Following initial tests with technology partner Nokia last September, Vodafone NZ said it will deploy a narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) network early next year to support an expected surge in IoT applications over the coming years.

    Vodafone NZ will pilot the technology with a select group of business customers – including transport technology services company EROAD – during late 2017, before a rollout in early 2018.

    NB-IoT uses dedicated bandwidth and licensed spectrum to deliver secure coverage across vast geographical areas. The 3GPP standard is designed to support a new wave of IoT devices – such as field and waterway sensors – that transmit small amounts of data but have a long, flexible life cycle, up to 15 years in some cases.

    “There are many IoT networks available now but we think NB-IoT is a premium technology choice that is worth waiting for,” said Vodafone technology director Tony Baird. “It is supported by over 40 of the world’s largest mobile operators plus many more suppliers and innovators that serve the majority of the global IoT market.”

    Vodafone NZ currently has more than 1.4 million connected devices operating across its 2G network in the country. The NB-IoT deployment is an evolution of this network, so it can support tens of millions more devices in future, Baird noted.

    On a similar move, incumbent carrier Spark (formerly known as Telecom New Zealand) said it has partnered with Actility and Kordia on designing and building a separate IoT network based on the LoRa (Low Range) standard.

    “A significant proportion” of the network is expected to be operational by June 2018, enabling sensors and devices to be connected over the LoRa network nationwide, with broad coverage at an affordable price point, Spark said in a statement.

    Michael Stribling, Spark’s general manager for IoT, said the company is also advancing plans to deploy mobile network-based IoT networks (LTE-M1 and Narrow-Band LTE).

    “We believe that there are different use cases emerging for different IoT networks, depending on the level and type of data that needs to be transmitted by IoT devices. In making an investment in LoRa, in addition to its LTE investments, Spark believes it will be in position to provide the broadest set of IoT solutions to its customers,” the executive said.

    Spark has already involved in the “Connected Farms” trial with Farmlands, NIWA and Ballance Agri-Nutrients, as well as device partners to roll-out pilot IoT capabilities on farm in the Waikato. The trial, which launched in April, is a new concept for farm digital services which aimed to demonstrate new levels of connectivity for farmers enabled by smart sensor technologies.

    Both Vodafone NZ’s and Spark’s IoT announcements come in the wake of a New Zealand IoT Alliance report predicting that New Zealand could reap NZ$2.2 billion ($1.6 billion) of economic benefits over ten years from the application of the IoT across key sectors of the economy.

    That report aligns with IDC predictions that New Zealand will be APAC’s third most mature market in terms of IoT units per capita by 2020 – naming the agricultural sector as a key growth driver.

    “IoT is approaching a tipping point and it’s starting to transform the way we live our lives and run our businesses,” Baird said.

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  • Australian spies to disrupt cybercrime groups

    Australian spies to disrupt cybercrime groups

    Citing the growing cost of cybercrime in the economy, the Australian government has directed the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) intelligence agency to utilize its offensive cyber capabilities to disrupt, degrade, deny and deter organized offshore cyber criminals.

    Currently used to help target, disrupt and defeat terrorist organizations such as Daesh, the offense capability is subject to stringent legal oversight and is consistent with Australia’s obligations under international law, the government announced.

    It will function as part of the Government’s crime-fighting arsenal and contribute to the broader strategy of preventing and shutting down safe havens for offshore cyber criminals. However, cyber security and law enforcement measures will continue to sit at the forefront of Australia’s response to cybercrime threats.

    This directive follows the Government’s public acknowledgement of ASD’s offensive cyber-capabilities when Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy was launched in April 2016, for which the Government contributed A$230 million.

    Additionally, the Defence White Paper contains up to A$400 million to enhance the cyber-capabilities of Australia’s defence forces.

    Cybercrime is conservatively estimated to cost the Australian economy A$1 billion ($766.1 million) annually. The recent WannaCry and Petya ransomware attacks have affected governments, businesses and individuals around the world. With constantly evolving strategies, cyber-criminals are increasingly targeting businesses directly.

  • Nokia formally launches Nokia Shanghai Bell JV

    Nokia formally launches Nokia Shanghai Bell JV

    Nokia has announced the completion of the transaction with the China Huaxin Post & Telecommunication Economy Development Center to create the Nokia Shanghai Bell joint venture.

    The deal marks the official launch of the Nokia Shanghai Bell business, which combines the former Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell with Nokia’s China business.

    But the two entities have effectively operated as one since January 2016, following Nokia’s purchase of Alcatel-Lucent in a $17 billion all-stock deal. Nokia and China Huaxin also signed a final agreement last month covering the integration of the two businesses and establishment of Nokia Shanghai Bell.

    China Huaxin is a state-owned industrial development company that owned half of the Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell joint venture. Nokia owns a 50% plus one share stake in the Nokia Shanghai Bell joint venture, with China Huaxin owning the remainder.

    Nokia Shanghai Bell will become an integral part of Nokia’s global R&D operations, with around 10,000 researchers across six R&D sites in the nation. It will act as Nokia’s exclusive platform in China for the continued development of new technologies in areas such as IP routing, optical and 5G.

    Nokia Shanghai Bell also plans to support strategic R&D initiatives of the Chinese government and conduct long-term research projects as part of Nokia Bell Labs’ Future X Network program.

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  • Ncell taps ZTE for network virtualization

    Ncell taps ZTE for network virtualization

    Nepal’s Ncell Axiata has contracted ZTE to provide network virrtualization technologies for a new virtual subscriber data management (vSDM) platform.

    The operator’s vSDM platform will use advanced virtualization, advanced distributed architecture, hierarchical storage, multi-level protection and cloud technologies, ZTE said.

    Ncell is conducting the project in a bid to establish a more intelligent and flexible telecoms network while increasing cost savings on hardware investment and operations.

    Malaysia-based Axiata Group completed the acquisition of an 80% stake in Ncell in April 2016 for 5.9 billion ringgit ($1.37 billion). Ncell is competing with state-owned Nepal Telecom to be the market’s top operator by market share.

    Ncell has meanwhile announced it has expanded its LTE service to the Pokhara and Damauli areas as part of its plan to make 4G accessible to 15% of the population by the end of the year.

    The operator launched initial 4G services in Kathmandu Valley including in Nagarkot, and Banepa and Dhulikhel on June 1 after securing permission to deploy services over its existing spectrum under Nepal’s technology neutrality principles.

    Ncell aims to make 4G service available in 40 cities nationwide by 2018. Nepal’s National Broadband Policy aims to make broadband connections available to 45% households within 2018 and connect all village development committees with broadband by 2020.

  • Taiwan cellcos switch off 2G networks

    Taiwan cellcos switch off 2G networks

    Taiwan’s mobile operators have completed the switch-off of their respective 2G networks.

    The switch-off on Saturday has left the nation’s remaining 2G holdouts unable to place any calls except for emergency calls, or send or receive text messages or use data serices.

    At the time of the shutdown there were an estimated 60,000 2G holdouts on Chunghwa Telecom, 20,000 on Taiwan Mobile and 8,000 on Far EasTone, the report states.

    Remaining 2G customers’ numbers will be reserved until the end of December if they choose to upgrade to 4G.

    Taiwan Mobile is meanwhile redirecting customers attempting to place a call to a customer service center and will agree to temporary restart phone services if customers commit to upgrading to 4G. This redirection will last until July 7.

    With the move, Taiwan has become the latest APAC nation to transition away from 2G services to free up spectrum for 4G and other mobile services. The shutdown was prompted by the expiration of all existing 2G licenses.

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  • Companies to need new skills as VR enters workplace

    Companies to need new skills as VR enters workplace

    Enterprises need to start thinking now about ways virtual reality (VR) can be used within the workplace, according to recruiting experts Hays.

    While the technology is yet to become more commonplace across the wider world of work, experts say the possibility for its wider application is already here.

    As the technology sees an increase in its use, businesses will need the skills essential for its use. However, the skills required have yet to be standardized and may struggle to keep up with demand initially.

    VR came into existence seventy years ago and has been used across a number of applications since. In the 1970s it was utilized in the workplace for the first time, as it was used by the medical industry, military and in flight simulators.

    With the more recent technological leaps in VR, such as augmented reality (AR) seen in gaming, the technology is starting to make deeper inroads into the world of work.

    While the technology is still used by the military and in medical training, other sectors are beginning to use it to good effect too. One example is in the construction industry, with VR Developers being hired to give their clients a walkthrough of a building before construction has begun.

    One area where VR’s potential is being fully realized already is within training, historically it has been used in high-risk or high-value industries, such as aeronautical and engineering, but it is now being used to help train trade skills.

    In property and real estate, virtual reality platforms are enabling prospective buyers to view and look around the rooms of properties for sale without even leaving the comfort of their current home.

    “The number of possibilities virtual reality creates is astounding,” commented Lynne Roeder, managing director of Hays in Singapore. “While everyday use of the technology within business could still be some way off, there are a number of practical ways the tech could be implemented in the meantime to introduce a more personalized service to customers or to be used internally while managing remote workers.”

    Lynne continues, “Once we start exploring the many ways it could be implemented, it could have a big impact on the world of work. For example, interviews could be conducted in virtual rooms, allowing workers to be interviewed face-to-face, albeit virtually, for a job on the other side of the planet. Remote workers could easily connect to the office for one-to-one or team meetings, even on boarding or one to one training for an employee thousands of miles away would become so much easier.”

    But she added that  new technology creates new job roles and in turn the need for new skill sets. “Employers will need to look at their existing staff and see if there is the opportunity to upskill any of their employees, or whether it will involve bringing an entirely new skill base.”

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  • Philippines urged to bring in third telco

    Philippines urged to bring in third telco

    A Philippine think tank has urged the government to facilitate the entry of a third player into the nation’s telecoms market, but warned that a series of structural barriers will make this “extremely difficult” to achieve in the near future.

    The Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) has published a new reporton the competitive landscape of the nation’s telecoms sector, in light of the recent buyout of San Miguel corporation’s telecoms assets.

    The report found that the acquisition, which ensured the telecoms market was left with only two main players – PLDT and Globe Telecom – “brought a cloud of doubt as to the motives” behind the transactions.

    Report author senior research fellow Erlinda Medalla recommended there be at least three major players in the industry to promote competition.

    But she said challenges “arising from structural barriers, such as the cost of obtaining various permits and licenses, the cost of obtaining rights of way, the available spectrum or bandwidth, and the foreign equity limitation” will make this difficult.

    To address these challenges, Medalla called for liberalization, competition, and regulatory reforms on the part of the Philippine Competition Commission, telecoms regulator NTC and the telecoms ministry.

    While the PCC is currently challenging the legality of the San Miguel acquisition in court, Medalla said the acquisition is a “done deal”. She urged the government to instead concentrate on ensuring the transaction benefits customers, including by pressuring PLDT and Globe to “increase and widen their services.”

    But she also suggested that rules on future M&As be introduced that would mitigate potential anti-competitive impacts and ensuring that a dominant position arising from a merger produces gains for consumers.

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  • Nokia to expand its presence in China

    Nokia to expand its presence in China

    Nokia has announced plans to establish a dedicated unit to help major Chinese internet companies expand overseas.

    The new unit will focus on areas including data centers, cloud computing, IP routing, transport and services, as well as emerging technologies such as AI, machine learning and edge cloud.

    Nokia is taking the initiative as part of its efforts to expand its business beyond its core telecoms operator market, and to further augment its Chinese presence following the launch of the Nokia Shanghai Bell joint venture in China (formerly Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell).

    Nokia separately announced it has completed the acquisition of telecoms software company Comptel. The acquisition was first announced in February and had a price tag of around €347 million ($396.8 million).

    The acquisition bolsters Nokia’s software portfolio by adding capabilities designed to help digital service providers bring new services to master faster and improve operational efficiency.

    Comptel’s suite of software will be added to Nokia’s OSS and BSS, analytics, security and cloud technology to provide a comprehensive suite of telecoms software designed to allow customers to deliver better digital experiences and operations in a cloud environment.

  • AWS to open Hong Kong infrastructure region next year

    AWS to open Hong Kong infrastructure region next year

    Amazon Web Services (AWS) is planning to open an infrastructure region in Hong Kong in 2018, making the city the eighth AWS Region in Asia Pacific.

    AWS’ launch of the Hong Kong infrastructure region will allow Hong Kong customers to store their data locally, and to build flexible, scalable, secure, and highly available applications.

    It will also enable Hong Kong customers to enjoy fast, low-latency access to websites, mobile applications, games, SaaS applications, big data analysis, Internet of Things (IoT) applications, and more.

    At launch, the new AWS Region will comprise three Availability Zones, said Alex Yung (pictured), corporate vice president and managing director of AWS Greater China, at the first AWS Summit hosted in Hong Kong today.

    According to an AWS spokesperson, Availability Zones (aka AZs) are isolated locations and are what each Region is made up of. AWS has three locations in Hong Kong for its AZs.

    “AZs allow customers to build highly available applications. They are distinct locations that are engineered to be insulated from failures in other AZs and provide inexpensive, low latency network connectivity to other AZs in the same region,” said the AWS spokesperson.

    “AZs are made up of one, and sometimes more, datacenters. AZs are also designed in such a way that if one AZ were to fall off the face of the earth for some reason, the other AZs would continue to function normally. This means customers can build their applications across multiple AZs so they are designed to handle failure and continue to operate uninterrupted.”

    Including Hong Kong, there will be eight AWS Regions in the Asia Pacific: Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney, Beijing, Seoul, and Mumbai, and an additional Region in China (Ningxia) which is expected to launch in the coming months. Together, these Regions will provide AWS customers with a total of 19 Availability Zones, and allow them to architect highly fault tolerant applications. (Click here to view AWS’ global infrastructure.)

    In 2008, two years after AWS made its global launch, the cloud company opened a CloudFront Point of Presence (PoP) in Hong Kong to enable customers to serve content to end users with low latency. Since then, AWS has added two more PoPs in Hong Kong, the latest going live in 2016.

    In 2013, AWS opened an office in Hong Kong which is staffed by a wide range of functions including sales, support, technology evangelists, and marketing.

    “Hong Kong has a dynamic and vibrant business environment and is making progress toward becoming a digital city. An AWS Region here will enable our customers — from start-ups to large enterprises, and from financial institutions to government organizations — to enjoy cost and agility advantages across their entire IT operations, in compliance with local data regulations,” Yung said.

    Nicholas Yang, secretary for Innovation and Technology, Hong Kong government, welcomed AWS’s plan to open an infrastructure region in Hong Kong in 2018,” AWS’s global infrastructure coming to Hong Kong reaffirms Hong Kong’s status as the prime location for setting up data center facilities in the region and also a recognition of Hong Kong’s edge and strengths as an Asia hub for doing business and a regional data hub.”

    “The new AWS Region in Hong Kong will further accelerate cloud computing adoption and cloud-based system development in Hong Kong, facilitating the digital transformation of businesses in this city. Hong Kong is well-positioned to become a premier global data hub in the region. We will continue to promote our competitive advantages and encourage prospective operators to establish a presence in Hong Kong,” Yang added.

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  • China Mobile, SAIC, Huawei demo 5G remote driving

    China Mobile, SAIC, Huawei demo 5G remote driving

    China Mobile, SAIC Motor and Huawei have jointly demonstrated the first 5G-based remote driving technology with a consumer car.

    The demonstration at Mobile World Congress Shanghai involved using a Huawei-provided 5G solution connecting SAIC Motor’s smart concept car the iGS, with China Mobile providing the connectivity.

    The remote driving field test involved a driver located over 30km away from the vehicle, and used HD video cameras installed on the vehicle to send multiple real-time video feeds to provide the driver with a 240-degree view of the vehicle’s surroundings, more than the average binocular peripheral vision.

    Control signals for steering, acceleration and brakes were also transmitted over the 5G network in real time using 5G’s ultra-low latency capabilities.

    End-to-end latency for all vehicle control functions was less than 10 milliseconds, providing an eight centimeter distance between breaking and actual deceleration when the vehicle was traveling at 30km/h.

    Remote driving can be used to augment autonomous vehicles and has a range of potential applications, particularly in harsh or dangerous environments like mining or waste disposal sites, Huawei said.

    The technology could allow a single person to manage a fleet of autonomous vehicles, providing human intervention as needed such as in emergency situations.

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  • China Telecom taps Silver Peak for managed SD-WAN services

    China Telecom taps Silver Peak for managed SD-WAN services

    China Telecom has forged a partnership with Silver Peak to provide its multinational enterprise customers with fully-managed software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) services using Silver Peak’s Unity EdgeConnectSP and Unity Boost SD-WAN products.

    The collaboration enables China Telecom to deliver managed SD-WAN services, including security services, SaaS optimization, cloud application performance, visibility and control to its large enterprise customers as well as existing enterprise customers with connectivity requirements.

    The partnership is signed between Silver Peak, a developer of SD-WAN technology and hybrid WAN products, and China Telecom Shanghai Ideal Information Industry Group, a wholly owned subsidiary under China Telecom.

    China Telecom Shanghai Ideal Information Industry is also partnering with Westcon-Comstor, a global distributor for Silver Peak, to help distribute the product globally.

    Westcon-Comstor has integrated EdgeConnectSP into China Telecom’s NetCare unified customer network monitoring and management platform using the EdgeConnect RESTful API. This enables China Telecom to offer real-time and proactive managed SD-WAN service monitoring and management to existing and new clients, according to Sliver Peak.

    “We are excited to partner with one of the world’s largest service providers, China Telecom, to bring fully managed tiered SD-WAN services to multi-national enterprises that are struggling with management challenges associated with cost effective global connectivity while maintaining WAN performance and security” said Shayne Stubbs, vice president service provider and cloud at Silver Peak.

    Stubbs said the new managed SD-WAN services help China Telecom cost effectively address the international connectivity, performance and security requirements for multinationals based in China seeking to expand out of region.

    Silver Peak’s SD-WAN solution also enables China Telecom to offer “tiered” managed SD-WAN services, including SLA-based performance for on premise and cloud-hosted applications, the executive added.

    He described the partnership with China Telecom as a “very strategic” move for Silver Peak’s expansion into the service providers market.

    In addition to China Telecom, Silver Peak has also worked with a handful of such service providers – including NTT Communications, Hyundai HCN in South Korea, TeliaSonera Finland and Interoute – to deliver managed SD-WAN services.

  • China Mobile, Huawei showcase 5G SBA proto

    China Mobile, Huawei showcase 5G SBA proto

    China Mobile and Huawei have used Mobile World Congress Shanghai to showcase the world’s first 5G core network prototype using service-based architecture (SBA).

    The prototype is based on the 3GPP’s 5G SBA standard. Under SBA, core network functions are defined as loosely coupled, combinable services that can be flexibly scheduled based on standard interface protocol. These elements are self-contained, reusable and able to be independently managed.

    Functions of the 5G SBA prototype include service registration, discovery and authorization, as well as service operations and service-oriented 5G basic business processes such as device registration and connection establishment and release.

    “The service-based architecture shows that 5G is a truly Cloud Native design. It makes carrier networks more agile, flexible, scalable, and open,” China Mobile Research Institute GM Yang Zhiqiang said.

    “We will work to reduce its complexity, and look forward to working with all industry players to accelerate completion of international standards and product R&D. Our goal is to quickly put SBA into large-scale commercial use and enable 5G operations.”

    The companies said the successful demonstration of the 5G SBA prototype provides a foundation for the IMT-2020 Promotion Group’s 5G core network testing.

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  • 5G connections in China to reach 428m by 2025: GSMA

    5G connections in China to reach 428m by 2025: GSMA

    Chinese operators are on track to launch commercial 5G networks by 2020 and are expected to establish the nation as the world’s largest 5G market by 2025, Mats Granryd, director general of the GSMA, said during a keynote at the Mobile World Congress Shanghai.

    5G connections in China will reach 428 million by 2025, accounting for 39% of the 1.1 billion global 5G connections expected by that point, Granryd said, citing a new study by GSMA Intelligence and the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) released Wednesday.

    “In its early phase, 5G will offer an enhanced mobile broadband experience that will enable next-generation consumer services such as augmented and virtual reality, while at the same supporting mission-critical applications across a range of industry verticals,” the executive said.

    Granryd said mobile operators – China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom- in China plan to run a phased testing period for 5G networks from 2017 to 2019 before launching commercially in 2020.

    The trio is expected to deploy ‘standalone’ 5G networks, which will require the construction of new base stations to site 5G equipment, backhaul links and a core network.

    Yet, some mobile operators in Asia are considering to deploy ‘non-standalone’ 5G networks that would run on existing infrastructure supplemented by targeted small cell deployment in areas of high density, allowing 4G and 5G services to run in parallel, the report noted.

    Granryd said 4G penetration is China has increased fivefold to 61% over the two-year period to March 2017 and there remains significant headroom for 4G growth.

    That said, 4G and 5G networks are expected to co-exist in China for a considerable period of time. The rate of 5G network rollout and adoption in China is also expected to be slower than it was for 4G, which Chinese operators were able to deploy rapidly earlier this decade within a mature 4G ecosystem.

    Granryd added that 5G investment in China will follow a more gradual path and over a longer timeframe than 4G, roughly seven years, from 2018 to 2025 – with capex not expected to account for more than 25% of operator revenue prior to commercial launch.

    In their early phase, 5G networks will concentrate on boosting the capacity of 4G networks to support rising cellular data traffic demands.

    Meanwhile 5G will also enable enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) services such as 4K/8K Ultra-HD video and augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) applications.

    Though some services will require devices with new form factors, the smartphone is expected to remain the principal 5G interface at launch. The first 5G smartphones are likely to be priced at a premium to 4G models, as they will require an enhanced chipset and RF module supporting multiple sub-6 GHz, and possibly extremely high frequency bands (mmWave), as well as, potentially, a 4K or 8K screen.

    Enterprise is considered to offer operators the largest incremental revenue opportunity. Key vertical markets for 5G applications include automotive and transport, logistics, energy and utilities monitoring, security, finance, healthcare, industrial and agriculture.

  • SK Telecom conducts 5G trials in 3.5-GHz

    SK Telecom conducts 5G trials in 3.5-GHz

    SK Telecom, Samsung and Nokia have jointly conducted a 5G trial demonstration using the 3.5-GHz frequency band.

    The operator worked with Samsung to develop a 3.5-GHz 5G end-to-end network comprising a 5G virtualized core, virtualized RAN, distributed baseband and radio unit and test device based on the 3GPP 5G new radio (NR) standards established so far.

    The 3GPP has standardized the key physical component technologies of the 5G air interface. The companies’ trial 5G NR system has been developed based on this specification, incorporating innovations including subcarrier spacing of 60 kHz, transmit time interval (TTI) length of 0.25ms to reduce latency and low-density parity-check channel coding.

    SK Telecom has also collaborated with Nokia to co-develop 5G base station equipment and test devices for 3.5-GHz spectrum, achieving Gbps level throughput during a field trial near the operator’s Bundang Office Building.

    The trial also involve the measurement of link quality depending on the distance between a moving vehicle and base station to generate data to be used in the design of optimal 3.5-GHz 5G networks.

    SK Telecom plans to deploy commercial networks using both 28-GHz or another above 6-GHz frequency and the 3.5-GHz band, using the former in highly-concentrated areas and the latter to achieve wide area coverage.

    “With the successful demonstration of 5G communications using the 3.5GHz spectrum, SK Telecom has secured all key technologies for building commercial 5G networks using 3.5-GHz and 28-GHz frequency bands,” SK Telecom SVP and head of network R&D Park Jin-hyo said.

    “We will maintain our leadership in 5G by enhancing our technologies for both above 6-GHz and below 6-GHz frequencies, while playing an active role in the standardization and commercialization of 5G technologies.”

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  • Cisco launches intent-based networking solutions

    Cisco launches intent-based networking solutions

    Cisco has unveiled a new networking paradigm it is calling intent-based networking, with the aim of creating an intuitive system that anticipates actions, stops security threats in their tracks, and continues to evolve and learn.

    The new solutions are designed to help businesses to unlock new opportunities and solve previously unsolvable challenges in an era of increasing connectivity and distributed technology.

    They involve a shift from hardware-centric to software-driven networking to improve agility, productivity and performance.

    This new network is the result of years of research and development by Cisco to reinvent networking for an age where network engineers managing hundreds of devices today will be expected to manage 1 million by 2020.

    “The network has never been more critical to business success, but it’s also never been under more pressure,” Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins said.

    “By building a more intuitive network, we are creating an intelligent platform with unmatched security for today and for the future that propels businesses forward and creates new opportunities for people and organizations everywhere.”

    Today companies are managing their networks through traditional IT processes that are not sustainable in this new age. Cisco’s approach creates an intuitive system that constantly learns, adapts, automates and protects, to optimize network operations and defend against today’s evolving threat landscape.

    With the vast majority of the world’s internet traffic running on Cisco networks, the company has used its unique position to capture and analyze this immensely valuable data by providing IT with insights to spot anomalies and anticipate issues in real time, without compromising privacy.

    Already, 75 leading global enterprises and organizations are conducting early field trials with these next-generation networking solutions, including DB Systel GmbH, Jade University of Applied Sciences, NASA, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Scentsy, UZ Leuven and Wipro.

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