Retail News CRM

Tag: china mobile

  • AT&T, China Mobile team on IoT

    AT&T, China Mobile team on IoT

    AT&T and China Mobile have joined forces to further enable the IoT. Announcing the partnership ahead of Mobile World Congress 2017, AT&T said the deal will help the US telco’s global business customers connect and deploy their assets and offerings in the Chinese market.

    The pair is developing a new technology platform which AT&T say will seamlessly move its business customer’s IoT subscriptions over to China Mobile’s local service.

    The behind-the-scenes switch will help simplify the supply chain for AT&T’s customers looking to expand to China. This will help customers accelerate time to market and achieve greater efficiency in driving new revenue streams, said Chris Penrose, president of IoT solutions at AT&T.

    Penrose said AT&T is one of the first global operators to establish a relationship with China Mobile, which has the world’s largest 4G mobile network covering more than 1.3 billion subscribers.

    “China is one of the fastest growing markets. It holds incredible opportunity for our global business customers. Working with China Mobile means we can further develop that opportunity. This makes it an even more exciting time to be in the IoT,” the executive said.

    AT&T serves nearly 3.5 million business customers, helping them connect their devices around the world.

    “We look forward to helping AT&T business customers bring their connected solutions to our market,” said Dr. Li Feng, chairman & CEO, China Mobile International. “We believe this will help unlock new options and experiences for our customers while achieving one of our core goals – increasing the number of connected devices on our network.”

  • China Mobile HK migrates to cloud core network

    China Mobile HK migrates to cloud core network

    China Mobile Hong Kong has migrated its services to an NFV-based cloud core network provided by Huawei.

    The operator has migrated its legacy networks to cloud networks based on the 3GPP system. Working closely with Huawei, the migration took only around six months, according to CMHK CEO Sean Lee.

    “The synergy between CMHK and Huawei is expected to ensure our entire cloud networks will be smoothly put into commercial use, bringing better service to our customers,” he said.

    CMHK’s new cloud core network provides services for more than 20 network systems including IMS, evolved packet core, mobile number portability, HSS/HLR and mobile switching center server.

    Lee said the migration will pave the way for CMHK’s eventual migration to 5G based on the Network 2020 vision.

    “On CMHK’s cloud network, network elements in [the] IMS, packet switched and circuit switched domains are co-deployed. VoLTE, VoWiFi and mobile data services are co-operated,” Huawei VP of cloud core networks Wang Yonge said.

    “Compared to legacy core networks, cloud core networks are more elastic and robust. CMHK and Huawei are jointly developing new technologies, such as network slicing and edge computing to lead the transformation to cloud networks.”

    News of the completion of the project comes shortly after CK Hutchison’s Three UK announced plans to deploy a fully integrated cloud native core network in collaboration with Nokia.

    Lees ook:

    Lees ook:

    Lees ook:

  • China Mobile, Ericsson, Mobike trial IoT in Shanghai

    China Mobile, Ericsson, Mobike trial IoT in Shanghai

    China Mobile Shanghai  has teamed up with Ericsson and bike-sharing service startup Mobike to conduct a cellular IoT trial on the Chinese operator’s live network in Shanghai.

    During the trial, Ericsson’s latest cellular IoT technologies were used to more accurately locate the IoT-enabled bikes of Mobike, providing a more convenient and enhanced bike-sharing experience to Mobike’s users.

    Coverage areas were also extended to places that traditional mobile coverage can hardly reach, such as underground parking lots. The new technologies will also significantly reduce the time to unlock the bikes and users will enjoy “open upon scanning” without waiting.

    Mobike vice president Yang Zhongjie said latest cellular IoT technologies like CAT-M1 and NB-IoT will greatly enhance the user experience in the future and solve existing challenges encountered by Mobike such as coverage in difficult locations.

    “We also expect Chinese operators to complete the nationwide deployment of cellular IoT as early as possible,” Yang added.

    New cellular IoT technologies provide better coverage and faster response time with narrower bandwidth and fewer resources than mobile technology. They also bring energy-saving and deep-coverage features which enable five-to-seven-fold coverage improvements for operators in the same site environment. The battery life also extends to more than 10 years.

    The successful trial marks an important step forward in the large-scale commercial deployment of cellular IoT in China, Ericsson said in a statement.

    China Mobile and Ericsson recently signed an IoT agreement as part of China Mobile’s Big Connectivity strategy.

    Lees ook:

    Lees ook:

  • China Mobile taps Brocade software for SDN cloud rollout

    China Mobile taps Brocade software for SDN cloud rollout

    China Mobile will deploy NFV software from Brocade at several of its key data centers as part of its first SDN-based commercial public cloud rollout.

    The operator is deploying virtual traffic management technology from the networking vendor, initially at its Southern Base and Northern Base data centers.

    The deployment will be conducted in conjunction with China Mobile’s strategic SDN and NFV supplier Nokia. Brocade’s software will run within the Nuage Networks virtual service platform, which is being implemented by Nokia as part of a project announced last week.

    China Mobile is playing a major role in the Chinese government’s Internet Plus initiative to support the development of new business models enabled by ICT, such as fixed and mobile internet connectivity, cloud, big data and the IoT.

    As part of this effort, China Mobile has taken on the role of a large-scale cloud service provider for major enterprise and government customers, and is deploying SDN-based cloud services to support these operations.

    “The promise of network functions virtualization is the ability to scale services on demand. When it comes to service providers, they don’t come much bigger than China Mobile in terms of potential scale,” Brocade China country manager Henry Zhu said.

    “We’re naturally delighted that Brocade’s advanced NFV appliance technology has been selected by China Mobile. This is a groundbreaking project within China’s service provider landscape and we are fully committed to ensuring it results in complete success.”

    Lees ook:

  • China Mobile to cooperate with Ericsson on IoT

    China Mobile to cooperate with Ericsson on IoT

    China Mobile and Ericsson have signed an agreement to cooperate on the Internet of Things as part of China Mobile’s Big Connectivity strategy.

    The companies signed a strategic collaboration agreement at the China Mobile Global Partner Conference in Guangzhou, China last month, and announced the development last week.

    As part of the agreement, China Mobile will use the Ericsson Device Connectivity Platform to streamline the provisioning process for IoT services and deploy services to capitalize on potential new business opportunities.

    The operator plans to use the platform to integrate resources from roaming partners and offer enterprise customers worldwide reliable connectivity based on service level agreements.

    “China Mobile expects to have 200 million IoT connections by 2017. We stick to the strategy of open cooperation with our partners for win-win results,” China Mobile EVP Yuejia Sha commented.

    “China Mobile strengthens the collaboration with global leading enterprises of advanced platform, application and intelligent hardware to drive the rapid development of our industry, and provides superior applications and services to our customers.”

    Ericsson said the Device Connectivity Platform has been adopted by more than two dozen operators since it launched in 2008, supporting 1,700 industry customers.

    Lees ook:

  • China Mobile 4G sub reaches 510m in November

    China Mobile 4G sub reaches 510m in November

    China Mobile, the country’s largest mobile carrier, said its 4G subscriber base reached almost 510 million in November. This represents more than 30% of the world’s total 4G subscribers.

    Compared to a net increase of 16.6 million 4G users in October, China Mobile added over 12.5 million TD-LTE subscribers only last month, its slowest monthly growth this year.

    By comparison, China Unicom added over 5 million 4G customers in November, taking its 4G LTE subscribers base to 99 million. Smallest rival China Telecom added 4.3 million 4G users in November, bringing the total 4G subscriber base to 117.3 million. The operator added 58.84 million 4G customers in the last 11 months.

    Together the three Chinese mobile carriers had over 720 million 4G subscribers in November.

    In a separate announcement, China Mobile has signed a letter of intent with Vodafone, Ericsson and Lenovo to cooperate on the development of IoT.

    China Mobile will connect its IoT connection management platform with Ericsson’s DCP platform and Vodafone’s IoT platform to provide its enterprise customers with a unified global network access, portal experience and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

    This will help drive China Mobile’s overseas market expansion and enhance the company’s service capabilities, the operator said.

    The partnership with Lenovo will see the Chinese PC maker launch a range of notebooks with built-in 4GLTE modules to offer customers with China Mobile’s high-speed 4G mobile internet services.

    China Mobile said there are currently almost 100 million devices connected to the operator’s IoT platform and the number is expected to double to 200 million by the end of 2017.

    Lees ook:

    Lees ook:

  • China Mobile deploys wideband Massive MIMO

    China Mobile deploys wideband Massive MIMO

    China Mobile Shanghai and Huawei have jointly deployed the world’s first wideband Massive MIMO site to help improve 4G network spectral efficiency.

    China Mobile has been focusing on the design of wideband Massive MIMO as part of its research on 5G. The technology been oriented specifically towards large-scale commercial use by the operator.

    Wideband Massive MIMO allows a single module to support the activation of three 2.6-GHz carriers, potentially allowing for a three-fold increase in the spectral efficiency of cells.

    The live deployment in Shanghai has achieved peak cell throughput rates of 72Mpbs using an uplink 8-stream capability configuration, as well as 630Mbps downlink.

    Huawei said the technology supports a smooth transition to CloudRAN architecture, while its in-house developed chips and optimization techniques helps provide processing capabilities four times higher than that of the industry standard.

    The technology is particularly suited to meeting specialized coverage requirements such as high-rise buildings.

    Lees ook:

    Lees ook:

    Lees ook:

  • China Mobile Hong Kong to upgrade network to 4.5G

    China Mobile Hong Kong to upgrade network to 4.5G

    China Mobile Hong Kong has contracted Huawei to fully upgrade the operator’s FDD/TDD converged LTE network to a 4.5G LTE-Advanced Pro network.

    The upgrade is aimed at offering customers a superior user experience and laying the groundwork towards a future 5G network evolution.

    In October last year, the 3GPP formally named LTE-Advanced Pro as the new LTE standard with the designation of 4.5G. China Mobile Hong Kong has commenced its network upgrade following a series of network optimization projects this year.

    “After stringent selection processes, we firmly believe that Huawei’s world leading network technology and equipment have made it the ideal partner for CMHK’s 4.5G network upgrade,” China Mobile Hong Kong director and CEO Sean Lee said.

    “We are very pleased to work with Huawei to upgrade our 4G mobile network to 4.5G for significant network capacity optimization and speed improvement, as well as achieving superior user experience for consumers and commercial customers.”

    Huawei president of carrier business Zou Zhilei added that the upgrade is aimed at reinforcing the operator’s market leading position.

    “Our advanced 4.5G technology will enable CMHK to capitalize on the emerging new devices, new businesses and new experiences, offering an excellent mobile video experience for customers in Hong Kong, as well as enhancing its capability in expanding enterprise and industry (B2X) segment,” he said.

  • China Mobile joins OpenDaylight Project

    China Mobile joins OpenDaylight Project

    The OpenDaylight Project, an open source platform for programmable, software-defined networks, has announced that China Mobile has joined the project at the Silver Level.

    China Mobile joins Tencent and Alibaba, also members of OpenDaylight, as part of a growing number of Chinese internet players and telecoms operators that actively participate in open networking projects and leverage open source SDN to support their extreme scalability demands.

    The operator wants to standardize and also customize their environments to improve automation. OpenDaylight provides a means for China Mobile to build on well-tested, foundational capabilities, which would otherwise take far too long for them to develop entirely in-house, said Wang Jinzhu, project manager of China Mobile Research Institute.

    Recently, China Mobile released its commercial OpenDaylight-based data center SDN controller named “AERO,” currently in trial.

    Additionally, China Mobile has also initiated the “SPTN” project within OpenDaylight, which evolves the packet transport network (PTN) toward SDN.

    As early adopters of OpenDaylight, China Mobile is leveraging the platform with OpenStack to deploy enterprise service offerings under its NovoDC program, which offers both a telecom infrastructure as well as virtual public or private cloud services.

    NovoDC has helped China Mobile to gain significant data center opex savings and can now deliver new services in minutes rather than weeks.

    The OpenDaylight Project meanwhile also announced the launch of its “Powered by ODL” program, which signals high technical standards and quality expectations for commercial products or services based on the platform.

    With increasing numbers of solution providers incorporating OpenDaylight code into downstream commercial offerings, the program is created to help end users identify quality OpenDaylight-based solutions while supporting vendors with their go-to-market strategies.

    Any individual or organization offering an OpenDaylight-based product or service may apply for the trademark. Products that are “Powered by OpenDaylight” must include specific core components from a recent release of the OpenDaylight code base, as approved by the OpenDaylight’s board of directors.

    Lees ook:

    Lees ook:

    Lees ook:

  • Alibaba Group now Asia’s richest company

    Alibaba Group now Asia’s richest company

    Alibaba Group Holding has surpassed Tencent Holdings and China Mobile in market capitalisation to become Asia’s richest company.

    Alibaba’s market value rose to US$261 billion in New York last week, overtaking Tencent’s US$255.98 billion capitalisation in Hong Kong on Thursday during a trading week shortened by a public holiday.

    China Mobile was the region’s third-largest company, valued at $249.38 billion.

    Alibaba’s shares have risen 28.8 per cent this year to $104.64, making the owner of Taobao.com and Tmall eCommerce platforms the world’s 10th-largest company by value, according to Bloomberg data. The world’s five most valuable companies now gain their revenue from technology or the internet – Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft Corp, Facebook and Amazon.com.

    In Asia, technology and internet-related businesses have displaced oil refineries, manufacturers and banks in the top three spots.

    Samsung Electronics of South Korea is the other technology company among Asia’s 10 most-valuable corporations, valued at $191.76 billion.

    As well as eCommerce, Alibaba has businesses in internet finance, cloud computing, film investment and logistics. The Hangzhou-based company’s second-quarter revenue rose 59 per cent, the strongest since its 2014 initial public offering in New York.

    Lees ook:

  • China Mobile awards contracts for 100G OTN

    China Mobile awards contracts for 100G OTN

    China Mobile has issued contracts to build a 100G optical backbone network to support the rollout of 4G services and help meet its Broadband China strategy ambitions.

    Nokia revealed it has been awarded a more than 30% share of the project. Under the contract, Nokia will deploy a 100G OTN and DWDM backbone for China’s largest mobile operator by subscribers.

    China Mobile plans to use the optical platform to deploy services more rapidly, meet rising mobile data demands and be able to provide scalable capacity for a range of cloud-based 4G services.

    “This is a crucial win with our longstanding partner,” commented Mike Wang, head of the joint management team of Nokia Networks China and Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell. Nokia and China Mobile have had a working relationship since 1994.

    “With our innovative 100G OTN solution, we are able to help China Mobile meet the higher requirements for large-scale 4G construction,” Wang added.

    “We are committed to delivering the latest optical transmission innovations to enable China Mobile to optimize their networks and open up new opportunities for their subscribers.”

    Lees ook:

  • Huawei retail plans 15,000 new stores

    Huawei retail plans 15,000 new stores

    Smartphone maker Huawei plans to open 15,000 retail stores internationally this year in a bid for a record-high shipment of smartphones and greater sales of premium-priced models.

    “We are optimistic and confident about reaching our target shipment of 140 million smartphones this year,” says its business group CEO Richard Yu Chengdong. That would mark a 30 per cent increase in smartphone shipments from 108 million units last year.

    Yu says the Huawei retail store expansion would help drive sales of its high-end smartphones in the US$500 to US$600 range.

    Huawei’s retail arm had 35,000 of its own stores around the world at the end of May, up 116 per cent year on year. It has 11,000 stores in mainland China, 6500 stores across the rest of Asia, 6200 in Europe and 1500 in South America. This compares with Apple’s 484 retail outlets in fewer than 20 countries.

    Huawai  is represented in more than 170 countries and territories, supported by a growing number of third-party shops. These include outlets in shopping malls and stores owned by mobile network operators like China Mobile.

    Its smartphone shipments grew 25 per cent year on year to 60.56 million units in the first six months of this year. Sales generated by the company’s consumer business group in the first half jumped 41 per cent to 77.4 billion yuan (US$11.6 billion), with more than half from overseas markets.

    Data from market research firm GFK shows that Huawei’s share of the global smartphone market reached 11.4 per cent at the end of May. Its share of the premium smartphone market was 25.7 per cent, up from 15.2 per cent at the end of March.

    The Shenzhen-based firm, which also sells network equipment to telecommunications service providers and other enterprises, reported this week that its total revenue in the first half of this year jumped 40 per cent to 245.5 billion yuan, up from 175.9 billion yuan for the same period last year.

    Lees ook:

    Lees ook:

  • China Mobile eyes 5G technology

    China Mobile eyes 5G technology

    China Mobile, China’s largest 4G mobile network operator, has begun development on the next generation of mobile internet following the success of 4G, a senior executive of the company said on Saturday.

    Xi Guohua, chairman of the board for the telecom giant, made the announcement during the 13th China Enterprise Development Forum held by the Development Research Centre of the State Council.

    The move suggested the company is trying to maintain its leading position in an increasingly heated competition among the country’s three and only telecom service providers.