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• Private 5G networks offer CIOs intriguing options, and SI opportunity

  Network operators are making progress with stand-alone 5G rollouts, but CIOs hungry for 5G might want to consider a private 5G network.

• Cost of banning Chinese 5G gear soars to $5.6B

  Network providers have asked for US$5.6 billion to cover the cost of replacing deployed wireless equipment made by Huawei and ZTE.

• NUS embraces 5G and IoT, enhances smart campus with StarHub

  NUS has joined forces with StarHub to embrace the potential of 5G and the Internet of Things amid plans to enhance smart campus innovation.

• Indosat Ooredoo targets managed SD-WAN growth with Cisco

  Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison has joined forces with Cisco to deliver managed SD-WAN solutions in a bid to capture increased market share across Indonesia.

• Singtel sharpens 5G play in first for Microsoft Azure in Singapore

  Singtel has unveiled plans to launch the first Microsoft Azure Edge Zones in Asia, integrated with the provider’s 5G network to deliver multi-access edge compute.

• 6G exploratory group to be led by wireless heavyweights

  The FCC has named 44 people to a technological advisory council tasked with exploring the possibilities of 6G wireless connectivity.

• Viettel kicks off Da Nang 5G trials with Samsung

  Vietnamese telco provider Viettel has kicked off 5G commercial trials in Da Nang, the largest city in the Central Vietnam region, in partnership with Samsung Electronics.

• Apple’s custom-built 5G modem due to land in 2023

  When Apple bought the scraps of Intel's modem business​ in 2019, it was a matter of time before it started selling phones without Qualcomm modems.

• Indosat Ooredoo rolls out commercial 5G services in Makassar

  Indosat Ooredoo’s commercial 5G services have made it to Makassar, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.

• StarHub and HPE team up to trial 5G powered edge computing in Singapore

  StarHub has partnered with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to convert the potential of 5G and edge computing into a market reality in Singapore.

• Cisco and Indosat Ooredo deepen ties as 5G ramps up in Indonesia

  Indosat Ooredoo has deepened its partnership with networking vendor Cisco in a bid to help strengthen the telco’s mobile and fibre network to support more commercial launches of 5G in Indonesia.

• What is Open RAN in the context of 5G?

  Standards for cellular radio-access networks known as Open RAN could make deployment of 5G and other cellular networks less expensive.

• Singtel taps AWS, Microsoft for Sentosa 5G trials

  Singtel has drawn upon solutions from AWS and Microsoft Azure to underpin its joint 5G use case trial project with the Singapore government in Sentosa.

• Ananki start-up attempts to simplify private 5G

  A start-up using open source components to offer software-defined private 5G-as-a-service hopes to attract enterprises with an enhanced architecture.

• Thai telco AIS tackles IoT adoption with TCS

  Tata Consultancy Services has partnered up with Thai telecom operator AIS in a bid to deliver IoT solutions based on 5G smart network technology to manufacturers in the country.