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• Indosat Ooredoo partners with Cisco in new network tech rollout

  ​Indonesian telco Indosat Ooredoo has partnered up with Cisco in its first commercial deployment of segment routing over IPv6 technology.

• Malaysia’s Axiata opts for Open RAN in network transformation program

  ​Malaysian telco conglomerate Axiata Group has partnered with Infosys, Parallel Wireless and Mavenir in a major network transformation program.

• Malaysian mobile service revenue growth flatlines, but data grows

  ​Malaysian mobile telco carriers and resellers could be in for a lacklustre few years amid expectations of negligible mobile service revenue growth in the country until at least 2025.

• Axiata and Telenor seal major Malaysian telco merger deal

  Celcom and Digi will combine to become Celcom Digi Berhad, a Malaysian telco powerhouse claiming equity value of close to RM50 billion.

• Indonesia’s fixed-line comms revenue to surge, mobile services not so much

  While fixed-line broadband in Indonesia is looking up, the country’s mobile services market is anticipated to experience a much more leisurely growth rate over the next few years.

• Philippines’ DITO makes 5G play in Mindanao with Nokia

  ​Philippine telco DITO has picked Nokia, its 4G LTE radio partner since 2020, to pitch in the tech needed to roll out its 5G network across Mindanao.

• Singtel flags strategic ‘reset’ as net profit plunges

  ​Singapore telco giant Singtel has seen its net profit for the year ending 31 March 2021 plunge by 93 per cent, year-on-year to S$88 million.

• Nokia rolls out fresh tech for PLDT network upgrade in the Philippines

  Nokia is rolling out fresh software and hardware to upgrade the nationwide network of PLDT and wireless unit, Smart Communications.

• Which Asian countries are leading the 5G race?

  ​When it comes to rolling out national 5G networks, some countries across Asia are faring better than others, with Singapore among the leaders.

• Globe Telecom leverages HPE for low latency cloud at the edge

  ​Philippine telco Globe Telecom is drawing upon Hewlett Packard Enterprise technology to offer low latency cloud services at the edge of its mobile network.

• Thailand, Philippines see greatest download speed jump with 5G networks

  ​Thailand and the Philippines have been ranked as the top two countries, respectively, in the world to have witnessed the greatest improvements in 5G mobile data download speeds when compared to 4G performance.

• TPG eyes fresh routes to Singapore 5G network

  TPG’s hopes to build a 5G network in Singapore have met with a snag, after the city-state decided to grant radio frequency spectrum to deploy nationwide 5G networks to two other operators.

• IoT in Asia: how partners can profit through services

  The channel is well-placed to capitalise on an expanding IoT market in Asia Pacific with customer demand for services expected to heighten.

• M1 to test 5G tech in Singapore smart port initiative

  Singapore’s effort to develop a smart port environment has received the support of telco giant M1 as a key participator in the project.

• Philippines’ ICT agency issues rules on shared infrastructure

  The department of ICT in the Philippines has issued rules to accelerate the roll-out of common towers in the country.