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• StarHub rolls out managed SD-WAN service to enterprise customers

  StarHub has launched a managed SD-WAN solution through a next generation enterprise network alliance partnership.

• Belgian cyber security agency finds no threat from Huawei

  Belgium's centre for cyber security has found no evidence that telecoms equipment supplied by Huawei Technology could be used for spying​.

• Red Hat rolls out certification program as more telcos adopt cloud

  Red Hat has launched a new training and certification program in an effort to support the future development of the telco industry.

• Telcos bet on connecting everything to recoup 5G costs

  ​For the telecoms industry, the task of launching 5G services is a lot like going the wrong way on the moving walkways at Mobile World Congress.

• StarHub plans strategic realignment; 300 jobs to be axed

  StarHub will undergo a strategic transformation to improve operational efficiencies and productivity over a three-year period from 2019; cutting 300 jobs in the process.

• Telco compute and storage infrastructure market to reach US$16.3B

  The market for compute and storage infrastructure for telecommunications providers will reach US$16.3 billion in 2022, according to IDC.

• Vocus wins $136M Australian Govt contract to build new subsea cable

  ​The Australian Government has awarded a $136.6 million contract to Vocus to build the international sub-marine cable between Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Australia.

• ZTE has to pay up before supply ban is scrapped

  ZTE can resume business in the US, but the supply ban won't be lifted until the Chinese vendor pays US$1 billion fine and puts another US$400 million in escrow.

• MyRepublic attracts US$60M investment ahead of future IPO

  MyRepublic has secured an investment of US$60 million from CLSA Capital Partners and Kamet Capital Partners, ahead of a future IPO in Hong Kong.

• ZTE’s main business operations cease amid US ban

  ​ZTE’s main business operations have ceased due to a ban imposed by the US Government, but China's second biggest telecom equipment maker is trying to have the ban modified or reversed.

• Tech players get set to give the Moon its first mobile phone network

  The network will enable high-definition streaming from the lunar landscape back to earth, part of a project to back the first privately funded moon mission.