China to Test Future Network in 40 Cities Connecting Existing Network
The new network reform follows 40 years' development of the Internet, Liu Yunjie, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, director of China Unicom Science & Technology Commission noted at the 2017 Global Future Network Development Summit on April 18.
Mr. Liu said the future network innovation technologies require large-scale deployments, testing and verification while the traditional telecom operators can't settle into the testing due to the hardened network architecture and physical facilities.
The nation-imperative research facility future network testing project was approved in the end of last year. An advanced, open, flexible, internationalized universal future network test facility will provide a simple, efficient and low-cost experimental verification environment for the network innovation architecture research, support the network space technology research, and has made major breakthroughs in key equipment, network operating system, safety mechanism and large-scale networking testing.more>>
Pakistan to be First South Asian Country to Test 5G
Pakistan will be the first South Asian country to test fifth generation cellular services for fast connectivity, Minister of State for Information Technology Anusha Rehman has said.
"Pakistan recently won the GSMA award and ranked third in the list of mobile telecom operator groups," Rehman said on Tuesday.
The government was working on a project to provide at least one mobile tower per 100 users in every village by 2030, she said.
Rehman said information technology was booming in the country and broadband penetration increased from three to 27 per cent in the last two years.more>>
Digitimes Research: China FTTH User Base Growing Fast
The China government began to implement the Broadband China policy in 2013 and consequently fiber-optic infrastructure has been widely established. The number of FTTH subscribers quickly increased to 227.7 million as of the end of 2016, accounting for 76.6% of all fixed-line broadband Internet-access subscribers, according to Digitimes Research.
Of the 227.7 million FTTH subscribers, 61 million lived in rural areas, hiking 90% on year, Digitimes Research indicated. In comparison, the number of xDSL subscribers shrank to 19.8 million at the end of 2016, decreasing 60.6% on year.
In addition to fast growth in FTTH user base, the proportion of fixed-line broadband Internet-access subscribers using download speeds of 20Mbps and above increased to 77.8% at the end of 2016.more>>
Exhibition
IWCS Extends Call for Papers Deadline for 2017 Symposium Shrewsbury, PA – (April 5, 2017) IWCS is extending the abstract submission deadline on the Call for Papers for IWCS 2017 from Tuesday, April 4 to Friday, April 14, 2017. The 66th annual International Cable & Connectivity Symposium is to be held in Orlando, Florida, USA on October 8-11, 2017. For over 6 decades, the IWCS Symposium has been the leading worldwide conference for peer reviewed papers and presentations on technologies and trends in cable and connectivity for the communications, data, electronics, power, industrial, automotive and aerospace industries.
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A revolution, an ecosystem, an ocean: 5G is just the beginning "You cannot assume that 5G is just 4G on steroids. It is a revolution," says Kailash Narayanan of Keysight Technologies.
The neat linear progression from 2G to 3G to 4G does not apply to next-generation networks."5G", the generic term for future communications technologies, offers so much more than just the next level up in speed and data volume. If earlier technologies are like different types of fish, says Peter Ashwood-Smith, Chair of ITU-T Focus Group on IMT for 2020, then "5G is the full ocean."more>>
CommunicAsia 2017 Summit CommunicAsia2017 Summit is returning bigger and better, this is THE conference you cannot miss! The Summit will transcend and address 8 key tracks to a delegation of over 700 audience coming from across Asia. Core themes will include Broadband, Satellite Communications, Smart Cities and Internet of Things (IoT). In addition, with convergence revolutionising businesses today, it is imperative for enterprises to adapt and stay agile in their competitive and differentiation game plan. more>>
Vendor/Device
Subtel, Huawei Exploring Possible Chile-China Fibre Link
Chilean communications regulator Subtel has signed an agreement with Huawei to explore the viability of installing a direct underwater fibre-optic Cable link between Chile and China.
Huawei to Accelerate Small Cell Business in 2017
Huawei has released its new Small Cell development strategy for 2017, aiming to accelerate the development of the indoor mobile broadband (MBB) market and help telecom operators seize new business opportunities by enabling Gbps-level user experiences, according to Ritchie Peng, president of Huawei Small Cell Product Line.
Nokia and Elisa Successfully Trial First 10-gigabit Network in Finland
Elisa, a leading telecommunication, information communication technology (ICT) and online service company in Finland, successfully completed a field trial of Nokia's XGS-PON technology, achieving the country's fastest broadband speeds. With 10Gbps symmetrical (downstream and upstream) capabilities, the use of XGS-PON will allow Elisa to cost-effectively deliver ultra-broadband access needed for new high-speed, high-quality residential and business services.
Enterprises
Hengtong Optic-electric's Oversea Listed Company PT Voksel 2016 Revenue Boomed 26 Times Hengtong acquired Indonesia PT Voksel Electric Tbk in year 2015, and after mere one year time, the turnover of PT Voksel extended 26 times compared with last year revenue. By date of reporting, Jiangsu Hengtong Optic-electric publicly announced that the oversea subsidiary Indonesia PT Voksel Tbk annual turnover in 2016 was 2022.3 billion rupiah, net profit at 159.391 billion rupiah, which is seen 26 times increasing compared with year 2015.
YOFC Attends the 14th China Information Harbour Forum on Invitation On April 13th, under the guidance of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the People's Government of JiangxiProvince, the 14th China Information Harbour Forum, which was undertaken by the Posts&Telecom News Office, Jiangxi Communication Administration, and Yingtan Municipal Government, was held in Yingtan of Jiangxi Province.
ZTT Won $30 million bidding from Saudi Aramco On 11 April 2017, ZTT Group—— the leading global manufacturer of cable systems, released an announcement that ZTT had received the purchasing contract from EMASCHIYODA, SAIPEM S.p.A. and been confirmed as the bidder of 33kV, 15kV of Hasbah II, MRJN&ZULUF, and SAFANIYA 10 these three projects from Saudi Aramco with total value of $30 million.