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5G wireless technology has many hopes and promises associated with it, including delivering up to 10 Gbps of throughput per user with much denser networks and super-low latency speeds.

Although not expected to be standardized until 2018, 5G is clearly transitioning from an industry vision to a tangible, next-generation mobile technology. In fact, some network operators have already…

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…

HKBN has expanded its relationship with broadcaster TVB covering the delivery of TVB's myTV SUPER set-top box service.

The operator has ordered an additional 450,000 set top boxes from TVB to meet customer demand, and has raised its target for the number of set-top boxes to be installed by the end of 2019 to 850,000.

HKBN first launched myTV SUPER set-top boxes for its…

US-based global operator CenturyLink has arranged to sell its data centers and colocation business to a consortium led by BC Partners and Medina for $2.15 billion.

CenturyLink plans to use the net proceeds from this sale to partly fund its acquisition of Level 3 Communications announced last week

Under terms of the agreement, the consortium will assume ownership of CenturyLink'…

Thai state-owned operator CAT Telecom will cut its wholesale 850-MHz network leasing prices by 10% to help the companies using the network under an MVNO model improve profit margins.

CAT plans to implement the price cuts by the end of the year, the Bangkok Post reported, citing comments from president Col Sanpachai Huvanandana.

Several MVNOs had asked CAT to lower its rates to…