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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) have introduced a payment QR code standard that claims to be compatible with as many as 27 e-payment solutions.

According to a joint press release, the standard, named Singapore Quick Response Code (SGQR), aims to simplify QR payments in Singapore for both consumers and merchants. SGQR can…

The fund wants to lower the cost of health sector development financing, while investing long-term for sustainable impact.

SK Telecom has selected Samsung to supply 5G equipment to the operator, including core and RAN technologies.

The operator will begin 5G commercial deployments in 2018 using the 3GPP Release 15 specifications for non-standalone architecture.

The non-standalone configuration uses the legacy LTE network for mobility control, while transmitting gigabit-speed data traffic through 4G…

The telecommunication industry is undergoing a major shift in how infrastructure is deployed and managed, according to research firm IDC.

Entire data centers are being converted from vertically integrated stacks to software-defined infrastructure. Essentially in this model, workloads run virtualized (or containerized) on industry-standard hardware platforms.

IDC expects this…

Australian operator Telstra has secured an A$17 million ($12.3 million) contract with fleet operator P2P Transport to provide connectivity for a mobile digital advertising solution.

Telstra will provide access to its mobile and IoT network and its digital media capabilities to support the project to provide advertising on 900 P2P vehicles as they travel throughout the nation, starting…