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The board of Thailand's CAT has given in-principle approval to a proposed merger with fellow state-owned operator TOT as an alternative to splitting up both companies.

CAT's board has approved a resolution for a merger with TOT to create a national telecom company that would be in a stronger position to compete against private rivals, the Bangkok Post reported.

The merger is…

Telenor Myanmar has announced it is preparing a major expansion of its LTE network, with plans to extend coverage to 250 townships across the nation by the end of the year.

The operator aims to improve population coverage by expanding its LTE network, which is currently available in around 180 cities across all regions in Myanmar.

Telenor Myanmar launched LTE services in June…

There is room for improvement on integrating the environmental aspects of the SDGs with national development processes.

India has signed MoUs with three UK universities to jointly explore potential use cases for 5G and accelerate the adoption of the next-generation mobile technology. 

The three MoUs were signed between the 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) of Surrey University, University of Bristol, King’s College London and Indian government-owned telecoms research body C-DOT (the Centre for Development of…

Telecoms, at its core, is about connecting people and machines. In technology terms, this means a specialized world of network protocols and all the security risks of broad attack surfaces in complex systems.

Each type of telecoms network has its various components and associated protocols. When you are looking at network diagrams, just remember that every box has multiple attack…