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Myanmar's newly-licensed fourth mobile operator will use the brand name Mytel, and will aim to differentiate by targeting rural areas and competing on price.

The joint venture between Vietnam's Viettel, the consortium of local ICT companies that make up Myanmar National Telecom Holding Public and Star High Public Company was awarded a telecoms license last week. 

The Myanmar…

Australia's Telstra will introduce assured availability on two of Asia-Pacific's busiest subsea cable routes,  Hong Kong to Singapore and Japan to Hong Kong.

The company announced its new Always On service guarantee at the Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) conference in Hawaii on Monday.

Telstra will use its significant APAC cable network to guarantee connectivity in the…

Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA), operator of the Vodafone Australia brand, has engaged Ericsson and Cisco to evolve and virtualize the operator's core and IP network.

Ericsson has won a contract to lead the transformation program, building the infrastructure as well as delivering an end-to-end operational system.

The vendors will deliver a joint architecture solution…

5G intends to enable a seamlessly connected society in the 2020 timeframe and beyond that brings together people along with things, data, applications, transport systems and cities in a smart networked communications environment.

Several industry bodies are currently defining and working on 5G related topics, such as ITU, ETSI, 3GPP, NMGM, among others.

This document reports on…

The next transpacific cable system appears to be approaching the finish line. SEA-US has had two announcements over the last day or two detailing the progress of the buildout of the necessary infrastructure.

SEA-US will stretch 15,000km between California and Indonesia, stopping off in Hawaii, the Philippines, and Guam along the way.

The $250 million system bypasses the usual…