Reports and Coverage

Aloysius Cheang, chief security officer, Huawei UAE, breaks down the cybersecurity concern and stresses the importance of cyber hygiene at a personal level.

As major network operators around the world launch new 5G services, the topic of 5G security risks emerges and the security of telecom networks, in general, becomes the focus of government agendas and regulatory agencies.

Leading international telecom service provider PCCW Global and premium two-way VoIP communications services provider DIDWW have collaborated to expand SIP trunking service coverage in the European and Asian regions.

The telecom industry in the past year has embraced innovation and technology, helping launch and define products/services to create a market differentiation and bring digital transformation. During the post-COVID era in the new normal, the telecom wholesale community has done the same, as it is the enabler/provider of inter-connectivity between networks and entities, capacity services, access, exchange of traffic, delivery and data centre services, continuing to play a pivotal role in the future.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia now has seven licensed mobile telecom companies after the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) awarded licenses to two new mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs).

The global market for network automation software hits $4.36 billion in 2020, with Nokia and Huawei among the leading telecom vendors, according to a new Appledore Research report.

The pandemic forced organisations everywhere to come up with rapid solutions to unforeseen challenges. In particular they were tasked almost overnight with finding ways of supporting hundreds or perhaps thousands of remote workers – the so-called ‘branch of one’. This required an architecture able to extend enterprise class networks to remote and mobile employees.

Sparkle has enhanced its software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) solutions by adopting a multi-vendor approach. Sparkle’s managed SD-WAN solutions provide hybrid, secure and low-latency connections globally, thanks to its global IP and fiber-optic backbone and worldwide presence as well as direct and secure access to major cloud providers.

Jupiter Asset Management has launched its latest white paper titled “The innovations disrupting financial services in Emerging Markets” in response to shifting dynamics of financial services in the Middle East. In the paper, Jupiter identifies which FinTech trends have had the greatest impact in the last year and investigates how they are playing a role in evolving the financial services sector. FinTech is currently in an exciting phase, with new entrants afforded the opportunity to create compelling products for consumers while challenging the status quo and influencing incumbent financial institutions.

According to a global study published by the GSMA, the mobile industry will need an average of 2 GHz of mid-band spectrum between 2025 to 2030 to meet the United Nations (UN) International Telecommunications Union (ITU) IMT-2020 requirements of reliable 100 Mbps end-user download speeds and 50 Mbps upload speeds.