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Nokia will deploy end-to-end service orchestration and assurance solutions across PLDT and Smart’s nationwide network, and will standardise PLDT and Smart’s Network Function Virtualisation Infrastructure across the Philippines.

Melbourne beat Sydney to be Australia’s fastest city for 5G delivery across all frequency bands, according to a new ‘real-world’ measurement which sees that leading cities globally have a significantly better 5G experience than national scores.

Chinese smartphone manufacturer realme has become the fastest growing smartphone brand in south-east Asia, gaining a position among the top five in a number of key countries, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research says.

Sydney, 4 August 2020. VENDOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Leading cloud communications provider, ASX listed CommsChoice Group Limited (ASX: CCG), today announced that it has expanded its Microsoft Teams calling (Direct Routing for Teams) platform into China, Japan and the Philippines with Beijing, Shanghai, Manila and Tokyo now live; giving the company the most extensive Teams calling coverage across the APAC region.

Sydney, 4 August 2020. VENDOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Leading cloud communications provider, ASX listed CommsChoice Group Limited (ASX: CCG), today announced that it has expanded its Microsoft Teams calling (Direct Routing for Teams) platform into China, Japan and the Philippines with Beijing, Shanghai, Manila and Tokyo now live; giving the company the most extensive Teams calling coverage across the APAC region.

Japan's NEC has been selected by the Asia Direct Cable Consortium to construct the 9,400-kilometre long Asia Pacific submarine cable which is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2022.

Supportive government framework and policies are expected to enable the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region to emerge as the global epicentre for the growth of artificial intelligence (AI), according to one global analytics firm.

Global IT services company DXC Technology has announced the rollout of a cloud technologies guild training and enablement program to certify its workforce in the Australia New Zealand region across multi-cloud platforms including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google, Microsoft and VMware.

GUEST OPINION BY Todd Gorsuch, CEO, Customer Science: Heightened customer demand and a need for staff to work from home are causing big headaches for contact centres around the country.

IT, security and process training provider DDLS has opened its first training campus in the Philippines to support the local workforce, marking its expansion into the Asia Pacific region and providing professionals in the Philippines with an opportunity to take up a career in a “booming” ICT industry.

New Zealand’s retail lending market is expected to record a healthy growth over 2019–23 to reach NZ$395.9bn (US$265.6bn) in 2023, according to analyst firm GlobalData.

Optus and Ericsson have delivered Australia’s first 5G teleoperated drone controlled over a live 5G network.

Nokia and Smart - PLDT’s mobile arm – say they are working together to bring Industry 4.0 to Southeast Asia following the recent completion of a live 5G ‘standalone’ video call trial in the Philippines.

Canon Oceania has merged its companies Harbour IT and Converga to form Canon Business Services with operations in Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines.

The Philippines has snubbed its long-time ally, the US, and opted to use a 5G network build from a Chinese state-owned company, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

Australians have the lowest level of trust in the ability of their banking institutions to handle personal data securely, a survey of the Asia-Pacific by Unisys Corporation has found. The survey was taken ahead of the arrival of new services for implementing Open Banking.

The Telstra-owned global video monetisation technology and services provider Ooyala has been contracted to power the complete video business of Philippines OTT provider Blink Now.

ASX-listed fintech company Peppermint Innovation is set to provide the power to run a pilot of its mobile payments technology in the Philippines by the central bank of that country. The system to be tested is called MyWeps Mobile Agent Remittance and the agent network that will use it is called 1Bro Global.

LinkedIn has doubled its members in the Asia Pacific region over the past two years to 100 million, including eight million in Australia now signed up to the world’s largest professional network.

Telstra is slashing more than 300 jobs in its customer service centres, with most of the work to be outsourced to the Philippines. The planned move has angered the powerful Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) with many of its members employed by the big telco.