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US communications regulator the FCC has announced a new investigation into the US operations of Chinese telecoms companies - what it calls CCP-aligned entities - to determine the level of security risks they may pose.

Wireless operator China Unicom Beijing and equipment provider Huawei have deployed what they claim is the world's first large-scale integrated 5G-Advanced intelligent network.

Three Chinese telco providers have joined the GSMA Open Gateway initiative, an industry framework that helps accelerate digital services and mobile apps.

The US has added Chinese entities Pacific Network and China Unicom (Americas) to its list of banned telecommunications providers.

The GSMA announced the formation of a global accelerator initiative to drive awareness of 5G mmWave technology.

The American Federal Communications Corporation has banned China Telecom (Americas) from operating in the US, claiming it may be a threat to national security.

COVID-19 initially slowed mobile phone sales in the Asia Pacific and disrupted supply chains and demand for certain 5G-related end verticals, according to a new analyst report which now forecasts that digital factory revenues are primed for a post-COVID recovery worth US60 billion by 2030.

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.

Chinese mobile operators are leading the world in the deployment of “transformative” Internet of Things solutions with 64% of the 1.5 billion global cellular connections, including the "rapidly growing" Mobile IoT licensed LPWA technologies2, according to the GSM Association.

The mobile operators trade body, GSM Association, has found that significant progress has been made by Chinese mobile vendors, operators and manufacturers in adopting remote SIM provisioning and eSIM technologies.

Ericsson is celebrating China’s first commercial deployment of Gigabit LTE with China Unicom, with Ericsson being the telco’s “strategic partner".

Cat-M1 is “a radio technology that offers benefits such as high mobility, low cost, wide coverage, flexible deployment and low latency”, with VoLTE support allowing phone calls.

Chinese telecommunications and technology services group ENICE will seek to raise up to $38 million from investors in Australia to underpin a listing on the ASX in October.

The Internet of Things (IoT) has quickly reached scale in the massive Chinese market with connectivity boosting major industries and creating a new consumer market in the country for connected vehicles, home appliances and wearables.

The worldwide FTTx optics market is being driven to record levels on the back of a number of positive developments in the China market, including FTTH network deployments by China Mobile and network builds by China Telecom and China Unicom.

Australian wireless M2M device provider NetComm says it will continue to pursue global expansion through affiliations with the world’s leading network operators.

Mobile and online payments platform and logistics software provider SmartTrans has secured agreements with more Chinese smartphone game developers to have its proprietary billing platform embedded in their apps.

US telco giant Verizon is now the world’s most valuable telecoms brand, currently worth US$53.5 billion, following its acquisition last February of Vodafone’s 45% indirect interest in its Wireless subsidiary, according to a newly published report.