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TECHNOLOGY UPDATES SAMENA TRENDS

TPG Telecom Migrates 4G/5G Data Services onto Consolidated Core Network

Australia’s TPG Telecom, which offers services under a range of
brands including Vodafone Australia, has successfully migrated its
consumer and business 4G and 5G data services onto a single,
consolidated core network provided by Ericsson dual-mode 5G
Core solution. In a press release announcing the development,
Ericsson said it had partnered with TPG Telecom to build and
deliver its consolidated network, which it is claimed will increase
operational efficiency of the telco’s network, enabling the delivery
of new services and improved mobile performance in shorter
timeframes. Commenting, TPG Telecom’s Chief Technology
Officer, Giovanni Chiarelli, said: ‘The successful migration of TPG
Telecom’s 4G LTE data services to our existing Ericsson cloud-
native dual-mode 5G Core network marks an important milestone
in our efforts to build Australia’s most innovative and advanced
mobile network.’

Edotco Teams with Zeta IOS to Create Rural Connectivity Solutions

Telecoms tower company edotco announced a new partnership of Malaysia, where connectivity infrastructure under the National
with integrated network solutions provider Zeta IOS to provide Digital Network (JENDELA) initiative may not reach,” he said in a
satellite-based solutions to boost rural connectivity in Malaysia. statement. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Com-
Under the partnership, edotco and Zeta IOS will develop an inte- mission’s (MCMC’s) JENDELA initiative aims to provide 100% in-
grated solution that combines fixed wireless access (FWA) and ternet coverage in the country by the end of 2025, with broadband
Super Wi-Fi connectivity on the ground with satellite backhaul. The speeds of at least 100 Mbps, and 9 million homes passed with
proposed solution will be designed to use LEO satellite systems gigabit fiber access. In June this year, the MCMC declared the first
covering Malaysia, such as Starlink and Eutelsat OneWeb. It will phase of JENDELA a success, achieving its goals of 96.9% 4G mo-
also support geostationary satellite broadband services such as bile coverage and 7.5 million premises passed with gigabit fiber.
MEASAT’s CONNECTme service. Edotco CEO Adlan Tajudin said Phase 2 will focus on extending 5G coverage to 100% of populated
that it chose Zeta IOS for its track record in end-to-end integrated areas and 85% of the rural population, and deploying FWA and sat-
connectivity solutions. "Through our partnership with Zeta IOS, we ellite broadband solutions to fill in the remaining gaps.
are taking a significant leap in connecting the most remote areas

Smart, DOCOMO Complete Successful Open RAN RIC Test

Smart Communications, the mobile arm of PLDT Inc., has an- at the PLDT-Smart Technolab in Makati City featuring various use
nounced the successful completion of a full-blown Open Radio Ac- case scenarios. The mobile operator was also the first Filipino
cess Network RAN Intelligent Controller (Open RAN RIC) proof of company to test Open RAN in Q1 2023, having previously explored
concept (PoC) in partnership with Japan’s NTT DOCOMO. Claiming the possibility of using the technology starting back in 2019.
a first for the Philippines, Smart said the PoC tests were conducted

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