ZTE Corporation, a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, and the Yangzhou branch of China Telecom, have completed the industry's first NodeEngine pilot on the commercial network in Yangzhou. Based on "5G existing network & NodeEngine traffic offloading service", ZTE has assisted China Telecom in rapidly deploying the "smart industrial park" services.

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Interxion,  A Digital Realty Company, a leading European provider of carrier- and cloud-neutral colocation data center solutions, has signed an agreement with PCCW Global to locate the Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) subsea cable system’s termination and interconnection equipment in Interxion’s MRS2 data center in Marseille, France. The collaboration will enable low-latency access to over 160 connectivity providers along with multiple content, cloud, gaming and video streaming platforms.

Read more: Interxion collaborates with PCCW Global to deliver submarine cable gateway to Europe

IntSights, the threat intelligence company focused on democratizing threat intelligence, announced the appointment of Pacific Tech as its regional distributor in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. The collaboration further strengthens IntSights’ network in the region to meet fast-growing demand for threat intelligence as enterprises look to gain greater visibility and control over threats outside the wire.

Read more: IntSights grows APAC footprint with Pacific Tech partnership

Samsung Electronics announced its latest 5G advancement with the recent rollout of the company’s vRAN 2.0 solutions, the first fully virtualized commercial 5G RAN delivered end-to-end from a single vendor. This will help create more programmable networks that dynamically and efficiently provide the appropriate network resources to customers who use a variety of advanced wireless services and applications.

Read more: Samsung introduces fully virtualized commercial 5G RAN

Nokia announced that its IP/MPLS network solution has been selected and deployed by Pelindo 4, a leading port management company in Indonesia, to provide LTE wireless connectivity for remote real-time monitoring of its crane performance and operation.

Read more: LTE connectivity provided to crane monitoring systems in Pelindo 4 Indonesia

Google Cloud announced a three-year strategic partnership with Optus to enhance the telco’s customer support transformation through its Contact Center AI (CCAI) solution. Optus will be the first telecommunications provider in the ANZ region to use this technology from Google Cloud, and the partnership has already resulted in a reduction in customer resolution times.

Read more: Google Cloud partners Optus for customer support transformation

Centili, a specialist in digital payments and monetisation announces it will launch new ‘as-a-service’ offerings in 2021 to support the evolution of the mobile payments industry. This move is driven as post-Covid recovery accelerates a move away from owned infrastructure and adopts trends such as Conversational Commerce.

Read more: Centili set to support post-Covid shifts in the mobile payments industry

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