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Indonesia has officially entered the high-speed railway era with the launch of The WHOOSH, Indonesia's Jakarta–Bandung high-speed railway. The railway cuts Jakarta-Bandung travel time from 3.5 hours to 40 minutes, boosting economic development along the route. Huawei has partnered with China Railway Signal & Communication (CRSC) and China Telecom to build a dedicated railway network for the WHOOSH which provides reliable technical support for intelligent, safe and efficient train operations through real-time train communications, control and dispatching.

CelcomDigi, a leading telco in Malaysia, has partnered with global energy and infrastructure and technology company Yinson Holdings Berhad to develop cutting-edge electric vehicle (EV) services and infrastructure in the country, accelerating EV and green energy adoption.

ZTE Corporation, a global leader in information and communication technology solutions, has introduced the ZXA10 C600E, a new Tbit-level deterministic all-optical access platform in Paris, France. This platform is expected to drive innovation in FTTx services and contribute to the growth of global optical fiber technology.

SmartX has announced an upgraded hyper-converged infrastructure portfolio called SmartX HCI 5.1. This new platform provides unified computing, storage, network and management support for virtualized and containerized applications in production environments. With SmartX HCI 5.1, customers can modernize their IT infrastructure and containerization processes using just one platform.

At the 2023 Global Mobile Broadband Forum (MBBF), the global tech company Huawei, in collaboration with du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), unveiled the ground-breaking world’s first 5G Advanced (5G-A) demonstration villa, an archetype for the future smart home living powered by a staggering10Gbps networks.

Financial Software & Systems Pvt. Ltd. (FSS), an Indian company that provides payment technology solutions, has announced the launch of BLAZE, a new payments technology platform. BLAZE is designed to meet the needs of banks and financial institutions and is currently available in select markets, including India, the Middle East and Africa.

During HUAWEI CONNECT 2023, Huawei hosted the first intelligent healthcare summit with the theme "Build a Digital Health Community to Accelerate Intelligent Healthcare." At the summit, Huawei introduced the Digital Medical Technology Solution, which aims to support the healthcare industry in adopting smart technologies.

Airtel Payments Bank, Frontier Markets and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth have joined forces to launch She Leads Bharat:Udyam. This initiative aims to support 100,000 women-owned small businesses in India by providing them with the resources, tools and opportunities to grow and diversify their incomes.

Network for Learning (N4L) has partnered with 2degrees, which was commissioned by the Ministry of Education, to launch the Satellite for Schools program in remote areas of New Zealand, with the goal of reinventing digital learning in the country's most distant schools and kura.

Preparations are in full swing for the 19th Asian Games, to be held in Hangzhou, China, in September. Aside from the most anticipated sports competition, the future of technology is expected to also take center stage with the introduction of cutting-edge 5G Advanced technologies. These ground-breaking innovations, created and developed by China Telecom Zhejiang Branch and ZTE Corporation, promise to revolutionize how we watch sporting events.