HONG KONG, Aug. 28, 2020 — HKBN Group ("HKBN" or the "Group") is empowering customers with exciting offers for the Samsung Galaxy Note20 series. Customers can now save up to HK$1,200* off their Samsung Galaxy Note20 series handset purchase and get Samsung Galaxy Buds Live Wireless Noise-Cancelling Earbuds (value at HK$1,498) for free# when they subscribe to or renew a designated home broadband or mobile service plan through HKBN website (www.hkbn.net/en/Samsung). Existing HKBN customers can also enjoy attractive handset deals with a total of HK$500 discount and e-coupons*.
HKBN Launches Samsung Galaxy Note20 Series Offers Save Up to HK$1,200 when Subscribing HKBN Broadband or Mobile Service Plans Online
Built for efficiency, Samsung’s latest flagship handsets Galaxy Note20 and Note20 Ultra let users have more time to stay connected with the people they love. The upgraded S Pen of the Galaxy Note20 series features unprecedented high sensitivity and extremely low latency, making the refined brush write like on real paper. With professional-grade cameras and a cinematic display, as well as new matte finish and elegant colours, the Galaxy Note20 series is a leading technology device that integrates work, entertainment and fashion.
Besides the above online subscription and renewal offers, starting today existing HKBN residential customers can also enjoy an HK$200 instant discount, HK$300 myHKBNmall e-coupon* and free Galaxy Buds Live Wireless Noise-Cancelling Earbuds# when they purchase a standalone Samsung Galaxy Note20 series handset at designated HKBN shops, AT+ or https://myhkbnmall.hkbn.net/?lang=en. Additionally, customers paying with the Home+ credit card can enjoy 10% cash rebate on purchases at Hong Kong Broadband Network, myHKBNmall, Home+, Hung Fook Tong and big big shop^ by 31 October 2020.
For more details, please visit HKBN website (www.hkbn.net/en/Samsung). Special Galaxy Note20 series offers are also available for HKBN Enterprise Solutions customers. Please call the hotline 128 1111 for details.
# Galaxy Buds Live Wireless Noise-Cancelling Earbuds is provided by Samsung. Promotion period will end on 10 September 2020. Customers need to complete online registration on Samsung website to redeem the gift. The gift is on a first-come-first-served basis while stocks last. Please click https://www.samsung.com/hk_en/offer/mobile/ for details.
HKBN Group ("HKBN" or the "Group"), headquartered in Hong Kong with operations spanning across Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, mainland China and Macau, is a leading integrated telecom and technology solutions provider. HKBN’s Core Purpose is to "Make our Home a Better Place to Live". The Group is managed by around 990 of Co-Owners (majority of supervisory and management level Talents in the Group) who have skin-in-the-game through investing their family savings to buy shares of HKBN Ltd. (SEHK Stock Code: 1310) or investing a portion of their salary towards a common KPI for the beyond-Hong Kong business of the Group. HKBN operates through three core brands, Hong Kong Broadband Network, HKBN Enterprise Solutions and HKBN JOS. The Group offers a comprehensive range of solutions that include broadband, data connectivity, managed Wi-Fi, integrated cloud solutions, information security, mobile, voice communications, digital solutions, IoT, big data, enterprise applications, data centre facilities, business continuity services, system integration that cumulative to our one-stop-shop offering of Transformation as a Service (TaaS) and OTT entertainment. HKBN’s tri-carrier fibre infrastructure in Hong Kong covers about 2.4 million residential homes and 7,300 commercial buildings and facilities. For more information about HKBN, please visit www.hkbn.net/en.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12, 2020 — Planet, operator of history’s largest commercial fleet of satellites, today announced that they doubled the amount of new business booked in the second quarter of 2020 (Q2), compared to the same period a year ago. They’re seeing an increase of inbound interest and results indicate that remote sensing data is critically important to industries when in-person travel is limited and personnel health and safety is a top priority.
In the first half of 2020, Planet increased first-time customers by 21 percent, compared to the same period in 2019. They saw over 100 percent year-over-year growth across all product lines, with SkySat tasking achieving more than a 200 percent increase. Planet is experiencing huge demand for their data by users in civil government, forestry, the U.S. federal government, academia, and international government. These customers are using Planet’s data to remotely and safely monitor infrastructure, enforce code and permitting regulations, and track assets. They also expanded their partnership with Esri, enabling users of the market-leading GIS platform to purchase and access Planet’s data directly.
Planet’s teams have grown to support increased demand and they’ve welcomed talented new leaders to the company, including Ashley Johnson as CFO, Rosanne Saccone as CMO, and Wendy Tan White to their Board of Directors. Recognizing their role in helping to stop social injustice, they’re doubling down on efforts to make Planet a diverse and inclusive environment. And on the space and product side, they’ve launched three more SkySats and released a suite of new capabilities to their market-leading high-resolution product line.
Planet is focused on finishing 2020 strong. They’ll be hosting their second user conference, Planet Explore, continuing their work with journalists, researchers and academia, and launching more satellites on multiple rockets. You can expect to see more product enhancements that help users capitalize on their capabilities and data.
This year will be hard for all, but Planet hopes that by supporting each other and continuing to deliver for their users, they might be a bright spot in a bleak landscape, and play some small part in bringing about a better future.
About Planet
Planet is the leading provider of global, near-daily satellite imagery data and insights. Founded in 2010 by NASA scientists, Planet designs, builds and operates the largest Earth observation fleet of satellites, and provides the online software, tools and analytics needed to deliver data to users.
SINGAPORE, Aug. 4, 2020 — ConnecTechAsia – Asia’s leading Infocomm Media and Technology event organised in partnership with Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), announces the launch of the first-ever CommunicAsia Awards to be held on 30 Sept at this year’s virtual event.
CommunicAsia, a brand synonymous with Asian telecoms, has seen the evolution of telcos and has been a key industry support beyond its business platform for the last 40 years. As the region embarks on the new era of 5G, the CommunicAsia Awards celebrates the advancement and excellence across the global service provider ecosystem in their endeavour to build next-generation networks that will form the backbone of future societies.
The CommunicAsia Awards will feature eight categories to showcase innovation in telecoms trials, developments, automation technology, core network technologies and more.
Open to both services providers and vendors, the eight categories are:
Best Results from a 5G Launch in APAC
Most Innovative 5G Trial in APAC
Best Network Automation Solution
Best 5G CORE Technology
Best RAN Technology
Most Significant Contribution to Edge Computing
Telecom Service Innovation in Response to COVID-19
People’s Choice: 5G Telecom Leader of the Year
More information on each category, submission criteria, as well as nominations for the CommunicAsia Awards can be found here. All entries will be assessed by an independent judging panel of six industry leading analysts and specialists.
Commenting on the CommunicAsia Awards, Mr Ivan Ferrari, Event Director, Tech, Media & Entertainment Events, Informa Markets who spearheads ConnecTechAsia said, "CommunicAsia has a long history in the regional telco ecosystem as the leading trade event where industry professionals gather to network, share and learn about the latest technologies impacting the space. It is therefore a perfect platform to launch the first ever CommunicAsia Awards in recognition of all the great talent and critical innovations that are happening now as we build up in anticipation of 5G’s coming of age."
Pivoting to an online stage, ConnecTechAsia, incorporating BroadcastAsia, CommunicAsia, SatelliteAsia and co-located with TechXLR8Asia, will be a three-day virtual event held on 29 Sept – 1 Oct, thereafter turn into a 24/7, 365 days interactive marketplace. Attendees can look forward to a virtual exhibition show floor of the latest technology and solutions, as well as dedicated conferences including accelerateHERAsia and Elevating Founders, with live headliners, keynotes, Q&A and breakout sessions.
ConnecTechAsia is organised by Singapore Exhibition Services Pte Limited (Informa Markets in Singapore), a division of Informa plc. Informa Markets creates platforms for industries and specialist markets to trade, innovate and grow. Our portfolio is comprised of more than 550 international B2B events and brands in markets including Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals, Infrastructure, Construction & Real Estate, Fashion & Apparel, Hospitality, Food & Beverage, and Health & Nutrition, among others. We provide customers and partners around the globe with opportunities to engage, experience and do business through face-to-face exhibitions, specialist digital content and actionable data solutions. As the world’s leading exhibitions organiser, we bring a diverse range of specialist markets to life, unlocking opportunities and helping them to thrive 365 days of the year. For more information, please visit www.informamarkets.com.
SHENZHEN, China, July 17, 2020 — ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, today announced that it has hosted a live-streaming global 5G SA webinar in partnership with Omdia, a global leading technology research powerhouse.
At this webinar, experts from Omdia and ZTE have shared their insights on the global industry trends of 5G SA, and explored the various 5G SA deployment practices in China.
“56% of telecommunications service providers are preparing to deploy 5G core networks and 5G SA networks in the next 24 months,” said Dario Talmesio, Research Director of Service Providers Strategy at Omdia. “For that, China provides important learning opportunities from real-life implementations, as Chinese telcos are pioneering in 5G SA now.”
Jason Tu, Principle Scientist of NFV/SDN Products at ZTE, has elaborated the benefits of deploying 5G SA networks as well. “NSA/SA dual-mode terminals are now very popular in the market. The large -scale deployments of 5G SA networks in Chinese market have successfully verified the 5G SA end-to-end solutions,” said Jason.
“As the target architecture of 5G networks, 5G SA networks will help operators open a new 2B market. By selling different SLA-guaranteed network slicing to vertical industries, operators will obtain a new revenue source,” Jason added. He believed that speeding up the evolution to SA networks and even hopping directly to them seems to be a reasonable option now.
“With extensive experience in deploying 5G SA solutions in China, Asia and Europe, ZTE is well positioned to work with global operators and provide them with 5G common Core, SA radio networks or hybrid SA/NSA radio networks,” said Alex Wang, Managing Director of 5G RAN Solutions at ZTE.
ZTE has increased the coverage and capacity of 5G SA networks through FAST (FDD Assisted Super TDD), and has further enhanced the capability by virtue of low latency, mobile edge computing, network slicing and network sharing, according to Alex Wang.
ZTE is a provider of advanced telecommunications systems, mobile devices and enterprise technology solutions to consumers, operators, companies and public sector customers. The company has been committed to providing customers with integrated end-to-end innovations to deliver excellence and value as the telecommunications and information technology sectors converge. Listed in the stock exchanges of Hong Kong and Shenzhen (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), ZTE sells its products and services in more than 160 countries.
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Sales were SEK 55.6(54.8) b. Sales adjusted for comparable units and currency were flat YoY.
Gross margin excluding restructuring charges improved to 38.2% (36.7%), including the earlier communicated inventory write-down related to Mainland China (SEK -0.9 b., which equals to -1.6 percentage points).
Operating income excluding restructuring charges improved to SEK 4.5 b. (8.2% operating margin) from SEK 3.9 b. (7.0% operating margin) driven by improvements in segment Digital Services.
Networks sales[1] increased by 4% YoY. Networks operating margin excluding restructuring charges was 14.1% (15.0%) impacted by strategic contracts and the inventory write-down, partly compensated by operational leverage and a favorable business mix.
Digital Services operating income excluding restructuring charges was SEK -0.7(-1.3) b. Gross margin improved driven mainly by higher software sales while sales1 declined by -5%.
Net income was SEK 2.6(1.8) b.
Free cash flow before M&A was SEK 3.2(1.6) b. Net cash June 30, 2020, was SEK 37.5(33.8) b.
The Covid-19 pandemic had a limited impact on operating income and cash flow in the quarter.
1 Adjusted for comparable units and currency.
Planning assumptions highlights (please see the quarterly report for complete planning assumptions)
With current visibility Group financial targets for 2020 and 2022 are maintained.
R&D investments in Digital Services are accelerated to capture additional business opportunities. In combination with lower sales, this will likely cause a delay of some quarters in reaching the 2020 financial target. 2022 operating margin target of 10-12% remains firm.
SEK b.
Q2 2020
Q2 2019
YoY change
Q1 2020
QoQ change
Jan-Jun 2020
Jan-Jun 2019
YoY change
Net sales
55.6
54.8
1%
49.8
12%
105.3
103.7
2%
Sales growth adj. for comparable units and currency
Gross margin
–
37.6%
–
36.6%
0%
–
39.8%
–
38.6%
37.5%
-1%
–
Operating income
Operating margin
3.9
6.9%
3.7
6.8%
3%
–
4.3
8.7%
-11%
–
8.2
7.7%
8.6
8.3%
-6%
–
Net income
2.6
1.8
40%
2.3
13%
4.9
4.3
14%
Measures excl. restructuring charges and other items affecting comparability1
Gross margin excluding restructuring charges
38.2%
36.7%
–
40.4%
–
39.3%
37.5%
–
Operating income excl. restr. charges & items affecting comparability in 20192
1 Non-IFRS financial measures are reconciled to the most directly reconcilable line items in the financial statements at the end of this report.
2 Excludes restructuring charges in all periods. No other adjustments made in 2020. Jan-Jun 2019 excludes a capital gain related to the divestment of 51% of MediaKind (SEK 0.7 b.), divestment of certain assets in Red Bee Media (SEK 0.1 b.) and a reversal of an earlier provision for impairment of trade receivables following customer payment (SEK 0.7 b.).
Comments from Borje Ekholm, President and CEO of Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC)
The human toll caused by Covid-19, directly and indirectly through a weak economy, is increasingly clear. We continue to put safety of our people as first priority, and more than 80% of our employees are currently working from home. Despite the difficult environment we delivered a solid result. Q2 organic1 sales were flat and gross margin[2] improved to 38.2% (36.7%) YoY, including negative effects from strategic contracts. Free cash flow before M&A improved to SEK 3.2(1.6) b. While the effects of Covid-19 create uncertainties, with current visibility we maintain the full-year targets for the Group.
Networks grew by 4% organically1 and the gross margin[2] was 40.5% (41.4%), absorbing a larger share of strategic contracts including 5G volumes in Mainland China where we also took an inventory write-down. The strengthened market position in Mainland China is strategically important as this market is expected to be a driver of critical future requirements and provide us with important scale. The Chinese 5G contracts are expected to be profitable over the life cycle, but had a negative contribution to gross margin in Q2.
Investments in R&D have established us as a leader in 5G, with proven performance and cost of ownership benefits for our customers. We have continued to increase our market share in several markets by leveraging our competitive product portfolio. Profitability in earlier awarded strategic contracts has improved according to plan. We consider strategic contracts to be a natural part of the business and we will stop our forward looking commentary unless there is an extraordinary impact.
Digital Services continues to execute on its turnaround plan with continuous improvements in the underlying business, and a Q2 gross margin2 reaching 43.6% (37.1%), supported by increased software sales. Sales is being impacted by the declining legacy portfolio and Covid-19-related market uncertainty and we expect this negative impact to continue throughout the year. There is however a strong demand for our cloud-native and 5G portfolio, and we have recorded several important tier 1 customer wins in 5G Core that will generate revenues in 2021 and beyond. Encouraged by the success of our offering, we have decided to accelerate R&D investments. These investments have a positive long-term value but will result in increased R&D costs. We are for this reason, in combination with the lower sales, likely to see a delay of some quarters in reaching the 2020 target of low single-digit margin for Digital Services, however, we are staying firm on our 2022 operating margin2 target of 10-12%.
Our patent licensing business continues to perform well due to our strong IPR portfolio. Licensing agreements are often multi-year and term-based and renewals normally require negotiations, particularly in conjunction with introducing new standards such as 5G. Next year, certain agreements are up for renewal and royalty payments can be temporarily affected. The inclusion of 5G patents is expected to strengthen our IPR business further.
At Ericsson, we are committed to conducting business responsibly and with integrity. We continue our efforts to strengthen and improve our Ethics and Compliance program. In the quarter, the three-year term of the monitorship under the resolution with the U.S. authorities started. We look forward to working together with the independent compliance monitor and to benefit from his extensive experience. We fully believe this will help us reach our ambitions.
As we prepare to exit the crisis caused by Covid-19, there is a need to restart economies and make strategic, forward looking investments which we suggest must include the future digital infrastructure. We see many regions around the world increasing investments in this space and as a European company we are concerned that Europe will fall behind. As critical national infrastructure, 5G will be a key determinant for long-term competitiveness of the general economy, and act as a stimulant to accelerate economic growth, attract future investments and speed up technology innovation. I believe Europe must prioritize actions to incentivize investments in the digital infrastructure, to include lowering the cost and speeding up the availability of spectrum.
We are ready to deliver on the promises of 5G, based on our strong 5G portfolio and a resilient balance sheet. We remain positive on the longer-term outlook. Some customers are accelerating their investments while others are temporarily cautious. With current visibility we maintain the Group targets for 2020 and 2022.
Stay healthy and well.
Borje Ekholm
President and CEO
1 Sales adjusted for comparable units and currency 2 Excluding restructuring charges
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LONDON, July 10, 2020 — Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) is pleased to announce that it now processes more than 1 billion phone calls annually for subscribers in previously unconnected rural areas in Sub-Saharan Africa.
AMN 20m tower in DRC
In June 2020, AMN processed 91,623,222 voice calls, representing an annualised rate of 1.1 billion calls per annum, plus also nearly 6 terabytes (6,000 GB) of data. These services are provided to rural users in Sub-Saharan Africa who previously were mostly unconnected before AMN’s investment in the mobile network infrastructure. AMN now owns and operates approximately 1,200 base stations serving a population of 4 million people in 8 countries: Nigeria, DRC, Cameroon, Guinea, Zambia, Bissau, Liberia and Congo. The 2G/3G/4G mobile network services are provided by AMN on behalf of tier-1 licensed mobile network operators in each country.
AMN is installing new base stations at a rate of about 200 per month and by the end of 2020 will have nearly 2,000 base stations. AMN ultimately aims to deliver mobile network services to over 60 million people in up to 30 countries with more than 20,000 base stations. AMN’s solutions are 100% ubiquitous, without restrictions due to power or backhaul connectivity, and can be deployed at any location throughout the continent with no exceptions.
AMN’s success has been built on ultra-low capex and opex solutions, and an innovative, fully-turnkey Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) commercial model, which enables AMN to deliver mobile network services economically to smaller communities than has ever been possible before. AMN is now able to serve communities as small as 500 people with long-term economic sustainability. All of the major pan-African tier-1 operators partner with AMN to extend their network coverage deep into rural Africa. AMN offers the turnkey NaaS model with both revenue-share and opex commercial models for the operator, where revenue-share means no opex risk as well as no capex investment for the operator and the opex model enables sites to be built at any location specified by the operator.
About AMN
Africa Mobile Networks, established in 2013, is headquartered in the UK with subsidiary operating companies in 10 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. AMN’s vision is for no community of any size in Africa to be without affordable access to essential voice and data telecommunication services. AMN’s mission is to build more than 20,000 mobile network base stations, delivering 2G, 3G and 4G (and later 5G) telecom services to previously-unconnected communities. AMN is backed by Intelsat, operator of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial network, as an investor, shareholder and provider of access to high-quality and high-throughput satellite capacity across Africa. AMN enjoys a strong partnership with a global internet giant to accelerate the inclusion of 3G/4G services to provide rural users with access to the same information and social media applications enjoyed by the rest of the world.
JAKARTA, Indonesia, July 10, 2020 — Indosat Ooredoo, together with its Global Partners Ericsson and Huawei, on the 1st July 2020, achieved the first milestone of its transformation journey towards Full Digital Operating Model. This transformation journey will ensure a cutting edge Digital Operating Model combining the latest developments in Analytics, Automation, Artificial Intelligence, and Fault Predictability to deliver the greatest customer experience.
Such a journey and partnerships contribute to the development of a new ecosystem that created hundreds of jobs opportunity, through an intensive knowledge transfer program, it has upskilled the entire workforce. A highly successful timely delivery and execution has been achieved despite the Covid-19 situation by adopting large scale virtual workshops and embracing the challenges presented during this Global Pandemic.
President Director & CEO Indosat Ooredoo, Ahmad Al-Neama, said "Indosat Ooredoo has made significant network improvements in 2019. Now, with this new digital operating model, we will be able to build efficient and fully automated network operations, setup through the latest technology including AI, Fault Predictability, Data Driven Analytics & Machine Learning platforms. This will give much higher focus on service quality and end user experience. We have achieved on time delivery with excellent execution despite the COVID-19 pandemic challenges and very confident that this new digital operating model will help us better manage the increasing demands and expectations of our customers."
Indosat Ooredoo collaborates with global partners to support digital technology development for a better customer experience using telecommunications services. The cooperation is also carried out as a contribution to improving Indonesia digital economy in the future.
About Indosat Ooredoo
Indosat Ooredoo (IDX:ISAT), member of Ooredoo Group, is building Indonesia’s leading digital telco, enabling access and greater connectivity for everybody and every business. Indosat Ooredoo aspires to enrich the lives of Indonesians in the digital world.
The Company reported 56.2 million mobile customers as of Q1 2020 and operates 52.174 4G BTS covers nearly 90% of population.
Ooredoo is an international communications company operating across the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia. Serving consumers and businesses in 10 countries, Ooredoo delivers the leading data experience through a broad range of content and services via its advanced, data-centric mobile and fixed networks.
Ooredoo generated revenues of QAR 30 billion as of 31 December 2019. Its shares are listed on the Qatar Stock Exchange and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange.
This document may contain certain financial information and results of operation, and may also contain certain projections, plans, strategies, and objectives of Indosat Ooredoo, that are not statements of historical fact which would be treated as forward looking statements within the meaning of applicable law. Forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events and Indosat Ooredoo’s future results to be materially different than expected or indicated by such statements. No assurance can be given that the results anticipated by Indosat Ooredoo, or indicated by any such forward looking statements, will be achieved.
The recognitions highlight Tata Communications’ unmatched service delivery in India
MUMBAI, India, July 7, 2020 — Tata Communications, a digital ecosystem enabler, received top honors at Frost & Sullivan’s 2020 India ICT Awards, with eight wins in the ‘Company of the Year‘ category. All the awards were for excellence in service provision, underlining the company’s dominance in the Indian service provider market.
Applauding Tata Communications’ feat, Benoy CS, Vice President, Digital Transformation Practice, Frost & Sullivan, said, “Tata Communications’ services are aligned with industry best practices and address vertical-specific needs. It is an ideal example of a service provider that has the best-in-class people, processes and technologies to offer customer-focused solutions and services.”
In its 19th edition, the 2020 India ICT Awards celebrated the achievements of the IT industry’s best innovators, disruptors and leaders. The event honored industry professionals and corporates that created breakthrough business models and strategies through the innovative use of transformative technologies.
“We are thrilled that our continued focus on delivering superior customer experiences has resulted in another year of wins at the prestigious Frost & Sullivan’s 2020 India ICT Awards,” said Sumeet Walia, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer at Tata Communications. “To have won eight awards, especially the ‘Enterprise Data Service Provider of the Year’ for the eleventh time, is a strong validation of our efforts and expertise. The economic disruption triggered by the pandemic has resulted in an accelerated shift towards a digital-first world, creating an essential need for every industry to align to the new models of working. Our large suite of solutions, services and partnerships have helped unlock infinite possibilities to enable a seamless digital transition for our customers. These awards are a testament to the customers’ confidence in us as their trusted advisor. We look forward to continuing to work closely with our customers and enabling secure connected digital experiences for them.”
Accolades Won by Tata Communications at Frost & Sullivan’s 2020 India ICT Awards:
Enterprise Data Service Provider of the Year
Tata Communications has demonstrated tremendous innovation in product launches and strategies along with strong service delivery and support. It has enhanced the IZO cloud enablement platform, which integrates IZO Internet WAN with Global MPLS VPN, to form IZO Hybrid WAN. This is fully linked to its security services, such as DDoS mitigation, virtual proxy secure web gateway and Unified Threat Management. The company’s unique IZO SD-WAN service is available in 150+ countries globally and is continuously gaining traction among Indian enterprises.
Tata Communications follows a multi-pronged strategy and has the vision to enable faster service delivery through automation and self-servicing/provisioning capabilities implemented through APIs and virtual platforms. Furthermore, it aims to enable automation and virtualisation to expedite customers’ business transformation journeys.
Enterprise Telecom Service Provider of the Year – Large Enterprise Segment
Bolstered by its global network infrastructure and leadership in emerging markets, Tata Communications is continuously developing its service portfolio to include new technologies and innovations that simplify their enterprise customers’ operations and help promote a competitive enterprise telecoms services business.
The company has a vast portfolio of solutions and services aligned to the needs of large enterprise customers. Its focus on staying agile and delivering superior customer experiences has helped it position itself as a digital ecosystem enabler. Its international network coverage and partnerships help it serve Indian companies with a global footprint and global companies with India presence.
Managed Multi Cloud Service Provider of the Year
Tata Communications has developed an integrated value proposition by combining its managed service prowess with multi-cloud capabilities. This is helping it tap newer opportunities in the emerging multi-cloud space.
Its broad multi cloud portfolio enables digital transformation for enterprises by bringing together all enterprise workloads on a single pane, yet giving each workload a choice of platforms to run on multiple models such as public clouds, managed hosting, private cloud and cloud container services. It helps the organisations balance investments in on-premise private cloud technologies with effective utilisation of off-premise public cloud services to achieve an optimised total cost of ownership (TCO).
SDWAN Service Provider of the Year
Tata Communications has been the frontrunner for efficiently leveraging and building innovative solutions using cutting-edge technologies such as Software Defined Networking/ Network-Function Virtualization and IoT. It has exhibited exceptional go-to-market strategies and service innovations by providing two different deployment models so customers can pick the one that best aligns with their SD-WAN deployment strategy.
Tata Communications has maintained its SD-WAN leadership in India on the back of its customised SD-WAN solution suite, continuous addition of innovative features in SD-WAN service, strong R&D capabilities and collaborative business with customers.
Unified Communications Service Provider of the Year
India’s Unified Communications & Collaboration (UCC) market is becoming increasingly cloud-oriented as more businesses are willing to shift to the hosted/cloud model as long as they have a strong service provider that can manage their UCC requirements end-to-end. Tata Communications has been a clear leader in identifying these changing preferences of Indian businesses and continues to build technology partnerships to provide best-in-class UCC experiences to its business customers.
Managed Security Service Provider of the Year – Telecom
As enterprises aim to build a 360-degree cyber security posture, the number of security tools within the IT ecosystem has increased at a rapid pace. Organisations are not only focused on perimeter security, but are extending the security elements beyond the enterprise network; notably to the cloud and mobile devices. They need service providers that have a broad range of capabilities to manage and monitor security concerns around these areas. Tata Communications has expanded its cyber security offerings in response to this and significantly improved its threat detection and response capabilities. It leverages next-generation technologies and security frameworks that are industry-compliant and dependable.
Cloud Interconnect Service Provider of the Year
A trendsetter in the cloud interconnect space in India, the company has a robust roadmap to further enhance its cloud interconnect offerings and improve customer experiences. It plans to develop expansive multi-cloud connectivity capabilities involving customer use cases such as distributed applications in multiple clouds. Additionally, Tata Communications is developing cost-effective approaches wherein a customer can connect to multiple cloud service providers through a single physical connection. This would be significantly more efficient than building multiple dedicated physical connections to different cloud service providers.
Tata Communications intends to integrate its managed security services capabilities with cloud interconnect services. Moreover, it hopes to increase its existing interconnect capacity with cloud providers to address the rising demand for bandwidth.
Video Managed Services Provider of the Year
As the video managed services segment continues evolving due to the rapid advancement of technologies, service providers are being challenged to address customer demand on-the-go to remain relevant. The video managed services segment has, as a result, undergone a significant transformation in terms of the introduction of customised solutions by various players. The declining infrastructure cost of cloud-solutions and the rising demand for a wider range of video solutions at low costs are key issues that need to be addressed.
Tata Communications provides managed video services to enterprises leveraging its flagship product, Video Connect, as a core service for live and file-based contribution and global distribution to broadcasters and aggregators. It has the largest dedicated fiber-based Video Connect managed service, which offers unprecedented reach, flexibility and reliability. With a focus on constant innovation, the company has become the managed service provider of choice for broadcasting solutions such as Live 4K, 8K, and 360-degree video.
About the Awards
Frost & Sullivan’s India ICT Awards contenders were judged on a variety of parameters including revenue, market share, product diversity, vertical and horizontal diversity, major customer acquisitions, the efficacy of the innovation process, product service, and positioning. The judging process involved in-depth primary interviews with various industry participants and secondary research conducted by Frost & Sullivan analysts. An elite panel of jury members comprising some of the most prominent CIOs/CTOs from the industry evaluated the compiled data and incorporated the end-user perspective. Frost & Sullivan then presented the awards to the companies that received the number one industry rank in each category.
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Tata Communications is a digital ecosystem enabler that powers today’s fast-growing digital economy.
The company enables the digital transformation of enterprises globally, including 300 of the Fortune 500 – unlocking opportunities for businesses by enabling borderless growth, boosting product innovation and customer experience, improving productivity and efficiency, building agility and managing risk.
With its solutions orientated approach and proven managed service capabilities and cutting-edge infrastructure, Tata Communications drives the next level of intelligence powered by cloud, mobility, Internet of Things (IoT), collaboration, security, and network services.
Tata Communications carries around 30% of the world’s internet routes and connects businesses to 60% of the world’s cloud giants and 4 out of 5 mobile subscribers.
The company’s capabilities are underpinned by its global network, the world’s largest wholly owned subsea fibre backbone and a Tier-1 IP network with connectivity to more than 200 countries and territories.
Tata Communications Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India.
HONG KONG, July 3, 2020 — Over 600 global partners participated in China Unicom’s 15th International Partners Meeting online under the theme “Thrive in Unity. Connect the Future” that explored different ways to leverage the digital economy – the unique ecosystem for building a global collaborative platform under the pandemic.
China Unicom vice president He Biao delivered his keynote speech “Accelerate the full digital transformation for the win-win 5G era” in China Unicom’s 15th International Partners Meeting.
Focus on innovative cooperation for 5G digital transformation
China Unicom introduced to its global partners that its journey to full digital transformation and its determination for a win-win co-operation under the threat of COVID-19 around the world. The outbreak has accelerated the digitalization of corporate services and online personal consumption, which brought challenges and opportunities for the telecommunication industry transformation.
In his keynote speech “Accelerate the full digital transformation for the win-win 5G era”, China Unicom vice president He Biao said the company’s innovative eco-system offered a unique advantage to help customers achieve their success. He stressed the company’s 5G focus would continue to open the door for 5G application and deeper collaboration among partners that will benefit thousands different industries.
Leveraging on the position of customer trustworthy international information service value creator, He Biao said China Unicom is committed to providing continuous high quality end-to-end integrated services to its global customers. China Unicom currently has 32 branches outside China and over 300 international telecom operators with a long-term partnership, serving over 3,000 multinational corporates, thanks to its “going out” and “bringing in” growth strategy.
At the same time, China Unicom also presented an online awards to its 28 partners for their long-term support.
Introducing multiple killer apps that benefit thousands different industries
In response to the changing societal needs, China Unicom proactively led the revolution by building an online, intelligent, cloud-enabled service network. In the conference, China Unicom showcased the customer highly-recognized smart city big data tools, cloud-based video conferencing for corporate and individual, AI facial recognition, robotics and other applications.
For the commitment of smart city and data analysis, China Unicom and partners can conduct big data analysis to support the government and corporate decision and to enhance its efficiency and accuracy under the emergency situation.
With the network of global partnership that covers over 190 countries, China Unicom is capable of providing safe and high-quality global video communication solutions tailored-made for telecommunication, conferencing, training and emergency command for higher efficiency.
At the same time, China Unicom demonstrated the AI facial recognition and the application of robotics under the pandemic. Equipped with enhanced algorithm, the AI system replaced the traditional manual test for which it can recognize whether an individual with mask had abnormal temperature, as the AI system is embedded with a deep learning system. It enables auto petrol and examination under different scenarios to assist the preventive epidemic measures.
Optimizing global network resources for product enhancement
In the conference, China Unicom demonstrated its high-quality network resources, Internet of Things, cloud-based smart network solutions that covers the globe for 24/7.
Based on its extensive and rich undersea cable resources, China Unicom provides its global partners and multinational corporates a professional and high-quality network service with a competitive cross-border product in a faster and more comprehensive global footprint.
The Product of the year is China Unicom cloud-based network. As a high-quality MPLS-VPN provider, it provides highly-efficient and stable interconnection network that sufficiently protect the customer distribution network. To date, this product covers over 70 interconnection spots in China and over 30 spots outside China via 41 PoPs located outside China for its global customers.
At the same time, China Unicom showed its global connectivity especially in its Asia Pacific capability via global partnership, integration of network resources, standardization of fee and procedures for a unified global internet of things structure. Its 7×24 global team and brand-new safety operating centre provide non-stop network continuity and protection for global customers.
In the digital era, China Unicom will join hands with its global partners to build an open and co-sharing intelligent ecosystem that will thrive in unity and connect the future.
STOCKHOLM, July 2, 2020 — Enea has signed a five-year contract for deployment of a Traffic Management platform and related software modules for acceleration and optimization with a local telecom service provider in Egypt. The minimum contract value is USD 1.3 million.
The contract includes a defined number of initial software licenses and associated services, such as integration, support, and maintenance. Software license and integration service revenues are recognized during the platform deployment project which is scheduled to occur during Q3 2020-Q1 2021. The customer has the option to purchase additional licenses in accordance with network traffic usage. Support and maintenance revenues will be recognized during the full contract period.
Enea is a market leader supporting mobile operators around the world in managing wireless network traffic more efficiently (lower total cost of ownership), and effectively (faster network speeds). The Enea Openwave Traffic Management solutions alleviate radio access network (RAN) congestion and maximize customer quality of experience.
"Traffic management technology helps customers handle increasing traffic and improve quality-of-experience for end users", says Jan Häglund, President and CEO of Enea. "The new contract confirms our position as market leader."
This information is information that Enea AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set below, on July 1, 2020 at 21:00 CEST.
Enea is a world-leading supplier of innovative software components for telecommunications and cybersecurity. Focus areas are cloud-native, 5G-ready products for mobile core, network virtualization, and traffic intelligence. More than 3 billion people rely on Enea technologies in their daily lives. Enea is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. For more information: www.enea.com.
