Samsung has reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2020 which showed decreased profits due to the pandemic.
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Mavenir, DISH agreement to support world’s largest OpenRAN 5G network
As DISH Network continues its buildout of the nation's first software-defined 5G wireless broadband network, the company has entered into a multi-year agreement with leading network software provider Mavenir to deliver cloud-native OpenRAN software.
Zoom selects Oracle Cloud to support video call demands
Instead of going with cloud giants Amazon or Microsoft, Zoom announced it had picked Oracle as a cloud infrastructure partner to support its rapid growth and evolving business needs as the enterprise video communications company continues to innovate and provide an essential service to its extensive customer base.
Huawei’s latest white paper highlights industry efforts against pandemic
Huawei held the "5G+, Better World" online summit. At the event, the President of Huawei's Carrier BG Marketing and Solution Sales Dept, Peng Song called on the ICT industry to stay together and build a better world.
Aurecon secures strategic expansion in Asia with new appointments
International engineering, design and advisory company Aurecon reaffirmed its commitment to building a multi-faceted engineering consultancy business in Greater China with the appointment of two industry veterans, Fredrick Leong and Kam Tim (KT) Lee as Executive Director, Environmental - Greater China and Technical Director – Electrical respectively in February 2020.
Blue Planet’s ONAP contribution provides flexibility for service providers
As part of its ongoing commitment to support open source projects and service providers’ efforts to deliver advanced services like 5G, Blue Planet, a division of Ciena (NYSE: CIEN), is contributing new functionality and code to the Linux Foundation’s open source Open Networking Automation Platform (ONAP) Policy Framework. These additions give service providers, who have deployed ONAP, more flexibility for creating and administering intent-based policies supporting automation use cases.
Telenor’s Q1 results highlight company resilience during global crisis
Telenor delivers a solid financial quarter, meeting the increasing need for connectivity across all markets. Telenor’s operations are demonstrating robustness as COVID-19 impacts performance in many markets.
CommScope launches state-of-the-art RUCKUS Analytics service to improve user experience
CommScope has announced RUCKUS Analytics, a new cloud service that delivers network intelligence and simplifies service assurance, enabling organizations with complex networks to proactively improve their users’ experience.
ZTE announces promising Q1 results for 2020 despite pandemic
For the three months ending 31st March 2020, ZTE reported operating revenue of RMB21.484 billion. Net profit attributable to holders of ordinary shares of the listed company reached RMB780 million, and net profit after extraordinary items attributable to holders of ordinary shares of the listed company amounted to RMB160 million, representing a year-on-year increase of 20.5%. Basic earnings per share was RMB0.18.
TasNetworks selects Ciena to advance statewide network solutions
Tasmanian Networks Pty Limited (TasNetworks), an electricity transmission and distribution network provider, selected Ciena’s coherent optical solutions to address rising bandwidth requirements driven by IoT, 5G and data center services. To provide end-users across the state with connectivity for mission-critical tasks, Ciena’s industry-leading WaveLogic Ai coherent optical solution provides TasNetworks’ commercial technology subsidiary 42-24 with improved capacity, programmability and efficiency in its network.