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Canada set to postpone Huawei 5G decision to after vote, given sour ties with China - sources

David Ljunggren, Reuters
Posted at Jul 16 10:24 AM

Canada is likely to postpone a decision on whether to allow China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd to supply 5G network equipment until after the October federal election, given increasingly strained relations with Beijing, said three well-placed sources. Read more »

Huawei-built 5G network rolls out in Monaco, a first for Europe

Erwan Lucas, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 11 09:44 AM

As mobile operators shift away from slower 3G and 4G networks, Europe has been torn over its approach to the Chinese giant, which is a pioneer in 5G technology. Read more »

Trade breakthrough reopens US business with Huawei

Jim Tankersley and Ana Swanson, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 10 09:36 AM

On Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the administration will issue licenses for US companies that want to do business with Huawei “where there is no threat to national security.” Read more »

Dito, formerly Mislatel, gets license to operate as third telco player

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Updated as of Jul 09 08:39 AM

It's all systems go for the Dennis-Uy led Mislatel consortium as it finally received on Monday its license to operate as the Philippines's third telco player. Read more »

Goodbye buffering? What you need to know about 5G

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 01:20 PM

Athletes competing in the Southeast Asian Games in November could be shuttling between venues in driverless cars in the Philippines’ city of the future, should telecommunications companies succeed in rolling out 5G, the next wireless standard, according to public developer Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA). Read more »

5G future on display with robots, AI at China tech fair

Joel Guinto, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 26 12:13 PM

The biggest exhibitors include Huawei, the world’s largest manufacturer of telecom infrastructure and number two smartphone maker that was blacklisted by Washington, compatriots Vivo and Oppo, chipmaker Qualcomm and carriers China Telecom and China Unicom. Read more »

Gov't offers 2,500 sites for common towers: DICT chief

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Updated as of Jun 25 12:30 PM

At least 23 local and foreign providers have expressed interest to build common towers in the country, DICT officer-in-charge Eliseo Rio told DZMM radio. Read more »

Government issues IRR for mobile number portability act

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 18 10:56 PM

Major telco firms in the Philippines are given 6 months to implement the Mobile Number Portability Act.  Read more »

Cellphone number puwede nang permanente sa subscriber

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 18 08:09 PM

Puwede nang maging permanente sa subscriber ang kanyang mobile number kahit pa magpalipat-lipat ng network provider.   Read more »

Globe Telecom seals first common tower policy deal, taps 2 other firms

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Posted at Jun 17 11:26 PM

Philippine telco giant, Globe Telecom, becomes the first company to seal a deal under the government's common tower policy. Read more »

Third telco may accept subscribers as early as 4th quarter: DICT

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Updated as of Jun 17 09:16 PM

The third major telco player may be ready to accept subscribers as early as the fourth quarter of this year, the Philippines' IT minister said on Monday.  Read more »

Globe backs common tower push, taps 2 builders

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Posted at Jun 17 12:38 PM

ISOC and edotco will build an initial 150 towers for Globe, which will mostly concentrate in areas within CALABARZON, president and CEO Ernest Cu said during the signing ceremony. Read more »

Facebook stops app pre-installs on new Huawei phones: report

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Updated as of Jun 07 04:33 PM

Customers who already have Huawei phones can still use and update the apps on its devices, but new units will no longer be able to have Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram pre-installed, according to the social networking giant. Read more »

Smart, Globe handang sumunod sa utos na libreng pag-open line

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 06 09:18 PM

Handa ang 2 higanteng telco sa utos na i-unlock nang libre ang mga postpaid mobile phone na nabili sa kanila. Read more »

Phone unlocking pagkatapos ng kontrata, iniutos sa mga telco

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Updated as of Jun 06 07:52 AM

Ito ay para magamit ng subscriber sa ibang network ang kanilang mobile phone. Read more »

Spelling errors, video show Huawei rival stole trade secrets, US jury hears

Bruce Tomaso, Reuters
Posted at Jun 05 07:28 AM

The trial to decide a civil lawsuit began with the Huawei lawyer showing jurors that spelling errors in its internal documents were repeated in proposals the former manager, Ronnie Huang, used to start chip-maker CNEX Labs Inc three days after leaving Huawei. Read more »

Huawei ban threatens wireless service in rural US

Cecilia Kang, The New York Times
Posted at May 26 07:55 AM

The Trump administration’s ban, its latest move against the company, rippled through the telecommunications industry. Read more »

Huawei’s European customers on hold due to US ban

Amie Tsang and Adam Satariano, The New York Times
Posted at May 24 02:25 PM

The move by Google this week to cut off Android support to phones made by Huawei, the Chinese telecom giant, will hobble their European users and highlights how deeply the Continent relies on US and Chinese companies for gadgets, apps and internet services.   Read more »

Huawei network gear 'independent,' Globe CEO says

Bruce Rodriguez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 11:59 AM

Google said earlier this week that it would suspend software and hardware transfers to Huawei, which uses its Android mobile software, in compliance with the US government's blacklisting of the company. Read more »

Hobbling Huawei: Inside the US war on China's tech giant

Cassell Bryan-Low, Colin Packham, David Lague, Steve Stecklow and Jack Stubbs, Reuters
Posted at May 22 10:17 AM

The anti-Huawei campaign intensified last week, when President Donald Trump signed an executive order that effectively banned the use of Huawei equipment in US telecom networks on national security grounds and the Commerce Department put limits on the firm's purchasing of US technology. Google's parent, Alphabet, suspended some of its business with Huawei. Read more »