July 5, 2021 Didi removed from China app stores China’s Cyberspace Administration (CAC) ordered the country’s app stores to remove taxi-booking app Didi Chuxing after an investigation found it illegally collected customers’ personal information. By Joseph Waring
Asia Pacific Nokia Operators RAN Vendors July 5, 2021 TPG lights SA 5G service on 700MHz band Australia-based TPG Telecom worked with Nokia to launch what they claimed as the world’s first standalone (SA) 5G network on the 700MHz band, with the service turned on in parts of Sydney. By Joseph Waring
Deutsche Telekom Operators July 2, 2021 DT tipped for Dutch unit sale kick-off Deutsche Telekom reportedly started a process to sell its T-Mobile Netherlands subsidiary in a deal which could value the business at €4. 5 billion, with as many as five companies tipped to have shown preliminary interest in bidding. By Yanitsa Boyadzhieva
July 2, 2021 Interview: Diversity4Tech – Valuable 500/Verizon Sasha Twining discusses diversity and inclusion in the mobile industry with Caroline Casey, CEO & Founder, The Valuable 500, and Verizon Consumer Group CEO Ronan Dunne. By Rebecca Spiller
July 2, 2021 Mavenir develops open RAN equipment for Ligado Ligado Networks tapped Mavenir to develop open RAN equipment compatible with its L-band spectrum, illuminating the satellite communications company’s plans for deployment and expanding a list of recent wins for the software provider. By Martha DeGrasse
July 2, 2021 ZTE and China Mobile jointly win “Future Network Leading Innovative Scientific and Technological Achievement” award PRESS RELEASE: ZTE Corporation and China Mobile have been awarded the “Future Network Leading Innovative Scientific and Technological Achievement” award for their “ITU-T MTN Based Deterministic Slicing Network” at the fifth Future Network Development Conference held in Nanjing, China. By Mobile World Live
Operators Telenor July 2, 2021 Telenor shrugs off Myanmar sale reports Telenor Group disregarded speculation it was exploring a sale of its Myanmar operations, but indicated its future presence in the market depended on further developments in the wake of a shutdown on mobile data use imposed by authorities earlier this… By Yanitsa Boyadzhieva