Category: Technology

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Wateen Telecom, leading ICT and Fiber Infrastructure Company in Pakistan, has partnered with Telenor Pakistan to connect over 700 Telenor cell sites under the FTTT (Fiber to the Tower) initiative.

In its journey to achieve optimum readiness for growing bandwidth demand and emerging technologies, Telenor Pakistan relies on Wateen as one of the major partners for fiber-optic backbone to maintain over 6,000 km of its network across the country.

Under this new initiative, Wateen will provide active capacity to Telenor Pakistan cell sites for faster connectivity and higher internet speed across 12 major cities. This technological alliance will play an instrumental role in improving customer experiences with increased network capacity and reliability for the telecom operator.

Adil Rashid, CEO Wateen Telecom, said on the occasion, “As an ambitious organization focusing strongly on delivering innovative solutions, Wateen is proud to align its vision with Telenor Pakistan, once again. This latest collaboration will ensure our partner’s customers get the best network experience in every aspect of daily life, whether at home or on the move.”

Wateen’s FTTT technology will enable Telenor Pakistan to open up higher bandwidth transport capabilities, giving customers a smoother and faster internet experience, while ensuring uninterrupted data services.

The demand for data services has grown exponentially in Pakistan. In seven years, the broadband subscriber base has gone from 14 million to over 100 million. This surge in the subscriber base has catalyzed the need for introducing initiatives like FTTT and Wateen is all set to embrace the next generation internet technology.

With a growing need to meet increasing bandwidth requirements, the partnership will play a significant role in staying ahead of future consumer needs and will facilitate the goal of creating the infrastructure to further Pakistan’s digital revolution.

Google Cloud and Ericsson Partner to Deliver 5G and Edge Cloud Solutions for Telecommunications Companies and Enterprises

• Google Cloud and Ericsson come together to help communications service providers deliver capabilities to the edge, unlocking new possibilities for enterprises and consumers
• Partnership brings together Google Cloud’s compute platform with Ericsson’s market-leading 5G portfolio
• Ericsson, Google Cloud and TIM are currently piloting 5G cloud solutions in Italy for telco edge enterprise use cases in automotive, transportation and other sectors

Google Cloud and Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) today announced a partnership to jointly develop 5G and edge cloud solutions to help communications service providers (CSPs) digitally transform and to unlock new enterprise and consumer use cases.

Globally, industries with edge presences – including communication service providers, retailers, manufacturers, transport businesses, healthcare and media/entertainment providers – face pressures to build more digitized businesses and new digital experiences for their customers.

To help businesses address this shift, Google Cloud and Ericsson are working together to develop new solutions at Ericsson’s Silicon Valley D-15 Labs, a state-of-the-art innovation center where advanced solutions and technologies can be developed and tested on a live, multi-layers 5G platform.

Ericsson and Google Cloud have already completed functional onboarding of Ericsson 5G on Anthos to enable telco edge and on-premise use cases for CSPs and enterprises.

As part of the partnership, Google Cloud and Ericsson are also piloting enterprise applications at the edge on a live network with TIM. The project, which will automate the functions of TIM’s core 5G network and cloud-based applications, will use TIM’s Telco Cloud infrastructure, Google Cloud solutions and Ericsson’s 5G core network and orchestration technologies.

The joint offerings will help enterprises in the automotive, transportation, manufacturing and other sectors improve efficiencies and lower latency by bringing connectivity close to companies’ physical locations.

Thomas Kurian, CEO, Google Cloud, says: “Organizations have a tremendous opportunity to digitally transform their businesses with 5G and cloud capabilities like artificial intelligence and machine learning at the edge. We are proud to partner with Ericsson to help build a foundation for communications service providers and enterprises alike to take advantage of cloud technology and cloud-native services, from telecom network core to the  edge and enterprise premises.”

Niklas Heuveldop, President and Head of Ericsson North America, says: “5G is a powerful innovation platform. Combined with edge cloud capabilities, 5G has the potential to accelerate the digital transformation of virtually any sector of industry or society. We are excited about our partnership with Google Cloud as we engage with our customers to leverage our combined capabilities to solve real-world business challenges for the benefit of consumers, enterprises and society at large.”

Ericsson and Google previously formed a services partnership to enable the digital transformation of operator networks and application migration through cloud-native, container-based solutions.

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) : TECNO Mobile Pakistan has left all jaws dropped with the most exciting fan’s activity of 2021 – the Photowalk to Khunjerab Pass. The registrations were going on for weeks after which chosen fans were taken on a five-day trip from Lahore to Khunjerab Pass.

The Photowalk covered all famous places of Hunza including Khunjerab Pass, Altit Fort, Baltit Fort, Karimabad Market, Hussaini bridge, and Naltar Valley. Every participant of the activity enjoyed it thoroughly while capturing the natural beauty of Hunza with the new CAMON 17. The winner will be chosen based on the best-clicked pictures and the announcement will be made soon on social media.

CAMON is TECNO’s famous series for its photography technology. This Photowalk was done for the newly launched CAMON 17 series to let the fans get firsthand experience of the exceptional camera features. Previously, TECNO had done similar photo walks for CAMON 16 in the famous cities of Pakistan which gained a lot of appreciation from the fans. Social media was all hyped up after the announcement of the event on TECNO social media platforms. 

Kelvin Zeng, CEO of TECNO Mobile Pakistan, shared his views. “These Photowalks organized by TECNO are a place for fans to get a firsthand experience of the outstanding camera technologies TECNO has developed over the years. The participants enjoyed interacting with the TECNO team directly and got to understand how we try our best to provide the customers with the most competitive technologies. We have done events like these before and will continue to do so for our fans to experience the latest in terms of design and technology.” 

WASHINGTON: Billionaire Sir Richard Branson has announced his plan to reach space nine days before Amazon boss Jeff Bezos by taking part in a test flight for his company Virgin Galactic.

In a video posted on Twitter, the Virgin Group founder introduced himself as “Astronaut 001” and said he will be “evaluating the customer space flight experience” during the test, beginning on July 11, ahead of Mr Bezos’s maiden voyage on 20 July. Sir Richard said: “I have always been a dreamer, my mum taught me to never give up and to reach for the stars.

“This July, our dream will become a reality and we are really excited to share that moment with you all.”

The Unity 22 mission will be the company’s first to carry a full crew of two pilots and four mission specialists in the cabin but will be the 22nd flight test for rocket plane VSS Unity.

Taking off from a spaceport in New Mexico, the crew will be evaluating the “cabin environment, seat comfort, the weightless experience and the views of Earth that the spaceship delivers” in the commercial cabin.