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GSMA announces 17 new partners for transformative MWC26 Shanghai

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GSMA has secured 17 new partners for MWC26 Shanghai, highlighting China's pivotal role in global mobile innovation with firms like Huawei and Qualcomm.
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Global IoT devices to exceed 20 billion in 2024, led by China

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The global IoT device count will exceed 20 billion in 2024, with China dominating cellular connections amid evolving tech trends and revised growth forecasts.
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Cloudflare thwarts record 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack with automation

Fri, 20th Jun 2025
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Cloudflare blocked a record 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack targeting a client, marking the largest ever publicly disclosed, using its fully automated global defence system.
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Exquisite Automotive, Huawei & China Unicom transform car roof production with 5G

Fri, 10th Nov 2023
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Exquisite Automotive, Huawei and China Unicom overhaul car roof production using 5G-Advanced, reducing downtime by 60 hours annually.
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Huawei collects four accolades in optical access field at two international events

Tue, 31st Oct 2023
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Huawei dominates at major global events with four awards in the fixed network field, highlighting their consistent innovation efforts.
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China Unicom deploys one of the world's largest DDoS protection systems

Tue, 3rd Apr 2018
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China Unicom is building its biggest DDoS protection and mitigation system ever with the help of Taiwan-based network security firm Genie Networks.
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It's local all the way for China's data center and cloud markets

Tue, 7th Nov 2017
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Local companies are dominating China's flourishing data center and cloud markets - and will likely have an increasing impact on countries beyond China.
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China Unicom awarded Best 5G initiative in partnership with Cavium

Wed, 11th Oct 2017
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The award was presented at the RAN World 2017 conference in Barcelona, Spain, where Cavium also participated in a Virtualization for 5G panel.
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Hyundai Motor opens data center in China & partners with China Unicom

Tue, 26th Sep 2017
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Hyundai Motor's first global ‘Big Data Center’ is located in Guizhou Province, China, and is a part of the company’s connected car strategy.
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Gigabit network launched in China to offer unprecedented speeds

Sun, 27th Aug 2017
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China Unicom with Ericsson have launched a Gigabit LTE network that allows subscribers to experience high-speed mobile broadband data.
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Equinix, Digital Realty, China Mobile...the vendors fuelling the colocation market

Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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Enterprises with the budgets to build their private facilities are also moving toward colocation facilities for the benefits of rapid deployments.
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GSMA: Here are the winners from the 2017 Asia Mobile Awards

Thu, 29th Jun 2017
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GSMA's Asia Mobile Awards recognize excellence in mobile communications across the Asia Pacific region. Samsung wins Best Smartphone.
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China Unicom Partner Conference pledges 'open, inclusive and trustworthy' approach to IoT

Wed, 28th Jun 2017
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China Unicom's 2017 Partner Conference brought 400 guests to Shanghai with the theme of creating a smart future for IoT and networking.
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Cavium & China Unicom announce trials of M-CORD NFV/5G platforms in China

Wed, 28th Jun 2017
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Along with China Unicom, Cavium announced the launch of a targeted program for testing 5G target use cases on M-CORD SDN/NFV platform.
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China Unicom sets sights on Russia through local subsidiary launch

Thu, 15th Jun 2017
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China Unicom is setting its sights on Russia for major expansion of its telecommunications, Point-of-Presence, data center & cloud computing services.
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China Unicom suffers through 94.1% profit loss as it works on long term gains

Tue, 21st Mar 2017
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State-owed telecommunications provider China Unicom has experienced steep profit losses as the company focused on long term development.
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China Unicom & Radisys use CORD architecture to build better networks

Wed, 22nd Feb 2017
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China Unicom and Radisys will be building an open software and network virtualization architecture for 5G services.
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First Singapore, now Hong Kong - Servers.com takes on Asia

Wed, 1st Feb 2017
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Servers.com expands its presence in the Asia Pacific region with new Hong Kong data center, providing direct connectivity to mainland China.
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China Unicom & Cavium carve path towards virtualized network infrastructure

Fri, 9th Dec 2016
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China Unicom and Cavium will be working together to design and develop virtualized BBU and a new path towards 5G adoption.
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China Unicom announces launch of new Hong Kong data center

Tue, 23rd Aug 2016
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China Unicom opened its largest Hong Kong data center last week, which is also the company's most advanced cloud center beyond mainland China.