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TECHNOLOGY UPDATES  SAMENA TRENDS

        HK and Macau Operators Test 5G+VoNR


                                                                                 Standalone (SA) and Voice over New Radio
                                                                                 (VoNR)  technologies  between  Hong  Kong
                                                                                 and Macau. The firms say the trials will lead
                                                                                 to an enhanced 5G roaming experience for
                                                                                 customers in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–
                                                                                 Macau Greater Bay Area.
        China   Mobile   Hong   Kong   (CMHK),   Macau (CTM)  and  CITIC  Telecom have
        Companhia  de  Telecomunicacoes de   teamed up to conduct roaming trials of 5G




        New Partnership Aims to Revolutionize Satellite Imagery Capabilities in Asia


        A satcoms collaboration  described as
        “groundbreaking”  has  been  signed  in  the
        past  few days. Its  aim is  said  to be to
        evolve  the  landscape of satellite  imagery
        capabilities  and  geospatial  services  in
        Southeast  Asia.  Uzma,  a  leading  energy
        and  technology  company, and  Satellogic,
        a leader in sub-meter resolution earth ob-
        servation (EO) data collection, announced
        the  agreement  late  last  week.  It  includes
        leveraging both a state-of-the-art EO satel-  development of valuable geospatial appli-  Tirman, Satellogic  President,  says: “By  in-
        lite  designed  and  manufactured  by  Satel-  cations,  providing  actionable  insights  for   tegrating Satellogic’s cutting-edge satellite
        logic that is planned to be launched in the   a rapidly growing market. A pivotal aspect   constellation with Uzma’s robust data ana-
        second half of 2024 as UzmaSAT-1 aboard   of this collaboration is the tasking capac-  lytics and expertise, we are setting a new
        a  SpaceX  Falcon  9  rocket,  and  extensive   ity  made  available  to  Uzma,  empowering   benchmark in  geospatial  intelligence.  We
        tasking access to the Satellogic constella-  it  to  capture  precise  satellite  imagery  on   believe this is the beginning of a new era
        tion. Through its wholly owned subsidiary,   demand, including  frequent  revisits,  max-  in satellite imagery and geospatial services
        Geospatial AI, Uzma will leverage access to   imum responsiveness  and  extensive  col-  in Malaysia and Southeast Asia.” The part-
        high-temporal and high-resolution satellite   lection capacity especially suited to scale   ners  point  out that  this  collaboration  has
        imagery from Satellogic’s commercial fleet   its business. This, says Uzma, will enable   the potential to address critical global and
        of sub-meter resolution EO satellites, which   it to swiftly respond to market trends and   domestic  challenges,  including  environ-
        is  described  as  the  largest  in  the  world.   opportunities,  allowing its  customers  to   mental, social, and governance (ESG)-relat-
        Through this  collaboration,  Geospatial  AI   access up-to-date and accurate geospatial   ed matters – from food security to border
        says it is positioning itself to accelerate the   data  for  informed  decision-making.  Matt   security, disaster response, and more.




        Fujitsu,  KDDI Deploy Large-Capacity Multiband  Wavelength  Multiplexing

        Solution


        Fujitsu  and  KDDI  Corp’s  KDDI  Research   wavelength  conversion  and  multiband   transmission  at  5.2  times  the  wavelength
        facility  have  announced  the  development   amplification technology’. The development   multiplicity  of  current  commercial
        of  a  large-capacity  multiband  wavelength   work was reportedly undertaken as part of   optical transmission  technology …  The
        multiplexing transmission technology using   the ‘Research and Development Project of   technology makes it easier to expand the
        installed  optical  fiber.  In  a  press  release   the  Enhanced  Infrastructures  for  Post-5G   transmission  capacity  in  urban areas  and
        dated  4  December, the  two companies   Information and Communication Systems’   densely populated residential areas where
        noted  that  the  new  technology  ‘enables   commissioned by Japan’s New Energy   installation  can prove  challenging,  and
        transmission  of  wavelength  bands  other   and  Industrial  Technology Development   offers the potential to significantly reduce
        than the C band, which has not been used   Organization  (NEDO).  ‘The  optical  fiber   the time required to start the service and
        in medium- and long-distance commercial   communications  network  introduced  reduce costs.’
        optical communications,  using a batch   with  this  technology  enables  wavelength
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