5G

For more than three decades, Willas-Array Electronics (WAE) has focused on the distribution of electronic components in Hong Kong, a business known for intense competition, rapid change and low margins.

While Southeast Asia stands to enjoy exponential additional value as a result of adopting 5G technology, a growing “digital divide” between regional economies could limit the region’s ability to realise the full potential of 5G connectivity.

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(Jan 30): The European Union stopped short of an outright ban on Huawei Technologies Co and other Chinese 5G suppliers, seeking to navigate a path between warnings from US President Donald Trump and provoking Beijing.

Meanwhile, the brokerage warns that competition remains the key downside risk for the telcos.

SINGAPORE (Oct 21): Singapore is looking to increase the number of 5G networks to four, from the two previously planned, according to Minister for Communications and Information S Iswaran.

(Oct 17): Singapore said it wants all four of its carriers to introduce 5G services, with half the city-state covered by a standalone network by 2022 to maintain competitiveness in developing technology.

SINGAPORE (July 8): Singapore is setting aside $40 million for 5G technology and innovation, and one of the key areas in which the city state wants to test the raw technology is urban mobility. Industry players are cautiously optimistic about its potentia

SINGAPORE (July 1): “Presidential Harassment!” – US President Donald Trump’s tweet, following news that former special counsel Robert Mueller will be testifying in public on his investigations into Trump’s alleged dealings with Russia.

SINGAPORE (June 27): Singapore wants to test out its 5G potential with a starting budget of $40 million that will be distributed over a year, with telco operators Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) and M1 among the first appointed to run pilots on the