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Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. has concluded a strategic partnership agreement with ADTRAN, Inc.

NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) today announced the establishment of the "NEC Satellite Operation Center," a base of operations for satellites that is scheduled to be fully operational in April of this year.

The Southeast Asia–Japan 2 consortium (SJC2) signed an agreement with NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE:6701) to build a high performance submarine cable connecting Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China, Korea and Japan.

The GSMA estimates that by Q1 2019 there will be c. 1.05 billion monthly active users, served by over 200 mobile operators.

Otelco Inc. (NASDAQ:OTEL), a wireline telecommunications services provider in Alabama, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, Vermont and West Virginia today announced results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2017. Key highlights for Otelco include:

Access to digital payments will help these businesses expand to new markets, and unlock financial services and products that enables them to grow their livelihoods.

The new NXP SN100U is the world’s first, single-die chipset featuring an embedded Secure Element (SE), Near Field Communications (NFC), and eSIM for added advanced functionality, cellular connectivity, and security.

The trial features InterDigital’s software-based Flexible IP-based Services (FLIPS) platform and community-supported hardware through Guifi.net in Catalonia, Spain, the world’s largest community network with 40,000+ nodes.

Pursuant to terms of the transaction, PJSC VimpelCom, the Russian subsidiary of VEON, acquired half of Euroset’s retail stores and pays to MegaFon RUB 1.25 billion (approximately USD 20 million).

NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) today announced the successful conclusion of demonstration tests of safety-related services for the 5G era in PyeongChang together with KT Corporation (KT), a leading South Korea-based communications carrier.

Yandex.Drive users can access the app to locate and reserve a vehicle, follow directions to the car, and remotely start the reserved vehicle while walking to it.