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National 5G rollout: Malaysia hands Ericsson 10-year deal
The Malaysian government's 5G wholesale network operator Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) has struck a 10-year partnership deal with Swedish telco equipment vendor Ericsson to drive its nationwide deployment of the next-generation wireless cellular technology.
Using the capabilities of 5G and accelerating the deployment of Malaysia's nationwide 5G network and ecosystem, DNB will provide access and services to mobile service providers and others licenced by the regulators, to enable a world-class 5G experience and make Industry 4.0 a reality in Malaysia.
It aims to launch Malaysia's first 5G network in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Cyberjaya in the initial phase. Ericsson's local presence and deployment expertise are key to meeting DNB's target of 80 per cent 5G nationwide population coverage by 2024.
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DNB Chief Executive Officer Ralph Marshall said: "DNB is committed to delivering the best technology and innovation opportunities for Malaysians, businesses and government to ensure that Malaysia takes its place at the forefront of the global digital economy. We identified Ericsson to offer the best next-generation 5G technology and professional services available to suit DNB's specific and unique requirements."
David Hägerbro, head of Ericsson Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, said: "5G is a platform for open innovation and is becoming the cornerstone upon which a country's competitiveness is built. Malaysia's and DNB's commitment to accelerating the deployment of 5G is to be congratulated, as it will speed up the adoption of 5G nationally, bridge the digital divide and transform the nation. 5G will help facilitate the government's ambition to promote Malaysians to become technology creators through the development of 5G applications and use cases."
DNB's exclusive partnership with Ericsson spans the delivery of energy-efficient Ericsson Radio System products and solutions, including Ericsson Spectrum Sharing, a software for wide-area 5G coverage. The scope also includes cloud native 5G Core and 5G Radio Access (RAN) nationwide.
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Ericsson will also manage the unique requirements of a single wholesale network with its leading managed services offering Ericsson Operations Engine. The solution can enhance the performance of DNB's network using AI, automation and cognitive software to predict and prevent issues.
DNB supports the modernisation of Malaysia's mobile networks as part of the national digital infrastructure plan, Jalinan Digital Negara (Jendela), to ensure every Malaysian has quality internet connectivity.
Huawei renews cyber security cooperation MoU with Indonesia
Huawei Indonesia recently renewed its memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cyber security cooperation with Indonesia's highest cyber security body National Cyber and Crypto Agency of the Republic of Indonesia (BSSN).
Huawei Indonesia and BSSN sealed off a new, tripartite cooperation agreement with Institut Teknologi Del.
The signing ceremony was witnessed by General (retd) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, coordinating minister for maritime affairs and investment of Indonesia (Marves), Ren Zhengfei, CEO and founder of Huawei, Jeffery Liu, president of Huawei Asia-Pacific, and Jacky Chen, CEO of Huawei Indonesia.
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Luhut said, "I am sure Huawei can make a significant contribution to Indonesia's green development and smart future. In the next few years, the digital property will be one of the most valuable assets in the next generation."
"Indonesia is a beautiful and great nation, boasting long coastal lines, a wealth of natural resources, and a wide variety of agricultural produce," Ren said. "Besides representing a large, untapped market for Indonesian exports, China also has a few examples of using technology to improve vital operations."
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Started with an office of five employees 21 years ago, Huawei Indonesia has grown to have over 2,000 employees, of whom 90 per cent are locals, according to a media statement.
Top feature of Vivo Y53s
Global technology brand vivo recently brought their new mid-range phone Y53s to Bangladesh.
Top Features of Vivo Y53s
The top features of the phone include a 64MP main camera, extended RAM and expandable ROM, a dependable battery, a side-mounted fingerprint sensor and face-unlock technology.
64MP main camera
Vivo Y53s is equipped with three rear cameras to deliver a comprehensive mobile photography experience. The primary 64MP camera captures photos with subtle details and clarity.
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Extended RAM, expandable ROM
Y53s comes with 8GB RAM that can be extended to 11GB (and 12GB post a system update) and 128GB ROM, which is expandable up to 1TB.
Dependable battery
The phone has a massive 5,000mAh battery that keeps it going all day and more, providing users with a long-lasting experience. With the onboard 33W Flash Charge technology, users can fully power up the smartphone within just 74 minutes.
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Side-mounted fingerprint sensor, face-unlock tech
For fast and seamless unlocking, Y53s features a side-mounted fingerprint scanner that unlocks the phone instantly. The phone also supports face-unlock technology for added security.
Multi-Turbo features
The Multi-Turbo feature in Y53s makes the gaming experience smoother and keeps the device cool. As a result, the phone can function normally even during long hours of gaming.
Vivo Y53s is now retailing for Tk 22,990 in the Bangladesh market, according to a media statement.
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Walton brings Primo RX9
Walton has launched its new mid-range smartphone Primo RX9 with a quad rear camera set-up.
Also, there is a 20-megapixel selfie camera on the phone modelled as Primo RX9. The device sports many advanced features, including an all-glass design, powerful RAM, ROM and battery.
Priced at Tk16,999, the 8.3mm phone has been released in black and green colour.
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SM Rezwan Alam, the chief business officer of Walton Mobile, said the new device has been released in the market mainly considering the taste and requirements of users with a mid-range budget.
Using different applications, watching videos, playing games, reading books or browsing the internet will be more enjoyable with the phone as it has a capacitive touch screen with Incell technology and 2.5D glass.
Run by the Android 11 operating system, this Walton phone sports a 2.0 GHz Helio G-series Octa-core processor, PowerVR Rogue GE8320 GPU with 4GB LPDDR4x RAM which will ensure high speed.
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The phone comes with 128GB internal storage with 256GB micro SD card support. For excellent power backup, the phone has a 5000mAh Li-Polymer battery with an 18W Type-C fast charging facility.
Connectivity features include dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, wireless display, LAN hotspot, USB Type-C, OTA and OTG.
Sensors include proximity, orientation, light (brightness), gravity (3D), hall sensor, step detector, GPS with A-GPS Navigation.
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Other features of Walton Primo RX9 include fingerprint sensor, face unlock, full HD video playback, built-in screen recorder, suspended button, smart control, prayer times, 4G VoLTE supports hybrid SIM slot, according to a media statement.
Huawei releases Intelligent World 2030 Report
At the Intelligent World 2030 Forum in China, telecom giant Huawei has released the Intelligent World 2030 report to explore trends in the next decade.
This is the first time that Huawei has used quantitative and qualitative methods to systematically describe the intelligent world in the next decade and forecast industry trends, helping stakeholders identify new opportunities and discover new value.
The report proposes eight cross-disciplinary and cross-domain directions for exploration at the macro level. It explains how ICT technologies can solve critical problems and challenges of human development and what new opportunities can be brought to organisations and individuals.
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At the industry level, it explores the future technologies and development directions of communications networks, computing, digital power, and intelligent automotive solutions.
At the event, the prominent futurist and science author Steven Johnson said, "We are entering an era of exponential growth. The coming decades will be characterised by a golden age of collaboration between human and machine intelligence, and algorithms will enhance human intelligence. As technology grows exponentially, all of society will benefit."
David Wang, executive director and president of ICT products and solutions of Huawei, said: "30 years ago, we decided to enrich life through communications. 10 years ago, we decided to connect every corner of the world to build a better, connected world. Now, our vision and mission are to bring digital to every person, home, and organisation for a fully connected, intelligent world."
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How to Protect Mobile Phones from Getting Hacked?
Smartphones have centralized all of our private accounts and data in one handy place – making them the ideal target for a hacker. Everything is connected to a phone, ranging from personal interaction in social media to confidential financial transactions. It implies that once a thief has access to a phone, all of its applications become vulnerable to cyber theft. Fraudsters are constantly evolving and improving their hacking techniques, making them more difficult to detect. Therefore, the typical users are often at risk of falling prey to the variety of hacking traps. Let’s discuss how people can safeguard their phones from hacking attempts and cyber attacks.
What is Mobile Phone Hacking?
Phone hacking is any method through which someone gains unauthorized access to a phone or its communications. This may vary from sophisticated security breaches to eavesdropping on unprotected internet connections.
Additionally, it may entail physically stealing a phone and forcefully hacking it through techniques such as brute force. Phone hacking may occur on a variety of different types of phones, including Android and iOS models. Given that anybody may be a victim of phone hacking.
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The Risks of Smartphone Hacking
There are a thousand phone hacking techniques available, ranging from breaking into a live conversation or someone's voicemail to getting into data saved on a person's smartphone. The dread of hacking attacks from unknown persons may put anybody on edge. However, a person’s smartphone device can get hacked while attaining a live call or listening to a voicemail received from his/her familiar contacts.
In today's mobile environment, phone hacking is becoming an increasingly serious security concern. With the advancement of technology, many services, such, paying bills, financial transactions, banking, etc., are available via Smartphones. To avail these services, people tend to save sensitive data on their mobile devices. These processes create scope for the immoral people to find loopholes in the security system and thus exploit privacy flaws. These heinous acts are quite appealing to the revengeful persons such as unscrupulous friends, ex-partners, jealous colleagues, odd strangers, etc.
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There is an entire industry of phone hacking software that is primarily designed for legitimate purposes but can be readily exploited by anybody. Opportunistic hackers may cause chaos by deleting data or installing malicious software that collects bank account logins and private business emails.
What Can Happen When Your Phone is Hacked?
There are some distinct symptoms that indicate something wrong is going on under the hood of your mobile phone:
Phone Getting Slow
If malware is operating in the background, it will slug down every other task you do on your phone. This covers both the use of applications and basic internet searches.
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Continuous Pop-Ups
Pop-ups are mostly the simplest way to hack your phone. Typical examples can be notifications that tell the user about winning a reward. Even the popu ups can bait the users about the spam/virus attack to the phone.
In such cases, instead of pressing any of them, users should shut the browser down or restart their phone. Because, clicking anywhere on such pop-ups may give hackers access to the phone.
Unexplained Increase in Data Usage
Malicious programs will use a phone's internal data since they often need applications to run continuously. Additionally, a user may notice that the phone’s data consumption rises significantly while the device is transferring data to another device or cloud system.
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Unwanted Applications
This one may take some time to notice, given that the majority of individuals have a large number of applications loaded on their phones. In addition, some of the applications are preloaded by default. So, it is simple to understand how a new app could go unnoticed.
Users should manage some time for reviewing what is installed on their device on a frequent basis. It is clever to delete the unwanted as well as unrecognizable programs, software and apps from the Smartphone.
Another effective way to prevent mobile hacking is to organize the essential files into folders. This will make it simpler to spot anything new that may occur as a danger.
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Draining Battery Life
While all older phones have a shorter battery life, it is not uncommon for a phone's battery to degrade suddenly. If users feel that they are not using their phones more than usual and still their gadgets are getting physically hot (even when not in use), it indicates that suspicious malwares might be operating in the background.
How to hack-proof your Smartphone?
When it comes to protecting the phones from being hacked, users need to be proactive. There are many steps they may take to safeguard against phone hacking, most of which are simple. Additionally, there are sophisticated ways to ensure the highest level of security for phones without minimizing their functionalities. For instance:
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Simple Security Tips
For casual phone users, sticking to the fundamentals is an excellent place to begin in terms of preventing simple hacking attempts:
Not leaving the phone
Not leaving the phone unattended at all times would be the first and most important guideline to follow. Users should keep their phones with them at all times, especially when in a public area.
Changing the default passcode on the phone
Every phone most likely comes with a basic and predictable default password. These passwords are easily exploitable by close people. That is why users should change their code to something more complicated and avoid the frequently used patterns like "1234, "1379," "0000," and "2580".
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Users should also be careful of their Bluetooth security. Avoiding unsecured Bluetooth networks and keeping Bluetooth service turned off when not in use will save them from extra risk.
They should also safeguard PINs and credit card information.
More Advanced Techniques
Apart from these simple guidelines, there are further safeguards one may take to prevent hacking. However, it should also be remembered that going too far can defeat the point of owning a smartphone in the first place.
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Avoiding unsecured public WiFi
Hackers often target vital places such as bank accounts through public WiFi, which is frequently insecure owing to weak or non-existent security standards.
Disabling the autocomplete function can prevent unauthorized access to stored essential personal data. In addition, Deleting the browser history, caches and cookies on a regular basis, getting rid of all types of virtual footprints is critical for limiting the quantity of data that may be collected by unscrupulous eyes.
Using protective features
iPhone users should turn on the "Find My iPhone” feature. By activating the function in their settings, they'll be able to track down their phone in the event that they lose it before hackers can get their hands on it.
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Utilizing a security app that provides additional protection will also be super effective. For Android users, some companies offer different all-in-one Mobile Security software, which protects against viruses.
Bottom Line
So far we have discussed the common ways how phones might get hacked and some effective methods to prevent hacking. Users should take proactive steps to save their phones from being hacked. It is behooved upon every Smartphone user to implement appropriate safety measures to protect their private and sensitive data from cyberattacks. This significantly reduces the likelihood of criminals stealing their identity, infiltrating their personal life, siphoning off their money, and basically ruining their lives.
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Walton exports microwave oven to Romania, Hungary
Walton has started to export its "Made in Bangladesh" microwave ovens to Romania and Hungary.
Two renowned electronics and home appliance marketing enterprises of Romania and Hungary will supply the microwave ovens.
Walton Hi-Tech Industries Director Tahmina Afrose Tanna officially inaugurated the microwave oven exports to the European countries Monday at the programme "Inaugural Ceremony: Exporting Microwave Oven to Romania and Hungary" in the capital.
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She said: "Export of Walton microwave ovens will be a milestone in the company's 'Vision Go Global 2030' and also facilitate its market expansion in Central and Eastern Europe."
"Twenty models of microwave ovens equipped with the latest technology are being manufactured at Walton factory. Along with meeting the local demand, we are exporting microwave ovens to different countries, including Nepal and Yemen," Walton International Business Unit Vice-President Syed Al Imran said.
"From now on, our microwave ovens will be exported to the markets of developed countries of Europe. We are working on increasing the market share of Walton microwave ovens in Europe by 2022."
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Electronics products: 'Walton export rose to $14 million amid pandemic'
Walton increased its export of electronics products from $1.4 million to $14 million amid the pandemic, Golam Murshed, managing director and chief executive officer of Walton Hi-Tech Industries, said Sunday.
Murshed was addressing the closing ceremony of the 5th International Conference of Business and Economics at a city hotel.
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Organised by the Faculty of Business Studies of the University of Dhaka, the theme of the conference was "Business and Economy in the New-normal Landscape," according to a media statement.
Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni was present as the chief guest at the programme. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Private Industry and Investment Adviser Salman F Rahman attended it as the guest of honour.
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Samsung brings next-generation NEO QLED TV
Samsung Electronics has brought the next-generation NEO QLED TV range to the Bangladesh market.
The company is introducing a unique display technology, NEO QLED TV, to its flagship 8K and 4K TV models.
Samsung has taken QLED to the next level by enabling a new light source; precisely controlled by Quantum Matrix Technology and NEO Quantum Processor, a powerful picture processor optimised for NEO QLED.
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The Quantum Matrix Technology Pro of NEO QLED 8K ensures real pictures, accurate colour and creates a precise viewing experience.
NEO QLED 8K also flaunts Object Tracking Sound Pro that provides dynamic sound while tracking motion and Infinity One Design, where users immerse themselves into the screen.
The NEO QLED 4K has a 100 per cent colour volume with Quantum Dot that provides a flawless viewing experience provided by rich and precise colours that remain unchanged under any brightness levels, according to a media statement.
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Also, it comes with a Quantum processor 4K, an object tracking system (OTS), and AirSlim features.
Samsung's new range of NEO QLED 8K TVs will be available in 75-inch and 85-inch. The NEO QLED 4K TV line-up will be available in 55-inch, 65-inch, 75-inch, and 85-inch.
The company's exclusive premium design television is available at a price starting from Tk59,600.
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Walton launches new soundbars
Walton has launched two new soundbars under its sound device brand "Chorus."
The soundbars can be operated through a remote control system from any corner of the room.
Modelled as WSB40 and WSB120, the devices have an LCD display as a special feature.
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With a capacity of 40W, 900mm length, 68mm height and 90mm width, the WSB40 model has four high-quality stereo speakers with Bluetooth, AUX, HDMI and USB play mode. The WSB120 model has 120W output power with a subwoofer added as an additional facility.
The two soundbars are retailing for Tk5,750 and Tk9,750 respectively, according to a media release.
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Liakat Ali, deputy managing director of Walton Digi-Tech Industries, said: "We earlier released 3:1 speakers and Bluetooth speakers in the market. The new high-quality audio devices will allow the customers to enjoy an enhanced sound quality."