Welcome back TechNavers and NewsByters, in this issue of TechNave NewsBytes 2020 #32 Samsung continues to lead in 5G along with a number of Samsung deals for home electronics for Christmas. Huawei responded with a feature about how no one owns Huawei but its employees while Huawei + SME Corporation Malaysia + MDEC continued to drive digital transformation of SMEs.
In addition, Huawei has a Best of 2020 Holiday Gift for you while their Huawei Private Line Solution helps the Enterprise Private Line Market. OPPO retains 2nd highest Malaysia Smartphone rank for Q3 2020 while Celcom accelerates efforts to expand and enhance 4G coverage nationwide.
For our misc announcements:
- PNB’s Minggu Saham Digital records more than 2 million views
- Honeywell deployed solutions for critical ASEAN industries
- Spotify 2020 Wrapped Data shows what gamers listened to for 2020
- U Mobile and MAIPk collaborate for Ta’awun prepaid card
- MDEC + SME Association of Malaysia + Boost virtual roundtable
- Maxis IoT Challenge 2020 comes to a close
- HyperX memory will be used in New Acer Predator Orion Desktops
- Exclusive Networks Malaysia, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Nutanix sign agreement
SAMSUNG ANNOUNCEMENTS
Samsung continues to lead in 5G
An October 2020 report from Strategy Analytics revealed that the Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G was the best-selling 5G device by revenue for the first half of 2020, accounting for 9 percent of global revenue. The Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G was second, accounting for 8 percent of global revenue, and the Galaxy S20 5G was third, accounting for 5 percent during the same period. Together, Samsung’s S20 trio were the top selling 5G smartphones in the world, accounting for 22 percent of global 5G sales revenue.
In addition to leading sales records, Samsung has also launched a series of new devices and network solutions to bring 5G to more people across the world. In the last two years, Samsung has introduced a full portfolio of Galaxy 5G phones, from mid-range devices like the Galaxy A51 5G, to category-changing devices like the Galaxy Z Fold2. Samsung has also released 5G enabled PCs and tablets. Samsung has also worked closely with leading mobile operators around the world to advance 5G through a wide array of network solutions, including 5G RAN, Core and Network Automation tools.
To find out more, visit their site.
In related news:
- Now, consumers will receive a Galaxy Fit2 as a reward upon their participation in Race of the Stars – under “Star Racer S” challenge. Hurry up, register yourself at their site from now to 10 December 2020! Offered at a recommended retail price of RM179, the Galaxy Fit2 comes in Black and Scarlet colour variants. It is now available at Samsung Experience Stores, Samsung Authorised Partners and the Samsung Malaysia E-store.
- Head over to their site now to purchase the Jet 90 premium and get a Clean Station™ (VCA-SAE90B/ME) at RM399 under the PWP deal. Let’s be rewarded from Samsung Merry Gifting campaign!
HUAWEI ANNOUNCEMENTS
No one owns Huawei but its employees
Recent decisions by countries like Sweden have seen Huawei excluded from 5G network rollouts based on the misconception that Huawei is owned by China. In response to this Jiang Xisheng, Chief Secretary of Huawei Technologies' Board of Directors replied. This is an excerpt of it:
Huawei was founded in 1987, and I joined in Huawei in 1989. Back then banks were reluctant to lend money to small start-up companies. Huawei had to raise capital by selling shares to employees, an arrangement that continues to this day. Employees buy shares with their own money, and receive annual dividends based on the number of shares they hold. They also elect members to form a Representatives' Commission on a one-vote-per-share basis. The Commission elects the company's Board of Directors. Such a profit- and risk-sharing system provides Huawei with the funds it needs for long-term growth and lays the foundations for its governance and management.
Being privately held frees Huawei from the short-term pressures faced by publicly listed companies, whose shareholders expect them to meet quarterly earnings targets. Liberated from such external pressures, Huawei can maintain its long-term focus on research and development, while shareholding employees can reap higher rewards. Currently, Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei holds about 1% stake of Huawei; the rest is held by Huawei’s union, the platform through which employees own the company. It is common and legitimate for companies in China to set up trade unions to serve as their shareholding platforms. Although the media likes to describe this arrangement as opaque, it is actually not so different from what one finds at employee-owned companies elsewhere in the world, including John Lewis Partnership (a department store group in the UK) and Essilor (a French-based international ophthalmic optics company).
In the meantime, the facts remain unchanged: No government entity dictates Huawei's business or investment decisions, and no one owns Huawei but Huawei's employees.
Jiang Xisheng, Chief Secretary of Huawei Technologies' Board of Directors
Huawei + SME Corporation Malaysia + MDEC to drive digital transformation of SMEs
Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (“Huawei”) have kick-started a series of SME programmes, in collaboration with the SME Association of Malaysia (“SME Association”), SME Corporation Malaysia (SME Corp. Malaysia), and the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), to drive digital transformation among SMEs and create a sustainable ecosystem for SME growth.
Through the programmes, SMEs will be able to enjoy facilitation for innovative solutions, funding, as well as advisory and capacity building services. Huawei, SME Association, SME Corporation Malaysia and MDEC presented these joint efforts during the SME Day virtual event on December 11.
Huawei has a Best of 2020 Holiday Gift for you
HUAWEI has prepared you the ultimate holiday gift guide to ease your stress. Featuring the very best of its class and range, each of these products promises to bring true value to the table. This includes the HUAWEI MateBook 14, FreeBuds Pro, WATCH GT 2 Pro and MatePad T 10s.
In time for this gifting season, HUAWEI is treating all its Malaysian fans with fantastic promotions to enjoy their favourite HUAWEI products through the 12.12 Super Sale including flash deals as low as RM12! , must buy items, and RM200 vouchers for selected items will be up for grabs until 12 December . Head over to the HUAWEI Store online to find out now!
From 28th November 2020 till 3rd January 2021, consumers will enjoy double rewards when buying the HUAWEI MateBook 14, FreeBuds Pro, WATCH GT 2 Pro and MatePad T 10s. With every purchase, consumers will receive an exclusive gift and stand a chance to win prizes worth more than a total of RM300,000 including the brand-new Proton X50 . Check out more information at their site.
Huawei Private Line Solution to help Enterprise Private Line Market
At the Huawei Optical Innovation Forum 2020 held on November 30, 2020, Simon Lu, President of Huawei's Transmission Network Product Line, officially unveiled a new premium private line solution and an array of innovative products, including optical virtual private network, Liquid OTN, and iMaster NCE. These will help operators explore the enterprise market.
Huawei's sliced optical virtual private network (OVPN) solution can implement hard isolation at wavelength, sub-wavelength, and OSU levels to offer greater flexibility and transform private lines to private networks. Huawei launched Liquid OTN to reduce bandwidth granularity from 1 Gbit/s to 2 Mbit/s, making private lines more affordable for small businesses, and supporting 100-fold connections.
Huawei's AI-based iMaster NCE implements centralised network management and control, monitors networks in real time, and supports E2E automation of service provisioning and network O&M. Private lines can therefore be provisioned in days, and a self-service portal is available for enterprises to subscribe to, check SLA performance, and upgrade their bandwidth online. Network infrastructure is a vital part of our lives, and Huawei remains committed to building ubiquitous premium optical connectivity for enterprise customers to facilitate their transformation and boost the digital economy.
OPPO ANNOUNCEMENTS
OPPO retains 2nd highest Malaysia Smartphone rank for Q3 2020
OPPO maintained its position in Malaysia by staying the second highest smartphone vendor in Malaysia.With a wide range of products from smartphones to IOT devices, OPPO takes Malaysia to a better digital world with its innovative products and services.
According to a Canalys report, OPPO maintains its position with over 17% unit shareof Malaysia’s smartphone market. OPPO is maintaining its strong and stagnant share of Malaysia smartphone market from Q2 to Q3, staying as the 3rd largest brand in Malaysia. OPPO did well in their smartphone segment in the range of RM1000 - RM1500, with 31% market shares in Q3 2020, the highest in its category.
During the recent 11.11 sales, OPPO sold over 6000 smartphones sold in the first hour, making the top 2 smartphone brand on Shopee and top 3 on Lazada platform, with revenue tripling that of 2019’s on OPPO Official Shopee store. OPPO A31 is the top 3 selling smartphone on Shopee, while OPPO A93 is the top 2 best selling smartphone on Lazada. Overall, OPPO reached new heights in sales volume, with RM14 million revenue achieved within 24 hours on its Official Store and e-commerce platform. OPPO IoT devices is also plays a huge contribution, with OPPO Enco W11 gaining the most traction on OPPO Official Online store.
CELCOM ANNOUNCEMENTS
Celcom accelerates efforts to expand and enhance 4G coverage nationwide
Celcom Axiata Berhad (Celcom) is accelerating approximately RM256million of network investments to upgrade its network capacity and deploy more 4G base station towers nationwide, improving 4G coverage and quality, in both rural and urban areas. Celcom’s accelerated network investments from 2020 into early 2021 will be further supported by the allocated capital expenditures in FY2021.
By February 2021, Celcom targets a total of 4,700 network sites, 49% in urban areas and 51% in rural areas, to be upgraded and optimised with capacity upgrades, installation of new 4G equipment and core network optimisation programs. This also includes upgrading and optimising almost 1,000 4G network sites in Sabah and Sarawak, improving Celcom’s 4G coverage in rural areas.
This drive was recently showcased in Tanah Merah, Kelantan, Bukit Pampong, Pahang and Kg Jemukan, Sarawak, where Celcom erected new tower base stations to bring 4G connectivity. Furthermore, Celcom will also continue with a nationwide cluster optimisation program for an additional 3,600 network sites, upgrading to better capacities to address buffering issues and deliver better voice and video quality for consumers, targeted to be completed by August 2021.
MISC ANNOUNCEMENTS
PNB’s Minggu Saham Digital records more than 2 million views
Permodalan Nasional Berhad’s (PNB) week-long Minggu Saham Digital (MSD) – a digital adaptation of Minggu Saham Amanah Malaysia (MSAM) – ended with a resounding success having recorded more than two million views over seven days. The edutainment livestream, themed #LaburBersama, was aimed towards enhancing financial literacy amongst Malaysians of all ages, through various programmes focusing on the importance of investing and financial planning.
MSD succeeded in garnering 7.5 million unique reach via its official Facebook page and 2.2 million cumulated views on its official Facebook page and YouTube channel, while the website recorded 11.5 million impressions. MSD featured more than 70 edutainment programmes with the aim to close the financial literacy gap and encourage all Malaysians to uplift themselves and families financially with helpful tools and resources.
For more information, visit their site.
Honeywell deployed solutions for critical ASEAN industries
During an online press conference today, Norm L. Gilsdorf, President of Honeywell ASEAN iterated Honeywell’s ongoing support by capitalizing on new strategic solutions to help customers navigate their business challenges and enabling them to meet their needs.
Through this pandemic, Honeywell believes that the importance of digital transformation and cybersecurity is accelerating in the different industries and will help ready their operations into a postpandemic world. Honeywell is now rapidly working on software solutions leveraging its enterprise performance management platform, Honeywell Forge, that enables real-time data and transforms them into actionable insights. This will add values to customers with a comprehensive level of control over operational data that allows improved decision making.
With decades of experience in ASEAN, Honeywell’s technology is serving many critical and large industries and facilities in the region such as commercial and defense aviation, commercial and public buildings, refineries, petrochemical plants, pulp paper mills, life science facilities, logistics, warehouses, ecommerce and many more.
Spotify 2020 Wrapped Data shows what gamers listened to for 2020
Recently, Spotify revealed the top artists, songs and video game soundtracks globally and in Malaysia that highlights what gamers listened to in 2020. As people played more games, Spotify saw nearly a 55% global increase in streaming from gaming consoles over the past year. Interestingly, early morning (6AM-9AM) streaming on gaming consoles saw an increase by more than 47%. These consoles include both Xbox and Playstation, where Spotify has custom build integrations.
In Malaysia, streaming on gaming consoles has increased by more than 63% over the past year. The most-streamed tracks from gaming consoles in Malaysia this year include Trevor Daniel’s “Falling”, followed by Powfu and beabadoobee’s “death bed (coffee for your head)” and Roddy Ricch’s “The Box”. Rounding out the top five lists are “ROXANNE” by Arizona Zervas and “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd.
Globally, Rap and Trap were the most-streamed music genres for gaming this year while the top video game soundtracks globally came from popular games Minecraft, Doom and Death Stranding. The most-streamed video game soundtrack lists include “Minecraft - Volume Beta” by C418, “Doom (Original Game Soundtrack)” by Mick Gordon and “DEATH STRANDING: Timefall” by DEATH STRANDING: Timefall.
U Mobile and MAIPk collaborate for Ta’awun prepaid card
Group Chief Executive Officer of U Mobile Group, Wong Heang Tuck, and Chief Executive Officer of Majlis Agama Islam dan ‘Adat Melayu Perak (MAIPk), YBrs Shahrul Azam bin Shaari met for a simple Plaque Presentation ceremony today to mark the partnership between GoPayz, the standalone universal e-wallet developed by U Mobile, and MAIPk. GoPayz has been appointed as an official agent of MAIPk to collect zakat, wakaf and derma payments for customers residing in Perak and recently, both parties collaborated to launch a Muslim-friendly GoPayz-MAIPk Visa prepaid Ta’awun card.
The new Ta’awun card enables Muslim customers to pay their zakat, wakaf and derma thorough a variety of accessible digital channels namely the GoPayz website and app, MAIPk payment terminals and MAIPk payment kiosks.
MDEC + SME Association of Malaysia + Boost virtual roundtable
MDEC, SME Association of Malaysia and Boost came together in a virtual roundtable to discuss the topic of Digitalization of Traditional Businesses - What the Future Holds and its Potential Pitfalls. The recording of the virtual roundtable can be found at their site.
Panel speakers Dato' Ng Wan Peng, COO of MDEC; Mr. CS Chin, National Vice President of SME Association of Malaysia; and En. Mohd Khairil Abdullah, CEO of Boost shared insights on their key observations from this year, the robustness of the country’s digital ecosystem, challenges and sentiments of SMEs and micro-enterprises in this pandemic, how to further digitally-empower SMEs and the 'green shoots' for next year.
Maxis IoT Challenge 2020 comes to a close
Following months of hard work from innovative talents across Malaysia and finalists pitching their solution prototypes to a panel of judges, the top three winning teams of the Maxis IoT Challenge 2020 have been revealed! In addition to cash prizes, the winners will have the opportunity to be among the first developers in the country to trial and commercialise their 5G-enabled solutions around immersive retail experiences and township security, and accelerate them to market.
Launched on 4 September, the second edition of the Challenge themed Transforming Industry Challenges Today into Business Opportunities Tomorrow, is part of a continuing partnership with Malaysian Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and industry collaborators to promote the IoT ecosystem development of 5G-enabled solutions and spur the digital economy. It is also one of the many joint initiatives that Maxis is undertaking with MDEC to foster innovation for all Malaysians and encourage the startup community in the country. For more information, please visit their site.
HyperX memory will be used in New Acer Predator Orion Desktops
HyperX, the gaming division of Kingston Technology, Inc., announced it has been chosen as an Acer memory partner for the refreshed Predator Orion desktop series. Working closely to create a premium gaming experience, Acer is HyperX’s first strategic partner to feature 3600MHz1 high-frequency memory in its Predator Orion 9000 gaming desktop.
HyperX will provide its FURY DDR4 memory for all Acer Predator Orion desktops, which is optimized for the PCs to deliver extreme performance and reliability. The next-generation Predator Orion 9000 desktops can be configured with HyperX FURY DDR4 3600MHz1 memory up to 128GB in eight-channel configurations. Featuring high speed and low latency, the Intel XMP-ready HyperX FURY DDR4 provides a performance boost for the PCs and makes overclocking easier to meet the expectations of all gamers.
HyperX previously announced supporting Acer as a memory provider for the Acer Predator Orion gaming desktops. For more information about HyperX DDR4 memory in Acer Predator Orion Desktops, visit their site.
Exclusive Networks Malaysia, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Nutanix sign agreement
Exclusive Networks Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (“ENMY”), has inked agreements with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Nutanix, which allow ENMY to offer a full range of HPE servers and systems that are optimised with Nutanix software solutions for powering HCI applications. The agreements help enable ENMY to better serve Malaysian enterprises, including data centre operators, by providing state-of-the-art solutions to optimise and improve enterprises’ operational efficiency.
With the agreements sealed, ENMY can now distribute the complete suite of HPE and Nutanix integrated products, including a line of Hyperconverged Infrastructure solutions, to government-linked companies as well as, enterprises in the public, financial services, telecommunications, and manufacturing sectors. For more information about the integrated solutions by HPE and Nutanix, please visit Exclusive Networks Malaysia at their site.
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