Hong Kong mobile operator SmarTone and Sweden-based equipment vendor Ericsson conducted a trial of licensed assisted access (LAA) technology over a live network in the territory.

Qualcomm said its president, Derek Aberle (pictured), who had a major role in dealing with the company’s ongoing legal spat with Apple, decided to leave the company after 17 years.

Erik Ekudden (pictured), recently-installed CTO at Ericsson, said the vendor will focus heavily on enterprise-grade infrastructure and services moving forward, as he identified five key trends impacting the technology industry.

Samsung unveiled its anticipated Galaxy Note8 smartphone, kicking off its event by thanking users who had stuck with the company following the Note 7 debacle of 2016.

Orange said it is close to delivering on a revised commercial launch date for an online banking service, but reiterated it will not rush the service to market before ironing out teething troubles.