Asia Pacific
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Chunghwa Telecom has partnered with satellite startup Astranis to build a dedicated MicroGEO system for Taiwan. -
Google has reached a major clean energy milestone by signing the first-ever corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs) for geothermal energy in Taiwan — and across the Asia-Pacific region.
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The world’s largest gold miner, Newmont, has deployed Ericsson Private 5G technology at its Cadia gold-copper mine in New South Wales – Australia's largest underground mine – to significantly enhance operational efficiency, safety, and connectivity across its mining fleet.
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Ericsson has appointed Ludvig Landgren as its new head of Australia and New Zealand.
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Australian cloud data centre provider ResetData has picked Nokia to support the rollout of its sovereign ‘AI Factory’ facilities.
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Filipino operator Now Telecom has lost its licence to operate after the country’s telco regulator ruled it failed to meet key regulatory and operational requirements.
Forthcoming events
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Microsoft is reportedly pulling the plug on additional data centre projects, with planned sites in Indonesia and Australia now joining a string of cancellations across the US, UK, and Europe, signalling a possible rethink of its AI strategy.
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AirTrunk is securing a US$1.7 billion (SG$2.2 billion) green loan to fund an 80.2MW data centre in Singapore—yet no one in the industry seems to know where this new facility will be located.
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Australia’s telecoms regulatory has laid out its views on options for the future use of spectrum licences, expressing favour in extending most licences due to expire between 2028 and 2032.
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Vodafone Idea has picked Nokia to upgrade and expand its optical metro and circle networks across India.
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A consortium in Japan is set to build an offshore floating green data centre, marking a major step in the evolution of sustainable AI infrastructure.
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Singtel-owned technology services firm NCS is expanding its Asia Pacific footprint, launching a joint venture with Globe Telecom in the Philippines.
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Macquarie Cloud Services has revealed a multimillion-dollar investment in Dell PowerStore all-flash storage arrays, significantly enhancing the performance, efficiency, and sustainability of its cloud infrastructure.
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Thought the launch of DeepSeek was just a flash in the pan? Think again. The Chinese startup behind the AI models that upended the industry at the turn of the year has just updated its flagship system, and it’s just as impressive.
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Weaver Ant, a threat group with links to China, infiltrated telecom providers in Asia for several years without detection, according to new research by cybersecurity firm Sygnia.
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Japan’s MUFG Bank, in collaboration with NTT DATA and NTT WEST, has successfully tested an ultra-low latency, high-bandwidth data centre interconnection using the IOWN All-Photonics Network (APN).
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX has secured agreements with India’s largest telecom companies, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, to bring Starlink’s satellite internet service to the country.
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Satellite-to-device (S2D) provider Astrum Mobile is set to provide 5G non-terrestrial network (NTN) services across Asia Pacific.
