Asia Pacific
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Intel is reportedly expanding its chip packaging and testing facility in Chengdu, China despite the embattled firm’s scaling back expansion projects in Europe. -
Nokia has expanded its work with Vietnamese service provider Viettel, with the operator set to deploy its optical transport solutions to scale network performance following their joint achievement of a record optical transmission speed.
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The 2024 Huawei Mobile Broadband Forum (MBBF) kicked off in Istanbul yesterday, with industry leaders gathering to discuss the future of mobile networks, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital transformation.
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Gopal Vittal, Bharti Airtel’s long-serving CEO will step aside in 2026 to be replaced by Shashwat Sharma.
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The US Treasury Department has issued a Final Rule restricting US investments in foreign technologies deemed to pose a “national security concern,” specifically targeting sectors like semiconductors, quantum technology, and AI.
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SK Telecom and Samsung have developed AI technology capable of optimising 5G base stations.
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Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) has opened the largest data centre in Vietnam.
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Malaysian energy company Petronas has successfully adopted a 5G private network at is Regasification Terminal Sungai Udang, in Melaka, Malaysia.
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Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) has announced the launch of its first data centre in India.
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EdgeConneX confirms its entrance into the Malaysian market with plans to build high-power data centres that will deliver nearly 300MWs of capacity in total.
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Service will be launched in 2024 and allow customers to send and receive SMS messages.
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Massive growth in connectivity demand in Asia has led to increased capacity requirements, and construction of submarine and subsea cables is growing to meet this demand. An estimated $2.6 billion worth of current and future submarine cable projects are planned for completion by 2025 – here are profiles of 12 of the most important.
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Macquarie Data Centres has announced an expansion to its next data centre IC3 Super West, giving it the potential to increase its IT load to 45 megawatts, a 41% increase from its original plans.
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Germany’s government has doubled down on calls to reduce its dependence on Chinese equipment providers such as Huawei and ZTE, regardless of cost.
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SES Luxembourg has joined forces with Taiwan to fortify its telecoms infrastructure during potential conflicts.
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TPG Telecom has received an offer of around US$4.2 billion from Macquarie-backed Vocus to buy some of its non-mobile fibre assets according to a Reuters report.
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DE-CIX confirms plans to establish a joint venture company, PT DE-CIX Indonesia, in partnership with PT IDMarco Digital Solusi, a subsidiary of the Salim Group.
