Asia Pacific
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Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison is working with GoTo to launch an open source language model designed for local Indonesian languages. -
US security agencies claim Chinese-affiliated hackers are conducting a “broad and significant cyber espionage campaign” against US telco operators.
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Vietnamese carrier Viettel has launched an Open RAN 5G Network, leveraging hardware from Qualcomm to provide enhanced connectivity across the country.
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has been ordered to halt shipments of AI-related chips to Chinese customers by US export officials.
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Singtel-backed Australian operator Optus has been fined more than A$12 million (US$7.9 million) after it failed to provide access to emergency services following a nationwide outage.
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Full allocation of the 6GHz spectrum band to Wifi could significantly boost India's economy, according to the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA).
Forthcoming events
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Epsilon has appointed Warren Aw (pictured) as its Managing Director, Asia-Pacific to lead its commercial strategy in the region.
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Domestic shipments of smartphones in China fell by 20.4% last year, according to figures from the China Academy of Information and Communications (CAICT).
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Southern Cross Cables Limited (SCCL) will use SES Networks’ satellite connectivity services to upgrade its Southern Cross cable network.
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BT has appointed Bharti Airtel’s group CIO, Harmeen Mehta, to lead a new digital division as chief digital and innovation officer.
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DCI Data Centers has secured Development Approval from Blacktown City Council for a new 36MW data centre to be located in Eastern Creek, a suburb of Sydney, Australia.
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Huawei is willing to fund exhaustive security checks of its equipment in Sweden as a way of allowing operators to bid for 5G licences using its kit.
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It's been a challenging week for China's TMT players, but it looks like things will get worse before they get better.
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India has confirmed its next spectrum auction will take place online on 1 March with the deadline for applications set for 5 February.
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The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) yesterday flipped back to its original plan, announced a few days ago, to delist the shares of China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom.
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India has taken the biggest step so far in a plan to merge its two state-owned telcos, by transferring mobile operations in Delhi and Mumbai from one to the other.
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Softbank Corp is to join the Japanese Security Token Association (JSTA).
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Outgoing US president Donald Trump has taken action to ban the use in the country of Chinese e-commerce services including Alipay and WeChat.
