Asia Pacific
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Samsung Electronics has inaugurated its new semiconductor research and development facility, NRD-K, in Korea. -
SK Telecom has launched a customer service centre tool driven by a proprietary AI model tailored to enhance agents' handling of customer queries.
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Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison is working with GoTo to launch an open source language model designed for local Indonesian languages.
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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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More than 20 million suspicious transaction requests have been linked back to the freemium Android app VivaVideo.
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Australian telco Telstra (TLS.AX) is to split its business into three units, according to reports from Reuters.
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Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has declared Wifi 6 as being ready for carrier network deployment following the successful completion of five trial deployments.
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SK Telecom and Deutsche Telekom have established a joint venture (JV) to develop advanced 5G in-building solutions and capitalise on global growth in demand for 5G repeaters.
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The Chinese semiconductor industry, with government help, is working hard to ensure it has all it needs to survive without foreign support, says a consultant with the China Semiconductor Industry Association.
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Land developer Korea Land & Housing Corp. and Korea Data Center Council has signed an agreement to spend $3.6 billion (4 trillion won) on a data centre park powered by green energy sources.
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Econet, which owns African wholesale network Liquid Telecom, is to use laser beams to carry traffic through the air where fibres are impractical.
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Huawei is to spin off its Honor smartphone brand in a US$15.2 billion deal, paving the way for an IPO by 2023.
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Data centre solutions provider NEXTDC Limited (ASX: NXT) and Console Connect by PCCW Global has announced a new collaboration, which expands access for Australian businesses to cloud infrastructure and data centres around the world.
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Perth-based data centre operator DC Two has debuted on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) with a market cap of AU$11.7 million.
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Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) has announced it is expanding Platform Equinix with a third IBX data centre in Perth.
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South Korea’s KT Corp has recorded a 3.7% rise in year on year revenues with operating income up 19.7%, led by mobile performance.
