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.
Forthcoming events
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NTT Group (NTT) and its companies are to provide support for Guam’s disaster recovery efforts with the use of NTT network engineers and repair equipment in the wake of Typhoon Mawar.
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The Malaysian operator was the only mobile network operator (MNO) that hadn’t agreed access agreement with Digital Nasional Berhad.
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Globe Telecom is the first Philippine operator to deploy the end-to-end (E2E) network slicing function of 5G Standalone (SA).
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Bharat 6G Alliance will find use cases for 6G and bring industry participants together
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China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom have all signed up to the GSMA Open Gateway Initiative.
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Spark New Zealand-owned-Connexa has closed the acquisition of 2degrees tower assets.
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Equinix has announced plans to open its first data centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in Q1, 2024.
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Malaysia is reportedly open to allowing Chinese firms into its 5G network rollout.
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Exa Infrastructure has unveiled a partnership to connect its ultra-low -latency, high-speed connectivity digital infrastructure to Cinturion’s TEAS – Trans Europe Asia System.
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Commpete, a leading alliance for fostering competition in digital communications in Australia will front a parliamentary inquiry into regional multi carrier mobile infrastructure investment in Australia.
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Why has the new government backtracked on the single wholesale model?
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CBC Tech, a network as-a-Service provider, has formed a partnership with Fortinet, a global cybersecurity provider.
