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.
Forthcoming events
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The world is on the verge of becoming one giant Wifi network, according to the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), which this week further outlined its OpenRoaming initiative.
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Chinese equipment manufacturer ZTE Corporation has posted its latest financial results confirming a 15.4% increase in revenues in the first three quarters, reaching RMB 74.13 billion (US$11 billion).
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This episode features editor-in-chief Joao Marques Lima, editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, deputy editor Melanie Mingas and senior reporter Natalie Bannerman.
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Hong Kong-based HGC Global Communications is to work with the government of Malaysia to aid its cybersecurity strategy.
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The world’s largest data centre operator Equinix has posted its financial results for the third quarter which have shown the incapability of the Covid-19 pandemic to slow the data centre industry.
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Hong Kong-based PCCW Global has signed a deal with Prague-based systems company Neeco to deliver internet-of-things (IoT) services in the Asia Pacific region.
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GDS Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: GDS) raised US$1.67 billion in its second Hong Kong listing, after pricing shares at $86.04 each.
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NEC Corp could ease the UK’s 5G equipment woes after the government confirmed the Japanese firm would be “supporting 5G in the UK”.
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Asian data centre player Big Data Exchange (BDx) has appointed a new executive to “strategically lead and execute operations”.
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The US has persuaded Bulgaria to block the use of Huawei and ZTE kit in its 5G networks and the US is now asking Egypt to adopt its so-called Clean Network programme.
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DE-CIX India has confirmed its sixth point of presence (PoP) in Mumbai at GPX2.
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PLDT and its wireless arm Smart Communications have announced increased 5G investments to improve customer experience and services in 2021.
