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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Digital Realty has hired Serene Nah to lead its Asia-Pacific team, based in Singapore.
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Dell Technologies will team with Brunei’s largest telco service Unified National Networks (UNN) to fast-track its infrastructure in line with its Brunei Vision 2035.
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Singtel has entered the Indonesian data centre market, partnering the Telkom and energy company Medco Power for its first data centre project in Indonesia.
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The chair of the US regulator has welcomed a court decision to uphold a ban on China Telecom’s operations in the US.
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The Australian regulator has blocked a network-sharing plan by Telstra and rival operator TPG.
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Vodafone Cook Islands is to use the new O3b mPower satellites, launched a few days ago, to extend its 4G services across the islands.
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Global Cloud Xchange (GCX) is planning to begin international telephony services to support customers in India after winning a licence from the Indian government.
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The enterprise division of Etisalat has formed a joint venture to build the largest pure play cloud managed and professional services provider in its region.
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Four leading English-speaking economies have aligned their strategies for secure mobile infrastructure, continuing from the 5G era into 6G.
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Stack Infrastructure (STACK) has expanded its APAC partnership with ESR Group with the development of a new 72MW data centre campus in Osaka, Japan.
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Malaysia’s plan for a state-owned 5G network has hit a snag as the country’s newly appointed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said that those plans were not formulated transparently.
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Australia’s state-owned wholesale broadband network has turned to Ericsson to expand reach with fixed wireless access (FWA) technology.
