Asia Pacific
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Singtel-owned technology services firm NCS is expanding its Asia Pacific footprint, launching a joint venture with Globe Telecom in the Philippines. -
Macquarie Cloud Services has revealed a multimillion-dollar investment in Dell PowerStore all-flash storage arrays, significantly enhancing the performance, efficiency, and sustainability of its cloud infrastructure.
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Thought the launch of DeepSeek was just a flash in the pan? Think again. The Chinese startup behind the AI models that upended the industry at the turn of the year has just updated its flagship system, and it’s just as impressive.
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Weaver Ant, a threat group with links to China, infiltrated telecom providers in Asia for several years without detection, according to new research by cybersecurity firm Sygnia.
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Japan’s MUFG Bank, in collaboration with NTT DATA and NTT WEST, has successfully tested an ultra-low latency, high-bandwidth data centre interconnection using the IOWN All-Photonics Network (APN).
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX has secured agreements with India’s largest telecom companies, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, to bring Starlink’s satellite internet service to the country.
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The UK High Court has upheld a government order requiring Chinese state-backed investment firm FTDI Holding Limited (FTDIHL) to divest its 80.2% stake in British semiconductor company Future Technology Devices International (FTDI).
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South Korea is set to build one of the world’s largest AI data centres, with a planned capacity of 3 gigawatts (GW) and an initial annual revenue of $3.5 billion.
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Bharti Airtel has landed the SEA-ME-WE 6 (Southeast Asia-Middle East-West Europe-6) submarine cable in Chennai.
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The Victorian government has signed a 10-year, AUD $500 million (USD ~$330 million) contract with Motorola Solutions to enhance and maintain the Metropolitan Mobile Radio (MMR) network, vital to the state's emergency services.
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Japanese telco KDDI Corp is the latest operator to back Aduna, the telecom industry’s API joint venture.
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AirTrunk is investing over $2 million in Malaysia, expanding its AirTrunk datacentre footprint with over 420MW of IT capacity
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The Chilean Undersecretariat of Telecommunications (Subtel) and the Development Bank for Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) have officially partnered with Pioneer Consulting and Salience Consulting to undertake a feasibility study for a submarine fibre-optic cable linking continental Chile to Antarctica.
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As artificial intelligence (AI) adoption accelerates globally, the demand for robust infrastructure has reached unprecedented levels. At ITW Asia’s keynote panel, “Scaling Infrastructure for AI Across Asia,” industry leaders delved into the unique challenges and opportunities associated with AI-driven growth across the region.
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Singtel’s regional data centre arm, Nxera DCT has secured a S$643 million (USD$476 million) to construct a new 58MW data centre in Singapore.
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The University of Sydney received a landmark $100 million donation from the family foundation of AirTrunk founder Robin Khuda to support girls from Western Sydney in pursuing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers.
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India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) has announced a major overhaul of the country’s telecom numbering system to tackle resource shortages, improve number portability, and reduce spam calls.
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DeepSeek burst onto the scene last week and upended the long-dominant big boys of AI with its smaller, more efficient approach to language model design.
