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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Inligo Networks’ Asia Connect Cable (ACC-1) is to add a branch into the Philippines, working with PLDT, the company has announced.
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Globe Telecom in the Philippines is starting work on registering the SIM cards of over 87 million customers, as Kenyan telcos report similar rules are slowing growth.
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Three companies, in Europe, the US and Japan, have formally created the company they hope will build the first Arctic cable.
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OneWeb showed the first signs that it is ready to move into the southern hemisphere with a new distribution deal covering Australia and New Zealand.
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Tasmania Police have successfully completed a trial of the Tasmanian Government Radio Network in collaboration with Motorola Solutions and Telstra.
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Satellite company OneWeb is hoping to resume its launch programme this weekend, using an Indian rocket for the first time.
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India’s Reliance Jio has entered into partnerships with both Nokia and Ericsson as it looks to bolster its 5G rollout across the country.
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Australian cyber security company AUCloud has launched a quantum-based symmetric key agreement software, said to be the first in the Asia-Pacific region.
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GTA, a Guamanian telco, has broken on the construction of its Alupang data centre and cable landing station in Tamuning, Guam.
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Google will open its first data centre in Japan in Inzai City, Chiba in 2023.
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STL is collaborating with Vocus Group for its Project Horizon, 2000km fibre cable link, in Western Australia.
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Equinix confirms its expansion to Indonesia with plans for a $74 million International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre in Jakarta.
