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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Philippines-based Globe Telecom has agreed to sell and lease back over 5,700 of its mobile towers.
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TPG Telecom, Australia’s second-largest telecoms provider has selected Adtran’s Gfast fibre extension to roll out gigabit services in the country.
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Colt has announced it has reduced the latency between the Singapore and Australia exchanges, realising the fast connectivity in the market of less than 87ms.
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Flow Digital Infrastructure has agreed to buy DXN Limited for around US$17 million.
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Insurance firm Ping An says it will trial a new data centre that will set a “benchmark” for energy-saving and emission-reduction technology in China’s financial data centres.
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The new owners of Superloop’s former business in Hong Kong and Singapore have relaunched the company as Xenith Infrastructure Group (Xenith IG).
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North Asian private equity firm MBK Partners has joined the list of investment firms reportedly considering an offer for Chinese data centre company Vnet.
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Telstra and Microsoft have expanded their partnership to support Australia’s digital growth.
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Zayo says it has introduced a new, fast route from Japan to the west coast of the US, with further links to Chicago, Dallas and New York.
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Tata Communications has reported a growth of 83.6% for its consolidated profit for the quarter that ended on June 30, 2022.
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Singapore-based satellite company Kacific is aiming to make a first selection of the supplier for its second wholesale broadband satellite by the end of July.
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Vodafone New Zealand has confirmed it is selling its passive mobile tower assets for NZ$1.7 billion (US$1.1 billion).
