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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A fourth mobile operator in China has revealed itself and will go by the name China Broadnet.
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Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), the largest telecoms firm in Taiwan has cut its energy use by an average of 33% after using Ericsson’s 5G solutions.
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Leaders at the G7 summit have revealed an ambitious US$600 billion plan to counter China’s Belt and Road strategy.
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TPG Telecom has commissioned a TPG Telecom Private Cloud pod in the DCA|PIER data centre –it's first private cloud pod to be hosted in a data centre in the state of Western Australia.
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India’s financial regulator has fined Reliance Industries, the owner of Jio, for failing to announce Facebook’s US$5.7 billion investment. Two compliance officers were also fined.
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A worldwide crackdown on social engineering fraud has seen scammers identified globally by Interpol.
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Cloud software company Calix has opened its R&D centre in Bengaluru, with a focus on expanding the Calix Cloud platform.
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Malaysian telco, MSA Resources Sdn Bhd (MSAR), has selected Ciena to help build its digital super highway network.
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Satellite company Kacific has completed deployment of over 2,500 sites for Bakti, the Indonesian government’s Telecommunication and Information Accessibility Agency.
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International bandwidth is expected to surge at a compound annual growth rate of 38% between 2021 and 2028, TeleGeography reports.
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Veon has completed a US$15 million investment as part of a Series A round of funding for Dastgyr, a Pakistani-based B2B e-commerce marketplace platform.
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XL Axiata, an Indonesian telco, has selected Juniper Networks’ Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6) and MX Series Universal Routing Platforms to bolster its network infrastructure.
