Asia Pacific
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Vodafone Idea has picked Nokia to upgrade and expand its optical metro and circle networks across India. -
A consortium in Japan is set to build an offshore floating green data centre, marking a major step in the evolution of sustainable AI infrastructure.
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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.
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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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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.
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In the global push to bridge digital divide, NGSO (Non-Geostationary Orbit) and LEO (Low Earth Orbit) satellite constellations have emerged as pivotal technologies.
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OpenAI has teamed up with SoftBank to launch SB OpenAI Japan, a joint venture developing AI tools and models specifically for Japanese businesses.
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DeepSeek took the world by storm this week. However, new research reveals the Chinese AI model has serious ethical and security flaws, including being 11 times more likely to generate harmful output than OpenAI’s o1.
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President Trump has unveiled plans to introduce hefty tariffs on semiconductors made in Taiwan to encourage chip manufacturers to bring production to the US.
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The Asia-Pacific region is at the epicentre of the global connectivity revolution. Yet, it faces unique challenges due to frequent natural disasters, geopolitical complexities, and infrastructure vulnerabilities.
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Japan's telecom companies have completed training projects to jointly use refuelling stations in the event of a large-scale disaster.
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Technology leaders have responded with admiration and intrigue following DeepSeek’s launch of its flagship language model, R1.
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Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has surged in popularity, climbing to the top of Apple’s App Store in the UK, US, and China, posing a significant challenge to Silicon Valley’s dominance.
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Pro-Assad forces sabotaged fibre links in Syria as the former regime's supporters look to target critical infrastructure following December's sudden collapse of the Assad regime.
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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NEC Corporation recorded a significant data transmission milestone, achieving speeds of 1.8 Gigabit per second (Gbps) using optical inter-satellite communication.
