Asia Pacific
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Nokia has secured a contract extension with Taiwan Mobile to boost the performance and capacity of its 5G network and upgrade its 4G/LTE network. -
SK Telecom has unveiled plans to build an “AI infrastructure superhighway” which includes constructing gigawatt-scale data centres across Asia and the 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.
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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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NTT Ltd has appointed Avinash Joshi as the new chief executive officer of its India business.
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Epsilon Telecommunications (Epsilon) is providing customers with access to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region in Indonesia.
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The government of Tonga has temporarily suspended its dispute with satellite company Kacific so that it can provide 1Gbps to the volcano-hit islands.
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Intelsat is the latest satellite company to offer services to reconnect Tonga after a volcano cut subsea cables.
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Entrepreneur Bevan Slattery has unveiled Soda, his new launchpad for investments in Australia’s digital infrastructure and sustainability.
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In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week from iSIMs to aviation dramas.
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OneWeb and Hughes Network Systems (Hughes) have formed a strategic six-year distribution partner agreement to provide low Earth orbit (LEO) connectivity services across India.
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SoftBank is raising 30 billion yen (US$263 million) to fund its work in high-altitude mobile services from the stratosphere.
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Capacity shares five key stories make headlines around the world today.
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Telecoms services are now back in operation between Tonga and the world, less than a week after a massive volcano cut two subsea cables.
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Rounding up the latest data centre industry developments from around the world.
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The 5G revolution may have started to arrive on Europe’s shores in terms of licences, network infrastructure, devices and services – but I can’t be alone in feeling a sense of déjà vu when reflecting on the current state of the rollout.
