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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Inligo Networks, the Australian company than is planning to build a subsea network to Japan and the US, has appointed Tim Gigg and John Thompson to its board.
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Télécoms sans Frontières, the industry’s charity focused on disaster relief, is working with other agencies to help restore services to Tonga.
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FiberSense, a deep-tech fibre sensing company, and Southern Cross Cable Network (SX) have completed the successful testing of the world’s first subsea cable monitoring service.
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Reliance Jio (RJIL) has paid Rs 30,791 (£3.03 million) towards clearing prepayment of deferred spectrum acquired before March 2021.
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Kicking off the quarterly financials, Tata Communications and Syniverse have published their latest results over the last 24 hours.
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When £2.6 million was stolen from a Royal Mail train in the UK back in 1963, the thieves relied on the classic techniques of distraction and violence to secure their swag.
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Capacity shares five key stories from around the world making headlines today.
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A US$5.7m dispute between the government of Tonga and satellite company Kacific is delaying moves to provide internet and phone services until the islands’ subsea cables are restored.
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Capacity shares five key data economy stories to watch for today.
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NTT DOCOMO has developed an antenna system capable of creating a high-frequency mobile communication cell when a small piece of plastic is placed on top of a dielectric waveguide.
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Telenor Group has sold its 51% stake in Wave Money to the Myanmar-focused conglomerate, Yoma Strategic Holdings.
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Tonga Cable, the sole physical link to the south Pacific island group, was cut at the weekend by a massive volcano.
