Asia Pacific
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The Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (TSRI), part of the National Applied Research Laboratories, has purchased its first full-stack superconducting quantum computer from IQM Quantum Computers, a global leader in quantum technology. -
Recent damage to undersea cables in the Baltic Sea has sparked fears of sabotage, but experts urge caution before assigning blame.
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The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) of Taiwan has partnered with the UK’s Digital Catapult to drive forward Open RAN innovation.
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Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS) has formed a joint venture with investment firm RMZ to invest $1.7 billion in the Indian data centre market.
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Samsung Electronics has inaugurated its new semiconductor research and development facility, NRD-K, in Korea.
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SK Telecom has launched a customer service centre tool driven by a proprietary AI model tailored to enhance agents' handling of customer queries.
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The metaverse will converge and build on what already exists, while tapping into evolving technologies like sound waves, to transform this into a new fully immersive, persistent, and sensory environment. Haifa El Ashkar, executive director corporate strategy, CSG, writes
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#ICYMI - Capacity shares five key telecoms stories that were making headlines in December!
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Capacity shares five key 5G stories to know for January 4, 2022.
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Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd is to provide backhaul services for "one of the world's largest MNOs", allowing it to deploy 4G voice and data services over LTE.
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Cinia has teamed with Far North Digital to build a fibre optic cable station that will link Europe and Asia through the Arctic.
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NEC has announced it has successfully demonstrated OpenRAN capabilities for the Global Plugfest event at five of its venues.
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China Mobile is aiming to raise up to 56 billion yuan ($8.8 billion) in the country’s biggest public offering for over a decade.
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EdgeConneX has announced it has made a strategic investment in leading data centre provider Chayora.
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BT and other wholesale partners of satellite company OneWeb will start testing services in January, Capacity understands, with commercial services likely to be on offer several months later.
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Southern Cross Cable Network (SX) has announced its NEXT cable (SX NEXT) has landed in Coogee beach in New South Wales, Australia as part of the final stage of the submarine cable rollout between Los Angeles and Sydney.
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Chile’s Desarrollo Pais has selected H2 Cable LP as its strategic partner for the development of the first submarine cable to connect Latin America with the Asia Pacific and Oceania.
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The US government last week recommended that Google and Meta’s undersea data cable to Asia should be approved for use.
