Asia Pacific
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Mobily and Telecom Egypt have partnered to launch a submarine cable linking Saudi Arabia and Egypt via the Red Sea to expand connectivity in the region. -
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.
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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.
Forthcoming events
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Three Japanese railway companies are connecting their fibre capacity to Japan Internet Exchange (JPIX).
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Two months after Nokia announced radio access network deals with Japan’s KDDI and SoftBank, the Finnish vendor has said it is ready to supply open RAN equipment to their rival, NTT DoCoMo.
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Telcos Singtel Optus and Telstra have spent over $2 billion in securing spectrum licenses in Australia.
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Mobile network operator Veon has incorporated the GSMA’s Mobile Connect standard into what it hopes will be a global identity system.
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Schneider Electric has released what its describes as a 'comprehensive novel framework' for environmentally sustainable data centres.
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The Australian federal government is allocating almost US$79 million to boosting digital connectivity in rural and remote areas of the country.
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Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) has become the first operator to sign up for 5G trials with Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB).
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Vantage Data Centres and its lead investor, Digital Bridge Group, have completed the acquisition of PCCW’s data centre business (PCCW DC).
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South-east Asian telcos have announced several deals worth a combined $30bn as 5G investment in the region continues.
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Hurricane Electric has deployed a new point of presence (PoP) in NEXTDC’s M1 Melbourne data centre, located in Port Melbourne.
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The latest opponent to Nvidia’s proposed $40 billion purchase of chip designer Arm is a powerful agency of the US government.
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China Telecom must cease all operations in the US by early January, after it lost a bid to appeal against revocation of its licence.
