Asia Pacific
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Internet Exchange operator DE-CIX has partnered with submarine cable firm GCX to resell the IX’s India’s services to end global end customers. -
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.
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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.
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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.
Forthcoming events
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Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman speaks to China Unicom Global’s Dr Shusen Meng for a full update on where the company is focusing its efforts and what innovations are on the horizon.
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Bridge Data Centres has started construction on MY06, its 100MW hyperscale campus in Johor, Malaysia.
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China Telecom is to extend its services to two Hong Kong data centres, working with an associate of HGC Global Communications.
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Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) has announced it has allocated more spectrum to local 5G mobile network operators.
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The Asian subsea cable sector has been abuzz with conversation. According to some regional players, the subsea transit prices are increasing, depending of course on the route in question.
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Stuart Evers, chairman of AzerTelecom International, talks to Natalie Bannerman about developing the Digital Silk Way project, a large-scale Asia to Europe route comprised of terrestrial and subsea infrastructure, initiated by NEQSOL Holding.
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Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman speaks to Rémi Galasso about his latest subsea cable project, Hawaiki Nui, the 22,000km system looping across Asia-Pacific.
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There's a new way to routes data between IoT devices and the cloud after Console Connect launched Asia IoT Gateway.
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Carving a new role for sustainable ICT, Chindata Group is expanding its focus from hyperscale campuses to the creation of sustainable digital ecosystems. Founder and CEO Alex Ju shares the details with Melanie Mingas
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AirTrunk unveiled its first data centre in Japan on Tuesday, TOK1, which is scalable to over 300 megawatts (MW).
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Blocked from a growing number of telecoms networks, Huawei is changing its business model to focus on new revenue streams. Saf Malik reports.
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Tata Group is reportedly in talks with three Indian states to potentially build a $300 million semiconductor assembly and test unit.
