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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Colt has announced that it will offer connectivity to Oracle Cloud for businesses in Singapore.
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Interconnection enhancements are in the works for data centre customers in Tokyo, Osaka, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Sydney following a new partnership between Digital Realty and Ciena.
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Hyperscale specialist AirTrunk is planning to build a new Sydney facility it describes as " the largest single campus in the Asia-Pacific region", excluding China.
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Veon’s Bangladesh subsidiary is to use the country’s national wholesale network provided by BTCL.
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Project Kuiper launch dates; telco negotiation tactics; and GSMA's Stephanie Lynch-Habib
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NTT Ltd has set out how it will achieve net zero emissions by 2040, with global CEO Abhijit Dubey saying the company has an "obligation to make the world a more sustainable place".
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Global spending on cloud services reached a new record in Q3 2021, to hit US$49.4 billion, however the impact of the global chip shortage on the data centre industry is "imminent".
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Hawaiki Submarine Cable Limited Partnership (Hawaiki) confirms the launch of Hawaiki Nui submarine cable system.
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EQT confirms that the EQT Infrastructure V fund has held its final close at €15.7 billion in 'fee-generating assets'.
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Communication service providers believe that AI software is key to reducing network energy demand and emissions, according to research from Nokia and GSMA Intelligence.
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Here are the five things you need to know for 3 November 2021, from around the world.
