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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A panel at Capacity Europe has revealed the Digital Silk Way is on track to see several project milestones over the coming weeks as infrastructure deployments progress.
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Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier (DTGC) is to increase the speed of Lambda Connect from 100GE to 400GE, using tech from Ciena.
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In a two-part panel session DOCOMO Digital's Filippo Giachi and Rahul Mughal unpack the booming sector that is cloud gaming, to mixed views.
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Nominations are now open for next year's Datacloud Awards, scheduled to return to Monaco in April.
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DCIA Data Centres has secured a 2.7 hectare site in Darwin, in Australia's NT, where it will develop a tier-three ready, secure cloud edge data centre.
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Digital Edge's first self-build data centre in Osaka, Japan, is to go into service on 4 January.
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Ericsson has lost market share in China and its overall global sales were down by 1%, the company reported this morning.
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Marynet Bassily, director of procurement and supply chain, EMEA at Vantage Data Centers, explains how she has overcome many obstacles to establish a career spanning construction and telecoms – and how she is encouraging her company and the wider industry to focus on inclusivity
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Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman speaks to Omar Qaise, founder and CEO of OQ Technology, on how the company is merging the world of cellular connectivity and satellite
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Meet Subspace, the ambitious start-up that aims to optimise the internet for real-time services. Natalie Bannerman speaks to its co-founder and CTO, William King, on how the idea for the business came about, and what it means for telcos and the gaming sector
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The world needs to increase food production by up to 70% in less than 30 years. It’s a significant challenge which, if not overcome, could push millions into famine. The answer involves IoT and, as Melanie Mingas finds out, a vast web of edge infrastructure that many other industries could tap
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Capacity's annual State of the Industry survey for 2021-22 is now live.
