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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Ericsson's Bhutan deal; EA's winning buy; GTT chapter 2.0 and 5G speeds in Europe
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Globe Telecom will launch 5G standalone (SA) technology in the Philippines as it looks to bring a wide range of use cases to customers.
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At HUAWEI CONNECT 2021, Huawei launched its new CloudWAN 3.0 solution to help enterprises build a flexible, reliable, and deterministic network, addressing the numerous challenges enterprises face during digital transformation in the cloud era and ultimately injecting new momentum into their digital development.
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Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou is back home in China, 34 months after she was arrested at Canada’s Vancouver airport on a US warrant to extradite her on charges of fraud.
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MEF has launched a comprehensive set of new APIs, services, and programs in response to market demand to accelerate the implementation of MEF Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) APIs.
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Capacity shares five key stories from around the world making headlines today.
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Telefónica has become the latest CSP to use IBM AI-powered automation software and services to implement its first-ever, cloud-based 5G core network platform called UNICA Next.
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Nokia has been selected by Spark, New Zealand’s largest telco, to support its 5G rollout.
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Bharti Airtel is to enhance its optical network capacity in key metropolitan markets with Tejas Networks.
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Debt-stricken mobile carrier Vodafone Idea is looking at funding deals with potential investors after receiving a relief package from the Indian government.
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Huawei has claimed an industry first with the launch of its "ubiquitous cloud-native service" Huawei Cloud UCS as it looks to "build the cloud foundation for an intelligent future".
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In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week from breaking news out of GTT to a world first from BT.
