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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With the exploding use of APIs to drive new partnerships and services across all markets, the demand for a compliant, core-and-edge data centre platform which can bring diverse sectors together will skyrocket.
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To support new, mission-critical applications associated with cloud architectures, 5G and Industry 4.0, IP networks must be trusted to provide guaranteed high-performance and secure connectivity. Nokia has pioneered this approach by embedding network security functions into every layer of the IP network infrastructure.
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Ericsson has won a 5G contract with Bhutan Telecom as the landlocked Eastern Himalayan country prepares to launch 5G services at the end of the year.
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XL Axiata has switched on a 4G service for the remote communities located across Maluku and Papua.
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The use of PUE in measuring data centre efficiency has been called into question by Cundall, the international multi-disciplinary consultancy that has delivered a portfolio of green buildings, including the Facebook Odense Data Centre.
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Globe Telecom has enlisted Infinera to deploy its Auto-Lambda solution to upgrade its existing 4G access and aggregation networks and in anticipation of providing future 5G services.
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Vodafone Group Plc and the International Telecommunication Union are to address the global digital divide through a new working group.
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Ooredoo QSC (Ooredoo) and CK Hutchison Holdings Limited (CK Hutchison) have signed a $6 billion definitive agreement for the merger of their telecoms businesses in Indonesia.
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Nokia and Indosat Ooredoo have launched commercial 5G services in Surabaya city, Indonesia.
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ST Telemedia Global Data Centres in Thailand has officially opened its hyperscale data centre in Bangkok.
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Geneva, Switzerland – 16 September, 2021, Huawei became a founding member of the Equipment Vendor Program (EVP) of the Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS), in an effort to actively improve global Internet security.
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Colt Group has committed to achieve net zero emissions by 2030, across all its operations.
