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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China is lending the west African republic of Benin US$40 million to help fund a broadband project.
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DXN is acquiring 100% of the SDC data centre in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
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The world's largest MVNO is investing £250 million to expand its reach into new markets and develop new technology.
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Capacity’s Alan Burkitt-Gray of Capacity TV speaks to Catherine Hemingray, Global Account Director and Ljubica Draskic, Head of Sales and New Business Development from Smart CIC and they share their insight in connectivity, low latency routes and the products Smart CIC can offer.
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Open RAN software company Parallel Wireless is expanding its R&D in centres in India, Israel, the US and the UK
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AirTrunk has converted its existing corporate loan facility of more than A$2.1 billion (US$1.55 billion) into a Sustainability Linked Loan (SLL).
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From Elon Musk and Sunil Bharti Mittal to the British government, investors have committed billions of dollars to rolling out low earth orbit satellite constellations, but substantial challenges remain in revenue generation, regulation and productivity, writes George Malim.
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SMS fraud is on the rise and it’s undermining one of the most impactful channels for B2C communication. Nicky Peshwani, VP, carrier and messaging business, Bankai Group, tells Melanie Mingas how AI is tackling the scourge
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HMN Tech confirms the launch of the Hainan to Hong Kong Express (H2HE) subsea cable that features the world’s first 16 fibre pair repeatered system.
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Russia's MTS has a new subsidiary following the launch of MTS AI Center, a $100 million AI scheme intended to spearhead the development and commercialisation of AI solutions and start-ups across Asia, Europe and North America.
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Claiming the title of the world’s only off-grid edge data centre operator, Edge Centres is seeking approval for its first facility in Bendigo, Australia.
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Natalie Bannerman speaks to president of Telstra Americas Nicholas Collins about the company’s planned expansion and how it is putting people and customers at the heart of the process.
