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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Our world is digital first, real time and super-fast. However, this new age requires a multi-approach to the experience-driven digital economy to deliver the ultimate benefits to businesses and users.
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South Korean telco KT Corp (KT) has completed the acquisition of Epsilon Telecommunications (Epsilon) for $145 million (KRW 170 billion).
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Capacity’s Natalie Bannerman speaks to Aarti Holla-Maini, secretary general of ESOA, about evolution of satellite as critical communications infrastructure
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Hughes Network Systems and OneWeb have signed a distribution agreement in the US and a memorandum of understanding in India to extend connectivity services.
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Season 3, episode 2 is presented by editor Melanie Mingas, and features editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, deputy editor Natalie Bannerman and this week's guest, Colm Shorten, senior director of data centres at JLL.
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Microsoft is establishing its Azure Space unit in Adelaide, South Australia, in partnership with Nokia.
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Vantage Data Centers has expanded into the Asia-Pacific market through two acquisitions.
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Chindata Group is to "proactively explore" the development of zero-carbon data centres after becoming the first digital infrastructure participant in the UN's Global Compact initiative.
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Tata Communications and TM Wholesale – the global and wholesale arm of Telekom Malaysia Berhad – are enhancing internet connectivity in the ASEAN region.
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Telstra has partnered with BlueVoyant to launch Telstra Cyber Detection and Response – Endpoint.
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NEC Corporation (NEC) has expanded its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to include global 5G and the digital government.
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Australia's Zella DC has introduced its Micro Data Centre as-a-service (MDCaaS) offering, available for all its existing micro data centres.
