Asia Pacific
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Chunghwa Telecom has partnered with satellite startup Astranis to build a dedicated MicroGEO system for Taiwan. -
Google has reached a major clean energy milestone by signing the first-ever corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs) for geothermal energy in Taiwan — and across the Asia-Pacific region.
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The world’s largest gold miner, Newmont, has deployed Ericsson Private 5G technology at its Cadia gold-copper mine in New South Wales – Australia's largest underground mine – to significantly enhance operational efficiency, safety, and connectivity across its mining fleet.
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Ericsson has appointed Ludvig Landgren as its new head of Australia and New Zealand.
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Australian cloud data centre provider ResetData has picked Nokia to support the rollout of its sovereign ‘AI Factory’ facilities.
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Filipino operator Now Telecom has lost its licence to operate after the country’s telco regulator ruled it failed to meet key regulatory and operational requirements.
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Telstra has partnered with SpaceX's Starlink to bring direct-to-device messaging to users in Australia.
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AWS is set to invest $5 billion in Thailand with the launch of a new cloud infrastructure region.
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Microsoft has continued its global cloud and AI infrastructure investing efforts, unveiling plans to spend $3 billion in India.
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Asia Pacific data centre operator Digital Edge has raised more than $1.6 billion to expand its services across the region.
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POET Technologies, which designs and develops photonic hardware for data centres, AI and telecom workloads, has completed its acquisition of Chinese photonics firm Super Photonics Integrated Circuit Xiamen Co (SPX).
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KT is set to leverage Ciena's WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) technology to help push its data transfer speeds.
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Japan’s biggest telcos have teamed up to launch a joint framework to ensure network communications can be quickly restored in the event of a large-scale disaster.
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Indonesian officials are reportedly looking to try and convince Elon Musk to bring his xAI startup to South East Asia, including building new data centres in the country.
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Researchers from the City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) claim to have developed an antenna system capable of simultaneously transmitting multiple signals to users in different directions, substantially increasing channel capacity for next-gen wireless technologies like 6G.
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Microsoft has revealed plans to extend its global data centre footprint to Perth, Western Australia, with an Azure Extended Zone set to launch by mid-2025.
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Indonesian mobile operators XL Axiata and Smartfren are set to merge as part of a deal worth 104 trillion Indonesian Rupiah (US$6.5 billion).
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A US Senator has introduced a draft bill in response to Chinese-linked hacks on US telcos that would force the Federal Communications Commission to introduce cybersecurity rules for telcos.
