Asia Pacific
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Google is expanding its Australia Connect initiative with two new subsea cables connecting Australia with Christmas Island. -
A former US telecom and IT worker was sentenced to four years in prison for passing on information about Chinese dissidents to the Chinese government.
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The Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (TSRI), part of the National Applied Research Laboratories, has purchased its first full-stack superconducting quantum computer from IQM Quantum Computers, a global leader in quantum technology.
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Recent damage to undersea cables in the Baltic Sea has sparked fears of sabotage, but experts urge caution before assigning blame.
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The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) of Taiwan has partnered with the UK’s Digital Catapult to drive forward Open RAN innovation.
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Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS) has formed a joint venture with investment firm RMZ to invest $1.7 billion in the Indian data centre market.
Forthcoming events
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Indian banks are in discussions about converting Vodafone Idea’s debts into equity, effectively taking over one of the country’s three main mobile operators.
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Eloise Walker and Catherine Robins from Pinsent Masons, explain how changes to the international tax system will affect telecoms and tech multinationals.
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Russia is reported to have begun work laying its Polar Express subsea cable valued at 65 billion roubles ($889 million).
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Intelsat is providing cellular backhaul services in French Guiana for Orange, via the Intelsat 10-02 satellite.
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The Indian government appears to have blinked first in its fight with its telecoms operators and others over back taxes worth billions.
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Indian 5G plans are being held up because a government department is not approving new equipment quickly enough, according to reports.
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TPG Telecom has deployed Nokia’s integrated 5G Interleaved Passive Active Antenna (IPAA) at its TPG Telecom site in Brisbane.
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Tata Communications saw a 14.9% year on year increase in profit after tax in Q1 FY2022, to US$40 million (INR 296 Crore), and growth of 0.7% in consolidate revenue quarter on quarter to $556 million.
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Network-as-a-service provider Megaport is extending the reach of its services through a new PartnerVantage programme aimed at system integrators, managed service providers and distributors, among others.
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HGC Group has teamed up with Deloitte Cyber to support Hong Kong-based companies eliminate the risk of cyberattacks.
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Nokia and Taiwan Mobile have claimed a world first in New Radio (NR) carrier aggregation (CA) by combining spectrum.
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Japanese group Rakuten is transforming itself into a vendor as well as an operator with an agreed bid for Altiostar, valuing the vendor at US$1 billion.
