Asia Pacific
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T-Mobile’s cybersecurity chief has come out in support of the company’s security measures after it was targeted by Chinese-linked hackers, saying its defences “worked as designed.” -
Google is expanding its Australia Connect initiative with two new subsea cables connecting Australia with Christmas Island.
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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.
Forthcoming events
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Google has confirmed two subsea cable projects linking the Middle East with southern Europe and Asia, are to be built and delivered in collaboration with Sparkle.
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Equinix and Options, the financial services data connectivity provider, have joined forces to provide increased connectivity and low latency services through Singapore.
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The new Europe-to-India cable that Aqua Comms will manage will be the first of a number of new subsea investments by the company’s owner, Digital 9 Infrastructure.
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TPG Telecom is upgrading its subsea cable between Australia and Guam, PPC-1, with Infinera’s ICE6 800G solution.
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Google is launching a new cloud region in Melbourne, Australia, tomorrow (29 July).
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The owner of Aqua Comms is making its first new investment in a subsea cable following its US$215 million takeover in April.
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ZTE has launched AIVO3.0 to combine granular understanding and modelling of user experience with detailed network analyses and measurements. Capacity spoke to Wang Qiang, Vice President of ZTE Corporation and General Manager of BDS Products, to find out more.
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Yondr Group has formed a $1 billion joint venture with Everstone Group to open hyperscale data centres in India.
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The president of Jasmine Telecom Systems (JTS) has outlined how he plans to make the Thai operator the largest bitcoin miner in the ASEAN region by 2024.
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A Singapore-based shipping company, BW Group, has bought the Hawaiki subsea cable operation for an undisclosed price.
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Infrastructure REIT DigitalBridge has acquired the data centre business of PCCW for $750 million, covering a number of data centres in Hong Kong, China and Malaysia.
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The last day to submit an entry to the Global Carrier Awards 2021, is 29 July.
