Asia Pacific
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Singtel-backed Australian operator Optus has been fined more than A$12 million (US$7.9 million) after it failed to provide access to emergency services following a nationwide outage. -
Full allocation of the 6GHz spectrum band to Wifi could significantly boost India's economy, according to the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA).
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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.
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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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Telenor has selected Oracle Communications' billing and revenue management solution to support the growing demand for mobile services across Asia.
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Hong Kong-based carrier PCCW Global is letting customers connect to a large number of internet exchanges via its Console Connect digital platform.
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Intel and Bharti Airtel (Airtel) are collaborating to develop 4G and 5G virtualised radio access network (vRAN) and open radio access network (RAN) technology.
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Pacific Carriage Limited (Delaware), in collaboration with Pioneer Consulting have landed the trans-Pacific Southern Cross NEXT (SX NEXT) subsea cable in Los Angeles
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Zella DC, a global Australian-based micro data centre specialist in R&D, manufacturing and distribution, has secured a grant from the AMGC Commercialisation Fund.
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Ericsson has been awarded an overall 2% market share of China's 5G network development.
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Telenor Group has adjusted its full year outlook as president and CEO Sigve Brekke declared a return to growth in Q2.
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GDS Holdings, the developer and operator of data centres in China, has announced a first step in its expansion into South East Asia with plans to develop a hyperscale campus in Johor, Malaysia.
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Australia's Telstra has confirmed that it has conducted talks with the Australian government to support its bid for Digicel's Pacific assets and operations.
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Subsea carrier Global Cloud Xchange (GCX) has officially abandoned its plan to build a 20Tbps cable from Europe to India to Singapore.
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The Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA) has announced that Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia PLC has been issued with a final licence. However, over half of the winning consortium's financing could be in doubt due to US sanctions.
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Macquarie Telecom's wholesale data centre business has claimed its largest investment to date as it builds a facility that will house its Sovereign Cyber Security Centre of Excellence.
