Asia Pacific
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Vietnamese carrier Viettel has launched an Open RAN 5G Network, leveraging hardware from Qualcomm to provide enhanced connectivity across the country. -
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has been ordered to halt shipments of AI-related chips to Chinese customers by US export officials.
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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.
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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.
Forthcoming events
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TPG Telecom is to conduct Australia’s first 5G virtualised RAN (vRAN) trial on 26GHz, using integrated mmWave solution.
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Ascendas Property Fund Trustee, the trustee-manager of Ascendas India Trust (a-iTrust) is investing over $162 million to develop and operate phase one of a new data centre campus in Airoli, Navi Mumbai.
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Sumitomo Electric Industries will manufacture semiconductors for 5G base stations in New Jersey, US, from September.
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The military government of Myanmar has banned executives of foreign telecoms operators from leaving the country, as they refused to accept the government’s requirement that they intercept traffic.
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STL has completed a proof-of-concept (PoC) for its programmable FTTx (pFTTx) software with Chunghwa Telecom’s open broadband access network.
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Qualcomm Technologies, Inc and Capgemini have confirmed they are collaborating on private 5G advances, creating "an off-the-shelf private network system which is fully tested and validated".
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LG Uplus’s 5G network in Seoul has come up top in terms of speed, latency, and coverage, delivering an optimal 5G experience for its end users.
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From monetising traffic to international regulations, Gareth Willmer examines the road ahead for IoT and the advances on the horizon
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Rajesh Gangadhar, CTO access solutions at STL, writes about the capex demands of 5G
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As global migration and displacement continues to rise, Armando Samayoa, Télécoms Sans Frontières’ representative for the Americas and the Caribbean, shares how the organisation is supporting those affected
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Appointed to head Axiata Group Berhad’s newly formalised wholesale division, Obaid Ur Rahman is setting the scene to create an Asia-wide superhighway – not to mention becoming the region’s preferred wholesale partner. Melanie Mingas reports.
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India's Vodafone Idea reported a revenue decline of 11.8% quarter on quarter in its Q4 financial results this week.
