Asia Pacific
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US security agencies claim Chinese-affiliated hackers are conducting a “broad and significant cyber espionage campaign” against US telco operators. -
Vietnamese carrier Viettel has launched an Open RAN 5G Network, leveraging hardware from Qualcomm to provide enhanced connectivity across the country.
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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.
Forthcoming events
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Historic difficulties building cell sites in the Philippines affected the deployment of 5G across the country, according to Globe president and CEO Ernest Cu.
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South-east Asian company SpaceDC has partnered with Epsilon to provide cloud services from its data centre campus in Jakarta.
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Indosat Ooredoo confirms the first commercial deployment of Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6) in Southeast Asia to support its 5G services in Indonesia.
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Veon is putting its services and apps business under new management, with a focus on financial services, entertainment and big data. Alan Burkitt-Gray interviews Sergi Herrero about his plans
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Nominations are now open for Capacity's top 20 ICT investors list 2021.
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Console Connect by PCCW Global has collaborated with NetSapiens to enhance network performance and control for NetSapiens’ global customers.
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Telecom Egypt, a key player in the global telecom industry, recently announced hybrid African ring path (HARP), a submarine system that circles the African continent, forming the shape of a harp. The system will connect Africa’s east and west bounds to Europe, from South Africa to Italy and France along the continent’s east coast, and to Portugal along its west coast.
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Taking to the skies, the next company to be profiled in the series is SES Networks, who along with Amdocs, were the recipients of the Satellite Project of the Year Award.
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Japanese vendor NEC has formed an open RAN alliance with the Taiwanese company that is already supplying TIM’s project in Italy.
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Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (Jio) and Google Cloud have formed a long-term strategic relationship with a goal of powering 5G to enterprise and consumer customers across India.
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ATC Europe's new shareholder; Etisalat's commercial mmWave 5G plans; and OneWeb's crucial launch
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Satellite company OneWeb is a week away from being able to launch its services commercially in the northern part of the world.
