Asia Pacific
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Intel is reportedly expanding its chip packaging and testing facility in Chengdu, China despite the embattled firm’s scaling back expansion projects in Europe. -
Nokia has expanded its work with Vietnamese service provider Viettel, with the operator set to deploy its optical transport solutions to scale network performance following their joint achievement of a record optical transmission speed.
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The 2024 Huawei Mobile Broadband Forum (MBBF) kicked off in Istanbul yesterday, with industry leaders gathering to discuss the future of mobile networks, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital transformation.
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Gopal Vittal, Bharti Airtel’s long-serving CEO will step aside in 2026 to be replaced by Shashwat Sharma.
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The US Treasury Department has issued a Final Rule restricting US investments in foreign technologies deemed to pose a “national security concern,” specifically targeting sectors like semiconductors, quantum technology, and AI.
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SK Telecom and Samsung have developed AI technology capable of optimising 5G base stations.
Forthcoming events
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Globe has activated a segment of the Philippine Domestic Submarine Cable Network (PDSCN) from Luzon to Mindanao, in the Philippines.
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Eutelsat Group and Telstra confirm the launch of the largest deployment of Eutelsat OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite backhaul in Australia.
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GTA, a leading telecoms and digital infrastructure provider in Guam has announced that the GTA GNC iX data centre is now a strategic point-of-presence (PoP) for PLDT Global.
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The Government of Mongolia and SpaceX are in discussions to launch Mongolia’s first national satellite.
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Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has launched the first carrier-neutral internet exchange (IX) in the country with the help of DE-CIX.
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Singtel will collaborate with Google to offer Rich Communication Services (RCS) with Rich Business Messaging to its business customers – a first in Singapore.
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Nokia’s exit from TD Tech, a wireless technology firm jointly controlled by Huawei comes as no surprise according to Paolo Pescatore, TMT analyst at PP Foresight.
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Intelia New Zealand has launched a new subsea cable project that will connect Invercargill in New Zealand to both Sydney and Melbourne in Australia.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) will invest US$15.24 billion in Japan by 2027 to boost cloud computing infrastructure that is critical to AI.
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The UAE and Kazakhstan have signed a strategic agreement to create a framework for investment cooperation in data centres and AI projects in the Central Asian country.
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Malaysia’s 5G network has achieved coverage of 80.2% as of the 31 December 2023, according to Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil.
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Ciena has completed the construction of South Korea’s first nationwide 600G transmission network.
