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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Indian telecoms minister Ashwini Vaishnaw tabled the Telecommunications Bill, 2023 yesterday in the lower house of parliament.
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Norwegian network operator Telenor has once again reduced its exposure in Asia, with a sale of Telenor Pakistan to PTCL.
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Roam Digitel will supplement Summit Digitel, Brookfield’s Indian towerco, and will be dedicated to tower acquisition and construction
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RETN confirms the deployment of its latest network route connecting Hong Kong to Singapore via the Asia-Pacific Gateway subsea cable.
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Vantage Data Centers has announced a new data centre project in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Axiata’s decision to exit Nepal by selling its stake in Ncell has sparked controversy in the country, triggering debate in government and protests in front of the Ncell office.
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Indonesia’s largest telecoms tower company Mitratel has bought 803 towers for around US$113 million from local telecoms infrastructure company Gametraco Tunggal.
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The Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC) and CMC Telecommunications Infrastructure (CMC Telecom) confirm the opening of the VNIX point of presence (PoP) and interconnection hub at CMC Telecom's Tan Thuan data centre.
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India has granted its first satellite broadband licence to Eutelsat One Web, a low-earth orbit satellite operator which was formed via the merger of French satellite operator Eutelsat and the UK’s OneWeb.
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Samsung and Qualcomm have flagged concerns with India’s choice to bring live TV broadcasts to smartphones.
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Australian network was down for most of the day, but what caused the Optus downtime?
