Asia Pacific
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Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison is working with GoTo to launch an open source language model designed for local Indonesian languages. -
US security agencies claim Chinese-affiliated hackers are conducting a “broad and significant cyber espionage campaign” against US telco operators.
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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.
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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).
Forthcoming events
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Ajit Pai left the US telecoms regulator yesterday with a final short at what he called potential Chinese espionage and threats to networks.
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HGC Global Communications Limited (HGC) said its hyperscale-focused fibre optic network at AirTrunk’s latest hyperscale data centre in Hong Kong is now available.
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Softline Group has strengthened its presence in India by acquiring Embee Software Pvt Ltd for an undisclosed sum.
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SUB.CO founder Bevan Slattery has updated the market on the progress of the Oman Australia Cable (OAC), with installation due to complete in December of this year.
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Colt Technology Services confirms that it now offers connectivity to i-TEC Cloud Connect, a new service from ITEC Hankyu Hanshin Co (ITEC).
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Sweden has concluded its 5G auction raising SEK 2,317,000,006 (US$276.8 million) and awarding spectrum to all four bidders.
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Lee Jae-Yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, has been sentenced to a 30-month (two and a half year) prison term by a High Court in South Korea.
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Ljubica Draskic, new Head of Sales and Business Development at SmartCIC, talks to Capacity Media about her new role, what inspired her to move to a smaller more agile provider and her thoughts on the market in 2021.
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Cisco and Acacia Communications have been granted conditional approval of its merger from China’s antitrust regulator.
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Canadian-owned telecoms infrastructure company BAI Communications has hired Telefónica O2 UK’s Brendan O’Reilly to become its global CTO.
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Comviva has launched a "futuristic platform" it said can support telcos to leverage the business opportunities in digital, "without exposing them to risks or escalating costs".
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ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has partnered with Hyosung Heavy Industries (KRX:298040) on a 60:40 basis to jointly develop and operate their first carrier-neutral data centre campus in South Korea.
