Asia Pacific
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Telekom Malaysia (TM) and Singtel’s Digital InfraCo unit Nxera have broken ground on a sustainable, hyperconnected data centre campus in Johor, Malaysia.
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The UK Government has launched the UK-India Technology Security Initiative to foster critical collaboration on telecom security and stimulate investment in emerging technologies.
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Fibre broadband and technology provider Converge ICT Solutions (Converge) has announced a partnership with Ribbon Communications (Ribbon) to boost performance on its Filipino fibre network.
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Macquarie Data Centres was joined by Australian cybersecurity minister Clare O’Neil MP, to break ground at its newest data centre, IC3 Super West in Sydney’s north zone, which is being purpose-built for high-density and AI and cloud workloads.
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Indonesia’s Telecommunications and Information Accessibility Agency (BAKTI) says it aims to complete the construction of 630 base transceiver stations (BTS) in “unforeseeable areas” by the end of 2024.
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China has hit back after Germany revealed yesterday that it will gradually phase out Chinese telecom components from its 5G networks.
Forthcoming events
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Indosat Ooredoo Hutchinson’s business division has launched a new suite of AI tools targeted at supporting the sustainable growth of the upstream oil and gas industry in Indonesia.
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India’s Department of Telecommunication (DoT) completed its second 5G spectrum auction on Wednesday, with underwhelming results.
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ZTE and Beeline Kazakhstan have unveiled plans for the Giga City project in the country.
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The campus will be TM and Nxera’s largest facility to date.
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Samsung is teaming with Etherstack to trial Australia’s first mission-critical push-to-X (MCPTX) solution.
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New Zealand headquartered infrastructure investor Infratil has raised NZ$1150 million (US$704.07 million) to fund further investment into data centre operator CDC Group.
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Macquarie Cloud Services has leveraged strategic relationships with Microsoft and Dell Technologies to launch Macquarie Flex.
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Telegraph42 has unveiled an alternative data transit route between Frankfurt and Hong Kong which passes through the Balkan regions, the Middle East and Central Asia.
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Singapore can once again be considered a viable location for future data centres, after having been removed from consideration by many who began seeking alternatives according to Daryl Dunbar, partner at Internal Consulting Group (ICG).
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Airbus subsidiary AALTO has $100 million of investment from a consortium led by NTT Docomo and Space Compass in its high-altitude platform station (HAPS) solution.
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Capital market connectivity firm Avelacom has launched two new low-latency fibre routes from Seoul to Hong Kong and Singapore.
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Singtel and Pt Telekomunikasi Indonesia International (Telin) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a new submarine cable connecting Singapore and Batam, Indonesia.