Asia Pacific
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Over the past 30 years, the Asia-Pacific Miracle has emerged and proven the strength and potential of this region. The Asia-Pacific region is becoming a pioneer in the evolution from a digital economy to an intelligent economy.
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DE-CIX Jakarta, the new internet exchange (IX) in Indonesia is now live.
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Microsoft has announced significant commitments to build new cloud and AI infrastructure in Thailand.
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Following the tie up of Indosat Ooredoo and CK Hutchinson in 2022, Bloomberg are reporting that a merger between SmartFren and XL Axiata is edging closer to being ironed out.
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Nokia will team with Perfectum in Uzbekistan to build a nationwide 5G standalone (SA) network in the country.
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Huawei’s rotating chairman Eric Xu says the Chinese company aims to seize strategic opportunities in AI and advance its All Intelligence strategy.
Forthcoming events
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Reports suggest that damage to the SEA-ME-WE 5 submarine cable system occurred in the straits of Mallaca, causing internet disruption in South Asia.
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Malaysia’s Axiata and India’s Bharti Airtel have signed an agreement to merge their Sri Lankan telecom operators.
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Eutelsat Group confirms that Sat One is using its OneWeb LEO constellation for the initial activation of land-based services across Australia’s remote northern and southern regions.
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Despite the sanctions imposed on two Chinese nationals and a company on Monday, it is essential for the UK and the US to remain vigilant about cybersecurity threats.
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NTT Global Data Centers has announced the start of construction of its Bangkok 3 Data Center in Thailand.
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Telstra and Optus could be delayed in shutting down their 3G networks over concerns that the closure could cut off services for some of its customers.
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BDx Data Centers (BDx) has announced the acquisition of the freehold of OneTen Paya Lebar, the site of its flagship SIN1 data centre.
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Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS) plans to expand its presence to Southern India with the acquisition of a new 10-acre plot in Chennai.
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Mongolia has entered the global space industry with the launch of its first satellites
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The Mongolian Government and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost AI cooperation.
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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.
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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?
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What to look forward to in Asian digital infrastructure as our consumption habits evolve
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Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) has opened the largest data centre in Vietnam.
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Malaysian energy company Petronas has successfully adopted a 5G private network at is Regasification Terminal Sungai Udang, in Melaka, Malaysia.
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Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) has announced the launch of its first data centre in India.
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EdgeConneX confirms its entrance into the Malaysian market with plans to build high-power data centres that will deliver nearly 300MWs of capacity in total.
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Service will be launched in 2024 and allow customers to send and receive SMS messages.
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Massive growth in connectivity demand in Asia has led to increased capacity requirements, and construction of submarine and subsea cables is growing to meet this demand. An estimated $2.6 billion worth of current and future submarine cable projects are planned for completion by 2025 – here are profiles of 12 of the most important.
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Macquarie Data Centres has announced an expansion to its next data centre IC3 Super West, giving it the potential to increase its IT load to 45 megawatts, a 41% increase from its original plans.
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Germany’s government has doubled down on calls to reduce its dependence on Chinese equipment providers such as Huawei and ZTE, regardless of cost.
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SES Luxembourg has joined forces with Taiwan to fortify its telecoms infrastructure during potential conflicts.
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TPG Telecom has received an offer of around US$4.2 billion from Macquarie-backed Vocus to buy some of its non-mobile fibre assets according to a Reuters report.
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DE-CIX confirms plans to establish a joint venture company, PT DE-CIX Indonesia, in partnership with PT IDMarco Digital Solusi, a subsidiary of the Salim Group.
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NTT Group (NTT) and its companies are to provide support for Guam’s disaster recovery efforts with the use of NTT network engineers and repair equipment in the wake of Typhoon Mawar.
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The Malaysian operator was the only mobile network operator (MNO) that hadn’t agreed access agreement with Digital Nasional Berhad.