Asia Pacific
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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.
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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.
Forthcoming events
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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.