News from Asia-Pacific

Energy & Sustainability

India’s Nxtra enhances renewable energy commitment

Indian data centre company Nxtra by Airtel has announced an agreement with renewable energy specialist Ampln and leading distributed energy...

Satellite Networks

Synspective to aid disaster prevention in Vietnam with satellite data

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Optical & Fixed Networks

Phil-Tower, MIDC to form JV company

Phil-Tower Consortium Inc (PhilTower) and Miescor Infrastructure Development Corporation (MIDC) revealed plans to form a joint-venture company to...

Satellite Networks

Mongolia discusses first national satellite with SpaceX

The Mongolia government announced discussions are being held with SpaceX to launch the nation’s first national telecommunications satellite, with...

Data Centres & Networks

STT GDC to expand data centre capacity in Tamil Nadu

STT Global Data Centres, one of the leading data centre operators in India, has announced plans to invest US$229 million in expanding its...

Service Management

Malaysia’s U Mobile awards managed services contract to TeleChoice

A Singaporean technology group is expanded into the broader managed services sector beyond Singapore via a contract with a leading Malaysian...

Customer Management

Emergency calling on the agenda in Nairobi and Maharashtra

Two stories from two different continents have, coincidentally, highlighted the issue of making emergency calling easier, albeit in two very...

Satellite Networks

China Mobile launches LEO satellites to test 5G and 6G

China Mobile has reportedly launched two experimental satellites in low earth orbit that will be used to test 5G and 6G architectures,...

Data Centres & Networks

Telkom Indonesia mulls data centre unit shares sale

Telkom Indonesia is mulling the sale of shares in its data centre unit with a potential deal possibly being done in H2, reported Reuters.

China's Geespace launches next batch of LEOsats for connected cars

Satellite Networks

China's Geespace launches next batch of LEO satellites for connected cars

Geespace, a subsidiary of Chinese carmaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, says it has added another 11 LEO satellites to its planned global...

Optical & Fixed Networks

Two more APAC subsea cable projects announced

Subsea cable activity in the Asia-Pacific region isn’t slowing down any time soon, judging by two recent announcements.

Optical & Fixed Networks

Vietnam confirms cable enhancement plans

Vietnam has confirmed plans – approved by the government and announced by the Ministry of Information and Communications – to invest in two to...

Regulation

Mixed tax news for India’s operators

The Indian government has extended the customs duty exemption given to vessels engaged in laying submarine cables to 30 September. The exemption...

Data Centres & Networks

Telekom Malaysia considers massive new data centre project

Service provider Telekom Malaysia is said to be exploring plans to build a new hyperscale data centre, expanding its capacity from the existing...

Energy & Sustainability

EO data to support ESG for Malaysian plantation company

Musang Valley Plantation (MVP), a leading integrated plantation company in Malaysia, is using advanced Earth observation (EO) data and analytics...

Data Centres & Networks

PCTL and DE-CIX inaugurate new internet exchange in Pakistan

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the largest integrated information communication technology (ICT) company in Pakistan,...

Regulation

India’s DoT slashes spectrum auction target

As widely predicted, the impending Indian spectrum auction, probably taking place in March, is not going to generate a lot of revenue for the...

Energy & Sustainability

Tēnaka partners with Orange Business to scale its coral reef restoration program

Orange Business and Tēnaka, a social business that works to restore and protect marine ecosystems worldwide, have partnered to scale the coral...

Regulation

Indian operators may be fined for 5G rollout delays

While Indian operator Reliance Jio claims to have completed its national 5G rollout, and rival Bharti Airtel hopes to complete it by March,...

Optical & Fixed Networks

Telstra and TPN to operate Google/Meta’s Echo subsea cable

Telstra International and Trans Pacific Networks (TPN) announced on Tuesday that they have partnered to co-build and operate the transpacific...

Operators

Vodafone Idea’s payment problems continue

It has been widely reported in the Indian press that Tata Communications Transformation Services (TCTS), a subsidiary of Indian digital ecosystem...

Vendors

Nokia set to sell stake in TD Tech to Chinese consortium

Nokia appears to have found a new buyer for its stake in TD Tech, a Beijing-headquartered joint venture with Huawei.

Data Centres & Networks

Telkom Indonesia and IOH form data centre alliance

Telkom Indonesia has partnered with Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) to establish an interconnected Internet Exchange (IX) ecosystem.

Satellite Networks

Telikom taps Lynk to launch direct-to-satellite SMS in PNG

Direct-to-phone satellite operator Lynk Global announced on Friday that Papua New Guinea state telco Telikom Limited has started offering Lynk’s...

Investment

Foxconn and HCL plan semiconductor venture in India

Taiwan's Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, has announced that it will partner with Indian multinational information...

Investment

Bengalaru to host new Pixxel and Apple facilities

Two new facilities, recently opened by Pixxel and Apple, underline the continuing attraction to technology companies of the Indian market in...

Wireless Networks

FWA equipment spend to hit US$40 billion

Dell’Oro Group predicted revenues from Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) will surpass US$40 billion over the next five years partly due to the increase...

Devices & Platforms

Global smartphone shipments grew in Q4

Analyst company Canalys reported that global smartphone shipments grew 8% year-on-year in Q4 2023 to 320 million units, ending seven consecutive...

Energy & Sustainability

Scope for change: data centre giant Yondr aims for net zero by 2030

Yondr Group, a developer, owner, operator and service provider of hyperscale data centres, has announced the launch of what it calls “an...

Data Centres & Networks

NTT announces new data centre campus in Delhi NCR

Global IT infrastructure and services company NTT has announced the launch of a new data centre campus, Noida 2, and the opening of its first...

Satellite Networks

MEASAT gains Starlink reseller status

Malaysian satellite company MEASAT announced it struck a deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceXto...

Operators

AIS taps Netcracker for upgrade

Netcracker announced Thai operator AIS will continue its relationship with the vendor by consolidating its billing systems onto...

Wireless Networks

Smartfren and Aviat partner to support private network rollout in Indonesia

An industry agreement intended to address industry digitalisation and automation in private networks across Indonesia has been signed by wireless...

Energy & Sustainability

Airtel supports Indian smart meter rollout

Airtel Business, the B2B arm of Indian service provider Bharti Airtel, has announced that it will power over 20 million smart meters for Adani...

Data Centres & Networks

IOH strikes $170m deal for data centres

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) announced it agreed a deal to sell its portfolio of data centres and edge sites to BDx Indonesia a...

Regulation

DoT leaves 600MHz band out of next Indian spectrum sale

Indian newspaper reports are indicating that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will not auction 600MHz band spectrum in the upcoming...

Optical & Fixed Networks

India’s smallest union territory gets submarine connectivity

India’s smallest union territory, and arguably one of its most remote, is to enjoy submarine cable connectivity for the first time.

Satellite Networks

India’s NSIL plans satellite launch to support remote areas

NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), has announced plans for what it calls its second demand-driven satellite mission.

Regulation

Thailand aims to boost MVNO market

The chairman of Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), Dr Sarana Boonbaichaiyapruck, has outlined...

Data Centres & Networks

Is Adani raising more money for Indian data centre development?

The giant Indian business conglomerate Adani Group’s data centre joint venture with EdgeConneX is reportedly in talks with a group of global...

Regulation

JD.com wins lawsuit against Alibaba in Chinese court

In an interesting development in the very lucrative and competitive online shopping market in China, JD.com has reportedly won a lawsuit against...

Satellite Networks

Starlink bags licence in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea’s telecoms watchdog issued Starlink a five-year licence to operate in the island, while pledging to clamp down on illegal LEO...

Wireless Networks

North Korea starts signing up subscribers for new 4G service

North Korea is reportedly now taking on subscribers for a new 4G network in Pyonyang, although take-up has been slow due to limited coverage.

Data Centres & Networks

Japan to help fund Cambodia’s National Data Centre

Recent reports indicate that Japan has agreed to provide grant aid worth up to 2.3 billion yen (about US$16 million) to Cambodia for its National...

Regulation

India still undecided on 6GHz as WRC-23 makes some spectrum available

The question of India’s use of the 6GHz band appears to remain unresolved despite the ITU’s World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (WRC-23)...

Optical & Fixed Networks

Universal broadband access - is it achievable still?

Since the early 2010s, connectivity has become central to the lives of people living in developed markets. It was very apparent that the internet...

Investment

Could TikTok shopping soon return to Indonesia?

Short video app TikTok plans to take a controlling stake in an e-commerce unit of a major Indonesian technology firm, PT GoTo Gojek...

Optical & Fixed Networks

Vietnam’s cable issues over – for now

Is the long-running saga of the five broken undersea cables linking Vietnam with the world now over? Regional reports suggest it may be, at least...

Regulation

Indonesia adjusts the defamation penalties in its internet law

Indonesia has changed some of the requirements of its electronic information and transactions (ITE) law after critics complained of potential or...

Operators

PLDT chief to step down

Philippines-base operator PLDT announced president and CEO Alfredo Panlilio will retire at the end of this year with chairman Manuel...

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