Papua New Guinean telco Digicel PNG announced on Tuesday it has successfully activated its network service on a Vodafone PNG tower under a tower and infrastructure sharing agreement signed by both telcos last month.

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has announced plans for a study to identify and serve remote, hard-to-reach, underserved and disaster-prone areas where telecom services are inadequate or of poor quality.

Indonesia’s PRT BRIN, and Indian companies Signaltron and Signalchip Innovations have signed a letter of intent for collaboration and co-development in the field of electronics, telecommunications, networking and drone technologies.

Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) has completed a MYR5.2 billion (US$1.3 billion) Syndicated Islamic Term Financing, which it described as one of the largest syndicated loan facilities ever arranged for an unlisted company in Malaysia.

CelcomDigi and Maxis have both accepted spectrum assignments from the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), with each operator bolstering its position in the 2600MHz band.

Philippine operator Globe Telecom's chief intelligence and trust officer Anton Reynaldo M. Bonifacio will step down on January 1, 2027, after 12 years with the company.

State-owned Telikom PNG announced on Thursday it has signed a tower sharing licence agreement with Digicel PNG, marking the third such deal in Papua New Guinea’s telecoms sector in the past two months.

Large-scale data centre growth in India appears to be accelerating, with recently announced deals or plans including big names such as CtrlS Datacenters, Submer, BSNL and Google, but some public discomfort has been expressed about the rollout in Andhra Pradesh.

Philippine operator Globe Telecom has called for telecommunications networks to be prioritised alongside electricity and water during disaster recovery, arguing that connectivity is essential for emergency response and relief efforts.

Colt Technology Services announced on Monday it is investing to expand its global network across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe to support the next generation of AI-driven growth.

Princeton Digital Group (PDG), a pan-APAC developer and operator of hyperscale data centres, has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its enterprise data centre business in Indonesia to PT SMPlus Digital Investama (together with its affiliates).

HBL Engineering, an Indian research-based engineering company, and RAD, a provider of advanced networking solutions, have partnered on a project for Indian Railways.

Philippines service provider PLDT has clearly had a busy few days – not only announcing a major acquisition but also planning a transformation of the loyalty ecosystem it shares with its wireless subsidiary Smart Communications.

State-owned operator Nepal Telecom suffered around NPR88 million (US$5.8 million) in damage after extreme flooding affected parts of South and Southeast Asia.

Digital infrastructure services provider Edotco Bangladesh, has partnered with Tiger New Energy, a pioneer in sustainable transportation, to give used telecom batteries a second life by repurposing them into Instant Power Supply (IPS) systems, providing backup power when the main utility grid fails.

Infineon Technologies, a global semiconductor leader in power systems and IoT, says it has officially inaugurated its new backend manufacturing site in Bangkok. Backend semiconductor manufacturing is the final stage of chip production.

Apple Pay is finally available for users in India across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Apple says support for Mac is coming soon. The offering’s first banking partner is Axis Bank, the country’s third-largest private-sector lender.

Battery energy storage system (BESS) solutions are again in the news following a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between a leading name on the field and Indus Towers, one of India’s leading telecom infrastructure companies.

The Philippines' National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has fined Globe Telecom, Smart Communications and DITO Telecommunity PHP100,000 (US$1,600) each per day until they meet required mobile broadband quality-of-service standards.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has launched what it calls the Digital Connectivity Rating (DCR) platform, an integrated digital platform that establishes a transparent and standardised framework for assessing the digital connectivity readiness of properties.

Papua New Guinea’s state-owned telecoms network wholesaler PNG DataCo revealed on Sunday that recent service disruptions over the past month were due to separate incidents involving power supply problems, vandalism and subsea cable faults.

Humanitarian charity Save the Children and Vodafone Foundation, the philanthropic arm of multinational telecommunications company Vodafone, have formed a new global humanitarian partnership.

Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global technology company Tencent, has announced a partnership with Malaysian fintech and digital bank Boost to support the fintech’s digital transformation and innovation initiatives across Malaysia and Indonesia.

Pakistan data network provider Zong has partnered with local company ISP Environmental Solutions (ISPES) to launch PecoDrop, described as first-of-their-kind smart waste management stations.

Australian submarine cable development firm Subco announced plans on Tuesday to build three new subsea cables by 2029 to support demand for AI data centres in Asia-Pacific, one of which will bring more international bandwidth to Indonesia.

Space solutions company SES and JioStar, South Asia’s largest media conglomerate, have announced a new multi-year deal. It comes only weeks after the inauguration of a new SES office in Chennai in southern India.

Indonesian service provider XLSmart has announced that it has begun construction work on the 8,000-kilometre Candle Cable System, a subsea cable linking Southeast Asia and Japan.