Avelacom, a ultra-low latency connectivity and infrastructure provider, says it has launched a new direct low-latency route between Bangkok and Tokyo, which, it says, delivers less than 65 ms round-trip delay (RTD).
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Digital Edge, which delivers data centre and fibre solutions for hyperscalers and enterprises across nine countries in the Asia-Pacific region, has announced the successful closing of its inaugural US$575 million holding company (HoldCo) financing.
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The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz caused by the US and Israel’s war with Iran is placing fresh pressure on emerging market telecom operators, many of which remain heavily reliant on diesel generators to keep their networks running.
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Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme solution, powered by WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) coherent optical technology, has been successful activated across the Batam–Jakarta segment of the Matrix Cable System (MCS), a submarine telecommunications cable linking Indonesia and Singapore.
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The Southeast Asian smartphone market declined 9% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026, as vendors raised device prices to protect margins amid rising memory chipset costs.
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ICEYE, a major name in space-based intelligence, is apparently planning to establish its first Indian production facility within the next year to manufacture small satellites.
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Ericsson, China Mobile and Chinese handset maker Oppo revealed on Wednesday they have successfully tested network slicing at the consumer device and app level on a live 5G Standalone (SA) network.
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Global operator Sparkle say it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with NaiTel, the telecom arm of the digital ecosystem known as Aqaba Digital Hub, and international consultancy and advisory firm iLevant, to extend the GreenMed submarine cable system through Jordan.
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Bharti Airtel’s board has approved a share swap deal aimed at increasing its stake in Airtel Africa, as the Indian operator looks to strengthen its position in what it described as a “strategic subsidiary”.
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Malaysian operator Maxis has signed a deal to deploy LG Uplus’ AI voice calling assistant ixi-O, marking the Korean operator’s first international agreement for the platform.
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U Mobile, Malaysia’s newest 5G network provider and wholesale operator, has announced that it has added VIBE Mobile, part of the Elite Links supply chain and distribution company, to its list of strategic mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) partners.
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Chinese satellite operator Guodian Gaoke has reportedly received a two-year trial licence from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) to offer LEO satellite-based IoT services in China.
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Indian commercial and industrial renewable energy company CleanMax has announced two deals relevant to the telecom market recently. One is with Iron Mountain Data Centres. The other is with Apple.
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Data centre and fibre solutions provider Digital Edge and private power producer B.Grimm Power have announced the successful signing of a US$880 million green loan to finance the development of the joint venture's 100MW BKK Campus in Chonburi in eastern Thailand.
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For many in the telecoms industry, the promise of cellular IoT has always been global scale.
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Analyst company Dell’Oro Group predicted the emerging AI Systems Security (AISS) market will grow from zero to US$8 billion by 2030 as enterprises shift to AI technology across their operations.
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Two companies headquartered in India – Pixxel, a company that builds and operates advanced imaging satellites, and artificial intelligence technology company Sarvam – have announced a strategic partnership to develop and build India’s first orbital data centre satellite.
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Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) and Japan’s KDDI have partnered to launch a new mobile service targeting young, digitally native users in Vietnam.
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India’s Department of Telecommunication (DoT) has cut operator Vodafone Idea's adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues by nearly 27%.
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced on Sunday it will back two new initiatives priced at US$70 billion total to connect power grids, expand cross-border electricity trade and improve broadband access across Asia and the Pacific.
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Data centre operator Princeton Digital Group (PDG) has announced the acquisition of a new site in Indonesia for its latest hyperscale data centre campus, JC4.
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Hyperscale data centre platform AirTrunk has announced plans to invest about US$3 billion to develop two new data centres in Malaysia, to be called JHB3 and JHB4.
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GLN International, a cross-border payment infrastructure provider in Asia and a subsidiary of Korea’s Hana Bank under Hana Financial Group, says it has launched a nationwide QR payment service in Vietnam in partnership with local payment processor NAPAS.
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As AI firms look to handle their ever-escalating compute loads, they are snapping up the global supply of consumer graphics processing units well before more can be produced – causing prices to surge worldwide for any product that contains a semiconductor.
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Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has approved a request to install a subsea cable landing for the TalayLink project, a regional digital infrastructure initiative backed by Google Cloud.
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Digicel PNG has reportedly signed an agreement with Papua New Guinea’s National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA) to deploy 4G services to rural communities around the country.
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The Starlink satellite communications service is expected to be permitted to operate in Papua New Guinea (PNG), more than two years after a ban was imposed on it by the country’s Ombudsman Commission.
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Myriota, a leading name in low-power satellite connectivity, says it is accelerating its ongoing expansion into the ASEAN market with a strategic focus on Malaysia.
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ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) Philippines has agreed a 40MW renewable supply deal with MPower, a unit of private sector electric distribution utility Manila Electric Company (Meralco) to supply power for its Philippines data centre operations.
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Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Indus Cloud to introduce advanced cloud solutions powered by cloud services provider Huawei Cloud in Pakistan.
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India's government has decided not to go ahead with a proposal to require smartphone makers to pre-install the country's biometric identification app Aadhaar on phones.
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SHB (Saigon-Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank) has enlisted Huawei as a strategic advisor as it seeks to move towards a more digitised operating model.
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Hyperscale data centre platform AirTrunk has announced the acquisition of Lumina CloudInfra, a developer of large-scale data centres with a strong presence in India.
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Cirpack Software and Summa Networks are deploying Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services for Vodafone Polynésie.
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