Data Centres & Networks STT GDC plans AI-ready data centre campus in India ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (India) has announced plans open a new artificial intelligence (AI)-ready data centre campus in New Town,...
Wireless Networks Nokia supports Bharti Airtel’s 5G SA readiness Following hard on the heels of a Nokia-Vodafone Idea agreement
Devices & Platforms Alcatel to manufacture premium smartphones for Indian market Alcatel is planning to restart mobile phone sales in India – or, more accurately perhaps, French technology brand Alcatel, operated independently...
Devices & Platforms Samsung names new consumer unit chief Samsung Electronics has appointed mobile chief Roh Tae-moon as acting head of its consumer and smartphone unit following...
Operators MobiFone becomes Vietnam’s third 5G provider Vietnam-based operator MobiFone has officially launched its 5G mobile services, making it the third provider to...
Operators U Mobile gets approval to deploy Malaysia’s second 5G network Malaysian operator U Mobile has announced that it has received official approval from the country’s telecoms regulator to deploy its...
Wireless Networks Nokia to modernise Vodafone Idea’s optical network More good news for Vodafone Idea has followed hard on the heels of
Consumer Ecosystems Viamericas launches open payment network in the Philippines Viamericas, a provider of remittance and international money transfer services, says it has launched its open payment network in the...
Operators Singtel’s NCS acquires majority stake in Globe IT unit Singtel subsidiary and technology services company NCS is expanding its footprint in the Asia-Pacific region by acquiring a 51% majority stake in...
Data Centres & Networks Maxis partners with Nokia on AI-powered data centre networking Malaysian operator Maxis has partnered with Nokia to deploy data centre networking solutions for large enterprises, aiming to meet the...
Optical & Fixed Networks Backbone infrastructure completed for Fijian island Backbone telecommunications network provider Telecom Fiji has announced the successful completion of the Savusavu to Labasa Fibre Project,...
Optical & Fixed Networks Cable landing stations coming to Gabon and eastern India Recent cable landing station news from eastern India and West Africa underlines the continuing growth of the submarine cable business across both...
Investment Thailand approves more big data centre and cloud investments Underlining the continuing effect of the AI boom on Asia, Thailand has reportedly approved an estimated US$2.7 billion of investments in data...
Wireless Networks How MyRepublic and ZTE are Shaping the Future of High-Speed Internet in Indonesia MyRepublic Indonesia is a provider of fiber optic internet and subscription TV services that offers solutions for the internet and entertainment...
Consumer Ecosystems Telkomsel and Novosol form video advertising partnership Indonesian market leading operator Telkomsel has signed a mobile video advertising deal with Novosol to boost high-margin mobile ad revenue in...
Enterprise Ecosystems Airtel, Ericsson and Volvo announce XR partnership In what is described as a groundbreaking step towards accelerating Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0 adoption in India, technology giant...
Operators Maxis launches Gen AI assistant Mia with AWS for B2B customers Malaysian operator Maxis has introduced a Gen AI assistant, Mia (Maxis Intelligent Assistant), developed in collaboration with AWS for its B2B...
Operators China Unicom Summit: Intelligence, Convergence, Innovation China Unicom and Huawei co-hosted an innovation summit during Mobile World Congress 2025, themed 5G-A Empowering, AI Transforming, Digital...
Satellite Networks Astrum Mobile taps SWISSto12 to build D2D satellite for APAC Aspiring direct-to-device (D2D) satellite player Astrum Mobile said on Monday it has contracted Switzerland-based satellite manufacturer...
Cloud & Virtualisation Indonesia to get its first multi-cloud SaaS observability platform Tencent Cloud and TrueWatch have announced a partnership to launch what is said to be Indonesia's first multi-cloud SaaS observability...
Enterprise Ecosystems U Mobile, China Unicom in tech tie-up to boost Malaysia-China ties Malaysian 5G network provider U Mobile announced on Friday it has signed an MoU with China Unicom Operations Malaysia (CUMY) to develop IoT,...
Investment Microsoft announces major investments in South Africa and India Tech giant Microsoft has announced two major investments – in South Africa and India – though with two very different focuses. One involves cloud...
Satellite Networks Bangladeshi firms support Starlink for earth station setup Several Bangladeshi firms have reportedly partnered with satellite operator Starlink to support the setup of earth stations in Bangladesh.
Investment Payment platform Airwallex acquires Vietnam’s CTIN Pay Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform for growing businesses, says it has signed definitive agreements to acquire CTIN Pay, an...
Investment India’s Tata Electronics secures major semiconductor partnership India’s Tata Electronics and Taiwanese companies Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC) and Himax have announced a...
Service Management Malaysia’s Tune Talk gets OSS/BSS support from Mavenir Tune Talk, described as Malaysia’s fastest-growing digital telco, has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Mavenir, the cloud-native...
Energy & Sustainability India considers hydrogen-based approach to telecom power supply Could a new hydrogen fuel cell-based backup power solution for telecom towers revolutionise power supply in India by providing a cleaner, more...
Regulation China’s MIIT approves 13 foreign firms to offer telecoms VAS China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has reportedly given approval to 13 foreign companies to enter the telecoms sector...
Wireless Networks Orex and Globe Telecom plan demonstration experiment for open RAN Philippines operator Globe Telecom and Orex SAI, Japanese operator Docomo's open RAN service brand, developed in collaboration with multiple...
Wireless Networks Malaysia’s DNB and Ericsson claim the world’s first 5G-powered mobile workspace solution Malaysia’s national 5G network operator Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) has deployed Ericsson’s Enterprise Virtual Cellular Network (EVCN) at its...
Enterprise Ecosystems Aduna and Bridge Alliance team to promote open network APIs Ericsson-led open network API joint venture Aduna announced on Saturday it has struck a partnership with the Bridge Alliance to combine their...
Energy & Sustainability Malaysia's government looks at data centre power and water needs The question of powering and cooling data centres is continuing to make headlines, with news that in one Asia-Pacific country they could need...
Operators PLDT eyes KKR’s stake in Maya Innovations Philippines-based operator PLDT has revealed its interest in acquiring private equity firm KKR’s stake in fintech company Maya Innovations.
Wireless Networks PLDT Enterprise to launch long-Range FWA in underserved areas PLDT’s enterprise arm has announced plans to introduce “long-range fixed wireless access” technology to underserved areas across the...
Vendors Maxis taps Nokia for data centre upgrade Malaysian operator Maxis has selected Nokia to upgrade its data centre infrastructure in support of its future growth plans.
Devices & Platforms Will the Apple iPhone 16 soon be on sale in Indonesia? It’s being widely reported that Apple should be able to sell its iPhone 16 phones in Indonesia soon. Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita...
Devices & Platforms Apple targets emerging markets with budget iPhone 16e Apple has launched its latest AI-powered smartphone, the iPhone 16e, in a bid to gain market share in emerging markets such as India,
Optical & Fixed Networks APTelecom appointed to support Malaysia-US cable project Only days after making news in Indonesia, telecom and fibre consulting firm APTelecom is back in the headlines, this time in Malaysia, with an...
Optical & Fixed Networks Meta announces plans for longest-ever subsea cable project Multinational technology conglomerate Meta has formally announced what it calls its most ambitious subsea cable endeavour yet: Project...
Vendors Nokia supports fibre upgrade for Cambodia’s Cellcard Cambodian operator CamGSM, commercially known as Cellcard, is planning to migrate its fibre network from gigabit passive optical network (GPON)...
Optical & Fixed Networks Super Sistem engages APTelecom for Indonesian subsea cable presales Indonesian operator Super Sistem, which is developing the Indonesian Barat Timur Indonesia (BTI) submarine cable system, has appointed consulting...
Cyber Security Philippines debuts Mastercard’s AI-based financial crime prevention system Payment giant Mastercard has officially announced the launch of TRACE (Trace Financial Crime) in the Asia Pacific region. Described as a...
Data Centres & Networks AirTrunk plans second data centre in Malaysia AirTrunk, an Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) hyperscale data centre specialist, has announced plans to develop its second cloud and...
Wireless Networks Bharti Airtel awards FWA contract to Nokia and Qualcomm India's second biggest mobile operator, Bharti Airtel, has awarded a contract to tech giants Nokia and Qualcomm focusing on the expansion of 5G...
Satellite Networks Thailand’s True and China’s GalaxySpace unite for LEO research Thai technology company True Corporation has announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with GalaxySpace, a leading Chinese company in the low...
Devices & Platforms Southeast Asia smartphone market rebounds The Southeast Asian smartphone market rebounded in 2024 as vendors shipped 96.7 million units, an annual growth rate of 11%, snapping...
Vendors Nokia appoints Intel AI head as new CEO Nokia has announced that CEO Pekka Lundmark (pictured) will depart this year to make way for Intel executive Justin Hotard, in a move...
Investment Indus buys towers from two Bharti divisions Indus Towers, regularly in the news in recent months, has now hit the headlines with a major tower purchase in India.
Regulation Myanmar scam centres: will Thailand cut their power? Thailand has said it will suspend electricity supply to some border areas with Myanmar in an effort to curb scam centres.
