Operators U Mobile hits top speed on Penang Bridge Malaysian operator U Mobile delivered average 5G download speeds of 597Mb/s in a trial on the 13.5km-long Penang Bridge using Huawei...
Enterprise Ecosystems Tata and CoRover.ai support sovereign AI solutions for India Communications technology company Tata Communications and conversational and generative AI specialist CoRover.ai have announced plans to bringing...
Devices & Platforms Emerging markets drive smartphone rebound The global smartphone market grew by 7% to 1.22 billion units in 2024, marking a rebound after two consecutive years of decline, with...
Operators India’s Gopal Vittal to chair GSMA Board of Directors The fallout from the recent announcement,
Data Centres & Networks Data City on the way for Indian state of Andhra Pradesh The government of Andhra Pradesh, a state on the east coast of southern India, has announced plans to develop a 500-acre Data City in...
Enterprise Ecosystems GSMA, UK launch fund for AI boost in emerging markets The GSMA and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) have launched a fund to equip enterprises in developing...
Enterprise Ecosystems Deep cuts: what DeepSeek’s low-cost alternative means for AI This week’s revelation that DeepSeek’s R1 model can offer performance in line with ChatGPT at a fraction of the development cost has had a...
Wireless Networks EDOTCO Bangladesh announces new tower operation centre EDOTCO Bangladesh, which describes itself as the country’s leading integrated telecommunications infrastructure provider, has launched its newly...
Cloud & Virtualisation Oracle taps Starlink to extend cloud connectivity to remote areas Oracle has equipped its Enterprise Communications Platform (ECP) with connectivity from Space X's Starlink low-Earth-orbit (LEO)...
Devices & Platforms DeepSeek challenges ChatGPT with cost-efficient AI A China-based rival to ChatGPT, called DeepSeek, sent shockwaves across the technology industry by reportedly becoming the most...
Wireless Networks DNB and EDOTCO bring indoor 5G to major Malaysian airport Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB), Malaysia’s 5G network provider, and EDOTCO Group, the national digital infrastructure provider, say they have...
Investment AWS to further expand cloud computing capacity in India Cloud technologies provider Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced a plan to invest US$8.3 billion into cloud infrastructure in the AWS...
Regulation China, Myanmar and Thailand pledge to combat fraud centres Officials from China, Myanmar and Thailand have reportedly reached a consensus on eradicating telecommunication fraud centres in Myanmar, a...
Regulation Indonesia fines Google US$12.4M for monopolistic practices Indonesia’s antitrust watchdog has ordered technology giant Google to pay IDR202.5 billion (US$12.4 million) for monopolistic practices related...
Data Centres & Networks STT GDC plans major data centre campus in India STT GDC India, a division of one of the world’s fastest-growing data centre providers, ST Telemedia Global Data Centres, has announced plans to...
Regulation Pakistan counts down to 5G launch in June This could be the year in which Pakistan starts to roll out 5G, according to documents cited this week in the local press relating to a 5G...
Consumer Ecosystems India’s Bharti Airtel and Bajaj Finance to create major platform for financial services A strategic partnership to create one of India’s largest digital platforms for financial services. That’s the promise of the recently announced...
Consumer Ecosystems UPI and BSN join forces to enhance Malaysian payment options UnionPay International (UPI), which delivers cross-border payment solutions to the world’s largest cardholders, has announced a strategic...
Wireless Networks Malaysia’s U Mobile to support digital transformation in Sarawak Malaysia’s mobile data service company U Mobile has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation...
Operators Globe Telecom praises arrests in SIM cards clampdown Globe Telecom hailed the arrest of two Chinese nationals for attempting to sell pre-registered SIM cards.
Wireless Networks Vodafone Idea works with HCLSoftware on network enhancement Indian operator Vodafone Idea (Vi) is clearly getting 2025 off to a busy start in terms of network upgrades and rollouts. This week has seen the...
Data Centres & Networks BDx and APJII sign ‘landmark’ Indonesian data centre agreement BDx, the largest data centre operator in Indonesia, has announced what it calls a landmark data centre cooperation agreement with the Association...
Wireless Networks Global FWA revenues to surpass $48 Billion by 2029 Revenues from fixed wireless access (FWA) equipment are set to exceed US$48 billion over the next five years, driven by growing adoption across...
Satellite Networks Pixxel to launch India's first private hyperspectral imaging satcoms network Indian space data company Pixxel says it is about to launch three of its six hyperspectral imaging satellites in a first for the...
Devices & Platforms iPhone 16 production ban continues in Indonesia The dispute between the Indonesian authorities and Apple is rumbling on as the smartphone giant apparently remains barred from selling the iPhone...
Devices & Platforms Could semiconductor giant Malaysia produce GPUs? Malaysia, already a semiconductor powerhouse, is looking to locally produce GPU chips in the next five to ten years, according to Economy...
Operators 5G: we’re next, says India’s Vodafone Idea Indian operator Vodafone Idea (Vi) says it is preparing to launch its commercial 5G mobile services in what is described as a phased manner from...
Investment Asian data centre developer announces capital boost Digital Edge, a developer and operator of interconnection and hyperscale edge data centres across Asia and portfolio company of Stonepeak, a...
Regulation Philippines central bank ends ban on electronic money issuers Philippines central bank, The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) says it has lifted its moratorium on new electronic money issuers from non-bank...
Investment Veon investment boosts digital ambitions of Pakistan bank Global digital operator Veon Group says it has reaffirmed its confidence in the growth potential of Pakistan’s microfinance sector and Mobilink...
Regulation Myanmar’s military enacts new cybersecurity law The military government in Myanmar, which seized power in a coup in February 2021, has enacted a new cybersecurity law which imposes wide-ranging...
Mobile Finance Could PPI changes boost the digital payment ecosystem in India? The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has enabled prepaid payment instruments (PPIs) to make unified payments interface (UPI) transactions via...
Regulation Vietnam to regulate online content in radical extension of existing rules An internet law that gives the government power to regulate online content took effect in Vietnam last week. Decree 147, as the law is known,...
Wireless Networks Is a home-grown 5G SA core on the way for India? Indian startup Amantya Technologies has won funding under the Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF) scheme of the Digital Bharat...
Business Chinese and Egyptian telecom giants sign commercial agreement Telecom Egypt, the country's main telecom services operator, has signed a commercial agreement with China Mobile International (CMI), a wholly...
Investment Major financing commitment boosts Yondr’s Malaysian data centre campus The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and a consortium of six international financial institutions have committed over US$900 million in...
Optical & Fixed Networks New Indonesian cable landing station inaugurated Telin, a provider of premium international carrier voice, data services, and business solutions, and subsidiary of Telkom Indonesia, and Citra...
Energy & Sustainability Thai power company targets data centre sector The latest example of the growing trend for bring renewable energy to data centres comes from B.Grimm Power (BGRIM), the power business arm of...
Optical & Fixed Networks ADC cable ready for service with 160 Tbps of new intra-Asia capacity NEC announced on Thursday it has finished building the Asia Direct Cable (ADC), an intra-Asia subsea cable connecting China, Japan, the...
Customer Management Echelon Edge supports BSS OSS needs of BSNL’s 4G rollout Indian global information technology and system integration company Echelon Edge has partnered with a number of IT businesses to support the...
Wireless Networks Antenna system boosts 5G in Malaysian mixed-use development EdgePoint Towers, part of EdgePoint Infrastructure, the ASEAN-based independent telecommunications infrastructure company, has announced the...
Humanitarian Comms Telekom Malaysia supports flood relief efforts Service provider Telekom Malaysia has announced an allocation of at least MYR4 million (about US$895,861), including cash assistance, to support...
Data Centres & Networks STT GDC India to support Indian AI City plans ST Telemedia Global Data Centres India (STT GDC India) a leading data centre solutions provider, says it has signed a memorandum of...
Optical & Fixed Networks UN, ITU launch advisory body to strengthen submarine cable resilience The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), in collaboration with other UN departments established a new body aimed at strengthening the...
Business Major tower deals imminent or agreed in Pakistan and the Philippines Tower deals are again in the news in major Asian territories, this time in Pakistan and the Philippines.
Energy & Sustainability Green data centre plans announced in Philippines and Somalia The drive to ensure that the data centre industry can be seen as a responsible user of power continues, with two recent announcements in Asia and...
Vendors Apple to open $1Bn factory in Indonesia to lift iPhone ban Apple plans to open its first manufacturing facility in Indonesia, according to the Minister of Investment, marking a move that could...
