Asia Pacific
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The Chilean Undersecretariat of Telecommunications (Subtel) and the Development Bank for Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) have officially partnered with Pioneer Consulting and Salience Consulting to undertake a feasibility study for a submarine fibre-optic cable linking continental Chile to Antarctica. -
As artificial intelligence (AI) adoption accelerates globally, the demand for robust infrastructure has reached unprecedented levels. At ITW Asia’s keynote panel, “Scaling Infrastructure for AI Across Asia,” industry leaders delved into the unique challenges and opportunities associated with AI-driven growth across the region.
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Singtel’s regional data centre arm, Nxera DCT has secured a S$643 million (USD$476 million) to construct a new 58MW data centre in Singapore.
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The University of Sydney received a landmark $100 million donation from the family foundation of AirTrunk founder Robin Khuda to support girls from Western Sydney in pursuing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers.
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India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) has announced a major overhaul of the country’s telecom numbering system to tackle resource shortages, improve number portability, and reduce spam calls.
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DeepSeek burst onto the scene last week and upended the long-dominant big boys of AI with its smaller, more efficient approach to language model design.
Forthcoming events
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At ITW Asia 2024, the Investment Keynote Panel: Drivers and Detractors in Digital Infrastructure explored the opportunities and challenges associated with investing in digital infrastructure across the Asia-Pacific region.
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The diversification of subsea cable systems and landing stations has become a critical focus for the telecoms industry, spurred by hyperscale demand and geopolitical uncertainties in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Subsea cable firm Subco will add technology from FiberSense to detect and identify disturbances in the upcoming SMAP subsea cable.
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Telstra International has unveiled plans to enhance its infrastructure to create a “highly autonomous network” by the end of the decade, leveraging AI technologies and digital twins.
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Qatari conglomerate Power International Holding (PIH) has completed its acquisition of Kazakhstan-based operator Mobile Telecom-Service LLP (MTS).
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Global Connect revealed it has joined a project to create a subsea cable connecting Northern Europe, East Asia and the US via the Arctic in what it described as one of the largest digital infrastructure projects in European history.
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Singtel has partnered with Singaporean defence and security agencies to deploy network slicing technologies to bolster the country’s national security.
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Southern Cross Cable claims to have connected the world’s first transpacific 1 terabits per second (Tb/s) single-carrier wavelength over the world’s longest single optical submarine cable segment.
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Telstra is set to launch a joint venture with Accenture to expand its use of AI across the business.
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DE-CIX has penned an agreement with Japanese ISP internet service provider (ISP) GLBB to provide its customers with access to its interconnection ecosystem.
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The Australian Government has unveiled a $3 billion equity injection to upgrade Australia’s remaining fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) network to fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP).
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SK Telecom has partnered with SK hynix and Penguin Solutions to jointly develop and offer AI data centre solutions.
Forthcoming events
Datacloud Asia 2025 co-located with ITW Asia
3 DECEMBER - 4 DECEMBER 2025 Singapore, Singapore
