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News - Asia Pacific, Paul Lipscombe, DatacenterDynamics
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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Tata Communications to invest $450m into 10,000km of AI-ready fiber to support data center connectivity in India
The route aims to support India's growing data center industry
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India dismisses Elon Musk claims over satellite approval process in country
It comes after Musk had earlier said Starlink had been "blocked by certain oligarchs" in the market
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Telstra expands Aura Network with launch of Perth-Sydney route
As Telstra continues to build out its planned 14,000km fiber network
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Malaysia's DNB secures $1.27bn in funding for next phase of 5G rollout
Comes shortly after the DNB activated more spectrum to expand 5G footprint
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Australian telcos activate temporary disaster roaming agreement
The service went live today and will enable customers to switch to alternative carrier during severe weather events
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Australia Post picks Telstra to bolster nationwide connectivity infrastructure
The postal company has penned a three-year deal with the telecoms provider
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Vocus to build 4,000km fiber link between Brisbane and Darwin
The route aims to support growing demand from hyperscaler, neocloud, and enterprise customers
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Keppel, StarHub confirm talks over M1 deal in Singapore
Will the talks lead to consolidation in the market?
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Australian Senate calls for nationalized Triple Zero service following several high-profile outages
Telstra operates the system that connects Australian phone calls to 000
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Australia's Optus expands 5G network to Moree, New South Wales
Optus' 5G coverage now reaches 94.5 percent of country's population
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BDx breaks ground on AI Campus 2 in Jatiluhur, Indonesia
The first 120MW building is set to go live in early 2027
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T-Mobile, Reliance Jio claim world's first 5G Standalone roaming connection
Connection was enabled by Syniverse
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Flag to deploy Ciena's Waveserver platform on Echo subsea cable
This will enable Flag to launch new 400GbE and 800GbE services along the route
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Hutchison to exit Macau mobile market later this year
Leaves the market with two main carriers
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Telenor under investigation over former Myanmar unit amid suspected sanctions breaches
The carrier says it was left with "no real choice" over its Myanmar exit
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Japan's NTT Docomo deploys Nokia's latest Open RAN kit
Carrier opens up
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Villagers tie 5G technician to pole in protest over poor cellular coverage in India
As locals decide that poor mobile coverage means it's ok to restrain technicians looking to fix it
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ASC cable break causes connectivity disruption between Perth and Singapore
Repairs are underway
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Telstra confirms July outage was caused by network timing system failure
As independent report finds that the Australian carrier failed to react to previous warnings after 2020 network upgrade
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India mulls removal of legacy Chinese telecoms kit - report
Could India become the latest market to rip and replace Chinese telecoms equipment?
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La Caisse snaps up 24% stake in India's biggest tower company, Altius Telecom, for $1.28bn
Altius operates more than 258,000 towers across India
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Four of Vietnam's subsea cables suffer faults, leading to fresh connectivity outages for country
Not for the first time in recent years
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Pakistan's Jazz reaches 1,000 sites with 5G network
Plans to reach 2,500 by close of year
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Malaysia's Maxis chosen to upgrade Melaka's tower infrastructure with fiber backhaul
Will see the carrier provide its fiber as part of the upgrades
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Indosat's Infra Fiber Teknologi spin-off launches AI-ready RAIA Grid
It will embed Machine Learning, AI, and Agentic AI
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2degrees and One NZ to establish RAN sharing JV in New Zealand
A proposal has been put forward that will see the two carriers combine their respective RAN
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Starlink goes live in Vietnam, signs launch contract with local satellite operator VinSpace
Commercial services are now available in Starlink's sixth Southeast Asian market
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SK Telecom gears up to retire 3G, plans to halt new subscriptions - report
The carrier is in talks with the country's regulator