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Internet Infrastructure Institution
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Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
SNS Network: Malaysia’s ICT integrator for a connected future
Malaysia’s SNS Network delivers broadband, cloud and cybersecurity solutions with local offices in Ipoh, Penang, Selangor and Sarawak.

Africa Cloud Services
Starlink to lower satellite orbits in 2026 to enhance space safety
Starlink plans to lower thousands of satellites to about 480 km in 2026 to improve space safety and reduce collision risk.

Global Cloud Services Trends
Nvidia asks TSMC to boost H200 chip output as Chinese demand surges
Nvidia has asked TSMC to ramp up H200 AI chip production to meet booming Chinese demand, with regulatory hurdles still unresolved.

Companies
Samsung Electronics touts HBM4 progress as memory market competition intensifies
Samsung Electronics reports progress on HBM4 memory chips as competition in the high-bandwidth memory market intensifies in 2026.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services
China’s Biren raises $717M in Hong Kong AI chip IPO
Chinese AI chip designer Biren completes a $717m Hong Kong listing, highlighting strong interest in domestic semiconductor innovation.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
Baidu’s Kunlunxin files confidentially for Hong Kong IPO amid China’s AI chip push
Baidu prepares a potential IPO for its AI chip arm Kunlunxin as China accelerates efforts to build domestic semiconductor capacity.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
China’s landSpace targets $1B IPO to fuel reusable rocket technology growth
China’s LandSpace plans a $1 billion IPO to accelerate reusable rocket technology and expand its commercial space presence.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services
India’s broadband subscriber base surpasses 1B, Marking decade of digital expansion
India’s broadband subscriber base crossed 1 billion in November 2025, reflecting rapid expansion of digital connectivity nationwide.

Global Cloud Services Trends
ByteDance ramps up Nvidia chip spending amid AI surge
Heavy investment in AI chips signals ByteDance’s long-term commitment to scaling data-intensive and generative technologies.

Latin America and Caribbean National Telecom Trends
Telefónica Tech sells Latin America units to streamline strategy
Telefónica Tech sells its Latin America units to Hiberus, aiming to sharpen focus on core markets while ensuring service continuity.

Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Finland probes damage to undersea cable between Helsinki and Tallinn amid critical infrastructure concerns
Finland investigates damage to critical undersea telecom cable linking Helsinki and Tallinn after vessel seizure and crew arrests.

Global Cloud Services
How IP leasing quietly reshapes the economics of the Internet
IPv4 leasing is not innovation but adaptation, revealing how scarcity reshapes incentives in the Internet’s core systems.

Africa Institutional
Bottom-up power is essential in ICP-2 revision, insists Lu Heng
Lu Heng explains why ICP-2 revision must preserve bottom-up governance to ensure RIR accountability and resist centralised control.

Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Nvidia in advanced talks to buy Israel’s AI21 Labs
Nvidia is in advanced talks to acquire Israel’s AI21 Labs in a deal up to $3 billion to strengthen its AI software and talent base.

Africa Cloud Services Trends
How CAIGA fits into Smart Africa’s digital transformation agenda
Critics warn CAIGA is less about digital transformation and more about political control, raising concerns over Smart Africa and ICANN’s role.

Global Cloud Services Trends
Cybersecurity in 2025: Netscout’s AI-driven defence strategies confront evolving threats
Netscout highlights AI-based threat intelligence and automation in 2025 cybersecurity but industry experts warn about risks of overreliance.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
China enforces 50% domestic equipment rule for chipmakers to boost local supply chain
China requires chipmakers to use at least 50 % domestically made equipment for new capacity, reshaping semiconductor supply chains.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
MiniMax’s IPO signals momentum in China’s AI scale and Hong Kong tech listings
MiniMax’s Hong Kong IPO backed by Alibaba and Gulf capital signals renewed momentum for China’s AI market and tech listings.

Global Datacenter Trends
xAI expands AI compute capacity with third data centre purchase
xAI buys a third building near Memphis to expand AI compute to nearly 2 GW, highlighting competition and environmental concerns.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services
US grants Samsung and SK hynix licences to ship chipmaking tools to China for 2026
US grants annual licences for Samsung and SK Hynix to ship chipmaking tools to China for 2026 under new export control regime.
