Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends
Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends
National Telecom trend intelligence tracks national telecom market trends, 5G rollout, fibre modernisation, wholesale network strategy, spectrum pressure, and digital infrastructure investment in Asia-Pacific, giving readers a fuller view of the demand shifts, capacity constraints, platform strategies, capital timing, regulatory pressure, and operating assumptions behind the market.
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Nokia Expands Taiwan Mobile 5G Agreement
Taiwan Mobile expands radio capacity while introducing software for network monitoring, energy management, and automated optimization.
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Nokia expands Taiwan Mobile 5G deal with radio and automation
Taiwan Mobile expands radio capacity while introducing software for network monitoring, energy management and automated optimisation.
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Taiwan eases foreign ownership rules for satellite network operators
The proposal would let satellite operators seek exemptions from fixed ownership rules through a case-by-case review of security and operating arrangements.
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SK Telecom Adds Deployment Partners to Sovereign AI Consortium
A.X K2 prepares for its next government evaluation with partners tasked with industrial testing, deployment, and post-deployment operations
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NTT DOCOMO Reaches 5 Million Starlink D2D Users
NTT DOCOMO’s Starlink Direct service reached 5 million users within two months, providing an early metric for customer adoption of direct-to-device satellite connectivity.
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HFCL Plans Fibre Preform Plant
HFCL launched a data centre connectivity product portfolio and plans to build a fibre preform plant to expand optical manufacturing operations.
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Telstra traces nationwide outage to network timing failure
A fault in network timing systems disrupted services across Australia, showing how synchronisation technology underpins modern telecom networks.
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Indonesian telco and Univity explore hybrid satellite network
The Telkomsat–Univity partnership suggests satellite connectivity is becoming part of telecom networks rather than a separate service.
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Philippine telcos share towers and cable in first competitor pact
Infrastructure sharing is changing what telecom operators compete on, shifting investment from asset ownership to network performance and digital services.
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Telecom Operators Expand Into AI Compute
SoftBank's SB Neo will rent AI computing capacity using dedicated infrastructure, extending the company's business beyond traditional telecom services.
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AI Data Centres Become National Infrastructure
SK Telecom's AI data centre programme shows how national infrastructure is becoming a critical foundation for AI competitiveness.
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India Moves to Protect Telecom Choice
India's telecom regulator wants operators to offer voice and SMS-only recharge options alongside bundled plans, signalling a broader policy shift towards preserving consumer choice as mobile services become increasingly data-centric.
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SK Telecom Makes Security a Public Commitment
SK Telecom's first Information Security White Paper is more than a corporate disclosure. It shows how operators are increasingly treating cybersecurity transparency as a strategic capability as AI, cloud services and digital infrastructure expand.
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Chinese Researchers Push Fibre Towards the AI Era
A record-breaking hollow-core fibre trial in China marks more than a networking milestone. It signals that future AI competitiveness may depend as much on moving data efficiently as on building larger GPU clusters.
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Vocus plans Australia's first ducted Sydney–Melbourne fibre route
Vocus' new ducted fibre corridor signals a shift towards resilient, upgradeable backbone infrastructure as AI, hyperscale cloud and data centre growth reshape Australia's connectivity priorities.
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Japan backs Rakuten-led sovereign satellite network
Japan plans to support a Rakuten-led satellite network with a ¥150 billion subsidy, advancing sovereign communications infrastructure as non-terrestrial networks become increasingly strategic for telecom resilience.
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Singtel sells 2.8% Gulf stake for S$1bn
Singtel sells a 2.8% Gulf Development stake for S$1bn, advancing Singtel28 asset recycling and capital return plans.
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Omdia sees cellular IoT growth shift towards eRedCap dominance
Omdia forecasts cellular IoT connections to reach 5.9bn by 2035 as eRedCap gains ground and China keeps market scale.
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Vodafone Australia outage exposes hub-level network fragility
Vodafone Australia’s network outage exposed telco resilience gaps as new ACMA rules prepare to force clearer outage reporting.
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China deploys three-band fibre for AI networks
China Mobile deploys a three-band fibre system in Qingdao to lift AI network capacity across existing telecom routes.