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AI-generated illustration of SUBCO’s planned APX East submarine cable linking Australia and the United States for Firmus AI infrastructure.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends

Firmus signs 25-year APX East capacity deal

Firmus will spend about US$300m for up to 150Tbps over 25 years on SUBCO's planned Australia-US cable, due in 2028.

Sep 4, 2026
India targets data-centre delivery bottlenecks

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

India targets data-centre delivery bottlenecks

India is focusing on reliable power, ready land and faster approvals as it seeks to turn about $200bn of expected data-centre investment into projects.

Sep 4, 2026
An unbranded glass reception threshold opens toward three distinct, empty service rooms with separate cable runs.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends

Fastly has a Singapore distributor. The service owner is still a question.

Fastly’s new distribution agreement with Ingram Micro makes its platform easier to reach through a local partner ecosystem. That is a commercial opening, not a public map of who will sell, implement, support and remain accountable for each customer service.

Sep 4, 2026
AI-generated illustration of fibre construction in rural Maine, with workers, an excavator and underground conduit representing Fidium’s BEAD-funded broadband project.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

LS Electric, KT Cloud partner on AI data-centre power

LS Electric will work with KT Cloud from the design stage on power systems for modular AI data centres, with equipment supply planned for future projects.

Sep 4, 2026
A conceptual data-centre planning model with separate battery modules and a raised tracing-paper overlay for an undecided power area.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

DayOne’s 1.5-GW power study is not a supply commitment

The developer and TNB GenCo are examining on-site generation for Selangor. That option sits alongside a separate renewable-energy procurement programme, with different units, obligations and unanswered questions.

Sep 3, 2026
Editorial illustration of the Shunkai neutral-atom quantum computer with an Infleqtion QPU in a Japanese research laboratory.

Asia-Pacific Institutional Trends

Shunkai quantum computer starts operation

Japan's Shunkai system is operating with an initial configuration of about 50 qubits as researchers begin work on stability, external access and larger-scale operation.

Sep 3, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of Powerlink transmission construction in Central Queensland with towers, substation equipment and a 500MVA transformer

Asia-Pacific Institutional Trends

Powerlink awards 20km Queensland transmission contract

Powerlink has awarded CPP a contract covering 20km of transmission line, Calliope River substation upgrades and a 500MVA transformer.

Sep 3, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of C-DOT quantum-security equipment, telecom infrastructure and fibre-linked QKD nodes over a map of India

Asia-Pacific Institutional Trends

C-DOT unveils 14 quantum-security products

C-DOT has unveiled 14 QKD and post-quantum products for communications networks, moving its quantum-security work into named hardware and software systems.

Sep 3, 2026
Editorial illustration of a high-altitude platform providing mobile connectivity over a Japanese coastal area during SoftBank's HAPS programme.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom

SoftBank completes Japan HAPS trial ahead of 2027 service

The trial connected ordinary smartphones through a high-altitude platform over Japan as SoftBank works towards commercial HAPS services from 2027 onward.

Sep 3, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of telecom towers linked by fibre infrastructure across an urban area representing the Melaka backhaul upgrade

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends

Maxis to fibre 151 Melaka telecom towers

Maxis will fibre-connect 151 MICTH towers in Melaka under a RM30 million programme replacing microwave backhaul.

Sep 3, 2026
An imagined optical-cable workshop with a reel, fibre-bundling machinery, staged equipment modules and a closed ledger.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

Sterlite’s Credit Upgrade Puts the Next Capex Cycle in Focus

A stronger credit rating recognises the optical-fibre maker’s financial reset. Keeping that improvement while it invests in equipment is a separate task.

Sep 3, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of a satellite communications ground hub with a large parabolic antenna and technical facility

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends

Avantel wins ₹117.88 crore DRDO satellite hub contract

Avantel will develop, install and commission a satellite communications ground hub for voice and data services under a ₹117.88 crore DRDO contract.

Sep 3, 2026
AI-generated map illustration showing Vietnam, four affected subsea cables and alternative international routes used by Viettel

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends

Viettel adds capacity as four subsea cable faults hit Vietnam

Viettel is adding subsea and terrestrial capacity after four cable faults disrupted about 30% of Vietnam's international Internet capacity.

Sep 3, 2026
Rows of copper share tiles sit inside two glass authorization frames, with the final 100-slot tray half filled to show ITOCHU's 50-share allocation difference.

Asia-Pacific Institutional Trends

ITOCHU Bought 50 Shares Above Its Tender Plan—and Stayed Inside the Mandate

ITOCHU’s tender result contains an apparent impossibility. The company planned to buy 82,735,700 shares, yet its result table records 82,735,750 purchased. The fifty-share excess is not a breach hiding in a footnote. It is the visible consequence of a disclosed allocation rule.…

Sep 2, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of Nvidia Blackwell GPU infrastructure representing E2E Networks' ₹1,000 crore agreement through June 2029

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends

E2E Networks signs ₹1,000 crore Blackwell GPU deal

The Indian cloud provider has moved Nvidia Blackwell capacity deployed in May from pay-as-you-go use to a longer-term customer agreement running through June 2029.

Sep 2, 2026
Editorial illustration of a communications satellite providing connectivity across Asia-Pacific, representing ViaSat-3 F3 commercial service

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends

ViaSat-3 F3 enters service across Asia-Pacific

Viasat has made ViaSat-3 F3 capacity available to customers across Asia-Pacific, moving the satellite from commissioning into revenue-generating operations.

Sep 2, 2026
Editorial illustration of a custom AI accelerator connected to rack-scale computing infrastructure, representing the Nvidia and MediaTek partnership

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

Nvidia invests $3.5bn in MediaTek

MediaTek will help customers develop custom AI accelerators that connect to Nvidia’s interconnect and rack-scale architecture.

Sep 2, 2026
Illustration of Telstra reviewing network timing, monitoring and operational controls across its Australian telecom network

Asia-Pacific National Telecom

Telstra reviews critical network functions after outage

Telstra is checking other critical network functions after an external review found ownership and oversight gaps behind July’s timing-system outage.

Sep 2, 2026
A blue coffee cup stands beside an open brass capital boundary and one large depositary token paired with eight smaller share tokens.

Asia-Pacific Institutional Trends

Luckin’s $500m Buyback Ceiling Leaves $212.8m Unused

Luckin Coffee did not announce a fresh US$500 million purchase order. It enlarged one cumulative buyback authorisation after spending most of its original ceiling, leaving US$212.8 million available under the same April 2027 expiry. That distinction matters because an authority…

Sep 1, 2026
A brass seller block and a larger teal receivable loop meet inside nested acquisition frames beside an inventory-dominated distribution corridor.

Asia-Pacific Institutional Trends

Birkenstock’s Australian Deal Has Three Price Ledgers

Birkenstock’s acquisition of its Australian distributor came with a €13.8 million seller payment, a €21.2 million receivable settlement and €35.0 million of accounting consideration. All three numbers are correct. They answer different questions—and the difference matters long…

Sep 1, 2026