Asia-Pacific Trends
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Asia-Pacific market trend intelligence tracks cloud service, regional ISP, national telecom, data centre, and institutional infrastructure signals across Asia-Pacific internet infrastructure markets. BTW.
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Asia-Pacific National Telecom
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.
Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends
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.
Asia-Pacific National Telecom
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
Asia-Pacific National Telecom
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.
Asia-Pacific National Telecom
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.
Asia-Pacific Datacenter
TMX launches TMX Edge consultancy for APAC data centres
TMX Edge has launched to address a growing gap between data centre investment and the industry's ability to deliver projects across Asia-Pacific.
Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends
Sato plans AI data centre in Bhutan
Sato's planned AI data centre highlights how access to renewable power is becoming a competitive advantage for countries seeking to attract AI infrastructure.
Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
MegazoneCloud partners with Pasqal for quantum cloud services
MegazoneCloud's partnership with Pasqal shows how enterprises are likely to access quantum computing first: through cloud platforms rather than dedicated hardware.
Asia-Pacific National Telecom
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.
Asia-Pacific Datacenter
SK Group unveils 15GW AI data centre plan for South Korea
SK Telecom's investment suggests countries are increasingly competing through AI infrastructure rather than technology development alone.
Asia-Pacific National Telecom
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.
Asia-Pacific National Telecom
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.
Asia-Pacific Institutional
Supply Chain Security Becomes Strategic Infrastructure
The Tata breach highlights how protecting supplier networks is becoming as important as expanding global manufacturing capacity.
Asia-Pacific National Telecom
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.
Asia-Pacific National Telecom
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.
Asia-Pacific Institutional Trends
Samsung Builds a Regional AI Manufacturing Hub
Samsung's US$90 billion investment in South Korea's Chungcheong region reflects a broader shift towards regional AI manufacturing clusters that bring semiconductor production, advanced packaging and component supply closer together.
Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends
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.
Asia-Pacific National Telecom
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.
Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends
Remote NT Cattle Station Tests Off-grid AI Infrastructure
A proposed hyperscale AI campus in remote northern Australia highlights a growing industry trend: as established data centre markets run into power constraints, developers are increasingly taking compute to energy rather than energy to compute.
Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends
Batam AI Campus Extends Singapore's Reach
DayOne, Firmus and Nvidia plan a 360MW AI campus in Batam, highlighting how Southeast Asia's AI infrastructure is extending beyond Singapore to markets with greater power, land and room for expansion.