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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Optus apologises after outage disrupts emergency calls
Optus's 76-minute outage disrupted emergency calls, showing why restoration and caller follow-up must be handled separately.
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DOCOMO puts radio supplier choice into commercial operation
The Japanese operator has connected multiple vendors' radios to newer Nokia baseband equipment. The commercial value lies in sustaining those choices through upgrades, not merely declaring an open interface.
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Chorus wants more time to keep the savings from fibre deals
New submissions ask New Zealand's regulator to change both the threshold for revisiting a price path and the treatment of acquisition savings. The commercial question is when those gains pass from a buyer to network users.
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STL gains US plenum rating for fibre trunks
STL's pre-terminated fibre trunks now carry US plenum certification, adding a fire-test qualification for indoor data-centre cabling.
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Jharkhand signs BharatNet fibre agreement
Jharkhand's BharatNet agreement covers network upgrades across more than 31,000 villages and targets 439,049 fibre-to-the-home connections over five years.
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Gulf joins Singtel on VTS subsea cable
Gulf and Singtel will develop the VTS subsea link between Thailand and Singapore, with service targeted for 2030.
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Vietnam awards 900MHz spectrum as 2G shuts down
VNPT, Viettel, and Vietnamobile have secured 15-year 900MHz licences, allowing them to reallocate spectrum used for 2G to newer mobile services.
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VNPT picks Radcom for roaming assurance
VNPT is replacing its roaming-monitoring supplier with Radcom, whose platform will track service quality across several cloud environments.
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RADCOM's VNPT win starts with roaming, not the whole network
The named Vietnamese customer gives an earlier order a clearer identity. It does not turn a roaming assignment into a network-wide award.
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Telstra tests 1.6Tbps optical transmission over 1,100km
Telstra's 1.6Tbps trial extends optical reach without regeneration between Melbourne and Sydney, but the result remains route-specific.
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Spark launches fixed-path Auckland data-centre links
Spark's new Auckland interconnect offers 10G to 400G links, but customers needing optical restoration must use a different transport service.
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DOCOMO, PLDT test weather-linked battery control
A two-site Philippine trial raised reported solar utilisation from 38% to 61% by changing how battery capacity is divided between daily use and backup.
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India joins US-led 6G security initiative
The group will work on common security and interoperability principles before suppliers face detailed 6G specifications or testing requirements.
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PNG's tower pact makes access a two-way bargain
Digicel PNG and Vodafone PNG will be able to seek space on each other's suitable towers. The next test is how a reciprocal framework becomes a working second network at a particular site.
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Malaysia telcos enter first full DNB year in 2027
MBSB expects service revenue growth and cost savings to help Maxis and CelcomDigi absorb the first full-year financial effect of DNB.
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Telkom targets more external sales for InfraNexia
Telkom wants outside customers to provide a larger share of InfraNexia's revenue as it separates the fibre business and expands wholesale sales.
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Telkom brings Digiserve closer without buying a new business
The proposed share transfer changes where an existing subsidiary reports. Growth will have to come from customers, not a shorter ownership chain.
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TM's CYDEC shifts the security pitch from alerts to context
Telekom Malaysia's new Cyber Fusion announcement promises a joined-up incident picture. The buying question is how far that picture reaches, and who can act on it.
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Spark's faster data-centre links leave recovery a separate choice
Auckland's new dedicated interconnect service separates optical capacity from optical restoration. Buyers need to decide where continuity will be provided, not infer it from the headline speed.
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TESS, Docomo test security for solar monitoring
The pilot lets TESS block suspicious SIM traffic remotely while testing how solar monitoring continues when a connection is cut.