Optus, one of Australia's largest telecommunications providers, experienced a widespread outage on Wednesday, leaving millions of customers without internet and phone connectivity. The unexpected outages caused nationwide turmoil, including problems with electronic payment systems and emergency phone lines.
Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited has successfully demonstrated India’s first satellite-based giga fiber service, bringing high-speed broadband to previously inaccessible areas in the country. JioSpaceFiber will be available nationwide at an affordable price.
SoftBank Corp. has launched its computing platform for the development of generative AI. SoftBank's subsidiary, SB Intuitions Corp, also began developing Japanese large language models (LLMs) using this computing platform. The company plans to finish developing 350 billion-parameter LLMs in 2024.
ST Telemedia Global Data Centers (STT GDC) Philippines has completed the construction of a new 1.2MW data center in Makati City, located near Manila. The facility is a carrier-neutral hub capable of hosting around 100 racks and can accommodate loads ranging from 5kW to 12kW. Operations will begin this month.
Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison has partnered with Google to launch the first Rich Communication Services (RCS) Business Messaging service in Indonesia.
India's Tata Play Fiber and Nokia have recently formed a partnership to emphasize the growing importance of fiber connectivity in India. Tata Play Fiber, a subsidiary of DTH satellite company Tata Play, is constructing a nationwide fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband infrastructure.
Globe has recently installed Nokia's IPAA+ radio system in South Cotabato, the first of at least 50 installations scheduled for this year to assist the leading Philippine telco's network growth and mobile service improvements.
CelcomDigi Berhad (CelcomDigi) has partnered with Time dotCom (Time) to advance its goal of providing additional residential fiber connectivity alternatives in Malaysia, allowing convergence for Celcom and Digi users.
CelcomDigi Berhad has partnered with Malaysia's No.1 Technology City, i-City, to accelerate Shah Alam's digital development as a smart city in ASEAN by 2025, offering limitless potential across segments with CelcomDigi's fiber infrastructure, 5G connectivity and technology.
Nokia and Pakistan's largest fixed-line provider, Cybernet, launched the country's first 600Gbps per wavelength DWDM network today. This network lets Cybernet create a high-capacity, durable network that can cater to even the most demanding clients. This new optical network connects Cybernet's key metro sites and increases network capacity to meet Pakistan's expanding consumer and enterprise demand for fast, high-quality internet services.
