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SK Telecom (SKT) CEO Ryu Young-sang announced the company’s new vision of becoming an AI company that brings benefits to customers through technologies and services.

To enable 5G-for-all, Reliance Jio has introduced JioTrue5G-powered Wi-Fi services in high-footfall areas such as educational institutes, religious places, railway stations, bus stands, commercial hubs and more. This is in addition to the JioTrue5G service and the Jio Welcome Offer, launched recently in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Varanasi. Jio teams are working round the clock to make additional cities go live and increase the availability of True5G-ready handsets.

Singtel, together with five regional carriers, has signed a US$300 million contract to build a 6,000 km submarine cable system known as the Asia Link Cable System (ALC). Targeted for completion by the third quarter of 2025, the ALC aims to support Southeast Asia’s economic growth by connecting Hong Kong SAR and Singapore with the Philippines, Brunei and Hainan, China.

Globe announced it has deployed 252 5G-ready cell sites on the Philippines’ southern island of Mindanao.

The Macau government has issued 5G licenses to local telecom providers, CTM and China Telecom (Macau).

Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of the “Always On” IoT connectivity solution in India. Airtel’s “Always On” solution comprises the dual-profile M2M eSim which allows an IOT device to always stay connected to a mobile network from different Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in the eSIM.

Airtel has crossed the 1 million unique 5G user mark on its network. The company achieved this milestone in less than 30 days of its commercial launch, even as the network was being built.

KDDI announced it will begin offering Starlink connectivity to its enterprise and civil government customers later this year as part of a deal recently completed.

Telstra has announced enhancements to its specialist Security Operations Centres designed to deliver end-to-end security services for federal, state and local government customers. 

Singtel has announced the deployment of Singapore’s greenest radio cell, the Ericsson AIR 3268, to its 5G network. This is part of Singtel’s ongoing sustainability and decarbonization measures towards achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 and paves the way for more such radio cells to be deployed across the country to augment its nationwide 5G coverage.