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5 days ago | 
lightreading.com | Gigi Onag
U Mobile formalized its agreement with CIMB on Friday to be the lead financial institution to secure up to 4 billion Malaysian ringgit (US$940 million) in funding for the nationwide deployment of Malaysia's second 5G network infrastructure.
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1 week ago | 
lightreading.com | Gigi Onag
The green light for the new LEO satellite-based communication services comes after the updated Radio Waves Act was approved in a cabinet meeting in March. Gigi Onag, Senior Editor, APACSpaceX's Starlink and Eutelsat OneWeb could begin providing satellite Internet services in South Korea as early as next month.
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1 week ago | 
lightreading.com | Gigi Onag
U Mobile will leverage TM's extensive 740,000km fiber infrastructure to accelerate the deployment of Malaysia's second 5G network. Gigi Onag, Senior Editor, APACU Mobile has chosen Telekom Malaysia (TM) to supply leased fiber backhaul connectivity for its nationwide 5G network in an agreement valued at 2.4 billion Malaysian ringgit (US$567 million) over the next 10 years.
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1 week ago | 
lightreading.com | Gigi Onag
As fears grow that the SKT incident is not what it seemed, the South Korean government is expanding its investigation into the telecom data breach to include KT and LG Uplus. Gigi Onag, Senior Editor, APACThe joint private-public investigation team looking into the data breach that compromised 27 million international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) records at SK Telecom (SKT) has reportedly expanded to include KT Corporation and LG Uplus.
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2 weeks ago | 
lightreading.com | Gigi Onag
Starlink's failure to comply with the complaint reporting rule hindered the ACMA's ability to monitor whether the company is meeting its obligation to customers. Gigi Onag, Senior Editor, APACStarlink received a formal warning from the Australian telecom regulator for failing to submit the required complaint reports for service providers with more than 30,000 active customers.
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2 weeks ago | 
lightreading.com | Gigi Onag
The Malaysian government said it is fully compliant with all export control laws amid controversy over the alleged use of Huawei Ascend chips in the local sovereign AI project. Gigi Onag, Senior Editor, APACThe Malaysian Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) clarified that the government is not involved in the local sovereign AI ecosystem project that is reportedly set to deploy Huawei advanced GPU chips.
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2 weeks ago | 
lightreading.com | Gigi Onag
Thai operator AIS said it has not reached an agreement with National Telecom amid reports that it is seeking to acquire NT's mobile phone and retail fixed broadband Internet subscriber base. Gigi Onag, Senior Editor, APACThai operator Advanced Info Service (AIS) has refuted claims that it intends to acquire the mobile phone and retail fixed broadband Internet customers of its state-owned rival National Telecom (NT).
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2 weeks ago | 
lightreading.com | Gigi Onag
A team of investigators looking into the USIM-related data leak at SKT discovered that the scope of the breach is larger than previously reported. Gigi Onag, Senior Editor, APACA joint team of private and public investigators looking into the data leak involving the universal subscriber identity module (USIM) at SK Telecom (SKT) found that the first piece of malware to infect the company's internal systems was installed in June 2022. It remained undetected for nearly three years.
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3 weeks ago | 
lightreading.com | Gigi Onag
Singtel has raised the bar for 5G services in Singapore by incorporating network slicing into its 5G+ service. The operator claims this is the world's first nationwide deployment of the technology in the consumer segment. In an announcement made on Thursday (May 15), Singtel said the free automatic upgrade began earlier this month and offers differentiated 5G services with faster speeds, better connectivity and enhanced security.
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3 weeks ago | 
lightreading.com | Gigi Onag
Indonesian capital Jakarta is experiencing a surge in AI computing power, as US tech giants Google Cloud and Equinix made separate announcements this week about their latest data center expansion in the city. These latest infrastructure investments are poised to transform Jakarta into an advanced AI computing hub, propelling the country toward its goal of becoming an AI powerhouse in Southeast Asia.
