Asia Pacific

Leading analysts told Mobile World Live Apple’s continued reliance on China may not necessarily be a bad thing, though noted it does throw up some potential conflicts given the nation’s ongoing fight against US attempts to restrict access to key technologies.

Malaysia-based Axiata Group reportedly moved closer towards combining its Indonesian operation XL Axiata with local carrier Smartfren, owned by conglomerate Sinar Mas, in deal that could worth $3.5 billion.

South Korea-based SK Hynix returned to profit in the opening quarter of 2024 after a string of quarterly losses, highlighting the memory market is entering into a full recovery cycle driven by demand for AI server products.

Jio Platforms claimed its 5G user base topped 108 million subscribers at the end of fiscal Q4 2024, with 28 per cent of all wireless data carried on the network.

Foxconn advanced its environmental sustainability goal, setting a target for its worldwide operations to run on 100 per cent renewable energy sources by 2040.

Malaysia's state-run wholesale provider Digital Nasional Berhad denied a media report it failed to be transparent in awarding contracts to vendors, rejecting claims of impropriety in its governance and procurement practices.

With dwindling 3G subscriber numbers across advanced markers in Asia, why has it taken so long to decommission the networks and why aren’t more operators making the move?