Asia Pacific Foxconn November 28, 2023 Foxconn earmarks $1.6B for India expansion Foxconn confirmed plans to add manufacturing capacity in India with a TWD50 billion ($1.6 billion) investment, following months of speculation about the size and location of its expanded operations. By Joseph Waring
Asia Pacific Operators November 28, 2023 Indosat beefs up FTTH business with acquisition Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison stepped up the fixed-mobile convergence battle in Indonesia with the acquisition of the customer assets of fibre-based service provider MNC Kabel Mediacom (MNC Play), significantly expanding its FTTH business. By Joseph Waring
Asia Pacific Big Tech Regulation November 27, 2023 ACCC urges new rules to curb digital platform harms Australia’s competition watchdog called for new laws to better govern the growing power of the five largest global digital platforms, warning the increasing reach via multiple interconnected products and services… By Joseph Waring
Asia Pacific Operators November 27, 2023 SKT boosts metaverse content deals SK Telecom (SKT) forged deals with CelcomDigi in Malaysia, game developer and publisher Agate in Indonesia and IoT platform provider Cosmic Technologies in the Philippines to create local content for the… By Joseph Waring
Asia Pacific Europe Regulation November 24, 2023 EU, India ink chip pact Representatives from authorities in India and the European Commission signed an outline agreement on measures intended to strengthen semiconductor supply chains and aid collaboration on R&D. By Chris Donkin
Asia Pacific Operators November 24, 2023 PCCW mulls $1B fibre stake sale Hong Kong-based PCCW reportedly could sell a minority stake worth around $1 billion in its fibre business, with the asset attracting interesting from Chinese and Middle Eastern investors. By Kavit Majithia
Asia Pacific November 24, 2023 EdgePoint to deploy Nexsys-One platform across ASEAN Regional tower company EdgePoint Infrastructure selected a cloud-based enterprise software platform from Nexsys-One to streamline its operations across Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, where it owns some 14,500 towers. By Joseph Waring
