NTT DATA commissions MIST submarine cable system to link India and Southeast Asia
NTT DATA, a global digital business and technology services provider, has announced the commissioning of its Malaysia, India, Singapore Transit (MIST) submarine cable system by June 2025. MIST is an 8,100-kilometer cable that can carry over 200 terabits per second (Tbps). It is one of the largest cables in Asia, and will connect Malaysia, India, […]
Ooredoo Group and ITPC partner to land FIG subsea cable in Iraq
Ooredoo Group, an international communications provider operating across the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia, has signed a Landing Party Agreement with Iraqi Telecommunications and Post Company (ITPC), to land the Fibre in Gulf (FIG) subsea cable in Iraq, establishing the country as a vital transit hub for global data traffic between Asia and […]
SoftBank, OpenAI to build AI-data center in defunct Sharp LCD factory
SoftBank and OpenAI are planning to invest ¥ 100 billion (US$ 676 million) into purchasing and transforming a now defunct factory owned by Sharp into an Artificial Intelligence (AI) ready data center. The 45 acre facility is located in Sakai, in the Osaka prefecture. This facility will be its third AI data center after the […]
Oracle launches AI hub in S’pore to drive SEA innovation
Oracle last week announced the launch of its AI Centre of Excellence in Singapore, a resource and hub for innovation and collaboration to help organizations across Southeast Asia to keep pace with the rapid advancements in AI. “To remain economically competitive, we need to build an agile and adaptable workforce that is equipped to leverage […]
Alfanar to invest US$ 1.4 billion to develop four DCs in Saudi Arabia
Alfanar Global Development, a Saudi Arabia based project developer, engineering construction and technology solutions provider, has announced that it will invest a whopping US$1.4 billion to develop four data centers across Riyadh and Dammam. In a press release the company said that these facilities will aim to support cloud computing, AI-driven solutions, and data security, […]
Elizabeth Aris: “Old telecom versus new telecom”: how Australia’s comms and data eco-system will transform into the future [Interconnect World Melbourne, 3rd April 2025]
Elizabeth Aris is a leader in the fields of technology and telecoms. She is currently (among a number of other non-directorial roles), the Chairman of Astrotel, a telecommunications company targeted specifically at the enterprise and government markets. Her career path to date has taken in retail banking, technology and telecommunications, working in sales, marketing, product […]