Today, an international consortium including Chunghwa Telecom, SoftBank Corp., SK Broadband, and Verizon Business has announced the start of construction of the East Asia to North America (E2A) submarine cable system.
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18,000 companies affected as NTT stung by data breach
This week, Japanese telco NTT has revealed it has been the subject to a major data breach, potentially compromising the data of almost 18,000 corporate customers.
Airtel lands the SEA-ME-WE-6 cable in Chennai (India)
● The 21,700 Rkm submarine cable will connect India to Singapore and France (Marseille)
crossing Egypt, enhancing India’s connectivity to the world
● SEA-ME-WE-6 to bring a whopping 220 TBPs of global capacity to India
China Telecom announces early completion of Asia Direct Cable project
News The Asia Direct Cable (ADC) system is now fully operational, two months ahead of schedule The ADC, developed by a consortium of companies including China Telecom, China Unicom, Singtel, SoftBank, Tata Communications, and Viettel, is the first new submarine...
From the bully pulpit: FCC’s Carr could pursuade allies over new subsea cable regulation
For a man never shy of speaking his mind, returning US President Donald Trump has been remarkably quiet on the topic of submarine cables, an area of increasing geopolitical tension. His new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman, Brendan Carr, on the other hand, will likely have plenty to say as he leads a regulatory shift more than 20 years in the making.
SoftBank in talks to invest $25bn in OpenAI
Japanese conglomerate SoftBank reportedly in discussions to invest between $15 billion and $25 billion in OpenAI, according to a recent report from the Financial Times.
Chinese engineers patenting submarine cable cutting tech
On Friday, a report from Newsweek shared the news that Chinese engineers had logged multiple patents for anchor-like devices specifically designed to sever submarine cables.
Toyota completes Phase 1 of Mount Fuji smart city construction
At CES 2025, Toyota Motor Corporation announced the completion of Phase 1 construction of Toyota Woven City (“Woven City”), its self-made smart city at the base of Mount Fuji.
Digital Edge bags $1.6bn in data centre expansion funding
Digital Edge, a developer and operator of data centres cross Asia, has successfully raised over $1.6 billion in new funding. The capital, which includes both equity and debt financing, will fuel the company’s next phase of growth as it works to meet the increasing demand for cloud and AI services across the region.
NTT Docomo hit by DDoS attack
The distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack caused a website failure and some service disruption for around 12 hours
Heavily delayed ADC submarine cable system finally goes live in East Asia
Today, Japanese tech giant NEC Corporation has announced the activation of the long-awaited ADC submarine cable system.
TalkTalk to cut hundreds more jobs in effort to save £120m
UK ISP TalkTalk is set to cut hundreds of jobs, as announced in an investor’s meeting last week, The Telegraph has reported. According to the report, the firm has already begun redundancy consultations, as it plans to cut 130 jobs in its consumer division based in Salford. More are set to follow at its wholesale business, Platform X.
Airbus to Build 100 Satellites for Eutelsat’s OneWeb LEO Expansion
Airbus Defence and Space has been awarded a contract by Eutelsat to expand its OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. The contract will see Airbus build the first 100 satellites of the extension, with deliveries expected to begin at the end of 2026.
Softbank to invest $100bn in US AI
SoftBank Group, led by CEO Masayoshi Son, has announced plans to invest $100 billion in the US over the next four years, a move that will focus on advancing AI and its related infrastructure. This investment aims to create 100,000 new jobs.
Aramco Digital mulls $1bn stake in Mavenir
The companies are also reportedly discussing the possibility of forming a $200 million joint venture
EU gives €127m funding boost to 6G research
At the 5G-Techritory event this week, Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) has announced the recipients of €127 million in funding set aside for 6G research in Europe.
Kyocera plans to sell part of KDDI stake worth over $3bn
Kyocera, a Japanese manufacturer of telecom equipment and semiconductor materials, is planning to sell up to a third its stake in KDDI, Japan’s second largest telco, according to a Bloomberg article published today.
DigitalBridge acquires hyperscale data centre operator Yondr Group
DigitalBridge Group has agreed to acquire Yondr Group, a global developer and operator of hyperscale data centres, through one of its investment funds. The acquisition aims to expand DigitalBridge’s data centre portfolio to meet rising demand for digital infrastructure driven by AI, cloud computing, and digital transformation.
VanillaPlus Issue 4: Nokia’s Vishal Singh explains how CSPs will Sense, Think, Act as autonomous networks become reality
A bleak dystopian future of automated, autonomous machines has been trailed by sci-fi authors for the last couple of centuries but now autonomy is here, it doesn’t seem such a bad thing – at least in the case of autonomous networks.
$6 Billion Private LTE & 5G Market a Bright Spot in Gloomy Wireless Industry
A new report from SNS Telecom & IT indicates that the private LTE and 5G network market – estimated to be worth $6 Billion by the end of 2027 – is one of the few bright spots in the otherwise gloomy wireless telecommunications industry, which is marked by a slowdown in public mobile network infrastructure spending and service providers struggling to monetize their existing 5G investments, particularly in the consumer segment.
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