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NTT Data establishes company to construct Japan-Asia submarine cable

13th Jan 2026

3 minutes

NTT Data forms the new company, I-AM NW, with Sumitomo Corporation and JA Mitsui Leasing to construct and operate a large-scale submarine communication cable.
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VIRTUS Data Centres appoints Adam Eaton as new CEO to drive digital growth

6th Jan 2026

3 minutes

Under Adam Eaton’s leadership, VIRTUS Data Centres will continue to expand its portfolio of high-efficiency sustainable data centres to rapidly grow across the UK and Europe.
Capacity Asia

How Asia’s subsea cables are changing connectivity logic

28th Nov 2025

8 minutes

Asia’s subsea cable landscape is entering a period of profound change.

AI

Is the future of AI being built in Asia?

17th Nov 2025

7 minutes

Rapid growth in data centres, subsea cables, and cloud platforms is transforming Asia into the investment frontier to watch.

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China Mobile boosts global subsea network with major Hong Kong and Africa milestones

13th Nov 2025

3 minutes

China Mobile has marked two significant milestones in its global digital infrastructure expansion.
Asia Pacific Suresh Sidhu, CEO and founder at EdgePoint.

Telecom towers now ‘data-driven strategic assets’, EdgePoint chief says

10th Nov 2025

5 minutes

In advance of his tower focused keynote at ITW Asia, Suresh Sidhu, CEO and founder at EdgePoint, discusses the market dynamics driving tower expansion in Malaysia, Philippines, and Indonesia

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PLDT deploys Ciena optical tech to boost Asia direct cable connectivity

28th Oct 2025

2 minutes

PLDT, the Philippines’ largest fully integrated telco, has partnered with Ciena to enhance the performance and capacity of the Asia Direct Cable (ADC) system.

Asia Pacific

Meta launches new subsea cable to advance APAC connectivity 

7th Oct 2025

3 minutes

Meta has launched a new submarine cable, Candle, to connect countries across East Asia and Southeast Asia, updating its Asia-Pacific connectivity projects.

APAC

Candle subsea cable to boost APAC digital infrastructure with 24-fibre-pair system by 2028

25th Sep 2025

4 minutes

Telecom and tech giants including Meta, SoftBank, TM, IPS, XLSmart and NEC team up to build high-capacity undersea network
Data Centres

How Equinix could expand data centre efforts with Elliott investment

4th Aug 2025

2 minutes

Elliott Investment Management (Elliott) has built a major stake in Equinix and is pushing the data centre operator to boost its share price amid a continued AI boom.
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Singtel, AWS, Microsoft to develop new submarine cable across East Asia

16th Jul 2025

2 minutes

A consortium of telecoms and tech companies have signed a contract with NEC Corporation to build the Asia United Gateway East (AUG East) submarine cable system connecting Singapore and Japan, with Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea and Taiwan.